Discipline Priests in Shadowlands - Healer Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries

Bêta Publié 16/11/2020 à 18:50 par AutomaticJak

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What has changed for Discipline Priest?ExpiationProfondeur des ombresLuminescence rémanenteExpiationClarté d’espritSurcharge de manaInfusion de puissanceJeux d’espritInfusion de puissanceExpiationClarté d’espritExtaseTalentsRaidsExtaseÉvangélismeClarté d’espritPurge du malHaloCarapace spirituelleTorve-esprit Mythic+SchismeShadowlands Leveling Perks

Apaisement (52) - Reduces the radius that enemies will aggro you allowing you to move around enemies that would otherwise be blocking your path. This only works on Humanoids and Dragonkin type targets. It is easy to spam on multiple enemies so if you are fast you can provide skips for yourself and the group in key dungeons.

Casting Apaisement on both enemies creates that Purple effect over their heads, reducing their aggro radius allowing you to slip by without drawing threat. Priest STEALTH......of sorts!

Nova sacréeNova sacréeIncandescence mentaleNova sacréeInfusion de puissanceExpiationPriest Covenant Abilities

Venthyr

Jeux d’esprit is the Venthyr covenant ability and leading choice for Discipline in a raiding environment. It does tremendous single target damage that converts into Expiation healing and is buffed by Schisme. It also converts some damage the affected enemy deals into healing. As long as it converts some damage into healing it will also return some mana back to you. Overall it is an easy ability to utilize that has strong synergy with Évangélisme and Extase. Build up heavy Expiations, cast Schisme, cast Jeux d’esprit.....profit!
Perceptions brisées is the conduit that buffs Jeux d’esprit. Once again its a simple boost that doesn't ask much of the player to maximize and as a result is a solid option.
Porte des ombres is the covenant signature ability and probably my favorite of all of the signature abilities that covenants offer. It has a 1.5 second cast that can take you up to 35 yards away. Priest is generally immobile and can struggle to cross vast distances quickly. This shores up that weakness extremely well and can be utilized for some easy skips in dungeons as well!

Kyrian

Faveur des transcendés is the Kyrian Covenant Priest class ability. It features three parts. Your Faveur des transcendés ability after casting immediately turns into the spammable Nova transcendée, your Châtiment converts into Déflagration d’ascension and each ability generates stacks, the former generates one stack per enemy hit and the latter generates 5 per cast. These stacks then explode at the end of their duration for Éruption d’ascension. This burst converts into Expiation only off the first enemy hit, so for the most healing from the Eruption you would be best off only hitting one enemy. This ability is excellent in a dungeon environment as it is extremely flexible whether you need to deal more damage on large trash pulls or if you need assistance fighting the seasonal affix Prideful enemies. In raids, it is not as easy to incorporate into your ramps as the Venthyr covenant.
Ascension courageuse is the covenant conduit. It has solid value in a 5 man environment where you will lean on the covenant ability as a major throughput cooldown.
Invocation de régisseur gives the Flasque de sérénité which removes debuffs and is an additional heal. Its an excellent tool in dungeons where you are bouncing in between combat and frequently face certain debuffs that you cannot dispel as a Priest like Curses, Bleeds and Poisons.

Necrolord

Nova impie is the covenant ability for the Necrolords. Like Éruption d’ascension, Nova impie will split damage depending on the number of enemies hit and convert into Expiation healing only off the first enemy hit. As a result, this ability can very rapidly deteriorate in value if you hit too many enemies and is one of the more mediocre covenant abilities for Discipline.
Transfusion purulente buffs Nova impie. This is a solid buff to the ability increasing damage and duration but it doesn't make the covenant ability strong enough to take over the alternatives.
Chair recomposée creates a shield equal to 20-50% of your max health depending on the type and quantity of the corpses you consume. Its a long channel which can be difficult to utilize in raiding, especially if heavy movement is involved. If there is sufficient downtime then you can create some strong shields to better mitigate heavy burst damage.

Night Fae

Gardiens faë is the Night Fae Priest covenant ability. It produces three fairies at once that can move to a new target depending on the spell cast. moves the Fairy that reduces a major cooldown on the target, Mot de pouvoir : Bouclier applies 10% damage reduction and Mot de l’ombre : Douleur applies the final fairy that will regen mana if you are actively attacking the enemy. The cooldown reduction that Discipline receives is toward Extase which can have some value but can also have large downsides. If you are holding Extase for specific events then this cooldown reduction could be irrelevant. In that case you could reduce the cooldown of a DPS.
Point d’orgue faë is the synergistic conduit for Gardiens faë allowing you to cycle the buff on multiple allies. This conduit encourages you to reduce cooldowns for many targets which can be very costly mana-wise and has a large trade off of not running another potency conduit or covenant that would increase your throughput.
Forme d’âme is the signature covenant ability and provides some strong movement speed which is generally a weak point for Priests. It can be utilized for quick bursts of movement but generally you won't be moving for so long that you get multiple blinks in, unless you're in a dungeon.

Choosing a CovenantVenthyrJeux d’espritInflexiblePorte des ombresPerceptions briséesKyrianFaveur des transcendésFaveur des transcendésDéflagration d’ascensionExpiationPriest Covenant abilityBest Discipline Priest SoulbindsInflexiblePierre de serviceOmbre apaisanteRenoncement au passéMéditation de combatDiscipline Priest Conduits

Exaltation: Recently nerfed on November 11th, the absorb effect has been heavily nerfed to counter Carapace spirituelle's strength. While it maintains its duration buff to Extase the heavy absorb nerf pushes this conduit down competitively.
Radiance éclatante: Increases the healing that Mot de pouvoir : Radiance produces. With how steady of damage patterns Castle Nathria holds, its likely that players will not be 100% HP when you are developing your ramps, so Mot de pouvoir : Radiance should see this increase in healing value.
Prompte pénitence: Produces a buff to your first bolt of Penance. Its a solid conduit but there are better alternatives for maximizing your healing.
Transformation de la douleur: Provides a meaty heal to Suppression de la douleur. But having a quick heal once every 3 minutes, does not a strong conduit make. Very low tier.
Perceptions brisées: Is the covenant conduit for the Venthyr. It provides even more strength to your ramp, further increasing your effectiveness as a burst healer.
Ascension courageuse: Is the covenant conduit for the Kyrian. It provides a substantial buff to your damage during Boon which is excellent for increasing your healing output without having to resort to spam. Extremely helpful for high prideful and challenging tyrannical boss fights.

Ascension courageuse / Perceptions brisées

Radiance éclatante

Prompte pénitence

Exaltation

Transformation de la douleur

Prompte pénitence

Image translucide: Fade damage reduction returns! And on-demand damage reduction is particularly sweet.

Âme charitable: Shields are cast frequently enough that you can often generate a solid chunk of extra self-healing with this conduit especially with how consistent damage patterns are in Castle Nathria.

Inspiration de la Lumière: While buffing Prière du désespoir is alright, damage reduction and effective health increases via absorbs take a higher priority.

Priest Conduit GuideDiscipline Priest Legendaries

Contemplation mesurée: Buffs the healing of your like the azerite essence Esprit dévoué from BfA. Problem with this legendary is that there is such a long duration between each buffed that its nowhere near as consistent as the azerite trait it was made from.
Voûte céleste: Causing Saut de foi to have multiple charges and to be improving your mobility. Fun legendary to utilize but not strong enough to see competitive play.
Ombres cautérisantes: Steadily nerfed over Beta to now be too weak to see competitive play.
Prêtresse des Jumeaux du soleil: Allows you to share Infusion de puissance without losing out on the buff yourself. Excellent in 5 mans to toss on to high powered DPS.

Baiser de la mort: Allows Mot de l’ombre : Mort to convert into Expiation healing. Unfortunately after multiple Mot de l’ombre : Mort and nerfs to the legendary itself, it does not seem to be competitive enough at the moment to see competitive raid or M+ play.
Clarté d’esprit: Has two functions depending on your talent selections. When talented into Carapace spirituelle, this ability extends active Expiations and decreases mana cost of damaging abilities. When NOT talented into Carapace spirituelle, this ability makes Mot de pouvoir : Boucliers applied during Extase to place longer lasting Expiations and cost less mana. Great legendary to take with Extase because of the high efficiency it adds to the ability.
Le pénitent: When casting Mot de pouvoir : Radiance you have a chance to empower your next Pénitence. You can hold two charges of this buff so there is no penalty to casting back to back Mot de pouvoir : Radiance. This is a solid legendary thanks to the high proc chance, but you're not able to absolutely guarantee that you have the buff for every ramp, and if you generate two of the buffs then your 2nd Pénitence is frequently used well AFTER your ramp is completed, producing minimal extra healing.
Reflet cristallin: Creates additional damage when Mot de pouvoir : Bouclier is consumed. Low-usage in PvE environments, decent extra damage.

Picking a LegendaryClarté d’espritExtaseExpiationLe pénitentPrêtresse des Jumeaux du soleilCarapace spirituelleCarapace spirituelleCarapace spirituelleVigueur ancestraleTotem de protection ancestraleInflexibleCarapace spirituelleMot de pouvoir : RadianceCarapace spirituelleRadiance éclatanteClarté d’espritCarapace spirituelleLe pénitentCarapace spirituelleÉvangélismeExtaseCarapace spirituelleCarapace spirituelleIn ConclusionDiscipline Priest is one of the most fortunate specializations at the moment in World of Warcraft.ExpiationIncandescence mentaleAttaque mentaleFaveur des transcendésInfusion de puissanceApaisement

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