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Discipline Priest Healing Starter Guide - Shadowlands 9.2
By AutomaticJak
Last updated
2022/02/22 at 2:15 AM
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Welcome to our Disc Priest starter guide, which covers everything you need to start playing a new character in Shadowlands. While our other guide pages go into more individual detail, this simple starter guide covers all the basics in one place, whether you're a new Disc Priest, a returning player to Shadowlands, hardcore, or casual alike, it's the best place to get a beginners overview on the class. Included are basic talent builds, simplified rotations, stats, legendary recommendations, and more to get you started as quickly as possible.
Please keep in mind that this page is meant to get players started quickly as an introduction, and does not contain much in the way of detailed explanations, mechanics, competitive options, gearing, simulation comparisons, or nuance. For more in-depth information, including all those optimizations and more, check out the complete Disc Priest Guide pages linked in the navigation on the left-hand side of the page, and if you're leveling up in Shadowlands, you can take a look at our
leveling tips
.
Overview
NEW
NEW Patch 9.2 Changes
Best Covenant
NEW Tier Set Bonus
Gear
Talent Builds
Legendaries
Conduits
Kyrian
Necrolord
Night Fae
Venthyr
Pre-Patch
Starter Guide
Rotation, Priority, and Abilities
Advanced Concepts
Stats
Consumables
Macros & Addons
WeakAuras
Common Terms
NEW Castle Nathria Tips
NEW Sepulcher Tips
Mythic+
Common Questions
Mage Tower
Twisting Corridors
NEW Simulations
About the Author
This guide is written and maintained by
Jak
, Healer for
Soniqs Imperative
World #13th on US-Illidan, author of the
Holy
and
Discipline
Priest Guides.
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Best Covenants for Discipline Priest
As a quick recap, we've created the table below to highlight the notable differences between covenants. Don't hesitate to click the headers to go to their respective guides!
Best Discipline Priest Covenants and Soulbinds for Raid
Single Legendary
Double Legendary
Kyrian
Pelagos
Venthyr
Theotar
Best Discipline Priest Covenants and Soulbinds for Mythic+
Single Legendary
Double Legendary
Kyrian
Mikanikos
Kyrian
Mikanikos
Best Discipline Priest Legendaries
Best Single Legendaries
Raid Legendary
:
Clarity of Mind
Mythic+ Legendary
:
Spheres' Harmony
Best Double Legendaries
Raid
:
Clarity of Mind
and
Spheres' Harmony
- Very strong on fights with heavy 2 minute timers like Dausegne.
Raid
:
The Penitent One
and
Shadow Word: Manipulation
- Extremely powerful buffs for your
Penance
with faster and more bursty ramp periods. Great for Anduin which features very frequent mechanics requiring immediate output.
Raid
:
Clarity of Mind
and
Shadow Word: Manipulation
- Worth the mention, splitting
Rapture
and
Evangelism
uses to mix with
Mindgames
casts. Think this would have more value if Disc's baseline damage spells (non-covenant abilities) were stronger to take advantage of the Venthyr crit buff from the covenant legendary.
Mythic+ Legendaries
:
Twins of the Sun Priestess
and
Spheres' Harmony
Detailed Discipline Priest Builds
Note:
There are currently no talent variations depending on your covenant selection. For a deeper look at each talent and more specialized builds for specific activities, see the Discipline Priest Talent Guide.
Raids
This Disc Priest build is focused on maximizing the
Evangelism
talent. This talent selection is the preferred build for the Sanctum of Domination raid on Mythic.
Raids
This Disc Priest build is focused on maximizing the
Spirit Shell
talent. Your focus will be to output as much healing as possible after casting
Spirit Shell
to create the largest absorbs possible.
Mythic+
This Disc Priest build is a balanced Mythic+ build to give you good flexibility and healing support if need be.
Rapture
,
Pain Suppression
and
Power Word: Barrier
to support them.
Twist of Fate
is great for sustaining your allies when they take heavy damage, especially during Tyrannical bosses and Prideful situations. If you are comfortable with the dungeon and the group, feel free to take
Schism
.
Discipline Priest Talents Guide
Stat Priority for Discipline Priests in Shadowlands
Discipline Priests primarily favor Intellect through Item Level, along with Haste, though secondary stats are generally close in value. Find out more about how stats work, including sample stat weights and scaling plots in the Stats Guide, or get an overview of gear to look for from dungeons and raids in the Disc Priest Gear Guide.
Item Level
Haste
Mastery
Critical Strike
Versatility
Gearing in Shadowlands is heavily focused on pursuing item level upgrades on your gear pieces. While haste will be a primary focus to prepare for raids, if you find a non-haste item that is 10 item levels higher than the haste piece, it is quite likely that the higher ilvl piece will be better. Some exceptions to item level can be rings and some trinkets. For further detail, check the gear guide.
Discipline Priest Stats Guide
Best Enchants for Discipline Priests
Many gear slots can be enchanted in Shadowlands power enhancing enchants: weapons, rings, bracers, chest, gloves and boots. Some of these will be utility based for gathering or reducing fall damage.
Recommended Discipline Priest enchants:
Ring:
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste
Weapon:
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance
Cloak:
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech
Chest:
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats
Bracers:
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect
The next two are utility based.
Gloves:
Enchant Gloves - Shadowlands Gathering
Boots:
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads
Potions and Flasks for Discipline Priests
Flask:
Eternal Cauldron
or
Spectral Flask of Power
Potions:
Cosmic Healing Potion
,
Spiritual Mana Potion
or
Potion of Sacrificial Anima
. The sacrificial pot should be used near the end of your ramp to cast 2x
Power Word: Shield
, followed by 2
Power Word: Radiance
casts back to back for the most mana savings. In dungeons the instant mana is very good to better stretch out your mana in M+.
In dungeons
Potion of Soul Purity
can be very useful for removing debuffs that you cannot dispel.
Weapon Oils for Discipline Priests
Healing:
Embalmer's Oil
: This does very little healing at all. Opt for the damage oil instead.
Damage:
Shadowcore Oil
: This does NOT convert into
Atonement
healing but it actually does something unlike
Embalmer's Oil
.
Best Food for Discipline Priests
The optimal individual food is
Tenebrous Crown Roast Aspic
with
Cinnamon Bonefish Stew
being cheaper but weaker.
Feast of Gluttonous Hedonism
is the highest quality feast in Shadowlands and should be preferred over individual foods.
Best Gems for Discipline Priests
Recommended Discipline Priest gems is
Quick Jewel Cluster
with
Quick Jewel Doublet
being the cheaper version.
Discipline Priest Enchant/Consumables Guide
Rotation for Discipline Priests in Shadowlands
When Ramping your focus is on spending time building up
Atonement
count on the raid and then you Follow-Thru with the damage priority in order to maximize the value of the
Atonement
s. There is a lot that goes into this, so check out the Rotation page below for a video, image and write up to most easily describe how to set up your healing.
Discipline Priest Rotation Guide
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