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Priest in WoW Forever

The WoW Forever Priest trees at launch (Blizzard's Nov 2 notes): Penance, Divine Aegis and Power Infusion in Discipline, Holy Binding, Litany of Light and Prayer of Mending in Holy, Improved Mind Flay, Dark Inspiration and Early Demise in Shadow. Values shown at max rank.

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Starter builds

Leveling

Shadow leveling

Spirit Tap, Mind Flay and Shadowform: little downtime; Discipline for Intellect and Inner Focus.

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Endgame

Discipline healer

Penance, Divine Aegis and Power Infusion; Holy for crit heals and faster casts.

Split 31 / 20 / 0 · level-by-level order →

Leveling

Smite (Holy) leveling

Holy Specialization, Divine Fury and Searing Light speed up and strengthen Smite and Holy Fire; Discipline adds Power in Light, Mental Strength and Inner Focus. Opinion build, not benchmarked.

Split 21 / 30 / 0 · level-by-level order →

Best race for each Priest spec

Top-scoring race from our racial scores: Horde first, Alliance below. Open the race picker for the full ranking and why.

Spec	Leveling	Dungeons & raids	PvP
Shadow DPS	Troll Night Elf	Troll Human	Undead Human
Holy DPS (Smite)	Troll Night Elf	Troll Human	Undead Gnome
Discipline healer	Troll Night Elf	Troll Human	Troll Gnome
Holy healer	Troll Night Elf	Troll Human	Troll Gnome

Priest talents changed for launch

Talent	Tree	Now
Renewed Hope	Discipline	Same, but Binding Heal is no longer listed (it is now a trained spell).
Holy Binding	Holy	New in the Oct 30 hotfix, replacing Binding Heal (now a trained spell, rank 1 at level 25). Each Flash Heal you cast on someone else heals you for 50% as much, with no threat.
Vampiric Embrace	Shadow	For 30 sec your party is healed for 20% of your Shadow spell damage on the target; this healing can no longer crit. 30 sec cooldown.
Devouring Contagion	Shadow	Devouring Plague costs up to 50% less mana, and a target that dies with it spreads it to 2 enemies within 10 yd (critters no longer count).