An Overview of Priest Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

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• Flash Heal healing increased by 20%.
• Power Word: Shield absorb amount increased by 20%.
• Power Word: Life healing increased by 20%.
• Cauterizing Shadows healing increased by 60%.
• Healing done from Void Shift to the Priest’s ally is now capped at twice the Priest’s Health.
• From Darkness Comes Light now increases the healing of Flash Heal by 3% (was 1%), and stacks up to 20 times (was 50).
• Prayer of Mending is now removed from all allies except for the last ally that received one from the Priest when a raid encounter begins.
• Fixed an issue causing Holy Nova to not benefit from Phantom Reach.
• Fixed an issue causing Halo to damage enemies out of combat.
• Updated the visuals and animations for Void Shift.
• Fixed an issue causing Divine Image’s teleport to fail on transports.
• Added a counter to the Heal spell for tracking the status of Lightweaver.
• The following talents are now 1 point:
  • Manipulation
  • Surge of Light

• All healing is no longer reduced by 3%.
• All damage increased by 5%.
• Holy Nova healing increased by 23%.
• Power Word: Shield absorption increased by 30%.
• Power Word: Radiance healing increased by 10% and its cooldown reduced to 18 seconds (was 20 seconds).
• Pain Transformation now heals for 15% of maximum health (was 25%).
• Penance healing increased by 20%.
• Rapture cooldown now starts when pressed, and it lasts up to 30 seconds.
• Bright Pupil now reduces the cooldown of Power Word: Radiance by 3 seconds (was 5 seconds).
• Abyssal Reverie now increases Atonement healing from Shadow spells by 5%/10% (was 10%/20%).
• Fixed an issue causing Indemnity to not increase Atonement duration by its intended amount.
• Fixed an issue where Atonement healing was only being increased by 50% outside raid instead of the intended 70%.
• The following talents are now 1 point:
  • Contrition
  • Heaven's Wrath

• All damage increased by 10%.
• Heal healing increased by 44%.
• Flash Heal healing increased by 20%.
• Prayer of Healing healing increased by 30%.
• Circle of Healing healing increased by 30%.
• Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 20%.
• Divine Image’s Healing Light spell healing increased by 20%.
• Healing Chorus now increases the healing done by Circle of Healing by 3% (was 5%).
• Lightweaver now increases Heal healing by 25% (was 15%).
• Fixed an issue causing the values for Gales of Song to be incorrect.
• Trail of Light is now a 1-point talent.

• All damage increased by 3%.
• Dark Ascension now increases non-periodic damage dealt by 20% (was 25%).
• Mind Flay damage increased by 50%.
• Mind Flay: Insanity now channels the same amount of damage over 1.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
• Mind Flay: Insanity and Mind Spike: Insanity can now accumulate up to 4 charges (was 2).
• The overrides for Mind Flay: Insanity and Mind Spike: Insanity now last 30 seconds (was 15 seconds).
• Mind Spike damage increased by 50%.
• Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 15%.
• Mind Spike: Insanity now generates 12 Insanity (was 8).
• Mind Blast damage increased by 30%. Void Blast damage is unaffected by this change.
• Mind Melt now stacks up to 3 times (was 4).
• Mind Melt now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast by 30% (was 20%).
• Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun now deal damage 10 times over their channel’s duration (was 15).
• Mind Flay and Mind Sear damage from Idol of C'Thun increased by 50%.
• Fixed an issue causing Psychic Link to not always hit when near the max range of its effect.
• Fixed an issue causing the targeted version of Shadow Crash to not follow a moving target.
• Fixed an issue causing Void Lashers and Void Tendrils from Idol of C'Thun to fail to attack sometimes.
• Fixed an issue causing Void Lashers and Void Tendrils from Idol of C'Thun to attack enemies the Priest is not in combat with.
• Divine Star no longer generates Insanity when cast out of combat.
• Shadow Crash now refunds its Insanity gain if it doesn’t deal damage to any targets when cast out of combat.

• Greater Heal (PvP Talent) now heals for 40% of maximum health (was 65%).
• Mindgames damage and healing reversal increased by 88%.
• Absolute Faith absorption increased by 25%.

• Power Word: Radiance healing is no longer increased by 10% in PvP combat.
• Purge the Wicked damage is no longer increased by 15% in PvP combat.

• Divine Hymn healing increased by 30% in PvP combat.
• Prayer of Mending healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.

You can find other Patch 11.0.2 class changes linked below.