WotLK Classic Discipline Priest Spell Summary

Last updated on Jan 01, 2024 at 13:56 by Abide 1 comment

On this page, we present you with all spells and procs that you need to understand as a Discipline Priest in WotLK Classic.

Discipline Priest has a wide arsenal of spells available to them. Knowing your important spells and when they are best suited to be used is a key part of performing well in any environment. The sections below aim to show you your most important spells by each category and give you a brief example of what each spell does.

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Discipline Priest Healing Spells in Wrath of the Lich King

As a Discipline Priest, you will be focusing on healing. These are all of your main healing spells that all have a purpose depending on the situation.

  • Penance IconPenance — This can either heal an ally, or damage any enemy. Typically you will be using this as a heal as it is very powerful. Penance IconPenance will tick 3 times during the channel, with each tick having its own chance to crit, proccing talents and additional healing or damage.
  • Power Word: Shield IconPower Word: Shield — Buffs an ally with a shield which absorbs damage and prevents spell pushback while it lasts. Also places Weakened Soul IconWeakened Soul on the target, preventing them from being shielded again for a short duration.
  • Binding Heal IconBinding Heal — Heals you and a friendly ally for a small amount after a quick cast. This spell causes very little threat. Useful if you and an ally are both low health.
  • Flash Heal IconFlash Heal — A quick, single-target heal, useful for healing individual targets that are not missing much health.
  • Greater Heal IconGreater Heal — A slow cast, single-target heal. The long cast time is made up by a very large heal, great for healing tanks and players missing large amounts of health.
  • Prayer of Healing IconPrayer of Healing — Heals the target and their nearby party members for a moderate amount. Great for AoE healing, but has a long cast time.
  • Prayer of Mending IconPrayer of Mending — Whenever the person with this buff takes damage, Prayer of Mending IconPrayer of Mending will heal them for a small amount and then bounce to another nearby ally. This spell is great when there is constant damage happening to multiple allies.
  • Renew IconRenew — Place a heal-over-time on an ally, healing them every few seconds while the buff is active. Great to keep up on tanks as they will constantly be taking damage and anyone else that is frequently taking damage.

For a better understanding of what your healing rotation should be, be sure to check out our Rotation page for a full explanation of both your single-target and AoE healing rotations.

2.

Discipline Priest Cooldowns in Wrath of the Lich King

Discipline Priest has long been known as a healer that brings multiple, powerful cooldowns, and this continues in Wrath of the Lich King as you have even more spells at your disposal. With the Aspiration IconAspiration talent, you get 20% reduced cooldown on Inner Focus IconInner Focus, Power Infusion IconPower Infusion, and Pain Suppression IconPain Suppression, letting you use these abilities even more frequently.

  • Desperate Prayer IconDesperate Prayer — 2-minute cooldown. If you chose to take this talent, this is a personal emergency button. It instantly heals you for a very large amount, making this a powerful emergency button if you find yourself about to die.
  • Pain Suppression IconPain Suppression — 2.4-minute cooldown with Aspiration IconAspiration. You will mostly use this on tanks right before a boss mechanic goes off, or on large trash pulls. The shorter cooldown allows you to use this a bit more freely, instead of needing to save it for very specific times.
  • Power Infusion IconPower Infusion — 1.6-minute cooldown with Aspiration IconAspiration. An often forgotten aspect of Power Infusion IconPower Infusion is the 20% Mana cost reduction. With such a short cooldown you will want to use this as much as possible depending on the situation you are in. Most of the time you will use this on a DPS to boost them up a bit, but it can also be used in times when more healing is desperately needed.
  • Inner Focus IconInner Focus — 2.4-minute cooldown with Aspiration IconAspiration. You will want to use this with your highest Mana spells such as Prayer of Healing IconPrayer of Healing or Divine Hymn IconDivine Hymn, saving you a large amount of Mana. In addition to the 100% Mana reduction, it also increases the Crit Chance of the spell by 25%, which is great when you are using an AoE healing spell.
  • Shadowfiend IconShadowfiend — 5-minute cooldown. This one is a very simple Mana-restoration cooldown; use this whenever you are running low on Mana. If possible, you will want to pair this together with Hymn of Hope IconHymn of Hope for the temporary 20% increase to maximum Mana since Shadowfiend IconShadowfiend now restores 5% of your maximum Mana per attack.
  • Divine Hymn IconDivine Hymn — 8-minute cooldown. One of the new spells you get in Wrath of the Lich King. This is a major AoE healing cooldown and should only be used when your normal AoE healing rotation cannot keep up. You will almost always want to pair this with Inner Focus IconInner Focus to remove the high Mana cost and get an additional 25% Crit Chance on the Divine Hymn IconDivine Hymn heals.
  • Hymn of Hope IconHymn of Hope — 6-minute cooldown. The other new spell you get in Wrath of the Lich King. This restores Mana to nearby allies with the lowest Mana overall and increases their maximum Mana by 20% temporarily. The only downside of this spell is the randomness of the targeting; it is possible that you will not be targeted by any of the ticks. You will want to use this cooldown in conjunction with other Mana-restoring cooldowns, such as Mana Tide Totem IconMana Tide Totem or even other Hymn of Hope IconHymn of Hopes, as the temporary 20% increase to maximum Mana amplifies the effectiveness of abilities that restore a percentage of your Mana pool. Try to coordinate this with your other raid members.
3.

Discipline Priest Utility Spells in Wrath of the Lich King

In addition to your main spells and cooldowns, you also have many utility spells that can be game-changing when used in the proper scenario. Make sure you understand each of the spells listed below to fully take advantage of your entire spellbook.

  • Dispel Magic IconDispel Magic — Great for both removing enemies' magical buffs and removing magical debuffs afflicting allies.
  • Fear Ward IconFear Ward — Makes a friendly target immune to the first fear used against them. Use this whenever you are facing enemies that will use a fear.
  • Levitate IconLevitate — Allows your target to float above the ground, walk above water, and greatly reduce their falling speed. Glyph of Levitate Icon Glyph of Levitate removes the reagent cost of Levitate IconLevitate, making it only cost Mana.
  • Mass Dispel IconMass Dispel — An AoE version of Dispel Magic IconDispel Magic that removes 1 magical debuff from up to 10 friendly targets, and 1 magical buff from up to 10 enemy targets. Can also remove stronger magical buffs that cannot be dispelled in other ways, such as Ice Block IconIce Block and Divine Shield IconDivine Shield.
  • Shackle Undead IconShackle Undead — Shackles an Undead enemy in place, preventing them from moving, attacking, and casting, but will break if they take any damage. Use this if you ever need to crowd control an Undead enemy.
  • Abolish Disease IconAbolish Disease — Removes 1 Disease from an ally every 3 seconds for 12 seconds total. Allows you to remove Diseases from allies, which many PvE encounters will have.
  • Fade IconFade — Temporarily reduces your threat to 0. This is mostly useful when new adds have spawned as they might not have been picked up yet by the tank. Remember that this is temporary and you will regain the threat back after the effect ends.
  • Mind Soothe IconMind Soothe — Reduces the aggro range of a Humanoid mob, allowing you to more easily avoid aggroing them. This is mostly used for skipping certain trash groups in PvE content and preventing patrolling mobs from randomly walking into you and aggroing.
4.

Discipline Priest Buffs in Wrath of the Lich King

Buffs are an important part of any party or raid group as they greatly increase your abilities to tank, heal, and deal damage as a whole. Make sure you keep your buffs up at all times to ensure the highest chance of success in whatever content you are in.

  • Inner Fire IconInner Fire — Buffs the Priest only, increasing your Armor and Spell Power as long as this buff remains active. Has 20 charges; each time you are hit by a melee or ranged attack one charge will be removed. This buff can be improved with the Improved Inner Fire IconImproved Inner Fire talent.
  • Prayer of Fortitude IconPrayer of Fortitude — Buffs all nearby party and raid members, increasing their Stamina for one hour. If you only need to buff a single person, you can use Power Word: Fortitude IconPower Word: Fortitude instead, saving you some Mana. This buff can be improved with the Improved Power Word: Fortitude IconImproved Power Word: Fortitude talent, as well as have its Mana cost reduced by using Glyph of Fortitude Icon Glyph of Fortitude.
  • Prayer of Spirit IconPrayer of Spirit — Buffs all nearby party and raid members, increasing their Spirit for one hour. If you only need to buff a single person, you can use Divine Spirit IconDivine Spirit instead, saving you some Mana.
  • Prayer of Shadow Protection IconPrayer of Shadow Protection — Buffs all nearby party and raid members, increasing their Shadow Resistance for one hour. If you only need to buff a single person, you can use Shadow Protection IconShadow Protection instead, saving you some Mana. This buff can have its duration increased by using Glyph of Shadow Protection Icon Glyph of Shadow Protection.
5.

Other Discipline Priest Spells in Wrath of the Lich King

  • Mana Burn IconMana Burn — Burns a portion of the target's Mana based on your maximum Mana. Mostly only useful in PvP, but may have some uses in specific PvE situations.
  • Holy Nova IconHoly Nova — Deals damage to all nearby enemies and heals nearby party members without causing any threat. Since this only heals people in your party it is not that useful in raids. Has some uses in dungeons as you can both DPS and heal at the same time with this spell.
  • Resurrection IconResurrection — Simple res spell; brings an ally back to life outside of combat.
  • Mind Control IconMind Control — Does not really have many uses in PvE content anymore. Can be useful when soloing content like quests.
  • Mind Vision IconMind Vision — Allows you to see through the point of view of your target. Mostly just a fun ability to let you scout and see things from a different perspective.
  • Psychic Scream IconPsychic Scream — Mostly just a panic button if you are being attacked in melee range. Typically you will not want to use this in raids as it will send mobs in all different directions. Can also be used to stop spell casts if the mob can be feared.
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Changelog

  • 01 Jan. 2024: Updated for Phase 5.
  • 09 Oct. 2023: Reviewed for Phase 4.
  • 18 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Phase 2 release ahead of Ulduar raid release.
  • 02 Sep. 2022: Page added.
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