Discipline Priest Talent Build & Glyphs
The 53/18/0 Discipline Priest build for WotLK 3.3.5a, point by point. It is already loaded in the calculator below, so you can change a talent, try another build or copy a link to share it.
- 53/18/0 main build
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3.3.5a · LEVEL 80
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About the Discipline Priest build
Discipline Priest is a 53/18/0 build: fifty-three points in Discipline and eighteen in Holy. The spec is defined by Penance, Borrowed Time, Divine Aegis, Rapture, Grace and Pain Suppression, and the guides we read also list Twin Disciplines, Soul Warding, Renewed Hope and Inspiration among the must-haves. There is one build in the calculator, and the major glyphs are Power Word: Shield, Penance and Flash Heal.
- 53/18/0main build
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- 6glyphs
- 71points at level 80
Every talent in the main Discipline Priest build
This is the 53/18/0 build, talent by talent, with what each one does at the rank the build takes. Talents are listed from the top of each tree to the bottom. The Shadow tree gets no points in this build.
Discipline53 points
| Talent | Rank | What it does at this rank |
|---|---|---|
| Twin Disciplines | 5/5 | Increases the damage and healing done by your instant spells by 5%. |
| Improved Inner Fire | 3/3 | Increases the effect of your Inner Fire spell by 45%, and increases the total number of charges by 12. |
| Improved Power Word: Fortitude | 2/2 | Increases the effect of your Power Word: Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude spells by 30%, and increases your total Stamina by 4%. |
| Meditation | 3/3 | Allows 50% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting. |
| Inner Focus | 1/1 | Instant · 3 min cooldownWhen 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. |
| Improved Power Word: Shield | 3/3 | Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 15%. |
| Mental Agility | 3/3 | Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by 10%. |
| Mental Strength | 5/5 | Increases your total Intellect by 15%. |
| Soul Warding | 1/1 | Reduces the cooldown of your Power Word: Shield ability by 4 sec, and reduces the mana cost of your Power Word: Shield by 15%. |
| Focused Power | 2/2 | Increases damage and healing done by your spells by 4%. In addition, your Mass Dispel cast time is reduced by 1 sec. |
| Enlightenment | 3/3 | Increases your total Spirit by 6% and increases your spell haste by 6%. |
| Power Infusion | 1/1 | 16% of base mana · 30 yd range · Instant cast · 2 min cooldownInfuses the target with power, increasing spell casting speed by 20% and reducing the mana cost of all spells by 20%. Lasts 15 sec. |
| Improved Flash Heal | 3/3 | Reduces the mana cost of your Flash Heal by 15%, and increases the critical effect chance of your Flash Heal by 10% on friendly targets at or below 50% health. |
| Renewed Hope | 1/2 | Increases the critical effect chance of your Flash Heal, Greater Heal and Penance (Heal) spells by 2% on targets afflicted by the Weakened Soul effect, and you have a 50% chance to reduce all damage taken by 3% for 1 min to all friendly party and raid targets when you cast Power Word: Shield. This effect has a 15 sec cooldown. |
| Rapture | 3/3 | When your Power Word: Shield is completely absorbed or dispelled you are instantly energized with 2.5% of your total mana, and you have a 100% chance to energize your shielded target with 2% total mana, 8 rage, 16 energy or 32 runic power. This effect can only occur once every 12 sec. |
| Aspiration | 2/2 | Reduces the cooldown of your Inner Focus, Power Infusion, Pain Suppression and Penance spells by 20%. |
| Divine Aegis | 3/3 | Critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 30% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec. |
| Pain Suppression | 1/1 | 8% of base mana · 40 yd range · Instant cast · 3 min cooldownInstantly reduces a friendly target's threat by 5%, reduces all damage taken by 40% and increases resistance to Dispel mechanics by 65% for 8 sec. |
| Grace | 2/2 | Your Flash Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance spells have a 100% chance to bless the target with Grace, increasing all healing received from the Priest by 3%. This effect will stack up to 3 times. Effect lasts 15 sec. Grace can only be active on one target at a time. |
| Borrowed Time | 5/5 | Grants 25% spell haste for your next spell after casting Power Word: Shield, and increases the amount absorbed by your Power Word: Shield equal to 40% of your spell power. |
| Penance | 1/1 | Enemy: 30 yd range · 16% of base mana · Friendly: 40 yd range · Channeled · 10 sec cooldownLaunches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 240 Holy damage to an enemy, or 670 - 756 healing to an ally instantly and every 5 sec for 2 sec. |
Holy18 points
| Talent | Rank | What it does at this rank |
|---|---|---|
| Healing Focus | 2/2 | Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting any healing spell by 70%. |
| Improved Renew | 3/3 | Increases the amount healed by your Renew spell by 15%. |
| Holy Specialization | 5/5 | Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 5%. |
| Spell Warding | 1/5 | Reduces all spell damage taken by 2%. |
| Desperate Prayer | 1/1 | 21% of base mana · Instant cast · 2 min cooldown · Instantly heals the caster for 263 to 325. |
| Inspiration | 3/3 | Reduces your target's physical damage taken by 10% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from your Flash Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, Binding Heal, Penance, Prayer of Mending, Prayer of Healing, or Circle of Healing spell. |
| Improved Healing | 3/3 | Reduces the Mana cost of your Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, Divine Hymn and Penance spells by 15%. |
Discipline Priest glyphs
Major glyphs
Glyph of Power Word: ShieldYour Power Word: Shield also heals the target for 20% of the absorption amount.
Glyph of PenanceReduces the cooldown of Penance by 2 sec.
Glyph of Flash HealReduces the mana cost of your Flash Heal by 10%.
Minor glyphs
Glyph of ShadowfiendReceive 5% of your maximum mana if your Shadowfiend dies from damage.
Glyph of LevitateYour Levitate spell no longer requires a reagent.
Glyph of FortitudeReduces the mana cost of your Power Word: Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude spells by 50%.
Discipline Priest talents FAQ
QWhat is the best Discipline Priest talent build in WotLK 3.3.5a?
Our main build is 53/18/0: 53 points in Discipline, 18 in Holy and 0 in Shadow. The deepest talents it takes are Penance, Borrowed Time, Divine Aegis and Pain Suppression. The calculator on this page loads it, and you can change any point to see what it costs.
QWhich glyphs should a Discipline Priest use?
The main build uses Glyph of Power Word: Shield, Glyph of Penance and Glyph of Flash Heal as major glyphs and Glyph of Shadowfiend, Glyph of Levitate and Glyph of Fortitude as minor glyphs.
QHow should a Discipline Priest split talent points?
Level 80 gives 71 talent points. The main build spends them as 53/18/0 across Discipline, Holy and Shadow. There is one build for this spec in the calculator, so the list above is the whole plan.