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Discipline Priest

Healer specialisation · Tier B in Mythic+, 3.4% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Shadow Word: Pain+0.5s100%
  2. 2Power Infusion+1.3s100%
  3. 3Power Word: Radiance+1.6s100%
  4. 4Evangelism+1.7s75%
  5. 5Light's Potential+1.9s100%
  6. 6Mind Blast+3.3s75%

What follows what

What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

  • Void Blast105 casts→Void Blast76%Penance8%Void Shield5%
  • Power Word: Radiance28 casts→Power Word: Radiance61%Evangelism14%Mind Blast14%
  • Mind Blast24 casts→Mind Blast50%Penance25%Void Shield8%
  • Penance22 casts→Void Blast48%Void Shield43%Smite5%
  • Void Shield16 casts→Void Blast56%Penance19%Fade6%
  • Smite9 casts→Smite44%Shadow Word: Pain11%Desperate Prayer11%

Ability usage

Casts per minute across 20 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

Single target

10 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

  1. 1Smite24.1per min
  2. 2Penance8.8per min
  3. 3Void Shield6.2per min
  4. 4Mind Blast3.4per min
  5. 5Power Word: Radiance3.3per min
  6. 6Flash Heal1.6per min

Multi-target

1 fight with substantial add damage

  1. 1Smite23.6per min
  2. 2Penance9.6per min
  3. 3Void Shield6.8per min
  4. 4Mind Blast4.5per min
  5. 5Power Word: Radiance4.2per min

Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

Updated 01/09/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

Secondary stats

Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

  • Versatility31.8%725 avg
  • Haste28.2%670 avg
  • Mastery27.6%647 avg
  • Critical Strike12.4%300 avg

Discipline Priest PvE enchantments

  • Enchanted: +41 Intellect & +4% Mana68%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister63%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei51%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness50%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery44%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt39%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity35%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed33%

Discipline Priest PvE gems & sockets

  • Cognitive Heliotrope · +23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition60%
  • Flawless Versatile Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Versatility39%
  • Flawless Masterful Peridot · +16 Haste & +7 Mastery19%
  • Prismatic Socket15%
  • Indecipherable Eversong Diamond · +32 Primary Stat14%
  • Flawless Quick Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Haste11%
  • Flawless Versatile Peridot · +16 Haste & +7 Versatility11%
  • Flawless Masterful Lapis · +16 Versatility & +7 Mastery10%

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 1,199 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

Where builds differ

Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

  • Holy Ray90%

    1,055 players · Specialization

  • Light's Promise90%

    1,055 players · Specialization

  • Shield Discipline89%

    1,043 players · Specialization

  • Purge the Wicked88%

    1,028 players · Specialization

  • Pain and Suffering87%

    1,015 players · Specialization

  • Divine Aegis84%

    988 players · Specialization

  • Blaze of Light84%

    987 players · Specialization

  • Inspiration73%

    851 players · Class

  • Revel in Darkness72%

    845 players · Specialization

  • Binding Heals68%

    803 players · Class

  • Searing Light66%

    773 players · Specialization

  • Move with Grace55%

    641 players · Class

  • Translucent Image47%

    550 players · Class

  • Shadow Mend41%

    477 players · Specialization

  • Strength of Resolve38%

    450 players · Class

  • Shadow Tap34%

    395 players · Specialization

  • Occultist32%

    377 players · Specialization

  • Mindpierce28%

    325 players · Class

  • Painful Punishment26%

    301 players · Specialization

  • Grim Deliverance17%

    203 players · Specialization

  • Spell Warding17%

    194 players · Class

  • Angel's Mercy15%

    180 players · Class

Near-universal picks (63)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Leap of Faith100%

    1,173 players · Class

  • Power Infusion100%

    1,173 players · Class

  • Spiritual Guidance100%

    1,172 players · Class

  • Benevolence100%

    1,170 players · Class

  • Twin Disciplines100%

    1,170 players · Class

  • Twist of Fate100%

    1,170 players · Class

  • Improved Flash Heal100%

    1,169 players · Class

  • Shadow Word: Death100%

    1,169 players · Class

  • Surge of Light100%

    1,168 players · Class

  • Twins of the Sun Priestess99%

    1,166 players · Class

  • Psychic Scream99%

    1,163 players · Class

  • Dark Enlightenment99%

    1,162 players · Class

  • Dispel Magic99%

    1,162 players · Class

  • Fade99%

    1,159 players · Class

  • Desperate Prayer98%

    1,152 players · Class

  • Painful Invocation98%

    1,149 players · Class

Rarely taken (108)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Abyssal Reverie10.0%

    117 players · Specialization

  • Collapsing Void9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Dark Energy9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Darkening Horizon9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Devour Matter9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Embrace the Shadow9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Inner Quietus9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Overwhelming Shadows9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Quickened Pulse9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Touch of the Void9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Void Blast9.8%

    115 players · Hero

  • Void Infusion9.8%

    115 players · Hero

Import a real build

Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

  • Nightskyx

    ravencrest · EU3,051

  • Celebi

    teldrassil · EU3,042

  • Rëze

    argent-dawn · EU3,023

  • Kux

    ravenholdt · EU3,016

  • Avla

    illidan · US3,013

Learn the spec

This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

  • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
  • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
  • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

Other Priest specs

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