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Discipline Priest Healing Stat Priority in Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.0.1

Last updated Yesterday at 02:45 by Mend 23 comments

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General Information

On this page, we explain what the best statistics are for Discipline Priests in World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth 8.0.1, how the class benefits from each of them.

The statistics priority is important as it influences itemisation choices (gear, enchants, and gems).

The other pages of our Discipline Priest guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Author

This guide is written and maintained by Mend, admin and editor at Focused Will (join them on Discord or read their Blog for healing Priests) and is reviewed by the staff at Focused Will. You can follow Mend on Twitter or Twitch.

1. The Basics of Stats for Discipline Priest

While we are yet unsure what stats will have the most impact we can make some assumptions. Intellect will remain your most important stat, and thus higher item level will usually provide better results. In Legion, our secondary stats were quite well balanced and we expect it to remain the same going into Battle for Azeroth. For more on this, keep an eye on this guide and we will update the guide as we learn more.

The BfA 8.0.1 pre-patch stat priority is below:

  1. Intellect;
  2. Haste;
  3. Critical Strike;
  4. Mastery;
  5. Versatility.

2. Getting a Better Understanding of Discipline Priest Stats

Intellect is your primary stat. You should look for this stat in all of your upgrades. It provides you with Spell Power, which increases the power of your heals.

Haste reduces the cast time of your spells, reduces the cooldown of Power Word: Solace Icon Power Word: Solace, and also reduces your global cooldown. Moreover, it increases the amount of attacks your Mindbender Icon Mindbender can make, and the number of ticks from Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain/Purge the Wicked Icon Purge the Wicked.

Critical Strike grants your damaging spells and heals a chance to double their value. That said, it is worth noting that it does not double-dip with regards to Atonement Icon Atonement healing (Atonement heals cannot be critical hits; they only heal for the amount of damage that was done, which is the only portion that can be a critical strike).

Mastery (Mastery: Grace Icon Mastery: Grace) increases your healing on Atonement targets.

Versatility increases all your damage and healing done, and decreases all damage taken.

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3. ChangeLog

  • 13 Aug. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth launch.
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