Patch 8.3 Priest Changes

• Contrition's base healing reduced by 25%.
• Contrition's healing is now correctly affected by Mastery
  • Developers' note: In the aggregate this talent gains value, due to the increase in Penance healing, reduction to Atonement healing, and Mastery bug fix.
• Penance healing increased by 15%.
• Schism now increases damage done from Priest spells and abilities only.
  • Developers' note: This change is intended to make Schism consistent with other similar class cooldowns.
• Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced 9%.
• Purge the Wicked damage reduced 10%.
• Power Word: Solace (Talent) damage reduced 10%.
• Atonement healing reduced to 50% (was 55%).
• Mastery: Grace effectiveness increased by 12%.
  • Developers' note: Discipline's ability to contribute both damage and healing is slightly too high for what one character can bring to a group composition. At the same time, we are making their Mastery stat slightly more attractive.

• Power Word: Radiance now correctly applies Atonement to targets on the opposite side of a Smoke Bomb effect.

• Mastery: Echo of Light no longer duplicates negative healing effects.

• Chorus of Insanity critical strike bonus reduced by 25%.
• Auspicious Spirits damage bonus reduced to 25% (was 50%).
• Spiteful Apparitions (Azerite Trait) now deals the correct amount of damage if the Shadow Priest has Auspicious Spirits talented.
  • Developers' note: The multiplicative interaction between Auspicious Spirits, Spiteful Apparitions, and Chorus of Insanity has specifically been a big part of Shadow's damage scaling to get out of control at high target counts. This change will keep their damage output in line with its original intention.
• Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 8%.

You can find other Patch 8.3 class changes linked below.