WoW SoD Priest
The Priest is a class in World of Warcraft that knows how to heal and damage through divine magic. Priests have different healing spells and can revive allies. In the damage area, a priest casts holy or shadow-bound abilities. Priests provide protection with shields in groups and are considered the best class for healing in raids.
Learn more about the Priest in Season of Discovery in our WoW SoD Priest overview.
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WoW SoD Priest Talent Calculator
We created our own talent calculator for WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery. This talent calculator is up to date 1.15 and contains all the runes that you can currently select with the 
Priest. You can find our WoW SoD talent calculator here.
All Runes for Priests in WoW SoD
Here you can find all the runes available to the Priest in the Season of Discovery:
| Rune | Effect | Slot |
|---|---|---|
 Healing Specialization Phase 5 | Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 26. This effect is not cumulative with other ring runes. | Finger |
 Holy Specialization Phase 4 | Chance to hit with Holy spells increased by 6%. Not cumulative with other ring runes. | Finger |
Meditation Specialization Phase 5 | Restores 5 mana per 5 sec. This effect is not cumulative with other ring runes. | Finger |
 Serendipity Phase 1 | Healing with Flash Heal reduces the cast time of your next Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, or Prayer of Healing by 20% for 20 sec, stacking up to 3 times. | Chest |
 Strength of Soul Phase 1 | Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Flash Heal reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on targets they heal by 2 sec. In addition, targets of your Power Word: Shield will gain Rage from taking damage despite the damage being absorbed, and Righteous Fury will trigger from damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield as if it were a heal. | Chest |
 Twisted Faith Phase 1 | Mind Flay and Mind Blast deal 50% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Shadow Word: Pain. | Chest |
 Circle of Healing Phase 1 | Heals all of target player's party members within 43.5 yards of target player for 875 to 969. | Hands |
 Mind Sear Phase 1 | Causes an explosion of shadow magic damaging the enemy target and other nearby enemies, causing 132 to 147 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 5 sec to all enemies within 10 yards of the target. | Hands |
 Penance Phase 1 | Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 241 Holy damage to an enemy, or 572 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec. | Hands |
 Shadow Word: Death Phase 1 | A word of dark binding that inflicts 602 to 700 Shadow damage to the target. If the target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, the caster takes damage equal to 50% of the damage attempted against the target. | Hands |
 Homunculi Phase 1 | Break off splinters of your soul to animate 3 miniature copies of yourself that attempt to attack your current target with a mace, sword, and axe, reducing the attack speed, attack power, and armor respectively of any target they hit. | Legs |
 Prayer of Mending Phase 1 | Places a spell on the target that heals them for 498 the next time they take damage or receive 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. | Legs |
 Shared Pain Phase 1 | Your Shadow Word: Pain now also afflicts up to 2 additional nearby targets within 15 yards. | Legs |
 Empowered Renew Phase 2 | Your Renew now heals one extra time immediately when applied, and gains 15% increased benefit each time it heals from your bonus healing effects. In addition, your Renew can now be active on targets affected by another Priest's Renew. | Waist |
 Mind Spike Phase 2 | Blasts the target for 230 to 267 Shadowfrost damage, and increases the critical strike chance of your next Mind Blast on the target by 30%, stacking up to 3 times. | Waist |
 Renewed Hope Phase 2 | Your heals from Flash Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance have 20% increased effect when cast on targets with Weakened Soul. | Waist |
 Dispersion Phase 2 | You disperse into pure Shadow energy, reducing all damage taken by 90%. You are unable to attack or cast spells, but you regenerate 6% mana every 1 sec for 6 sec. Dispersion can be cast while stunned, feared or silenced and clears all snare and movement impairing effects when cast, and makes you immune to them while dispersed. | Feet |
 Pain Suppression Phase 2 | Instantly reduces all damage taken by a friendly target by 40% and increases resistance to Dispel mechanics by 65% for 8 sec. | Feet |
 Spirit of the Redeemer Phase 2 | Activate to become the Spirit of Redemption for 10 sec. While in this form, you can cast any healing spell free of cost, but you cannot move, attack, be attacked, or be targeted by any spells or effects. Requires Spirit of Redemption talent to activate, and you will no longer enter Spirit of Redemption upon dying. | Feet |
 Void Plague Phase 1 | Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 1,457 Shadow damage over 18 sec. | Feet |
 Divine Aegis Phase 3 | Critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 30% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec. | Head |
 Eye of the Void Phase 3 | Call an eye of the void to fight for you for 30 sec. The eye can cast a variety of curses on your target. | Head |
 Pain and Suffering Phase 3 | Mind Blast, Mind Spike, and Mind Flay refresh the duration of your one of your Shadow Word: Pain, Void Plague, or Vampiric Touch abilities on the target back to its maximum duration. The ability with the shortest remaining duration will always be the one refreshed. | Head |
 Despair Phase 3 | Periodic damage from your spells can now be critical strikes and all your damaging spell critical strikes deal 200% damage. | Wrist |
 Power Word: Barrier Phase 1 | Summons a holy barrier to protect all party members at the target location for 10 sec, reducing all damage taken by 25% and preventing damage from delaying spellcasting. | Wrist |
 Surge of Light Phase 3 | Critical spellcasts cause your next Smite or Flash Heal cast within 15 sec to be instant cast. | Wrist |
 Void Zone Phase 3 | Summons a void zone in the target area that deals 96 Shadow damage to enemies that stand within it every second for 10 sec. | Wrist |
 Binding Heal Phase 4 | Heals a friendly target and the caster for 1,084 to 1,326. Low threat. This spell benefits from and triggers all effects associated with Flash Heal. | Back |
 Soul Warding Phase 4 | Your Power Word: Shield no longer has a cooldown, costs 15% less mana, gains 10% additional base value, and gains an additional 10% of your healing power. | Back |
 Vampiric Touch Phase 4 | Applies your Vampiric Embrace talent to your target, causes 612 Shadow damage over 15 sec to your target, and causes all party members to gain mana equal to 2% of any Shadow spell damage you deal to the target. | Back |
 Shadow Specialization Phase 4 | Chance to hit with Shadow spells increased by 6%. Not cumulative with other ring runes. | Finger |
 Dagger Specialization Phase 4 | Skill with Daggers increased by 5. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring runes. | Finger |
 Mace Specialization Phase 4 | Skill with Maces and Two-Handed Maces increased by 5. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring runes. | Finger |
 Pole Weapon Specialization Phase 4 | Skill with Staves and Polearms increased by 5. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring runes. | Finger |
You can find more details about the runes and locations in our WoW SoD Priest Runes Guide.
Best Race for Priests in WoW Classic
The best race for a Priest depends on whether you are playing on the Alliance or horde side:
Alliance
- In PvE
Dwarf is the best race for Alliance Priests. - In PvP Dwarf is the best choice for Alliance Priests.
Horde
- In PvE
Troll is the best race for Horde Priests. - In PvP
Undead and Troll are both good choices for Horde Priests.
Priest Builds in WoW SoD
In the Season of Discovery, the runes and new game content will change the meta and its builds in WoW Classic. Below are Priest builds designed for the current phase of Season of Discovery.
Priest Healer Build in WoW SoD
The Holy Priest spec in WoW SoD is a spec for Priests that heal their allies in dungeons and raids. Find talents, the best runes, and BiS gear in our WoW SoD Healer Priest Spec.
Priester DPS Build in WoW SoD
The DPS build for Priests in WoW SoD is a spec that Priests use to maximize their damage in dungeons and raids. Find talents, the best runes, and BiS gear in our WoW SoD Shadow Priest DPS build.
Priest Macros in WoW Classic
You can write very useful macros for a Priest in WoW Classic to improve your gameplay. Find the most important macros in our guide “WoW Classic Priest Macros“. You’ll learn how to write macros yourself by reading through the examples, too.
Priests in Fresh & Era
To learn more about Priests for Blizzard’s Anniversary servers from 2024 or Era servers from 2019, use our WoW Classic Priest guide.
All WoW SoD Class Guides
You can find all class guides for Season of Discovery here:
