Discipline Priest Frequently Asked Questions — The War Within (11.1.0)
On this page, we go over several of the most frequently asked questions regarding Discipline Priest in World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.0). This will be updated as more common repeated questions surface over the course of the expansion.
Discipline Priest FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions
So what Hero Talents do we play?
Our current recommendation is to utilize Voidweaver as a default choice in both Mythic Plus content and
Oracle as a default in Raiding content.
How good is our tier set?
Our 2 piece is overall fairly solid, but our 4 piece set bonus falls quite short.
How does
Lenience work when there are multiple Discipline Priests in a group?
As of patch 11.1, multiple applications of Lenience from different players do not stack.
How does
Divine Procession choose which
Atonement to extend?
Divine Procession will extend the Atonement with the lowest duration left within 60 yards range. When there are multiple Atonements with the same duration (Applied by Power Word: Radiance for example) it will pick a random one.
What changed with our DoTs in Patch 11.1?
Purge the Wicked has been removed and
Shadow Word: Pain has been brought up in power to compensate for it. Additionally there are two new talents in
Encroaching Shadows and
Revel in Darkness that replace the previous DoT spread functionality of Purge the Wicked. The Main difference is that Shadow Word: pain is a shadow spell and that its duration is lower than Purge the Wicked unless you talent into
Pain and Suffering .
Why are we playing
Miraculous Recovery without talenting into
Power Word: Life?
While playing Power Word: Life with Miraculous Recovery is an option, our main goal is to dodge the alternative talent in Waste No Time due to it front loading your GCD by making
Power Word: Radiance an instant cast and losing you one GCD worth of
Atonement duration. On top of that you are also rarely ever casting
Premonition before your Power Word: Radiance casts in a ramp.
What spells count as direct healing for
Divine Aegis?
The following spells will create an absorb when they critically strike while talented into Divine Aegis: Flash Heal,
Power Word: Radiance,
Penance (cast on an ally or triggered by
Twinsight or
Ultimate Penitence),
Power Word: Life, and
Evangelism.
How do we use
Evangelism now that it has a heal attached to it?
In dungeons you can use Evangelism for a large AoE heal or as a massive Single-Target heal. However controlling who gets healed can be difficult. In raids with the heal splitting across all allies it's not worth changing your timing for.
Does
Phantom Reach work with
Power Word: Radiance jump range?
The jump range of Power Word: Radiance does not get increased by Phantom Reach, however it has been changed to 40 yards (from 30 yards) in Patch 11.1.
Why is there a single
Flash Heal cast in our raid ramp rotations?
Binding Heal causes Flash Heal to apply
Atonement to both your target and yourself. This means that you can get 2 Atonement applications for a single GCD, and you should avoid applying Atonement to yourself earlier in the ramp if possible.
Why do we delay using the second
Power Word: Shield during ramps instead of immediately when its available?
Regardless of where you use your Power Word: Shields, you cannot get three casts within 10 single target Atonements. As a result, the optimal use is to cast Power Word: Shield at the end of the ramp to make use of the
Words of the Pious talent.
Why do we use a bunch of different colored gems?
The new Blasphemite gems gain increased value per unique color of gem equipped. The recommended gemming strategy is in place to prioritize both the stats we desire in addition to activating the Blasphemite as much as we can.
How do
Entropic Rift and
Collapsing Void interact with
Atonement?
There is NO LOSS IN HEALING when hitting more than one target for both Entropic Rift and Collapsing Void.
Entropic Rift deals the same damage to all targets hit but only heals via Atonement off a single damage target. Collapsing Void is an even split amongst all targets hit, however each hit creates an atonement event.
Does damage from Trinkets/Racials/Enchants/Embellishments/etc work with
Atonement?
No. External damage effects (not within Discipline's spellbook) provide no healing benefit at all.
Does
Crystalline Reflection damage heal through
Atonement?
No. The damage reflected does not contribute to Atonement in any way.
Changelog
- 24 Mar. 2025: Adjusted Hero Talent Recommendation question post Disc nerfs.
- 16 Mar. 2025: Removed mention of Spell Queueing interaction and removed mention of bugged 2pc.
- 03 Mar. 2025: Updated following recent tuning.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Removed irrelevant questions after 11.1 Class changes.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated page for Season 1 Release.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Release.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 27 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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