Priest talents (WoW)  

See also: Priest Talent Builds

Priest talents, along with the rest of the Priest abilities, are divided into three separate points of focus for the class: Discipline, Holy, and Shadow.

Discipline (Disc)

The Discipline tree is primarily a support tree that supports both Holy as well as Shadow priests. Heavy emphasis can be placed on it for PvP effectiveness as well.

Key Talents

• Improved Power Word: Fortitude - Increases the effectiveness of both Power Word: Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude by 30%. Typical in both PvE builds, not so much in PvP builds.
• Silent Resolve - For PvE, this reduces the threat generated by Holy and Discipline spells (heals mostly) by up to 20%. For PvP, reduces the chance for spells to be dispelled by 20%. Typical in PvE healing and PvP builds.
• Meditation - Allows for 30% of Spirit-based mana regen to continue while casting. This is crucial for any PvE build and is one reason why Spirit is such a sought after stat for healing priests.
• Inner Focus - When activated, the next spell is cast with no mana cost. Also increases the critical chance of that spell (if capable of critting) by 25%. Typical in both Holy and Shadow builds, the 0 mana cost allows the caster to stay outside of the Five Second Rule. It is especially crucial to Undead Shadow Priests to use in conjunction with the Undead Priest racial Devouring Plague.
• Divine Spirit (and Improved Divine Spirit) - Adds another buff to the priest's repertoire. The improved talents allow for 10% of the target's total spirit to be calculated as +damage and +healing. Typical to have one IDS specced priest in a raid.
• Focused Power - Increases the Hit Chance for Smite, Mind Blast, and Mass Dispel by 4%. Also decreases the cast time of Mass Dispel by 1 second. Typical in PvP builds for the Mass Dispel effects.
• Power Infusion - Increases spell casting speed by 20% as well as lowering mana cost of all spells by 20% for 15 seconds. Typical in PvP builds.
• Pain Suppression - Reduces a friendly target's threat by 5%, damage taken by 40%, and increases resistance to dispel mechanics by 65%. Typical in PvP builds.

See Discipline for more in-depth commentary on the Discipline talents.

Holy

Key Talents

See Holy (WoW)] for more details about the Holy talent tree.

Shadow

Key Talents

See Shadow for more details.

Talent Builds and Selections

Choice of how a player "builds" their character is based heavily on playstyle -- both their own tastes, and the parts of the game they engage in mostly.

• Leveling:
• Instances:
• Raiding:
• PvP:

See Priest Talent Builds for common talent set-ups.

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