An Overview of Priest Class Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.1

Last updated on May 03, 2023 at 09:20 by Stan 3 comments

On this page, we maintain an overview of all Priest changes that went live in Patch 10.1.

1.

Priest Class Guides for Dragonflight Patch 10.1

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

2.

General Priest Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.1

  • Divine Star Icon Divine Star and Halo Icon Halo should properly override the other on your Action Bar when swapping talents.
  • Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death now has a 10-second cooldown (was 20 seconds).
3.

Discipline Priest Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.1

  • Enduring Luminescence Icon Enduring Luminescence now also reduces the cast time of Power Word: Radiance Icon Power Word: Radiance by 30%.
  • Power Word: Radiance Icon Power Word: Radiance now has a spell school of Radiant (was Holy).
  • Improved Mass Dispel Icon Improved Mass Dispel reduces the cast time of Mass Dispel Icon Mass Dispel by 0.5 seconds (was 1 second).
  • Psychic Scream Icon Psychic Scream now hits all enemies within 8 yards (was a maximum of 5 enemies).
  • Void Tendrils Icon Void Tendrils now hits all nearby enemies within 8 yards (was a maximum of 5 enemies).
  • Fixed an issue causing Divine Aegis Icon Divine Aegis to double dip into absorption increase or reduction mechanics.
  • Divine Aegis Icon Divine Aegis once again creates an absorb shield for 5%/10% of the amount healed (was 3%/6%).
4.

Holy Priest Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.1

  • The bounce radius of Prayer of Mending Icon Prayer of Mending has been increased by 10 yards.
  • Divine Image Icon Divine Image now spawns 1 Naaru that is empowered and grows with further Holy Word casts.
  • Divine Image Icon Divine Image now teleports near the Priest when the Priest casts a Holy Word spell if the Image is further than 15 yards away.
  • Divine Favor: Chastise Icon Divine Favor: Chastise and Divine Favor: Serenity Icon Divine Favor: Serenity have been added to the Personal Resource Display.
  • Dazzling Lights Icon Dazzling Lights healing from Divine Image Icon Divine Image reduced by 50%.
  • Empowered Renew Icon Empowered Renew now only triggers when casting Renew Icon Renew.
  • Empowered Renew Icon Empowered Renew now causes Renew Icon Renew to instantly heal your target for 40% of its total periodic effect (10%).
  • Healing Chorus Icon Healing Chorus now causes Renew Icon Renew to increase the healing done by your next Circle of Healing Icon Circle of Healing by 2%, stacking up to 50 times (was 1%).
5.

Shadow Priest Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.1

  • Mind Sear, Dark Void, Coalescing Shadows, Puppet Master, Harnessed Shadows, The pain of Death, Surge of Darkness, and Damnation have been removed.
  • Shadowy Insight Icon Shadowy Insight no longer passively grants an additional charge of Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast.
  • Shadowy Insight Icon Shadowy Insight no longer temporarily increases the maximum charges of Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast when it triggers.
  • Psychic Link Icon Psychic Link now affects Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague and Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death.
  • Psychic Link Icon Psychic Link is now a 1-point talent and has been moved to Mind Sear’s location.
  • Psychic Link Icon Psychic Link has been reworded — Your damaging single target spells deal 40% of their damage to all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch within 40 yards. It does not apply to damage from Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch.
  • Auspicious Spirits Icon Auspicious Spirits now causes Shadowy Apparitions Icon Shadowy Apparitions to have a chance to generate 2 Insanity instead of always generating 1 Insanity.
  • Maddening Touch Icon Maddening Touch now increases the damage of Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch by 10%/20% and has a chance to generate 1 Insanity/2 Insanity.
  • Void Torrent Icon Void Torrent generates 24 Insanity over its duration (was 60).
  • Shadow Crash Icon Shadow Crash generates 6 Insanity (was 15).
  • Shadow Crash Icon Shadow Crash no longer applies Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch.
  • Mind Devourer Icon Mind Devourer now has a 4%/8% chance to grant a free cast of Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague (was 10%/20%).
  • Mind Devourer Icon Mind Devourer now increases the damage of your next Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague by 8%/15% when it triggers.
  • Mind Melt Icon Mind Melt no longer reduces the cast time of Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast.
  • Mind Melt Icon Mind Melt increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast by 10%/20% (was 25%), stacking up to 4 times (was 2).
  • Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun can now trigger from Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike and Void Torrent Icon Void Torrent damage.
  • Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun now spawns a Void Lasher if there are more than 2 targets nearby and otherwise spawns a Void Tendril.
  • Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay damage reduced by 20%.
  • Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun Mind Sear Icon Mind Sear damage increased by 75%.
  • The Void Tendril and Void Lasher from Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun generate 15 Insanity over their duration (was 30).
  • Idol of Yogg-Saron Icon Idol of Yogg-Saron now scales with Shadow Priest's Mastery.
  • Mind Sear Icon Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
  • The cast speed of Mind Sear Icon Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun no longer scales with Haste.
  • Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay and Mind Sear Icon Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun, Echoing Void Icon Echoing Void from Idol of N'Zoth Icon Idol of N'Zoth, and Void Torrent Icon Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance.
  • Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike now replaces Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay.
  • Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike damage increased by 15%.
  • Mind Flay: Insanity has been renamed to Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity.
  • Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity generates 12 Insanity over its duration (was 16).
  • Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity now empowers your next Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay or Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike.
  • Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity now lasts 15 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity can now accumulate up to 2 charges.
  • Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity and Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike: Insanity have been added to the Personal Resource Display.
  • Screams of the Void Icon Screams of the Void has been redesigned — Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague causes your Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch to deal damage 40%/80% faster for 3 seconds.
  • Mental Decay Icon Mental Decay now also increases the duration of Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch by 2 seconds when Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike is cast.
  • Dark Evangelism Icon Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike.
  • Insidious Ire Icon Insidious Ire now also affects Void Torrent Icon Void Torrent damage.
  • New Talent: Thought Harvester Icon Thought HarvesterMind Blast Icon Mind Blast gains an additional charge.
  • New Talent: Whispering Shadows Icon Whispering ShadowsShadow Crash Icon Shadow Crash generates an additional 6 Insanity and applies Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch to up to 8 targets it damages.
  • New Talent: Voidtouched Icon Voidtouched — Increases your Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague damage by 6% and increases your maximum Insanity by 50.
  • New Talent: Mastermind Icon Mastermind — Increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast, Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay, and Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike by 2%/4% and increases their critical strike damage by 13%/25%.
  • New Talent: Phantasmal Pathogen Icon Phantasmal PathogenShadowy Apparitions Icon Shadowy Apparitions deal 75%/150% increased damage to targets affected by your Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague.
  • New Talent: Mind's Eye Icon Mind's Eye — Reduces the Insanity cost of Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague by 5.
  • Throes of Pain Icon Throes of Pain generates 1 Insanity per rank (was 3 and 5).
  • Ancient Madness Icon Ancient Madness is now a 1-point talent.
  • Dark Ascension Icon Dark Ascension and Void Eruption Icon Void Eruption should now properly override the other on your Action Bar when swapping talents.
  • Several nodes in the talent tree have changed position.
  • Updated the Shadow Priest starter build.
  • Shadow Crash Icon Shadow Crash damage reduced by 70%.
  • Shadow Crash Icon Shadow Crash now has a 20-second cooldown (was 30 seconds).
  • Death and Madness Insanity generation reduced to 8 (was 30).
  • Death and Madness generates Insanity immediately instead of over 3 seconds.
  • Shadow Word: Death now generates 4 Insanity.
  • Deathspeaker Icon Deathspeaker trigger rate increased by 50%.
  • Deathspeaker Icon Deathspeaker now increases the damage of Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death by 25% while active.
  • Deathspeaker Icon Deathspeaker now temporarily increases the maximum charges of Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death by 1.
  • Deathspeaker Icon Deathspeaker no longer triggers Death and Madness Icon Death and Madness’ cooldown.
  • New Talent: Distorted Reality Icon Distorted Reality — Increases the damage of Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague by 20%, but Devouring Plague deals its damage over 12 seconds and its Insanity cost is increased by 25.
  • Encroaching Shadows has been removed.
  • Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague instant damage increased by 75%.
  • Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity has moved to Encroaching Shadows’ position.
  • Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity now has a Spell Alert while active.
  • Mental Decay Icon Mental Decay now updates the maximum duration of Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch so that the remaining durations are more easily understood.
  • Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death damage reduced by 38%.
  • Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death deals 250% increased damage below 20% health (was 150%).
  • Mastermind Icon Mastermind increases the critical strike chance of the affected spells by 4%/8% (was 2%/4%).
  • Maddening Touch Icon Maddening Touch increases Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch damage by 15%/30% (was 10%/20%).
  • Whispering Shadows Icon Whispering Shadows no longer causes Shadow Crash Icon Shadow Crash to generate additional Insanity.
  • Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike damage reduced by 6%.
  • Mind Spike: Insanity Icon Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11%.
  • Mind Spike: Insanity Icon Mind Spike: Insanity generates 6 Insanity (was 8)
  • Mental Decay Icon Mental Decay now also increases the damage of Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay and Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike by 10%.
  • Unfurling Darkness Icon Unfurling Darkness and Mental Decay Icon Mental Decay have swapped positions on the talent tree.
  • Mind Devourer Icon Mind Devourer has a 5%/10% chance (was 4%/8%) to trigger and increases the damage of Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague by 20% (was 15%).
  • Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay damage from Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun reduced by 25%.
  • Inescapable Torment Icon Inescapable Torment damage reduced by 40%.
  • Inescapable Torment Icon Inescapable Torment increases the duration of Mindbender Icon Mindbender by 0.7 seconds (was 1 second).
  • Void Bolt Icon Void Bolt generates 10 Insanity (was 12).
  • Void Bolt Icon Void Bolt now updates the maximum duration of Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch so that the remaining durations are more easily understood.
  • Mindbender Icon Mindbender and Shadowfiend Icon Shadowfiend generate 2 Insanity per attack (was 3).
  • Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague extends the duration of Voidform Icon Voidform by 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
  • Void Torrent Icon Void Torrent now has a 45-second cooldown (was 60 seconds).
  • Unfurling Darkness Icon Unfurling Darkness damage increased by 75%.
  • Mind Melt Icon Mind Melt is now a 1-point talent.
  • Malediction Icon Malediction is now a 1-point talent.
  • Inescapable Torment Icon Inescapable Torment is now a 1-point talent for Shadow.
  • Void Torrent Icon Void Torrent now always triggers Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun.
  • Vampiric Embrace Icon Vampiric Embrace no longer triggers from Psychic Link Icon Psychic Link damage.
  • Vampiric Embrace Icon Vampiric Embrace no longer triggers Hallucinations Icon Hallucinations.
  • Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 10% for Shadow.
  • Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay and Mind Sear Icon Mind Sear damage from Idol of C'Thun Icon Idol of C'Thun reduced by 30%.
  • Distorted Reality Icon Distorted Reality increases the damage of Devouring Plague Icon Devouring Plague by 20% (was 8%) and increases its Insanity cost by 5 (was 10).
  • Auspicious Spirits Icon Auspicious Spirits causes Shadowy Apparitions Icon Shadowy Apparitions to have a chance to generate 1 Insanity (was 2).
  • Power Word: Shield Icon Power Word: Shield absorbs 25% additional damage.
  • Renew Icon Renew healing increased by 25%.
  • Prayer of Mending Icon Prayer of Mending healing increased by 25%.
  • Flash Heal Icon Flash Heal healing increased by 50%.
  • Psychic Link Icon Psychic Link now causes your direct damage spells to inflict 30% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch (was 40%).
  • Mastermind Icon Mastermind now increases the critical strike damage of Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast, Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay, Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike, and Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death by 20%/40% (was 13%/25%).
6.

Priest PvP Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.1

  • New PvP Talent: Phase Shift Icon Phase Shift — Step into the shadows when you cast Fade Icon Fade, avoiding all attacks and spells for 1 second. Interrupt effects are not affected by Phase Shift.
  • Phase Shift Icon Phase Shift has been added to the Personal Resource Display.
  • New PvP Talent: Absolute Faith Icon Absolute FaithLeap of Faith Icon Leap of Faith also pulls the spirit of the 3 furthest allies within 40 yards and shields all allies affected.
  • Eternal Rest (PvP Talent) has been removed.
  • Delivered from Evil (PvP Talent) has been removed.
  • Silence Icon Silence duration decreased to 3 seconds in PvP combat (was 4 seconds).
  • The bounce radius of Prayer of Mending Icon Prayer of Mending has been increased by 10 yards.
  • Prayer of Mending Icon Prayer of Mending healing increased by 50% in PvP combat.
  • Cardinal Mending (PvP Talent) has been removed.
  • Power Word: Barrier Icon Power Word: Barrier effectiveness increased by 100% in PvP combat.
  • Dome of Light has been removed.
  • Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was reduced by 5%).
  • Void Origins (PvP Talent) has been removed.
  • Mind Spike Icon Mind Spike and Mind Spike: Insanity Icon Mind Spike: Insanity damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat (was 25%).
  • Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay and Surge of Insanity Icon Surge of Insanity damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Deathspeaker Icon Deathspeaker increases the damage of Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word: Death by 10% in PvP combat (was 25%).
7.

More Dragonflight Patch 10.1 Class Changes

You can find other Patch 10.1 class changes linked below.

8.

Changelog

  • 03 May 2023: Idol of Yogg-Sarron now scales with the Shadow Priest Mastery.
  • 26 Apr. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
  • 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7 launch.
  • 22 Jan. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.5 launch.
  • 06 Dec. 2022: Updated with December 6 tuning.
  • 26 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
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