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Discipline Priests in Shadowlands - Healer Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries

Опубликовано 16.11.2020 в 18:50 AutomaticJak

IntroductionHow to Play Discipline Priest in Shadowlands Pre-PatchSpecial thanksSupsFocused Will Discord

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What has changed for Discipline Priest?TalentsRaids Mythic+Shadowlands Leveling Perks
(52) - Reduces the radius that enemies will aggro you allowing you to move around enemies that would otherwise be blocking your path. This only works on Humanoids and Dragonkin type targets. It is easy to spam on multiple enemies so if you are fast you can provide skips for yourself and the group in key dungeons.

Casting on both enemies creates that Purple effect over their heads, reducing their aggro radius allowing you to slip by without drawing threat. Priest STEALTH......of sorts!Priest Covenant Abilities

Venthyr

is the Venthyr covenant ability and leading choice for Discipline in a raiding environment. It does tremendous single target damage that converts into healing and is buffed by . It also converts some damage the affected enemy deals into healing. As long as it converts some damage into healing it will also return some mana back to you. Overall it is an easy ability to utilize that has strong synergy with and . Build up heavy s, cast , cast .....profit!
is the conduit that buffs . Once again its a simple boost that doesn't ask much of the player to maximize and as a result is a solid option.
is the covenant signature ability and probably my favorite of all of the signature abilities that covenants offer. It has a 1.5 second cast that can take you up to 35 yards away. Priest is generally immobile and can struggle to cross vast distances quickly. This shores up that weakness extremely well and can be utilized for some easy skips in dungeons as well!

Kyrian

is the Kyrian Covenant Priest class ability. It features three parts. Your ability after casting immediately turns into the spammable , your converts into and each ability generates stacks, the former generates one stack per enemy hit and the latter generates 5 per cast. These stacks then explode at the end of their duration for . This burst converts into only off the first enemy hit, so for the most healing from the Eruption you would be best off only hitting one enemy. This ability is excellent in a dungeon environment as it is extremely flexible whether you need to deal more damage on large trash pulls or if you need assistance fighting the seasonal affix Prideful enemies. In raids, it is not as easy to incorporate into your ramps as the Venthyr covenant.
is the covenant conduit. It has solid value in a 5 man environment where you will lean on the covenant ability as a major throughput cooldown.
gives the which removes debuffs and is an additional heal. Its an excellent tool in dungeons where you are bouncing in between combat and frequently face certain debuffs that you cannot dispel as a Priest like Curses, Bleeds and Poisons.

Necrolord

is the covenant ability for the Necrolords. Like , will split damage depending on the number of enemies hit and convert into healing only off the first enemy hit. As a result, this ability can very rapidly deteriorate in value if you hit too many enemies and is one of the more mediocre covenant abilities for Discipline.
buffs . This is a solid buff to the ability increasing damage and duration but it doesn't make the covenant ability strong enough to take over the alternatives.
creates a shield equal to 20-50% of your max health depending on the type and quantity of the corpses you consume. Its a long channel which can be difficult to utilize in raiding, especially if heavy movement is involved. If there is sufficient downtime then you can create some strong shields to better mitigate heavy burst damage.

Night Fae

is the Night Fae Priest covenant ability. It produces three fairies at once that can move to a new target depending on the spell cast. moves the Fairy that reduces a major cooldown on the target, applies 10% damage reduction and applies the final fairy that will regen mana if you are actively attacking the enemy. The cooldown reduction that Discipline receives is toward which can have some value but can also have large downsides. If you are holding for specific events then this cooldown reduction could be irrelevant. In that case you could reduce the cooldown of a DPS.
is the synergistic conduit for allowing you to cycle the buff on multiple allies. This conduit encourages you to reduce cooldowns for many targets which can be very costly mana-wise and has a large trade off of not running another potency conduit or covenant that would increase your throughput.
is the signature covenant ability and provides some strong movement speed which is generally a weak point for Priests. It can be utilized for quick bursts of movement but generally you won't be moving for so long that you get multiple blinks in, unless you're in a dungeon.

Choosing a CovenantVenthyrKyrianPriest Covenant abilityBest Discipline Priest SoulbindsDiscipline Priest Conduits

: Recently nerfed on November 11th, the absorb effect has been heavily nerfed to counter 's strength. While it maintains its duration buff to the heavy absorb nerf pushes this conduit down competitively.
: Increases the healing that produces. With how steady of damage patterns Castle Nathria holds, its likely that players will not be 100% HP when you are developing your ramps, so should see this increase in healing value.
: Produces a buff to your first bolt of Penance. Its a solid conduit but there are better alternatives for maximizing your healing.
: Provides a meaty heal to . But having a quick heal once every 3 minutes, does not a strong conduit make. Very low tier.
: Is the covenant conduit for the Venthyr. It provides even more strength to your ramp, further increasing your effectiveness as a burst healer.
: Is the covenant conduit for the Kyrian. It provides a substantial buff to your damage during Boon which is excellent for increasing your healing output without having to resort to spam. Extremely helpful for high prideful and challenging tyrannical boss fights.

: Fade damage reduction returns! And on-demand damage reduction is particularly sweet.

: Shields are cast frequently enough that you can often generate a solid chunk of extra self-healing with this conduit especially with how consistent damage patterns are in Castle Nathria.

: While buffing is alright, damage reduction and effective health increases via absorbs take a higher priority.

Priest Conduit GuideDiscipline Priest Legendaries

: Buffs the healing of your like the azerite essence from BfA. Problem with this legendary is that there is such a long duration between each buffed that its nowhere near as consistent as the azerite trait it was made from.
: Causing to have multiple charges and to be improving your mobility. Fun legendary to utilize but not strong enough to see competitive play.
: Steadily nerfed over Beta to now be too weak to see competitive play.
: Allows you to share without losing out on the buff yourself. Excellent in 5 mans to toss on to high powered DPS.

: Allows to convert into healing. Unfortunately after multiple and nerfs to the legendary itself, it does not seem to be competitive enough at the moment to see competitive raid or M+ play.
: Has two functions depending on your talent selections. When talented into , this ability extends active s and decreases mana cost of damaging abilities. When NOT talented into , this ability makes s applied during to place longer lasting s and cost less mana. Great legendary to take with because of the high efficiency it adds to the ability.
: When casting you have a chance to empower your next . You can hold two charges of this buff so there is no penalty to casting back to back . This is a solid legendary thanks to the high proc chance, but you're not able to absolutely guarantee that you have the buff for every ramp, and if you generate two of the buffs then your 2nd is frequently used well AFTER your ramp is completed, producing minimal extra healing.
: Creates additional damage when is consumed. Low-usage in PvE environments, decent extra damage.

Picking a LegendaryIn ConclusionDiscipline Priest is one of the most fortunate specializations at the moment in World of Warcraft.

Комментарий от Monaro213Really not a happy camper with Spirit Shell returning, but Disc being in a good spot makes my life just that little bit easier, I suppose.Комментарий от RisutoaReally not a happy camper with Spirit Shell returning, but Disc being in a good spot makes my life just that little bit easier, I suppose.Комментарий от WasselinI hate the sound Power Word: Shield makes and how ugly Shadow Mend is.Комментарий от MyhvReally not a happy camper with Spirit Shell returning, but Disc being in a good spot makes my life just that little bit easier, I suppose.Комментарий от michelusThey removed Spirit Shell for a reason. Shields were way overpowered in raids during WoD. Nobody else could compete. The meta was in shambles. With this coming back along with Eclipse, it seems the dev team has a hard time learning from past mistakes.Комментарий от EkkaPriest's shielding was much different before and it has nothing to do with what it does now in comparison. They're bringing up part of that playstyle back, as much as they're bringing Monk's fistweaving back (finally). They needed this change in order to cut Evangelism's power. If we want stronger shielding, we need to give up Evangelism, which is part of the reason discipline is so good at mass healing. Furthermore, you're all forgetting Spirit Shell has 1 min cooldown. Paladin has been running up for half an expansion with free wings in almost each pull in M+, with a 60% uptime.

Discipline hasn't been a reliable option in high-end M+ whatsoever ever since they were created. It was either rdruid or hpaladin. Alas, hpaladin was one of the best healers for both M+ and raids in BfA. No class should be top tier in both raid and M+ environment, but let's thank that's not the case anymore for hpaladin.Комментарий от VespasianoI know that Blizz is going to nerf them to the ground after some random dude overperforms with it, they did the same during BfA when Disc priest started viable and fun in M+. Druids will be unreachable once more sooner or laterКомментарий от CamarroWhat about Shadow Covenant talent? Mythic+ with Shadow Covenant talent + Mindgames looks pretty tasty.Комментарий от clozzerReally not a happy camper with Spirit Shell returning, but Disc being in a good spot makes my life just that little bit easier, I suppose.Комментарий от Rici1983So, it's always saying "Go Venthyr for raid and Kyrian for M+". What about if I want to play both on a high level?
I'd think that using Mindgames against the Prideful stacks could be as efficient as Boon?Комментарий от SunlonghornI really don't wanna join the Blue Humans & Vampires as a Covenant :( I want to join the Nightfae, would it really be that bad?Комментарий от Luna15When holy priest guide Will pop up? Or ir willbe forgotten even in pre-patch?Комментарий от LedxI hate the sound Power Word: Shield makes and how ugly Shadow Mend is.Комментарий от MikhailovEveryone in the Priest discord said Spirit Shell was dead on arrival when I was saying it was going to have huge value. Yet here we are.Комментарий от AutomaticJakWhen holy priest guide Will pop up? Or ir willbe forgotten even in pre-patch?Комментарий от HikeckI really don't wanna join the Blue Humans & Vampires as a Covenant :( I want to join the Nightfae, would it really be that bad?Комментарий от moonangel0910@AutomaticJak, your choice for covenant due to conduits in soulbinds has it changed now that the one conduit for Pelagos has been changed from Vers boost to reduce magic damage now?Комментарий от GaabI really don't wanna join the Blue Humans & Vampires as a Covenant :( I want to join the Nightfae, would it really be that bad?Комментарий от dardrisperAs someone that wants to raid, m+, AND pvp, Venthyr seems like the best overall/well-rounded pick.

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