An Overview of Priest Class Changes in the War Within Pre-Patch

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• Sanguine Teachings now grants 2% Leech (was 3%).
• All talent trees have had many talents move locations or have had their pathing updated.
• New Talent: Cauterizing Shadows — When your Shadow Word: Pain or Purge the Wicked expires or is refreshed with less than 5 seconds remaining, a nearby ally within 40 yards is healed.
• New Talent: Phantom Reach — Increases the range of most spells by 15%.
• Manipulation has been redesigned — Now causes you to take 1%/2% less damage from targets affected by Shadow Word: Pain, Purge the Wicked, or Holy Fire.
• Power Word: Life healing increased by 15%.
• Void Tendrils now root targets for 15 seconds (was 20 seconds).
• Power Word: Shield and Luminous Barrier's absorb values now have a 5% variance, like other healing spells.
• The following talents have been removed:
• Mindgames (moved to PvP talents)
• Shattered Perceptions

• Rapture increases the absorption of your next 3 Power Word: Shields by 80% (was increases by 40% and lasts 8 seconds).
• Luminous Barrier absorb amount increased by 400%.
• Luminous Barrier now decreases its absorb amount beyond 5 targets.

• Divine Hymn healing increased by 400%.
• Divine Hymn now decreases its healing beyond 5 targets.

• Mind Flay: Insanity now deals damage every 0.5 seconds for 2 seconds (was every 0.75 seconds for 3 seconds).
• Mind Flay: Insanity now generates 12 Insanity over its duration (was 16).
• Void Torrent damage increased by 30%.
• Shadow Crash is now a choice node with an option to have it be cast on your target.
• Fixed an issue causing the range of Psychic Link to not be increased by Phantom Reach.

• Mindgames is now a PvP talent (was a Class talent).
• Mindgames duration increased by 2 seconds.
• Mindgames damage, damage reversal, and healing reversal increased by 33%.

You can find other War Within Pre-Patch class changes linked below.