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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+0.5s75%
  2. 2Power Word: Radiance+1.5s100%
  3. 3Evangelism+1.5s100%
  4. 4
Light's Potential
+2.3s
100%
  • 5Mind Blast+2.5s75%
  • 6Power Infusion+3.7s100%
  • 7Penance+3.7s75%
  • 8Void Shield+4.8s75%
  • 9Void Blast+6.1s50%
  • 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 Blast97 casts→Void Blast76%Penance9%Void Shield3%
    • Power Word: Radiance25 casts→Power Word: Radiance56%Evangelism16%Mind Blast12%
    • Mind Blast24 casts→Mind Blast50%Penance25%Smite13%
    • Penance20 casts→Void Shield50%Void Blast30%Smite5%
    • Void Shield16 casts→Void Blast50%Penance19%Fade13%
    • Smite15 casts→Smite47%Mind Blast13%Shadow Word: Pain7%

    Ability usage

    Casts per minute across 18 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. 1Smite24.3per min
    2. 2Penance8.8per min
    3. 3Void Shield6.3per min
    4. 4Power Word: Radiance3.6per min
    5. 5Mind Blast3.4per min
    6. 6Flash Heal1.2per min

    Multi-target

    1 fight with substantial add damage

    1. 1Smite23.6per min
    2. 2Penance9.6per min
    3. 3Void Shield6.8per min
    4. 4Mind Blast

    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 31/08/2026. 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.

    • Versatility43.8%976 avg
    • Mastery26.5%595 avg
    • Haste26.5%595 avg
    • Critical Strike3.3%77 avg

    What PvE players are playing

    Talent choices across 485 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.

    • Harsh Discipline89%

      417 players · Specialization

    • Assured Safety89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Borrowed Time89%

      416 players · Specialization

    • Desperate Measures89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Divine Feathers89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Foreseen Circumstances89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Guiding Light89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Piety89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Preemptive Care89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Preventive Measures89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Prompt Prognosis89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Prophet's Insight89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Twinsight89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Unfolding Vision89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Waste No Time89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Words of the Wise89%

      416 players · Hero

    • Lenience88%

      413 players · Specialization

    • Dark Indulgence87%

      410 players · Specialization

    • Weal and Woe87%

      408 players · Specialization

    • Inner Focus86%

      403 players · Specialization

    • Holy Ray82%

      387 players · Specialization

    • Light's Promise82%

      387 players · Specialization

    • Pain and Suffering82%

      385 players · Specialization

    • Shield Discipline81%

      380 players · Specialization

    • Purge the Wicked81%

      379 players · Specialization

    • Divine Aegis80%

      376 players · Specialization

    • Blaze of Light77%

      363 players · Specialization

    • Inspiration77%

      361 players · Class

    • Revel in Darkness68%

      319 players · Specialization

    • Searing Light63%

      298 players · Specialization

    • Binding Heals63%

      297 players · Class

    • Move with Grace57%

      266 players · Class

    • Translucent Image42%

      197 players · Class

    • Shadow Mend39%

      185 players · Specialization

    • Strength of Resolve39%

      183 players · Class

    • Shadow Tap35%

      163 players · Specialization

    Near-universal picks (43)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
    • Dispel Magic100%

      470 players · Class

    • Leap of Faith100%

      470 players · Class

    • Power Infusion100%

      470 players · Class

    Rarely taken (108)under 15% — situational or out of favour
    • Spell Warding14%

      64 players · Class

    • Mental Agility12%

      56 players · Class

    • Abyssal Reverie12%

      55 players · Specialization

    Import a real build

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

    • Components

      area-52 · US2,737

    • Jykcir

      tichondrius · US2,682

    • Seppie

      twisting-nether · EU2,681

    • Challengerz

      suramar · US2,674

    • Néotyne

      dalaran · EU2,615

    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.

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    4.5per min
  • 5Power Word: Radiance4.2per min
  • Spiritual Guidance100%

    470 players · Class

  • Benevolence100%

    469 players · Class

  • Psychic Scream100%

    469 players · Class

  • Shadow Word: Death100%

    469 players · Class

  • Twin Disciplines100%

    469 players · Class

  • Twins of the Sun Priestess100%

    469 players · Class

  • Twist of Fate100%

    469 players · Class

  • Dark Enlightenment99%

    465 players · Class

  • Improved Flash Heal99%

    465 players · Class

  • Fade99%

    464 players · Class

  • Surge of Light99%

    464 players · Class

  • Angelic Feather98%

    459 players · Class

  • Desperate Prayer97%

    457 players · Class

  • Collapsing Void11%

    54 players · Hero

  • Dark Energy11%

    54 players · Hero

  • Darkening Horizon11%

    54 players · Hero

  • Devour Matter11%

    54 players · Hero

  • Embrace the Shadow11%

    54 players · Hero

  • Inner Quietus11%

    54 players · Hero

  • Overwhelming Shadows11%

    54 players · Hero

  • Quickened Pulse11%

    54 players · Hero

  • Touch of the Void11%

    54 players · Hero