Discipline Priest Dragonflight Leveling Guide From 1 to 60 (Dragonflight 10.0.2)

On this page, you will find our level by level Discipline Priest leveling guide for Dragonflight. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Priest leveling guide.

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3. Congratulations!

Gear Options

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.

Level by Level Rotation and Talents

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Level: 60

2.1.

Talents to Level up as a Discipline Priest

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: Stolen Psyche
Level 42: Unwavering Will
Level 43: Stolen Psyche
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

2.2.

Rotation to Level Up as a Discipline Priest

Cast Power Word: Shield on yourself if your hp has begun to drop.
Cast Power Infusion on cooldown.
Maintain Shadow Word: Pain / Purge the Wicked on all targets unless the target will die before a significant portion of the DoT ticks.
Cast Shadowfiend/ Mindbender on cooldown unless you need to hold it for healing purposes.
Cast Schism on cooldown.
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.
Cast Mindgames on cooldown.
Cast Penance on cooldown.
Cast Divine Star on cooldown.
Cast Mind Blast on cooldown.
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:

Cast Power Word: Shield on cooldown if a player is taking damage.
Cast Power Word: Radiance when it is available and you have multiple people that need atonement at the same time.
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 Icon 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.

2.3.

Discipline Priest War Mode Talents for Leveling

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.
Eternal Rest reduces the cooldown of Shadow Word: Death by 12 seconds giving you access to this powerful spell much more often.
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!

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.

Changelog

28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.

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