Priest
Specializations
| Specialization | Talents | New | Changed |
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| Discipline | 18 | 7 | 10 |
| Holy | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| Shadow Magic | 18 | 3 | 9 |
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Talents
Open talent calculatorEffects below show the maximum rank. Expand a talent to compare its ranks.
Discipline
| Talent | Ranks | Forever | Effect at maximum rank |
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| 5 | New | Your Smite and Penance spells deal 10% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire. View all 5 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Increases your damage with Wands by 25%. View all 2 ranks
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| 5 | New | Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 5%. View all 5 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Reduces the threat generated by your Holy spells by 30% and reduces the duration of Stun, Fear, and Silence effects inflicted on you by 15%. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | New | Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 20%. View all 3 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Gives you a 100% chance to gain Focused Casting for 6 sec after being the victim of a melee or ranged critical strike. The Focused Casting effect prevents you from losing casting time when taking damage and increases your resistance to Interrupt effects by 20%. View all 2 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Reduces the mana cost of your Smite, Holy Fire, and instant cast spells by 10%. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | Unchanged | When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is capable of a critical effect. | |
| 3 | Changed | Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Increases the Armor bonus of your Inner Fire spell by 45% and increases its total charges by 12. View all 3 ranks
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| 5 | Changed | Increases your total Intellect by 15%. View all 5 ranks
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| 1 | New | Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%. | |
| 2 | Changed | Reduces the casting time of your Mana Burn spell by 1.0 sec. View all 2 ranks
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| 1 | New | Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 81 Holy damage to an enemy, or 184 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec. | |
| 5 | New | 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. View all 5 ranks
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| 3 | New | Your critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 15% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec. |
Holy
| Talent | Ranks | Forever | Effect at maximum rank |
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| 3 | New | Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any spell. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | Unchanged | Increases the amount healed by your Renew spell by 15%. View all 3 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 5%. View all 5 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Reduces all spell damage taken by 10%. View all 5 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Reduces the casting time of your Smite, Holy Fire, Heal, and Greater Heal spells by 0.5 sec. View all 5 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 27 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 51. These effects cause no threat. | |
| 3 | Changed | After being struck by a melee or ranged critical hit, or suffering more than 30% of your maximum Health from a single attack, heal 25% of the damage taken over 6 sec. Refreshing this effect carries over any remaining healing. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 25% for 15 sec. View all 3 ranks
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| 2 | Unchanged | Increases the range of your Smite and Holy Fire spells and the radius of your Prayer of Healing and Holy Nova spells by 20%. View all 2 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Reduces the Mana cost of your Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, Penance, and Prayer of Mending spells by 15%. View all 3 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Increases your Holy damage done by 5%, and gives a 10% chance each time your Holy Fire spell deals periodic damage for your next Holy Nova to cost no Mana. View all 2 ranks
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| 1 | New | Heals a friendly target and the caster for 247. Low threat. | |
| 2 | New | When you cast a healing spell, gain Mana equal to 10% of the base cost of the spell if your previous heal was a different spell. View all 2 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies. | |
| 5 | Changed | Increases your spell healing by up to 25% of your total Spirit and your spell damage by up to 8% of your total Spirit. View all 5 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Increases the amount healed by your spells by 10%. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | New | Places a spell on the target that heals them for X the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time per caster. |
Shadow Magic
| Talent | Ranks | Forever | Effect at maximum rank |
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| 5 | Changed | Improves your chance to hit with Shadow spells by 5%. View all 5 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Gives your Shadow damage spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 3 sec. View all 5 ranks
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| 5 | Changed | Gives you a 100% chance to gain a 100% bonus to your Spirit for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target. For the duration, your Mana will regenerate at a 50% of normal rate while casting. View all 5 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 30%. View all 3 ranks
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| 2 | Unchanged | Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 sec. View all 2 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Increases the range of your offensive Shadow spells by 20%. View all 2 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Reduces the cooldown of your Mind Blast spell by 2.5 sec. View all 5 ranks
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| 2 | Unchanged | Reduces the cooldown of your Psychic Scream spell by 4 sec. View all 2 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 63 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%. | |
| 2 | New | Your Mind Flay now deals 20% more damage, gains 10 yards increased range, but slows the target's movement speed by 20%. View all 2 ranks
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| 2 | Unchanged | Decreases the cooldown of your Fade ability by 6 sec. View all 2 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow spell damage you deal for 30 sec. Vampiric Embrace also grants a chance for your Spirit Tap talent to trigger when enemies afflicted by it die. | |
| 3 | Changed | Your Shadow damage spells have a 100% chance to increase the Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Silences the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 sec and interrupting their spellcasts for 3 sec. | |
| 2 | New | Reduces the mana cost of your Devouring Plague by 50%. Targets that die while Devouring Plague it is active spreads it, jumping to a nearby enemy within 10 yards for the remaining duration. View all 2 ranks
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| 2 | New | Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets at or below 20% health by 30%. View all 2 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Increases your Shadow damage done by 10%. View all 5 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form. |

