WotLK Classic Discipline Priest Spec, Builds, Talents, and Glyphs (2024)

Last updated on Jan 01, 2024 at 13:56by Abide1 comment

On this page, you will find out the best PvE talent choices and builds for your Discipline Priest in WotLK Classic, as well as advised glyphs.

Discipline Priest has a fairly cookie-cutter spec that aims toboost your healing output as much as possible. There are a few talent pointsthat can be moved around depending on your gear.

This build takes all of the key talents in both the Discipline tree as wellas the Holy tree. The only real alternative choice you have isImproved Healing, requiring you to drop 1 talent point fromRenewed Hope and all 3 points from Focused Will. Doing thisreduces the Mana cost of your Penance by 15%, which equals out to 58Mp5 in combat on paper. Realistically the amount of Mp5 this talent grants willbe lower as you will not always cast Penance on cooldown; expect around40-45 Mp5 from this talent. In very low gear you may need this additional Mp5 tohelp with your sustain, but with more gear it will not be needed.

In this section we will go over some of the key talents you will use when youare playing a Discipline Priest. Be sure to understand your most importanttalents as they are vital to play the build to its fullest strength.

• Soul Warding

This removes the cooldown from Power Word: Shield, allowing you to castit constantly, and reduces the Mana cost by 15%. This is the main talent of thespec; without it this build would not work.

• Rapture

This is the main Mana regeneration of the build. Whenever yourPower Word: Shield is fully absorbed, you gain 2.5% of your maximum Mana.While this does have a 15-second cooldown between procs, if multiplePower Word: Shields break at the same time, you will gain Mana for eachshield. This allows you to sustain Mana easily when there is large, predictabledamage being dealt to multiple targets at once.

• Divine Aegis

At first glance this talent seems underwhelming, but over a long period oftime, these absorbs will be one of your highest-healing spells. The absorb fromDivine Aegis can stack to a maximum of 10,000, giving your target ahefty shield.

• Borrowed Time

This talent massively buffs the Discipline spec, being almost entirelyresponsible for how strong it is. First, it gives your Power Word: Shieldan additional 40% Spell Power scaling, which is a huge boost to the amount itwill absorb. Next and more importantly, after casting Power Word: Shield,it increases your Haste by 25%. This along with Enlightenment make itvery easy for you to reach the global cooldown cap of 1 second, allowing you touse even more Power Word: Shields.

The tooltip of this talent is deceiving, as the 25% Haste increase does notgo away until you actually cast a spell. Other instant casts such asPrayer of Mending and channeled spells like Penance do not removethe buff. A crucial part of playing Discipline Priest correctly is keeping this buffactive as much as possible.

• Penance

This is a Discipline Priest's main healing spell, dishing out a massive healover a very short channel. Over the course of the channel, Penance heals3 times, giving this spell 3 chances to proc talents like Grace andDivine Aegis. When paired with Glyph of Penance andAspiration, the cooldown of Penance will be reduced down to 8seconds.

Glyphs are a new consumable of sorts introduced in Wrath of the Lich King.Glyphs greatly improve certain spells when you learn them, supporting and evenenabling some builds. Glyphs are not permanently learned, so you will want tocarry multiple glyphs on you so you can change them quickly depending on theraid or boss encounter you are in. Certain glyphs perform better in differentscenarios, so be sure to swap them around appropriately.

1. Glyph of Power Word: Shield — Seeing as Power Word: Shield isthe central focus point of the Discipline spec, this glyph is required. Theheal generated by this glyph is also capable of Critting, making it even betteras you have multiple talents that increase your Crit Chance, as well as bothInspiration and Divine Aegis that only proc when youCrit.
2. Glyph of Penance — Penance is your best healing spell,making this glyph easily one of the best choices you have. When paired withAspiration, the cooldown of Penance will be reduced down to 8seconds.
3. Glyph of Flash Heal — Helps with your Mana sustain, especiallywhen paired with Improved Flash Heal.
4. Glyph of Prayer of Healing — You may want to use this glyph whenyou need to AoE heal, mostly in 10-man Raids. Replace Glyph of Flash Healif you decide to use this.

1. Glyph of Fortitude — This helps save Mana through an entire raidnight, and especially if you need to rebuff someone who died in combat.
2. Glyph of Shadow Protection — Is pretty minor, but will save you abit of Mana throughout an entire raid night.
3. Glyph of Levitate — Is simply a quality of life feature, savingyou some reagents.