Priest
Save the party. Or embrace the shadow.
Mix healing and shields with holy or shadow damage. Discipline, Holy and Shadow create different ways to survive and support a group.
Click a talent to add a rank. Right-click or Shift+click removes one. Each tier needs 5 more points in that tree; the arrow-marked talents need their prerequisite.
Discipline
Holy
Shadow
These descriptions come from the game’s talent catalog. Open Talents in your Armory in-game to see your trained ranks, exact effects and current sigil prices. How talent training works.
Discipline talents
| Talent | Tier | Ranks | Effect | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unbreakable Will | 1 | 3 ranks | Your will does not bend: you take 4% less contact damage per rank. | None |
| Twin Disciplines | 1 | 3 ranks | Smite, Holy Fire and Mind Blast deal 5% more damage and Renew heals 5% more per rank. | None |
| Improved Power Word: Fortitude | 1 | 2 ranks | +3% maximum health per rank, and Power Word: Fortitude lasts 15% longer per rank. | None |
| Martyrdom | 2 | 2 ranks | Being hit focuses your mind: your cooldowns recover 8% faster per rank for 4 sec. | 5 points in Discipline |
| Soul Warding | 2 | 1 rank | Power Word: Shield joins your spells at the start of every run, beside Smite. It recovers 10% faster. | 5 points in Discipline |
| Improved Power Word: Shield | 2 | 3 ranks | Your absorbs, heals over time and thorns are 10% stronger per rank. | 5 points in Discipline Soul Warding rank 1 |
| Inner Focus | 3 | 1 rank | You focus inward: +4% critical strike chance, and your critical hits deal 10% more. | 10 points in Discipline |
| Improved Inner Fire | 3 | 3 ranks | Your Inner Fire burns brighter: +1.5 armor per rank. | 10 points in Discipline |
| Divine Aegis | 3 | 1 rank | Your critical heals and every Power Word: Shield also shield the most injured ally within 20 yd for 30% of the amount for 6 sec. | 10 points in Discipline Improved Power Word: Shield rank 3 |
| Focused Will | 3 | 3 ranks | Being hit steels your will: you take 4% less damage per rank for 6 sec. | 10 points in Discipline |
| Mental Agility | 4 | 3 ranks | Mana becomes tempo: all your cooldowns recover 3% faster per rank. | 15 points in Discipline |
| Borrowed Time | 4 | 2 ranks | After you cast Power Word: Shield, your cooldowns recover 10% faster per rank for 6 sec. | 15 points in Discipline Divine Aegis rank 1 |
| Pain Suppression | 4 | 1 rank | Dropping below 35% health suppresses your pain: you take 30% less damage for 8 sec. Once every 30 sec. | 15 points in Discipline Focused Will rank 3 |
| Focused Power | 5 | 2 ranks | Smite and Mind Blast deal 6% more damage per rank. | 20 points in Discipline |
| Mental Strength | 5 | 3 ranks | Mana becomes resolve: +3% maximum health per rank. | 20 points in Discipline |
| Enlightenment | 5 | 3 ranks | You deal 3% more damage per rank with everything. | 20 points in Discipline |
| Power Infusion | 6 | 1 rank | Every 20 sec in combat you infuse your allies within 20 yd with power: they deal 15% more damage for 8 sec. | 25 points in Discipline Mental Strength rank 3 |
| Renewed Hope | 6 | 2 ranks | Each Power Word: Shield renews hope: allies within 20 yd recover 3% of their maximum health per rank. | 25 points in Discipline |
| Penance | 7 | 1 rank | Smite becomes Penance: it fires 3 bolts at 65% damage each, and every bolt heals the most injured ally within 20 yd for 40% of its damage. | 30 points in Discipline Power Infusion rank 1 |
Holy talents
| Talent | Tier | Ranks | Effect | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved Renew | 1 | 3 ranks | Renew heals 6% more per rank. | None |
| Holy Specialization | 1 | 3 ranks | +2% critical strike chance per rank, for your heals as well as your spells. | None |
| Spell Warding | 1 | 3 ranks | A holy ward surrounds you: you take 4% less contact damage per rank. | None |
| Holy Reach | 2 | 2 ranks | Holy Nova reaches 10% farther per rank. | 5 points in Holy Holy Nova rank 1 |
| Holy Nova | 2 | 1 rank | Begin every run with Holy Nova in your first slot instead of Smite. Holy Nova deals 10% more damage. | 5 points in Holy |
| Divine Fury | 2 | 3 ranks | Smite, Holy Fire and Renew recover 5% faster per rank. | 5 points in Holy |
| Blessed Recovery | 3 | 3 ranks | Being hit blesses your recovery: you heal 2% of your maximum health per rank. Once every 6 sec. | 10 points in Holy |
| Searing Light | 3 | 2 ranks | Smite and Holy Fire deal 6% more damage per rank. | 10 points in Holy Divine Fury rank 3 |
| Inspiration | 3 | 3 ranks | Your critical strikes and heals inspire you: you take 4% less damage per rank for 6 sec. | 10 points in Holy |
| Surge of Light | 4 | 2 ranks | Your critical strikes and heals surge with light: your cooldowns recover 10% faster per rank for 3 sec. | 15 points in Holy |
| Spirit of Redemption | 4 | 1 rank | Dropping below 35% health calls your spirit: you heal 15% and allies within 20 yd 8% of maximum health. Once every 30 sec. | 15 points in Holy |
| Holy Concentration | 4 | 3 ranks | Clearcasting becomes calm: while untouched you regenerate 0.5% of your maximum health per second per rank. | 15 points in Holy |
| Test of Faith | 5 | 3 ranks | Your faith is tested: below 35% health you deal 8% more damage per rank. | 20 points in Holy |
| Lightwell | 5 | 1 rank | A Lightwell follows you: every 8 sec in combat allies within 20 yd recover 4% of their maximum health. | 20 points in Holy Spirit of Redemption rank 1 |
| Spiritual Guidance | 5 | 3 ranks | Spirit guides your hand: you deal 3% more damage per rank with everything. | 20 points in Holy |
| Circle of Healing | 6 | 1 rank | Your critical strikes and heals ripple outward: allies within 20 yd recover 4% of their maximum health. Once every 3 sec. | 25 points in Holy Lightwell rank 1 |
| Spiritual Healing | 6 | 3 ranks | Your heals over time and absorbs are 10% stronger per rank. | 25 points in Holy |
| Guardian Spirit | 7 | 1 rank | Once every 60 sec, a blow that would kill you or an ally within 30 yd is stopped: they return at 40% health and take 50% less damage for 4 sec. | 30 points in Holy Circle of Healing rank 1 |
Shadow talents
| Talent | Tier | Ranks | Effect | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Focus | 1 | 3 ranks | Your shadow finds its mark: +2% critical strike chance per rank. | None |
| Spirit Tap | 1 | 3 ranks | You tap the spirit of the fallen: each kill restores 1% of your maximum health per rank. | None |
| Blackout | 1 | 3 ranks | Your spells have a 10% chance to black out the target, stunning it for 0.5 sec per rank. | None |
| Improved Psychic Scream | 2 | 2 ranks | Psychic Scream recovers 10% faster and reaches 10% farther per rank. | 5 points in Shadow |
| Improved Shadow Word: Pain | 2 | 2 ranks | Shadow Word: Pain lasts 15% longer and deals 5% more damage per rank. | 5 points in Shadow |
| Improved Mind Blast | 2 | 3 ranks | Mind Blast recovers 5% faster per rank. | 5 points in Shadow |
| Mind Flay | 3 | 1 rank | Begin every run with Mind Flay in your first slot instead of Smite. Mind Flay deals 10% more damage. | 10 points in Shadow |
| Shadow Reach | 3 | 3 ranks | Shadow Word: Pain, Mind Blast and Mind Flay reach 8% farther per rank. | 10 points in Shadow |
| Shadow Weaving | 3 | 3 ranks | Shadow weaves through your foes: each tick of your damage over time gives you +4% damage per rank for 8 sec. | 10 points in Shadow |
| Mind Melt | 4 | 2 ranks | +2.5% critical strike chance per rank. | 15 points in Shadow |
| Vampiric Embrace | 4 | 1 rank | Your shadow feeds your allies: your damage over time heals allies within 20 yd for 3% of their maximum health. Once every 4 sec. | 15 points in Shadow Mind Flay rank 1 |
| Improved Vampiric Embrace | 4 | 2 ranks | You heal for 1.5% of the damage you deal per rank. | 15 points in Shadow Vampiric Embrace rank 1 |
| Psychic Horror | 5 | 1 rank | Every 15 sec in combat you horrify enemies within 6 yd: they flee in terror for 2 sec. | 20 points in Shadow |
| Shadowform | 5 | 1 rank | You take Shadowform: you deal 10% more damage, and Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Blast drain life, healing you for 8% of their damage. | 20 points in Shadow Vampiric Embrace rank 1 |
| Darkness | 5 | 3 ranks | Shadow Word: Pain, Mind Blast and Mind Flay deal 5% more damage per rank. | 20 points in Shadow |
| Twisted Faith | 6 | 3 ranks | Mind Flay and Mind Blast deal 5% more damage per rank. | 25 points in Shadow |
| Dispersion | 6 | 1 rank | Dropping below 35% health disperses you into shadow: you take 50% less damage for 6 sec. Once every 30 sec. | 25 points in Shadow Shadowform rank 1 |
| Shadow Power | 6 | 2 ranks | Your critical hits deal 10% more damage per rank. | 25 points in Shadow |
| Vampiric Touch | 7 | 1 rank | Shadow Word: Pain ticks heal you for 10% and allies within 20 yd for 5% of the damage; when its victim dies it jumps to 2 nearby enemies. | 30 points in Shadow Dispersion rank 1 |