Discipline Priest Healing Spec, Builds, and Talents — Dragonflight 10.2.5

Last updated on Jan 15, 2024 at 15:00 by Clandon 24 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find out the best talents for each tier for your Discipline Priest in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.5. We also have default talent lists for various types of content, such as raiding or Mythic+. If you play with Warmode on, we have your PvP talents covered as well.

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Discipline Priest talents.

1.

Dragonflight Talent Builds for Discipline Priest

Shadowfiend Raid Mindbender Raid Shadowfiend Mythic+ Mindbender Mythic+
2.

Shadowfiend Raid Build for Discipline Priest

This build is our default recommended build for raiding content. Utilizing the large burst windows of Shadowfiend Icon Shadowfiend will provide the largest gain, provided you can force the cooldown to be available at the right times with Void Summoner Icon Void Summoner. This build goes hand in hand with the Mindbender Icon Mindbender variant, and which one you use will heavily depend on what the encounter's damage pattern looks like.

The Blaze of Light Icon Blaze of Light points in this build can be flexed into Heaven's Wrath Icon Heaven's Wrath in scenarios where more cooldown reduction on Ultimate Penitence Icon Ultimate Penitence provides significant value.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Mindbender Raid Build for Discipline Priest

This build is the alternative build for raiding content. Utilizing the smaller but more frequent windows of Mindbender Icon Mindbender will allow you to cover timings that you would not normally be able to handle due to Shadowfiend's longer cooldown. This build goes hand in hand with the Shadowfiend Icon Shadowfiend variant, and which one you use will heavily depend on what the encounter's damage pattern looks like.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!

4.

Shadowfiend Mythic+ Build for Discipline Priest

This build is our default recommended build for Mythic+ content. Utilizing the large burst windows of Shadowfiend Icon Shadowfiend will provide the largest gain, provided you can force the cooldown to be available at the right times with Void Summoner Icon Void Summoner. This build goes hand in hand with the Mindbender Icon Mindbender variant, and which one you use will heavily depend on what the encounter's damage pattern looks like.

The Blaze of Light Icon Blaze of Light and Twilight Equilibrium Icon Twilight Equilibrium points in this build can be flexed into Heaven's Wrath Icon Heaven's Wrath in scenarios where more cooldown reduction on Ultimate Penitence Icon Ultimate Penitence provides significant value.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the build directly into your game!

5.

Mindbender Mythic+ Build for Discipline Priest

This build is the alternative build for Mythic+ content. Utilizing the smaller but more frequent windows of Mindbender Icon Mindbender will allow you to cover timings that you would not normally be able to handle due to Shadowfiend's longer cooldown. This build goes hand in hand with the Shadowfiend Icon Shadowfiend variant, and which one you use will heavily depend on what the encounter's damage pattern looks like.

The Blaze of Light Icon Blaze of Light and Twilight Equilibrium Icon Twilight Equilibrium points in this build can be flexed into Ultimate Penitence Icon Ultimate Penitence and Heaven's Wrath Icon Heaven's Wrath in scenarios where Ultimate Penitence can provide significant value.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the build directly into your game!

6.

Talent Breakdown

In the following section, we will break down the more situational options or choices to be made within the talent tree. Talent nodes that have value but may not be good or generic enough to be played in all situations. If a talent node is not mentioned, it is due to it either being an instant pick already or too bad to ever take. Please refer to the above-linked talent builds if you are unsure of which category a talent falls into. If you are looking for a description of all talents/spells, please take a look at our spells page linked below:

6.1.

Dungeon Specific Talents

6.1.1.

Atal Dazar

  • Shackle Undead Icon Shackle Undead
6.1.2.

Black Rook Hold

  • Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel
  • Shackle Undead Icon Shackle Undead
6.1.3.

Galakronds Fall

There are no specific suggestions for Galakronds Fall

6.1.4.

Murozonds Rise

  • Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel
6.1.5.

Darkheart Thicket

  • Improved Purify Icon Improved Purify
6.1.6.

Everbloom

  • Dominate Mind Icon Dominate Mind
6.1.7.

Throne of the Tides

  • Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel
6.1.8.

Waycrest Manor

  • Dominate Mind Icon Dominate Mind
  • Improved Purify Icon Improved Purify
6.2.

Affix Specific Talents

6.2.1.

Bursting

  • Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel
6.2.2.

Spiteful

  • Dominate Mind Icon Dominate Mind
6.2.3.

Incorporeal

  • Dominate Mind Icon Dominate Mind
  • Shackle Undead Icon Shackle Undead
6.2.4.

Afflicted

  • Improved Purify Icon Improved Purify
6.2.5.

Entangling

  • Phantasm Icon Phantasm
7.

Specific Talent Explainations

7.1.

Benevolence vs Power Word Life

While Benevolence looks like it should be the obvious choice, the answer is not always so simple. When you include overhealing into the calculation for Benevolence, which Power Word: Life will rarely have to deal with, the difference in total contribution between the two talents is quite small. While some people may want to go for Benevolence as a default option, we recommend sticking to Power Word: Life, as the impact this spell can have as a life-saving tool can be far greater than a small hps gain overall.

As always, consider the situation you find yourself in for situations where Power Word: Life may provide little value. If you are struggling with the number of keybinds required to play Discipline Priest, you also have the option of running Benevolence as an easier option.

7.2.

Luminous Barrier

The design intent behind Luminous Barrier is great. It provides an alternative cooldown to Power Word: Barrier Icon Power Word: Barrier on fights that force the raid/group to spread during damage events. The problem is that Luminous Barrier is currently fairly undertuned. As a result, we do not recommend using it in most cases. Feel free to give it a try, but often times, in situations where Power Word: Barrier is low value, simply talenting out of Barrier and into a completely different talent node will provide more value.

8.

PvP Talents (War Mode)

In Dragonflight, there remains the option to go into "War Mode." Enabling War Mode provides the following benefits:

  • PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
  • 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
  • 10% more experience gained while leveling.
  • Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for PvE content minimal in this expansion, it is not recommended to enable the feature. War Mode remains an attractive option for leveling purposes due to the increased experience gain.

8.1.

Discipline Priest War Mode Talents

In this section, we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking of Discipline Priest-specific PvP talents. For more information on what is valuable in a competitive PvP setting instead of open-world focused, please take a look at our PvP guide.

8.1.1.

Discipline Priest PvP Talents

  1. Blaze of Light Icon Blaze of Light increases the damage of your Smite Icon Smite and Penance Icon Penance by 15% while also adding a slow/movespeed increase to Penance. This is a decent DPS increase, making soloing as Discipline easier.
  2. Inner Light and Shadow Icon Inner Light and Shadow is a toggleable ability that grants you either 10% increased spell damage and Atonement Icon 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.
  3. Eternal Rest Icon Eternal Rest reduces the cooldown of Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death by 12 seconds, giving you access to this powerful spell much more often.
  4. Dark Archangel Icon Dark Archangel increases your damage and the damage of all allies with your Atonement Icon 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.

Trinity Icon Trinity, Dome of Light Icon Dome of Light, Purification Icon Purification, Purified Resolve Icon Purified Resolve, Strength of Soul Icon Strength of Soul, and Ultimate Radiance Icon Ultimate Radiance, Archangel Icon Archangel, Thoughtsteal Icon Thoughtsteal, Cardinal Mending Icon Cardinal Mending, Delivered from Evil Icon Delivered from Evil, Precognition Icon Precognition, and Catharsis Icon Catharsis have limited usefulness on PvE content in terms of increasing your damage in the open-world or healing in a small group setting.

9.

Changelog

  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 07 Nov. 2023: Removed outdated reference.
  • 07 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
  • 10 Aug. 2023: Updated post hotfix to Rhapsody and VE.
  • 19 Jul. 2023: Fixed formatting issue.
  • 12 Jul. 2023: Updated to new page format.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for patch 10.1.5.
  • 06 May 2023: Updated to include Season 2 Dungeon Specific Talent Choices.
  • 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 22 Jan. 2023: Updated talent recommendation for patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Fixed Talent Calculator M+ Link.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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