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Patch 7.0.3 (class changes)/Priest

Last wiki revision 2023-04-23

  • Shadow priests are now based around Insanity instead of Shadow Orbs.
  • Ability changes
  • Archangel has been changed to an honor talent and redesigned. Refreshes the duration of Atonement when cast and increases healing and absorption effects by 30% for 15 sec.
  • Atonement has been redesigned.
  • Dispersion now reduces damage taken by 60% (down from 90%) and causes Voidform to not drain Insanity while active.
  • Divine Hymn now heals for 29% more.
  • Fade no longer has a mana cost.
  • Flash Heal is now available only to Holy.
  • Focused Will now only applies to melee attacks.
  • Guardian Spirit now increases healing taken by 40% (down from 60%) and heals for 40% of maximum health (down from 50%), but only if the target doesn't take massive amounts. Cooldown increased from 3 minutes to 4 minutes.
  • Heal is no longer available to Discipline. Healing increased by 42.8%.
  • Holy Fire is no longer available to Discipline priests.
  • Holy Nova is now available to Holy instead of Discipline. Damage increased by 420% but no longer heals. Now has a 20% chance to reset the cooldown of Holy Fire when it deals damage.
  • Holy Word: Chastise now deals 633% more damage. Duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.
  • Holy Word: Serenity has been redesigned to a separate ability. Now heals for a large amount with a 1 minute cooldown.
  • Holy Word: Sanctuary has been replaced by Holy Word: Sanctify.
  • Leap of Faith is no longer available to Shadow.
  • Mass Dispel can now remove Magic that is normally undispellable. Now has a limit of 5 friendly and 5 enemy targets, down from 10.
  • Mass Resurrection added.
  • Mastery: Absolution added.
  • Mastery: Echo of Light no longer includes multistrikes and is now learned at level 78.
  • Mastery: Madness added.
  • Mind Blast now deals 50% more damage and generates Insanity instead of Shadow Orbs.
  • Mind Flay now deals 122% more damage. Mana cost removed.
  • Mind Sear is now available only to Shadow and generates Insanity. Damage increased by 823%. Mana cost removed.
  • Mind Vision is no longer available to Holy.
  • Pain Suppression's cooldown increased from 3 minutes to 4 minutes.
  • Penance no longer does direct healing but can be cast while moving. Damage increased by 369%.
  • Plea added.
  • Power Word: Fortitude has been changed to a Discipline honor talent. Now increases maximum health by 15% (up from 10% of Stamina), but only affects 2 targets.
  • Power Word: Radiance added.
  • Power Word: Shield is no longer available to Holy priests. Weakened Soul and Borrowed Time effects removed.
  • Prayer of Healing is now available only to Holy. Healing increased by 198%. Now heals allies up to 20 yards from the target, down from 30 yards.
  • Prayer of Mending is now available only to Holy and heals for a flat 150% of spell power.
  • Purify Disease added.
  • Rapture re-added and redesigned. For the next 8 sec, Power Word: Shield has no cooldown.
  • Renew now also instantly heals when applied. Duration increased from 12 seconds to 15 seconds, healing per tick increased by 25%.
  • Serendipity has been redesigned.
  • Shadow Mend added.
  • Shadow Word: Death now generates Insanity instead of Shadow Orbs. Damage increased by 122.5%. Mana cost removed.
  • Shadow Word: Pain is no longer available to Holy. Damage per tick reduced by 5%, now lasts for 14 seconds (down from 18) and generates Insanity for Shadow.
  • Shadowfiend is no longer available to Holy.
  • Shadowy Apparitions now deals 33% less damage.
  • Silence is no longer available to Discipline. Mana cost removed.
  • Smite is no longer available to Shadow. Damage increased by 162.8%.
  • Discipline: now prevents 100% of the damage dealt to be dealt by the enemy.
  • Holy: now has a 20% chance to reset the cooldown of Holy Fire.
  • Vampiric Embrace now heals for 40% of all single-target Shadow damage done, up from 10%.
  • Vampiric Touch now heals the priest for 50% of damage dealt, and causes the dispeller to be Horrified when dispelled. Duration increased from 15 seconds to 18 seconds, damage per tick increased by 48.7%. Now generates Insanity.
  • Void Bolt added.
  • Void Eruption added.
  • Voidform added.
  • Talent changes
  • Afterlife (priest talent) added.
  • Angelic Feather is no longer available to Shadow priests. Now increases movement speed by 40% (down from 60%) for 5 seconds (down from 8 seconds), and recharges every 20 seconds (up from 10 seconds).
  • Apotheosis added.
  • Auspicious Spirits now generates Insanity instead of granting a Shadow Orb.
  • Benediction (priest talent) added.
  • Body and Mind added.
  • Body and Soul is no longer available to Holy priests. Now increases movement speed by 40% (down from 60%) for 3 seconds (down from 4 seconds).
  • Castigation added.
  • Censure added.
  • Clarity of Will is now available at level 90 (from 100) and absorbs 240% more damage.
  • Contrition added.
  • Desperate Prayer is now available only to Holy priests. Now heals for 20% (down from 30%) but also increases the caster's health.
  • Divine Star is no longer available to Shadow priests. Now heals for 44% more and deals 130% more damage.
  • Divinity added.
  • Dominant Mind added.
  • Dominate Mind is once again called Mind Control. Changed from a level 15 talent to level 36 ability. No longer works against Demonic or Undead beings.
  • Enduring Renewal added.
  • Fortress of the Mind added.
  • Guardian Angel added.
  • Halo is no longer available to Shadow priests. Now deals 32% more damage.
  • Legacy of the Void added.
  • Light of the Naaru added.
  • Mania added.
  • Masochism added.
  • Mind Bomb added.
  • Mindbender is no longer available to Holy priests. Now lasts for 12/15 seconds (down from 20 seconds).
  • Piety added.
  • Power Infusion is no longer available to Holy priests. Now increases Insanity generation for Shadow priests.
  • Power Word: Solace is no longer available to Holy priests. Damage increased by 63.5%, now restores 0.75% mana (down from 2%).
  • Psychic Scream has been changed from a level 15 talent to a level 12 ability for Discipline and Shadow priests. Cooldown increased from 30 seconds to 1 minute.
  • Psychic Voice added.
  • Purge the Wicked added.
  • Reaper of Souls added.
  • San'layn (priest talent) added.
  • Schism added.
  • Shadow Covenant added.
  • Shadow Crash added.
  • Shadow Word: Void added.
  • Shadowy Insight no longer affects Mind Spike. Chance to proc increased to 10%, up from 5%.
  • Shield Discipline added.
  • Shining Force added.
  • Surge of Light is no longer available to Discipline priests.
  • Surrender to Madness added.
  • Symbol of Hope added.
  • The Penitent added.
  • Trail of Light added.
  • Twist of Fate is no longer available to Holy priests. Now increases damage and healing by 20% (up from 15%).
  • Void Lord (priest talent) added.
  • Void Ray added.
  • Removed abilities
  • Chakra: Chastise
  • Chakra: Sanctuary
  • Chakra: Serenity
  • Devouring Plague
  • Divine Aegis
  • Divine Providence
  • Evangelism (original)
  • Fear Ward
  • Lightwell
  • Mastermind (Warlords of Draenor)
  • Mastery: Mental Anguish
  • Mastery: Shield Discipline
  • Psychic Horror
  • Rapid Renewal
  • Shadow Orbs
  • Shadowform
  • Spiritual Healing (priest talent)
  • Removed talents
  • Angelic Bulwark
  • Cascade
  • Clarity of Power
  • Clarity of Purpose
  • Divine Insight
  • Insanity (priest talent)
  • Phantasm
  • Saving Grace
  • Spectral Guise
  • Spirit Shell
  • Surge of Darkness
  • Void Entropy
  • Void Tendrils
  • Words of Mending

Source

https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Patch_7.0.3_(class_changes)/Priest · retrieved 2023-11-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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