An Overview of Priest Class Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

Last updated on Oct 24, 2023 at 09:00 by Stan 1 comment

The following page covers all Priest changes that went live in Patch 10.2.

1.

Priest Class Guides for Dragonflight Patch 10.2

If you are looking for Priest class guides, please visit one of the guides below.

2.

General Priest Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Power Infusion Icon Power Infusion Haste reduced to 20% (was 25%) and duration reduced to 15 seconds (was 20 seconds).
  • Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death now deals 8% of the Priest’s maximum health in damage when it fails to kill a target instead of the backlash damage being based on damage dealt.
  • Tithe Evasion Icon Tithe Evasion now reduces Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death damage dealt to the Priest by 50% (was 75%).
  • Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death backlash damage is now reduced by damage reduction effects.
  • Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel cooldown is now 2 minutes (was 45 seconds).
  • Improved Mass Dispel Icon Improved Mass Dispel is now a PvP Talent and reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel by 60 seconds (was 20 seconds).
  • Improved Mass Dispel Icon Improved Mass Dispel no longer reduces the cast time of Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel.
  • Improved Mass Dispel Icon Improved Mass Dispel has been replaced with Mental Agility Icon Mental Agility in the Priest talent tree.
  • New Talent: Mental Agility Icon Mental Agility — Reduces the mana cost of Purify Icon Purify, Purify Disease Icon Purify Disease, and Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel by 50% and Dispel Magic Icon Dispel Magic by 10%.
  • Rhapsody Icon Rhapsody now only highlights Holy Nova at max stacks while in combat.
  • Power Word: Life Icon Power Word: Life now costs 2.5% mana (was 0.5%).
  • Power Word: Life Icon Power Word: Life cooldown decreased to 15 seconds (was 30 seconds), but its cooldown is no longer decreased when cast on targets below 35% health.
  • Power Word: Life Icon Power Word: Life is now only usable on targets below 35% health.
  • Power Word: Life Icon Power Word: Life’s healing increased by 500% and no longer increases its healing on targets below 35% health.
3.

Discipline Priest Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Schism Icon Schism has been redesigned to be a passive talent — Now causes Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast to fracture the enemy’s mind, increasing your spell damage to the target by 10% for 9 seconds.
  • Shadow Covenant Icon Shadow Covenant has been redesigned to be a passive talent — Shadowfiend Icon Shadowfiend or Mindbender Icon Mindbender enters you into a shadowy pact, transforming Halo Icon Halo, Divine Star Icon Divine Star, and Penance Icon Penance into Shadow spells and increasing the damage and healing of your Shadow spells by 25% for 15 seconds (7 seconds with Mindbender Icon Mindbender).
  • Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast now has a 24-second cooldown (was 9 seconds).
  • Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast damage has been increased by 30%.
  • Dark Indulgence Icon Dark Indulgence no longer grants an additional charge of Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast. Instead, Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast has a 100% chance to grant Power of the Dark Side Icon Power of the Dark Side.
  • Inescapable Torment Icon Inescapable Torment damage increased by 60%.
  • Inescapable Torment Icon Inescapable Torment now triggers from Penance Icon Penance in addition to Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death.
  • Inescapable Torment Icon Inescapable Torment is now a 1-point talent (was 2).
  • Power Word: Solace Icon Power Word: Solace has been removed.
  • Harsh Discipline Icon Harsh Discipline no longer triggers after 4 spell casts of Smite Icon Smite, Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast, or Power Word: Solace Icon Power Word: Solace. Instead, Power Word: Radiance Icon Power Word: Radiance has a 30/60% chance to cause your next Penance Icon Penance to be free and fire 3 extra bolts.
  • New Talent: Sanctuary Icon SanctuarySmite Icon Smite prevents the next 80% damage the enemy deals.
  • New Talent: Ultimate Penitence Icon Ultimate Penitence — Ascend into the air and unleash a massive barrage of Penance Icon Penance bolts, causing Holy damage to enemies or healing to allies over 6 seconds. While ascended, gain a shield for 50% of your health. In addition, you are unaffected by knockbacks or crowd control effects.
  • New Talent: Heaven's Wrath Icon Heaven's Wrath — Each Penance Icon Penance bolt you fire reduces the cooldown of Ultimate Penitence Icon Ultimate Penitence by 2 seconds.
  • New Talent: Overloaded with Light Icon Overloaded with LightUltimate Penitence Icon Ultimate Penitence emits an explosion of light, healing up to 10 allies around you and applying Atonement Icon Atonement at 50% of the normal duration.
  • Penance Icon Penance damage increased by 15%.
  • Penance Icon Penance healing increased by 30%.
  • Power Word: Barrier Icon Power Word: Barrier now reduces 20% of all damage taken (was 25%).
  • Atonement Icon Atonement now heals for 32% of the damage done (was 40%).
  • Atonement Icon Atonement healing is now increased by 50% when not in a raid.
  • Flash Heal Icon Flash Heal healing increased by 40%.
  • Power Word: Shield Icon Power Word: Shield absorption increased by 10%.
  • Divine Aegis Icon Divine Aegis is now a 1-point talent (was 2).
  • Light's Wrath Icon Light's Wrath, Resplendent Light Icon Resplendent Light, Wrath Unleashed Icon Wrath Unleashed, and Make Amends Icon Make Amends have been removed.
  • Ultimate Penitence Icon Ultimate Penitence now considers your primary target and will prioritize healing bolts if an ally is selected or damaging bolts if an enemy is selected. Damage and healing increased by 25%, and an initial tick has been added to the start of the channel.
  • All damage done reduced by 9%.
  • Atonement Icon Atonement healing increased by 9%.
  • Purge the Wicked Icon Purge the Wicked damage increased by 5%.
  • Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain damage increased by 10%.
  • Sins of the Many Icon Sins of the Many increases damage by 20% (was 40%).
  • Atonement Icon Atonement heals for 40% of the damage done (was 35%).
4.

Holy Priest Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Holy Word: Serenity Icon Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 30%.
  • Flash Heal Icon Flash Heal healing increased by 40%.
  • Holy Word: Salvation Icon Holy Word: Salvation’s cooldown is now reduced by 15 seconds (was 30 seconds) by Holy Word: Serenity Icon Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify Icon Holy Word: Sanctify.
  • Symbol of Hope Icon Symbol of Hope now restores 10% of missing mana (was 15%).
  • Symbol of Hope Icon Symbol of Hope recovers 40 seconds of cooldown for a major defensive ability (was 60 seconds).
  • Holy Word: Sanctify Icon Holy Word: Sanctify now heals up to 5 allies (was 6).
  • Divine Star Icon Divine Star healing decreased by 25%.
  • Halo Icon Halo healing decreased by 15%.
  • Heal Icon Heal healing increased by 40%.
  • Prayer of Mending Icon Prayer of Mending healing decreased by 5%.
  • Prismatic Echoes Icon Prismatic Echoes now increases the healing of Echo of Light Icon Echo of Light by 4/8% (was 6/12%).
  • Echo of Light Icon Echo of Light healing decreased by 15%.
  • Divine Image Icon Divine Image’s Dazzling Light healing decreased by 35%.
  • Divine Image Icon Divine Image’s Blessed Light healing decreased by 20%.
  • Trail of Light Icon Trail of Light replicates Heal Icon Heal or Flash Heal Icon Flash Heal for 13/25% value (was 18/35%).
  • Pontifex Icon Pontifex increases healing done by Holy Words by 20%, stacking 2 times (was 10%).
  • Echo of Light Icon Echo of Light heals every 2 seconds and lasts 4 seconds (was heals every 3 seconds and lasts 6 seconds).
  • Fixed an issue that caused Holy Word: Sanctify Icon Holy Word: Sanctify to hit 6 targets instead of 5.
  • Symbol of Hope Icon Symbol of Hope now reduces the cooldown of major defensives by 30 seconds (was 40 seconds).
5.

Shadow Priest Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Shadow Crash Icon Shadow Crash damage is now reduced beyond 5 targets.
  • Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay damage increased by 10%.
  • Mind Flay: Insanity Icon Mind Flay: Insanity damage increased by 30%.
  • Mind Spike: Insanity Icon Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 20%.
  • Fixed an issue causing Deathspeaker Icon Deathspeaker to reset the cooldown of Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death to 10 seconds.
  • Fixed an issue causing Deathspeaker Icon Deathspeaker to trigger the cooldown lockout for Death and Madness Icon Death and Madness.
  • Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity now triggers from every 2 casts of Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague (was 3).
  • Mind Spike: Insanity Icon Mind Spike: Insanity now generates 8 Insanity (was 6).
  • Mind Flay: Insanity Icon Mind Flay: Insanity now generates 16 Insanity over its duration (was 12).
  • Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain damage increased by 17%. Not applied to PvP combat.
  • Shadowy Apparitions Icon Shadowy Apparitions damage increased by 17%. Not applied to PvP combat.
  • Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch damage increased by 25%. Not applied to PvP combat.
6.

Priest PvP Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • The backlash effects of Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch, Stellar Flare Icon Stellar Flare, Unstable Affliction Icon Unstable Affliction, Glimmer of Light Icon Glimmer of Light, and Flame Shock Icon Flame Shock will now land on Priests during Phase Shift Icon Phase Shift.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Howl of Terror Icon Howl of Terror and Psychic Scream Icon Psychic Scream to not break from Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death’s damage.
  • Atonement Icon Atonement is now 36% more effective in PvP combat (was 89%).
  • Flash Heal Icon Flash Heal is no longer increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Heal Icon Heal is no longer increased by 57% in PvP.
  • Focused Will Icon Focused Will now reduces physical damage taken by 15% and magic damage taken by 5% (was all damage by 10%) for Shadow Priests.
7.

More Dragonflight Patch 10.2 Class Changes

You will find other Patch 10.2 class changes linked below.

8.

Changelog

  • 24 Oct. 2023: Page added.
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