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Table of Contents
General Information
On this page, we list the spells that you will often use as a Discipline Priest.
The other pages of our Discipline Priest guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.
About Our Reviewer
This guide has been reviewed and approved by Mend, admin and editor at Focused Will (Discord and Blog for healing Priests). You can also follow Mend on Twitter.
1. Introduction
If you are new to Discipline, this is a great place to start to get an understanding of how the spec works. On this page we will discuss what abilities you have, what they are used for within the specialisation, how they interact with each other and also with important cooldowns. If you already have experience with Discipline and are comfortable with it in Legion, it is recommended you skip this section and move on to the rest of the guide.
2. Main Resource of Discipline Priests
Mana is your only resource as a Discipline Priest. All of your healing abilities cost Mana, so managing it so that you do not run out over the course of each encounter is crucial to being able to heal competitively.
3. Basic Abilities for Discipline Priests
These are your core skills that are available regardless of talents, and form the core gameplay of the specialization.
3.1. Atonement
Atonement is integral to the Discipline specialisation. This is a
debuff that certain spells (listed below) place on the target, lasting 15
seconds. During this time, a percentage (affected by your Mastery) of all
damage you deal heals the target.
Shadow Word: Pain deals Shadow damage over time to the target.
This is used in order to heal through Atonement.
Penance is a channeled ability that deals Holy damage to the
target, or that heals an ally. It is used to heal through Atonement.
Smite deals Holy damage to the target, and also absorbs some of
the damage that the target will do. It is used primarily as a filler in your
rotation, to deal damage that heals through Atonement.
3.2. Healing Spells
Power Word: Shield places a damage absorption shield on the target,
which lasts up to 15 seconds. It applies Atonement to the
target.
Plea is an instant-cast spell that heals the target. It applies
Atonement to the target.
Shadow Mend heals the target, but also debuffs them to take damage
over time until they have taken 50% of the amount for which Shadow Mend healed
(including any damage that they take from other sources than this debuff).
Shadow Mend applies Atonement to the target.
Power Word: Radiance heals the target and their 4 nearest allies,
and applies Atonement to the targets.
3.3. Utility for Discipline Priests
Fade removes your threat on all targets for 10 seconds, on a
30-second cooldown. This is extremely useful if you take aggro of
newly-spawned mobs.
Leap of Faith pulls the targeted ally to your location. It can be
useful for helping your tanks kite, or simply for saving careless allies from
avoidable damage.
4. Cooldowns for Discipline Priests
Rapture is an ability with a 2-minute cooldown that removes the
cooldown of Power Word: Shield for 8 seconds. It is used primarily to
allow you to spam Power Word: Shield, and through that to spread
Atonement.
Pain Suppression reduces the damage the target takes by 40% for
8 seconds, with a 4-minute cooldown. It is generally used on tanks before a
damage spike, but you can also use it on other raid members you know will take
high damage.
Power Word: Barrier places a barrier at the targeted location for
10 seconds, which reduces all damage taken by allies located inside it by
25%. It has a 3-minute cooldown, and you should primarily use it to mitigate
intense AoE damage.
Shadowfiend is a DPS cooldown (summoning a shadowy fiend that
attacks your target for 12 seconds), with a 3-minute cooldown. The damage
that the Shadowfiend deals results in Atonement healing, and this is
its primary purpose.
5. ChangeLog
- 15 Jun. 2017: Updated the page to make sure it accurately reflects changes made in Patch 7.2.5.
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