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Priest

Between Light and Shadow.

As a Priest, keep allies alive with direct healing and shields or attack with Shadow magic. Watch your Mana and your range to the group so you can react when someone needs help.

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RoleHealing · Ranged damage

ResourceMana

ArmourCloth

Talent treesDiscipline · Holy · Shadow

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Suitability · + solid · ++ good · +++ especially strong

DamageSolo+++Group++

PriestShadow

Priest Shadow Leveling Build

Keep your Shadow effects running and use Mind Flay between other spells. This leveling build uses: Mind Flay.

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HealingSolo++Group+++

PriestDiscipline

Priest Discipline Leveling Build

Shield predictable damage and use Penance to help an injured ally recover. This leveling build uses: Penance.

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HealingSolo+Group+++

PriestHoly

Priest Holy Leveling Build

You have healing tools for different problems. This leveling build uses: Prayer of Mending.

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Playstyle at a glance

As a Priest, you wield the powers of the Light or reach into the Shadow. You keep a group alive through healing, protection and discipline, or wear enemies down with mental and dark magic. Foresight and careful mana management shape every style of play.

Playing your class

01
Watch the group, range and incoming damage.
02
Choose between protection, quick reaction and efficient healing.
03
Use Shadow magic deliberately when damage is your role.

Key milestones

Early levels01

Heal and protect

Learn to prevent damage and restore lost health efficiently.

Class training02

Faith of your people

The Classic baseline also ties Priests to race-specific training.

Confirmed for Forever03

Discipline expanded

Divine Spirit becomes baseline; confirmed detailed changes are tracked in the talent calculator.

Abilities at a glance

Gnome Priests learn Confounding Flash at level 10. Fear Ward and Devouring Plague are available to all Priests at level 20; the other special racial spells remain restricted to their respective races.
Improved Mind Flay makes each successive damage tick deal 10/20% more damage than the preceding tick. Devouring Contagion spreads Devouring Plague to two targets. Dark Inspiration is a new row-4 talent.

ABILITIES BY LEVEL

Abilities & unlocks

01Holy

Level	Ability	Acquisition
1	Lesser Heal Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Trainer
1	Smite An offensive ability that deals direct damage or empowers an attack.	Trainer
8	Renew Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Trainer
10	Desperate Prayer This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 10.	Trainer · Dwarf
10	Resurrection Brings a fallen ally back to life.	Trainer
14	Cure Disease Removes matching harmful effects from the target.	Trainer
16	Heal Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Trainer
20	Fear Ward Protects against the next Fear effect. Available to all Priests at level 20.	Trainer · all Priests
20	Flash Heal Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Trainer
20	Holy Fire An offensive ability that deals direct damage or empowers an attack.	Trainer
20	Holy Nova This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 20.	Talent unlock
20	Chastise This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer · Dwarf
25	Binding Heal Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Talent unlock
30	Prayer of Healing Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Trainer
32	Abolish Disease Removes matching harmful effects from the target.	Trainer
40	Greater Heal Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Trainer
40	Prayer of Mending This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 40.	Talent unlock

02Shadow Magic

Level	Ability	Acquisition
4	Shadow Word: Pain Afflicts the target with a harmful effect that usually acts over time.	Trainer
8	Fade This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 8.	Trainer
10	Hex of Weakness This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 10.	Trainer · Troll
10	Mind Blast An offensive ability that deals direct damage or empowers an attack.	Trainer
10	Touch of Weakness This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 10.	Trainer · Undead
10	Confounding Flash Gnome Priests: learned at level 10.	Trainer · Gnome
14	Psychic Scream Controls enemies by temporarily forcing them to flee.	Trainer
20	Devouring Plague Available to all Priests at level 20. Duration: 24 seconds.	Trainer · all Priests
20	Mind Soothe This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer
20	Shadowguard This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer · Troll
20	Mind Flay This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 20.	Talent unlock
20	Dark Sacrifice This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer · Undead
22	Mind Vision Helps locate and observe targets or distant areas.	Trainer
25	Vampiric Embrace This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 25.	Talent unlock
30	Mind Control Temporarily incapacitates or controls a suitable target.	Trainer
30	Shadow Protection Temporarily improves defence or protects against particular attacks.	Trainer
30	Silence This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 30.	Talent unlock
32	Shadow Word: Death This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 32.	Trainer
40	Shadowform This ability belongs to Shadow Magic training and becomes available at level 40.	Talent unlock
56	Prayer of Shadow Protection Temporarily improves defence or protects against particular attacks.	Trainer

03Discipline

Level	Ability	Acquisition
1	Power Word: Fortitude This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 1.	Trainer
6	Power Word: Shield Temporarily improves defence or protects against particular attacks.	Trainer
10	Starshards This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 10.	Trainer · Night Elf
10	Divine Grace This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 10.	Trainer · Human
12	Inner Fire An offensive ability that deals direct damage or empowers an attack.	Trainer
18	Dispel Magic Removes matching harmful effects from the target.	Trainer
20	Elune's Grace This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer · Night Elf
20	Feedback This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer · Human
20	Shackle Undead Temporarily incapacitates or controls a suitable target.	Trainer
20	Contingency Plan This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer · Gnome
20	Inner Focus This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 20.	Talent unlock
24	Mana Burn Drains or converts a resource such as health or mana.	Trainer
30	Divine Spirit This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 30.	Trainer
30	Penance This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 30.	Talent unlock
34	Levitate This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 34.	Trainer
40	Power Infusion This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 40.	Talent unlock
48	Prayer of Fortitude This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 48.	Trainer
60	Prayer of Spirit This ability belongs to Discipline training and becomes available at level 60.	Trainer

Racial abilities for your class

Human · Ruthless
Increases spell and ability critical strike chance by 1%, regardless of weapon type.
Human · The Human Spirit
Increases Spirit by 10%.
Dwarf · Artisan’s Precision
Increases hit chance with spells and attacks by 1%.
Undead · Touch of the Grave
Damaging spells and attacks can drain Health. Proc chance: 30% for casters, 20% for Paladins, Rogues and Warriors; internal cooldown 15 seconds. Does not scale with Shadow-damage increases.
Troll · Berserking
Increases spell casting and attack speed by 10% for 15 seconds.

Racial abilities for your class