Discipline Priest Patch 9.1 Changes Analysis

For this section of the guide I will go over all the important changes you need to know as a Discipline Priest going into Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands. A full list of changes to the entire Priest class can be found on our dedicated page below. For an additional list of content that came in Patch 9.1, you can also check out our Patch 9.1 Overview page.

Spirit Shell is seeing a 30-second nerf to its cooldown, making it one minute and 30 seconds instead of its current one minute. This nerf increases the potential viability of Evangelism going into the current raid tier.

Take a look at our Raid guide to see what talent will be played on each boss.

Spheres' Harmony is a new Legendary for Kyrian Priests that augments Boon of the Ascended. For every stack of Boon consumed by Ascended Eruption, Boon's cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 60 seconds off. This Legendary has potential in raids, depending on the encounter, and looks very powerful for Mythic+. In its current state, expect to be crafting this Legendary if you are Kyrian.

Shadow Word: Manipulation is a new Legendary for Venthyr Priests that causes Mindgames to last an additional 3 seconds, reverse an additional 10% damage or healing, and when one of the debuffs is consumed, increase your Critical Strike chance by 5% for each second remaining. Unfortunately, this Legendary does not compare to the power gained from other available Legendaries in either content type and will likely not see play.

Pallid Command is a new Legendary for Necrolord Priests that grants you a Maldraxxi Champion to aid you in combat when you cast Unholy Nova. Unfortunately, this effect does not currently seem anywhere near strong enough to increase the viability of Necrolord for Discipline Priest.

Bwonsamdi's Pact is a new Legendary for Night Fae Priests that gives you a haunted mask that copies the effect of an existing faerie on its current target. Unfortunately, this effect does not currently seem anywhere near strong enough to increase the viability of Night Fae for Discipline Priest.