Discipline Priest Frequently Asked Questions — The War Within (11.2)

Our current recommendation is to utilize Voidweaver as a default choice in Mythic Plus content and Oracle as a default in Raiding content. Oracle, however, is a very strong option for higher keys or keys where you desire significantly more single target healing. It does come at the cost of being more complicated to play and doing significantly less damage.

Both our Oracle and Voidweaver 2 and 4 piece set bonuses this tier are incredibly good with the Oracle Tier coming in at around a 22-24% increase in total and the Voidweaver Tier coming in at a 34-36% increase compared to no Tier.

As of patch 11.1, multiple applications of Lenience from different players do not stack.

Divine Procession will extend the Atonement with the lowest duration left within 60 yards range. When there are multiple Atonements with the same duration (Applied by Power Word: Radiance for example) it will pick a random one.

The DISC Belt from patch 11.1.7 will be outvalued by an item level 707 alternative. You can however replace this with a 704 item level belt which is the maximum item level from heroic crests only and only take a small HPS hit to gain the extra stamina, but this is negligible either way.

While playing Power Word: Life with Miraculous Recovery is an option, our main goal is to dodge the alternative talent in Waste No Time due to it front loading your GCD by making Power Word: Radiance an instant cast and losing you one GCD worth of Atonement duration. On top of that you are also rarely ever casting Premonition before your Power Word: Radiance casts in a ramp.

The following spells will create an absorb when they critically strike while talented into Divine Aegis: Flash Heal, Power Word: Radiance, Penance (cast on an ally or triggered by Twinsight or Ultimate Penitence), Power Word: Life, and Evangelism.

Your general target selection for when to cast these spells on enemies versus allies will usually be determined by the type of healing you are prioritizing. Ultimate Penitence will heal for more healing overall when sent into an enemy to utilize Atonement. However, if only a few members of the party are injured, it would be more efficient to cast the spell defensively (against allies) so that the spell can focus the individuals that need it more. The same principle works for Penance as well. Offensive (against enemies) when the whole group needs healing and Defensive (against allies) when a lower target count needs help.

In dungeons you can use Evangelism for a large AoE heal or as a massive Single-Target heal. However controlling who gets healed can be difficult. In raids with the heal splitting across all allies it's not worth changing your timing for.

The jump range of Power Word: Radiance does not get increased by Phantom Reach, however it has been changed to 40 yards (from 30 yards) in Patch 11.1.

Binding Heal causes Flash Heal to apply Atonement to both your target and yourself. This means that you can get 2 Atonement applications for a single GCD, and you should avoid applying Atonement to yourself earlier in the ramp if possible.

Regardless of where you use your Power Word: Shields, you cannot get three casts within 10 single target Atonements. As a result, the optimal use is to cast Power Word: Shield at the end of the ramp to make use of the Words of the Pious talent.

The new Blasphemite gems gain increased value per unique color of gem equipped. The recommended gemming strategy is in place to prioritize both the stats we desire in addition to activating the Blasphemite as much as we can.

There is NO LOSS IN HEALING when hitting more than one target for both Entropic Rift and Collapsing Void.

Entropic Rift deals the same damage to all targets hit but only heals via Atonement off a single damage target. Collapsing Void is an even split amongst all targets hit, however each hit creates an atonement event.

No. External damage effects (not within Discipline's spellbook) provide no healing benefit at all.

No. The damage reflected does not contribute to Atonement in any way.