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How the 35/16/0 build works
Discipline to Power Infusion with Forever's new healing kit: Penance, Renewed Hope, Divine Aegis and Soul Warding, which cuts Power Word: Shield's cooldown. Twin Disciplines, also new, raises instant-cast damage and healing.
Sixteen Holy points take Improved Renew, Holy Specialization, Divine Fury and Inspiration. The Smite alternative is a damage build: 31 Discipline points for Power Infusion and the Holy talents that scale Smite.
Discipline Priest leveling build
One talent point a level from 10 to 60, in this order, ending at 34/17/0 without a respec. Pick the Leveling tab above and drag the level slider to watch the trees fill in.
Levels 10–19
Wand Specialization first: early on, much of a priest's damage comes from the wand. Then Twin Disciplines for Shadow Word: Pain and Power Word: Shield, which are instant, and Holy Precision so Smite and Holy Fire miss less.
Levels 20–29
Holy Fire arrives at 20. Open with it and Power in Light makes every Smite after it hit harder. Mental Agility and Meditation are for mana between pulls.
Levels 30–40
Penance at 30 is damage or a heal on one button. Mental Strength adds Intellect, Improved Power Word: Shield and Soul Warding make the shield stronger, cheaper and more frequent, and Power Infusion at 40 is 20% more spell damage for 15 seconds.
Levels 41–60
Into Holy for Smite: Holy Specialization for crits, Divine Fury for a faster cast, Searing Light for damage, and Twilight Focus so hits do not push your casts back.
| Level | Talent | Tree |
|---|---|---|
| 10–11 | Wand Specialization 2/2 | Discipline |
| 12–16 | Twin Disciplines 5/5 | Discipline |
| 17–19 | Holy Precision 3/3 | Discipline |
| 20–24 | Power in Light 5/5 | Discipline |
| 25–27 | Mental Agility 3/3 | Discipline |
| 28 | Inner Focus 1/1 | Discipline |
| 29 | Meditation 1/3 | Discipline |
| 30 | Penance 1/1 | Discipline |
| 31–35 | Mental Strength 5/5 | Discipline |
| 36–38 | Improved Power Word: Shield 3/3 | Discipline |
| 39 | Soul Warding 1/1 | Discipline |
| 40 | Power Infusion 1/1 | Discipline |
| 41–45 | Holy Specialization 5/5 | Holy |
| 46–50 | Divine Fury 5/5 | Holy |
| 51–53 | Twilight Focus 3/3 | Holy |
| 54–55 | Improved Renew 2/3 | Holy |
| 56–57 | Searing Light 2/2 | Holy |
| 58–59 | Meditation 3/3 | Discipline |
| 60 | Improved Inner Fire 1/3 | Discipline |
Rather skip the climb? The leveling service takes your character to 60 on your realm.
Off-spec: Smite damage (31/17/3)
Holy damage at 60: Smite with Power in Light and Holy Precision, Power Infusion on top.
Open the smite damage build in the calculatorEvery talent in the Discipline Priest raid build
Each talent with its Forever tooltip at the rank the build takes.
Discipline· 35 points
Twin Disciplines 5/5New in Forever
Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 5%.
Silent Resolve 2/3
Reduces the threat generated by your Holy spells by 20% and reduces the duration of Stun, Fear, and Silence effects inflicted on you by 10%.
Improved Power Word: Shield 3/3
Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 20%.
Mental Agility 3/3
Reduces the mana cost of your Smite, Holy Fire, and instant cast spells by 10%.
Inner Focus 1/1
When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is a non-periodic spell and capable of a critical effect.
Meditation 3/3
Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Improved Inner Fire 2/3
Increases the Armor bonus of your Inner Fire spell by 30% and increases its total charges by 8.
Mental Strength 5/5
Increases your total Intellect by 15%.
Soul Warding 1/1New in Forever
Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.
Penance 1/1New in Forever
Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 42 Holy damage to an enemy, or 126 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
Renewed Hope 5/5New in Forever
Your heals from Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance gain 10% increased critical strike chance when cast on targets with Weakened Soul, and reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on their target by 5 sec.
Divine Aegis 3/3New in Forever
Your critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 15% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec.
Power Infusion 1/1
Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec.
Holy· 16 points
Improved Renew 3/3
Increases the amount healed by your Renew spell by 15%.
Holy Specialization 5/5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 5%.
Divine Fury 5/5
Reduces the casting time of your Smite, Holy Fire, Heal, and Greater Heal spells by 0.5 sec.
Inspiration 3/3
Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 25% for 15 sec.
New Discipline talents in WoW Forever
The 7 talents in Forever's Discipline tree that Classic does not have, shown at full rank. Another 11 carry over from Classic with different ranks, positions or numbers.
Power in Light · row 1, 5 ranks
Your Smite and Penance spells deal 10% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire.
Twin Disciplines · row 1, 5 ranks
Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 5%.
Holy Precision · row 2, 3 ranks
Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%.
Soul Warding · row 4, 1 rank
Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.
Penance · row 5, 1 rank
Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 42 Holy damage to an enemy, or 126 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
Renewed Hope · row 5, 5 ranks
Your heals from Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance gain 10% increased critical strike chance when cast on targets with Weakened Soul, and reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on their target by 5 sec.
Divine Aegis · row 6, 3 ranks
Your critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 15% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec.
Questions
What are the best Disc Priest talents in WoW Forever?
Our recommended Discipline Priest build is 35/16/0: Discipline to Power Infusion, with Inspiration from Holy. It is one of the Forever sim's preset builds. Nobody has played a level 60 yet, so treat it as a starting point until launch on 4 November.
Are WoW Forever's Discipline talents the same as Classic's?
No. Forever's Discipline tree has 18 talents, and 7 of them do not exist in Classic: Power in Light, Twin Disciplines, Holy Precision, Soul Warding, Penance, Renewed Hope and Divine Aegis. Another 11 have different ranks, positions or numbers. The tree is still seven rows deep, and each row still needs five points spent above it.
What is the Discipline 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
Power Infusion. Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec.
What is the best Discipline Priest leveling build in WoW Forever?
Ours takes one point a level from 10 to 60 with no respec and ends at 34/17/0. It picks up Inner Focus at 28, Penance at 30, Soul Warding at 39 and Power Infusion at 40. The full order is on this page.
How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?
51 at level 60, one per level from level 10, as in Classic. The Legacy perk Talented starts them at level 5 instead, which matters for alts while levelling.
Where does this talent data come from?
From the WoW Forever beta client's own talent tables (build 1.60.1.70338), not from Classic. Every tooltip on this page is rendered from the client's spell data, and we checked them against the numbers the beta's own tooltips show. The trees can still change before launch.
