Discipline Priest Dragonflight Leveling Guide From 1 to 60 (Dragonflight 10.1)

When leveling as a Discipline Priest, always target the gear with the highest item level available. Looking for specific stats on leveling gear will not matter as you will most likely have a fairly large item level gap on items when you get another of the same slot.

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Your first talent point unlocks at Level 10.

Your talent setup should be as follows if you plan on questing and doing open-world content.

• Level 10: Shadow Word: Death
• Level 11: Atonement
• Level 12: Death and Madness
• Level 13: Power of the Dark Side
• Level 14: Improved Flash Heal
• Level 15: Power Word: Radiance
• Level 16: Angelic Feather
• Level 17: Schism
• Level 18: From Darkness Comes Light
• Level 19: Dark Indulgence
• Level 20: Sheer Terror
• Level 21: Make Amends
• Level 22: Holy Nova
• Level 23: Painful Punishment
• Level 24: Spell Warding
• Level 25: Light's Promise
• Level 26: Power Infusion
• Level 27: Bright Pupil
• Level 28: Void Shield
• Level 29: Purge the Wicked
• Level 30: Throes of Pain
• Level 31: Revel in Purity
• Level 32: Throes of Pain
• Level 33: Rapture
• Level 34: Twist of Fate
• Level 35: Pain and Suffering
• Level 36: Twist of Fate
• Level 37: Pain and Suffering
• Level 38: Body and Soul
• Level 39: Castigation
• Level 40: Tithe Evasion
• Level 41: Abyssal Reverie
• Level 42: Unwavering Will
• Level 43: Abyssal Reverie
• Level 44: Unwavering Will
• Level 45: Borrowed Time
• Level 46: Words of the Pious
• Level 47: Borrowed Time
• Level 48: Twins of the Sun Priestess
• Level 49: Pain Suppression
• Level 50: Mindgames
• Level 51: Lenience
• Level 52: Divine Star
• Level 53: Harsh Discipline
• Level 54: Angel's Mercy
• Level 55: Harsh Discipline
• Level 56: Surge of Light
• Level 57: Mindbender
• Level 58: Surge of Light
• Level 59: Train of Thought
• Level 60: Power Word: Life
• Level 61: Expiation
• Level 62: Manipulation
• Level 63: Expiation
• Level 64: Manipulation
• Level 65: Twilight Equilibrium
• Level 66: Shattered Perceptions
• Level 67: Blaze of Light
• Level 68: Crystalline Reflection
• Level 69: Blaze of Light
• Level 70: Crystalline Reflection

1. Cast Power Word: Shield on yourself if your hp has begun to drop.
2. Cast Power Infusion on cooldown.
3. Maintain Shadow Word: Pain / Purge the Wicked on all targets unless the target will die before a significant portion of the DoT ticks.
4. Cast Shadowfiend/ Mindbender on cooldown unless you need to hold it for healing purposes.
5. Cast Schism on cooldown.
6. Cast Shadow Word: Death if the target is below 20% hp. Be careful you do not kill yourself with this spell as you will take damage equal to what it deals with if the spell does not kill its target.
7. Cast Mindgames on cooldown.
8. Cast Penance on cooldown.
9. Cast Divine Star on cooldown.
10. Cast Mind Blast on cooldown.
11. Cast Smite as your filler.

Starting at level 15, you can queue for dungeons with the in-game group finder. As a healer, this will be the faster method of leveling as well as giving you valuable experience in healing as a Discipline Priest. The following is a general priority list of healing spells in dungeons:

1. Cast Power Word: Shield on cooldown if a player is taking damage.
2. Cast Power Word: Radiance when it is available and you have multiple people that need atonement at the same time.
3. Cast Flash Heal or Renew when you need to direct heal someone or to apply Atonement.

In addition to these baseline abilities, there is a passive effect that is crucial to understand leveling as a Discipline Priest:

Atonement causes your damaging spells to heal all targets with Atonement on them. It is crucial that you DPS to utilize your Atonements applied instead of getting stuck in the habit of spamming direct heals. Follow the healing spell priority list above to apply Atonement and then once all players taking damage have Atonement on them, follow the damage spell priority list.

1. Inner Light and Shadow is a toggleable ability that grants you either 10% increased spell damage and Atonement healing or 15% less Mana cost on healing spells. Leaving this on the damage increase portion while leveling will result in a solid DPS and survivability gain.
2. Eternal Rest reduces the cooldown of Shadow Word: Death by 12 seconds giving you access to this powerful spell much more often.
3. Dark Archangel increases your damage and the damage of all allies with your Atonement by 15% for 8 seconds. This is great for small group world content where giving your group a DPS buff will be more impactful than taking a small boost to your own damage via any of the above three talents.

Congratulations on reaching Level 70! Now that you have hit Level 70 we recommend looking at our Easy mode page and Talents section to learn how to play at max level.