Discipline Priest Guide — Class Guides · WoW Burning Crusade

Mana efficiency, stronger shields and buffs, and Power Infusion: healing that wastes little.

A cloth-wearing healer who also deals Shadow damage. Priests heal single targets and groups, shield allies with Power Word: Shield and fight with Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Blast. More about the priest

Class: Priest
Roles: Healer
Used for: Raids and dungeons, Player versus player
Top talent: Pain Suppression
Popular builds: 2
Version: WoW Burning Crusade

How to play

Discipline in The Burning Crusade is the protective healer: Pain Suppression cuts a target's damage taken for a few seconds, Power Infusion speeds up a caster's spells and makes them cheaper, Focused Power and Enlightenment strengthen your own healing, and Reflective Shield sends absorbed damage back at the attacker.

Healing as Discipline means strong shields, Flash Heal and Greater Heal on tanks, and Prayer of Mending whenever it is ready. Pain Suppression and Power Infusion are cooldowns your raid leader will want timed.

In arenas Discipline is the strongest priest: shields, Pain Suppression and Mass Dispel.

At a glance

Single-target healing
Group healing
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Burning Crusade.

Rotation and priorities

1Power Word: Shield on the tank before the pull and whenever Weakened Soul allows.
2Prayer of Mending whenever it is ready.
3Flash Heal and Greater Heal on tanks; Renew on light damage.
4Pain Suppression for big tank damage.
5Power Infusion on a caster, or on yourself when mana is tight.
6Dispel Magic and Mass Dispel on harmful magic.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Pain Suppression saves tanks and arena partners.
Strong shields and mana efficiency.
Power Infusion helps the raid's casters.

Weaknesses

Less group healing than Holy.
Cloth armour.
Low solo damage.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

1
+Healing
2
Intellect
3
Spirit
4
Mana per 5 sec
5
Spell haste
6
Critical strike

What to look for

+Healing and Intellect first, then Spirit.
Resilience and Stamina for arenas.
A healing staff, or a mace with an off-hand.

Items worth chasing

Eye of GruulCheaper heals from a healing trinket proc.
Essence of the Martyr+Healing on use.
Memento of TyrandeMana returns while you cast.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

Discipline
Holy
Shadow

Pain Suppression Guardian
HealerPvE
4120
41/20/0
Discipline tank healer: Pain Suppression cuts a tank's damage taken, Power Infusion speeds up a caster, and Focused Power and Enlightenment add healing power.
- Divine Spirit 1/1
- Focused Power 2/2
- Power Infusion 1/1
- Enlightenment 5/5
- Pain Suppression 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting Talent order by level
Arena Discipline
HealerPvP
4912
49/12/0
Arena Discipline: Pain Suppression and Power Infusion as cooldowns, Focused Will and Reflective Shield to survive, Improved Mana Burn against casters and Holy Nova to break stealth.
- Focused Will 3/3
- Power Infusion 1/1
- Reflective Shield 5/5
- Enlightenment 5/5
- Pain Suppression 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting Talent order by level

Key talents

Pain Suppression · top talent, up to 1
Instantly reduces a friendly target's threat by 5%, reduces all damage taken by 40% and increases resistance to Dispel mechanics by 65% for 8 sec.
Mental Strength · tier 5, up to 5
Increases your maximum mana by 10%.
Divine Spirit · tier 5, up to 1
Holy power infuses the target, increasing their Spirit by 17 for 30 min.
Improved Divine Spirit · tier 5, up to 2
Your Divine Spirit and Prayer of Spirit spells also increase the target's spell damage and healing by an amount equal to 10% of their total Spirit.
Focused Power · tier 6, up to 2
Your Smite, Mind Blast and Mass Dispel spells have an additional 4% chance to hit. In addition, your Mass Dispel cast time is reduced by 1 sec.
Force of Will · tier 6, up to 5
Increases your spell damage by 5% and the critical strike chance of your offensive spells by 5%.
Focused Will · tier 7, up to 3
After taking a critical hit you gain the Focused Will effect, reducing all damage taken by 4% and increasing healing effects on you by 10%. Stacks up to 3 times. Lasts 8 sec.
Power Infusion · tier 7, up to 1
Infuses the target with power, increasing spell casting speed by 20% and reducing the mana cost of all spells by 20%. Lasts 15 sec.
Reflective Shield · tier 7, up to 5
Causes 50% of the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield to reflect back at the attacker. This damage causes no threat.
Enlightenment · tier 8, up to 5
Increases your total Stamina, Intellect and Spirit by 5%.

Discipline abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.