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WoW Forever Priest Leveling 1–60: Discipline Wand Build

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Discipline Priest leveling build for WoW Forever, levels 10–60: Wand Specialization and Spirit Tap, Twin Disciplines, a stronger shield and Mental Agility by 30 as played in the beta, then Meditation, Penance and Power Infusion (projected).

Talent build

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36 / 0 / 1551 of 51 points · level 60Open in calculator

Discipline36 pts

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Talent order by level

One talent point per level, starting at level 10. Spend them in this order as you level.

  1. 1.Wand Specialization1/2Lv 10
  2. 2.Wand Specialization2/2Lv 11
  3. 3.Spirit Tap1/5Lv 12
  4. 4.Spirit Tap2/5Lv 13
  5. 5.Spirit Tap3/5Lv 14
  6. 6.Spirit Tap4/5Lv 15
  7. 7.Spirit Tap5/5Lv 16
  8. 8.Twin Disciplines1/5Lv 17
  9. 9.Twin Disciplines2/5Lv 18
  10. 10.Twin Disciplines3/5Lv 19
  11. 11.Twin Disciplines4/5Lv 20
  12. 12.Twin Disciplines5/5Lv 21
  13. 13.Mental Strength1/5Lv 22
  14. 14.Mental Strength2/5Lv 23
  15. 15.Mental Strength3/5Lv 24
  16. 16.Improved Power Word: Shield1/3Lv 25
  17. 17.Improved Power Word: Shield2/3Lv 26
  18. 18.Improved Power Word: Shield3/3Lv 27
  19. 19.Mental Agility1/3Lv 28
  20. 20.Mental Agility2/3Lv 29
  21. 21.Mental Agility3/3Lv 30
  22. 22.Meditation1/3Lv 31
  23. 23.Meditation2/3Lv 32
  24. 24.Meditation3/3Lv 33
  25. 25.Mental Strength4/5Lv 34
  26. 26.Mental Strength5/5Lv 35
  27. 27.Soul Warding1/1Lv 36
  28. 28.Penance1/1Lv 37
  29. 29.Inner Focus1/1Lv 38
  30. 30.Power in Light1/5Lv 39
  31. 31.Power in Light2/5Lv 40
  32. 32.Power in Light3/5Lv 41
  33. 33.Power in Light4/5Lv 42
  34. 34.Power in Light5/5Lv 43
  35. 35.Improved Inner Fire1/3Lv 44
  36. 36.Power Infusion1/1Lv 45
  37. 37.Improved Inner Fire2/3Lv 46
  38. 38.Improved Inner Fire3/3Lv 47
  39. 39.Holy Precision1/3Lv 48
  40. 40.Holy Precision2/3Lv 49
  41. 41.Holy Precision3/3Lv 50
  42. 42.Improved Shadow Word: Pain1/2Lv 51
  43. 43.Improved Shadow Word: Pain2/2Lv 52
  44. 44.Improved Mind Blast1/5Lv 53
  45. 45.Improved Mind Blast2/5Lv 54
  46. 46.Improved Mind Blast3/5Lv 55
  47. 47.Improved Mind Blast4/5Lv 56
  48. 48.Improved Mind Blast5/5Lv 57
  49. 49.Mind Flay1/1Lv 58
  50. 50.Shadow Reach1/2Lv 59
  51. 51.Shadow Reach2/2Lv 60

Experience changes that affect this route

The beta changed the leveling maths twice in October, so advice written in September no longer holds. Each entry is what Blizzard wrote, with our reading of it marked separately. Last change .

  1. The target is parity with questing, not Classic Era dungeon speedAnnounced, not in a build yet

    Blizzard's stated aim: after these changes, perfect experience-per-hour dungeon play should land very close to, if not equal to, optimal questing. It also said dungeon experience will not return to Classic Era levels, because dungeon spam being the optimal path fails its design pillars.

    What it means for your route: Plan a mixed route. Dungeons are for the levels where an instance sits on your path and the group is close to your level; questing carries the levels in between. A pure dungeon run to 60 is being balanced out of the game on purpose.

    Source: Blizzard Entertainment (Aggrend) · Blizzard's reasoning

Legacy Points while you level

Unconfirmed

Where to spend Priest Legacy Points for solo questing, in the order the points arrive. A character can spend 16, and an account can earn 65 at launch. Stop wherever your total is — the list is cumulative. Effects are quoted from the Live client 1.60.1.70707 data.

  1. 1.

    Well Restedrank 1 · Adventure

    Your rested experience accumulates 4% faster and your rested experience cap is increased by 4%.

    Only one point here for now — it is the prerequisite for Talented, and rested experience is worth having while you are at it.

    1 point · 1/16
  2. 2.

    Talentedrank 5 · Adventure

    You gain talent points every level starting at level 5 instead of starting at level 10, but you still may not have more than 51 total talent points.

    The strongest leveling node in the tree: talent points from level 5 instead of 10, so you reach your first real build five levels sooner.

    5 points · 6/16
  3. 3.

    Thrill of Adventurerank 5 · Adventure

    You gain 5% of your maximum Health and Mana over 10 sec each time you deliver the killing blow to a non-trivial enemy. Ineffective in dungeons, raids, and battlegrounds.

    5% of your health and mana back on every killing blow. Solo questing is mostly downtime between fights, and this is the node that removes it. It does nothing in dungeons, raids or battlegrounds.

    5 points · 11/16
  4. 4.

    Field Guiderank 1 · Adventure

    Reduces your cooldown on adding Camp features by 8%

    Prerequisite for Frequent Flier, and shortens the wait between camp features.

    1 point · 12/16
  5. 5.

    Frequent Flierrank 1 · Adventure

    You receive a 50% discount on all flight paths, and your flight path mount flies 20% faster.

    Half-price flight paths and 20% faster flights. You will fly hundreds of times before 60.

    1 point · 13/16
  6. 6.

    The Quick and the Deadrank 1 · Resourcefulness

    Increases movement speed while dead by 5% and your helpful spells and abilities cost no resources for 1 min after being resurrected or until you enter combat.

    Prerequisite for Reagent Economy, and a faster corpse run every time you die.

    1 point · 14/16
  7. 7.

    Reagent Economyrank 1 · Resourcefulness

    Your class abilities no longer require reagents purchaseable from vendors.

    No vendor reagents for your class abilities — one less thing to buy on every trip to town.

    1 point · 15/16
  8. 8.

    Well Restedrank 2 · Adventure

    Your rested experience accumulates 8% faster and your rested experience cap is increased by 8%.

    The last point goes back into rested experience.

    1 point · 16/16

What to skip, and why

  • Permanence: Its party-buff half does nothing alone; the camp rest half is not worth three points while you are questing.
  • For Great Honor: Honor only, so it waits until you start battlegrounds.
  • Diplomat: Reputation matters at 60, not on the way there.
  • High Alert, Field Medicine: Stealth detection and bandage timers are situational; neither changes how fast you level.

Variants

  • If you gather while you level, one or two points in Bountiful Harvest (20% more scarce materials per rank, Mining, Herbalism and Skinning) pay for your mounts; take them out of the last picks on this list.
  • Levelling in dungeons instead? Thrill of Adventure is dead weight there — the dungeon plan on any dungeon leveling guide spends those five points on Permanence, Reinforce and faster corpse runs.

Legacy values are datamined from the game client and can change. Plan your own spread in the Legacy planner, see where points come from inLegacy Points, or read the Legacy system guide. The order above is our recommendation; the effects are game data.

Contents
  1. Overview
  2. Why this build
  3. Weak spots
  4. Talent order by level
  5. Levels 10–30: played in the beta
  6. Levels 31–60: projected, not played yet
  7. Key levels
  8. How to pull and kill
  9. Leveling tips
  10. After level 60
  11. Sources

Overview

Levels 10–60 · Discipline Priest, solo questing and grinding. Levels 10–30 were played in the beta; levels 31–60 are projected.

Levels 31–60: projected, not played yet. The beta stopped at level 30. Everything past level 30 follows the talent trees of the live client (build 1.60.1.70755) and has not been played in this order yet.

Priests were split in the beta. Holy and Discipline players had fun with the new Smite and Holy Fire, while Shadow players listed many losses: Shadow Weaving only buffs you, and there is no Misery. The most efficient way to level is the one Icy Veins recommends: wand leveling. Wand Specialization comes first, since you wand nearly every mob. Spirit Tap from the Shadow tree gives you big mana regeneration after each kill. Twin Disciplines makes your instant spells, like Shadow Word: Pain and Power Word: Shield, stronger. Ten Discipline points unlock Improved Power Word: Shield on the third row. Past 30 the plan adds Meditation, Penance and the Power Infusion capstone. Levels 10–30 come from the level 30 beta phase (October 1–23) and were rechecked against the final beta client, build 1.60.1.70532; every talent order was then re-validated against the live client 1.60.1.70707 with its server hotfixes on November 1 and against the launch client 1.60.1.70755 with its launch hotfixes on November 4. The rest of the climb is marked as projected below. Talents and tuning can still be hotfixed after launch.

Why this build

  • Almost no downtime. Wand damage costs no mana, and Spirit Tap refills it after kills.
  • Safe. A shielded Priest with a wand rarely dies to a single mob.
  • Flexible. The same build heals dungeons fine all the way up.

Weak spots

  • Slow kills. Wanding is steady but not fast, so it is slower than a Paladin or Hunter.
  • Weak against groups. Two mobs at once drain your mana quickly.
  • Shadow is not the answer yet. Players were unhappy with the Shadow tree, so wait for changes before committing.

Talent order by level

One point per level from level 10 to 60. The talent tree above shows the finished level 60 build; use the level slider to see it at any level.

Levels 10–30: played in the beta

  • Levels 10–11 · Wand Specialization 2/2 — +25% wand damage at two points. You wand almost every mob, so this is your biggest damage talent.
  • Levels 12–16 · Spirit Tap (Shadow) 5/5 — After a kill, your Spirit doubles for 15 sec and half your mana regeneration continues while casting. Most of your downtime disappears.
  • Levels 17–21 · Twin Disciplines 5/5 — +1% damage and healing from instant casts per rank, finished to five here. Shield, Renew and Shadow Word: Pain all benefit, which is most of a wand leveler’s kit.
  • Levels 22–24 · Mental Strength 3/5 — +2% Intellect per point. It sits on Discipline’s second row, so these points also open the third row.
  • Levels 25–27 · Improved Power Word: Shield 3/3 — +20% absorb at three ranks. The shield is what lets you keep wanding instead of stopping to heal.
  • Levels 28–30 · Mental Agility 3/3 — Smite, Holy Fire and instant casts cost 10% less mana at three ranks. Shield spam between pulls stops emptying your bar.

Levels 31–60: projected, not played yet

From 31 Meditation keeps mana flowing while you cast, Penance arrives at 37 as your instant damage spell, and Power in Light makes Smite and Penance hit harder on targets you have already dotted. Power Infusion at 45 is the Discipline capstone. The last fifteen points go into Shadow for a longer Shadow Word: Pain, a faster Mind Blast and Mind Flay’s slow. Shadow was the most criticised Priest tree of the beta; if launch fixes it, a Shadow respec around 40 is worth a look.

  • Levels 31–33 · Meditation 3/3 — 50% of your mana regeneration continues while casting at three ranks. With Spirit Tap up after kills, you drink far less.
  • Levels 34–35 · Mental Strength 5/5 — finish the talent.
  • Level 36 · Soul Warding 1/1 — Power Word: Shield comes back 4 sec sooner and costs 15% less.
  • Level 37 · Penance 1/1 — Three bolts of Holy light over two seconds: damage on an enemy, healing on a friend. Your best instant damage between wand shots.
  • Level 38 · Inner Focus 1/1 — Your next spell is free and, if it can crit, 25% more likely to. Use it on a Penance or an emergency heal.
  • Levels 39–43 · Power in Light 5/5 — Smite and Penance deal 10% more damage at five ranks to targets with your Shadow Word: Pain or Holy Fire, which is every mob you open on.
  • Level 44 · Improved Inner Fire 1/3 — Inner Fire gives 45% more armor and 12 more charges at three ranks. Cloth needs the help.
  • Level 45 · Power Infusion 1/1 — +20% spell damage and healing for 15 sec, on yourself or a friend. The Discipline capstone.
  • Levels 46–47 · Improved Inner Fire 3/3 — finish the talent.
  • Levels 48–50 · Holy Precision 3/3 — +18% hit with Holy spells at three ranks: Smite, Holy Fire and Penance stop missing higher-level mobs.
  • Levels 51–52 · Improved Shadow Word: Pain (Shadow) 2/2 — Shadow Word: Pain lasts 6 sec longer at two ranks: more damage from the same cast.
  • Levels 53–57 · Improved Mind Blast (Shadow) 5/5 — Mind Blast’s cooldown is 2.5 sec shorter at five ranks.
  • Level 58 · Mind Flay (Shadow) 1/1 — A channelled Shadow attack that also slows the target by 50%, so runners stop running.
  • Levels 59–60 · Shadow Reach (Shadow) 2/2 — +20% range on your offensive Shadow spells at two ranks.

Key levels

  • Level 10 · Wand Specialization first, and buy the best wand you can afford.
  • Level 12 · Start Spirit Tap for mana after each kill.
  • Level 17 · Twin Disciplines for stronger instant spells.
  • Level 22 · Mental Strength: a larger mana pool, and the tenth Discipline point that opens the third row.
  • Level 25 · Improved Power Word: Shield: pulls get shorter and cheaper.
  • Level 30 · Mental Agility completes the beta’s 21 points: cheaper instant casts between pulls.
  • Level 33 (projected) · Meditation is maxed: half your mana regeneration continues while casting.
  • Level 37 (projected) · Penance, your first instant damage spell from a talent.
  • Level 45 (projected) · Power Infusion, the Discipline capstone.

How to pull and kill

  1. Shield yourself, then Shadow Word: Pain, and wand the mob down.
  2. Open with Smite when you have mana to spare (Holy Fire is a level 20 spell, so talents that buff it do nothing before then). From 37, Penance replaces the second Smite.
  3. Let Spirit Tap work. Kill, then keep moving while mana comes back.
  4. Psychic Scream when a second mob joins, then deal with them one at a time.

Leveling tips

  • Your wand is your weapon. Get one by level 5–10 and upgrade it before anything else; Enchanters can craft wands from level 5, and wands now scale with spell power.
  • Twilight Focus is an option if pushback from damage bothers you, as Icy Veins notes.
  • Heal a dungeon or two. Healers were in short supply all beta. One player measured 10–30% less healing on targets above your level in dungeons, which may be a bug.
  • Save Shadow for later. Check the beta class report and the launch notes before respeccing.

After level 60

At 60, the Priest endgame guides take over. The Wand Discipline Priest guide is a shorter 10–40 alternative, and the Shadow Priest leveling guide is the 10–60 route once Shadow feels right. Dungeon quests give 50% less bonus experience since October 1, and the October 8 build stopped dungeon kill experience from being paid at the group’s highest level while raising base kill experience in dungeons by about 20%. Blizzard’s stated goal is dungeons roughly level with questing, so the fastest route to 60 mixes both; dungeons or questing has the details.

Sources

The talent path and leveling advice adapt these Classic guides to the WoW Forever talent trees; talents that are new or changed in Forever are chosen from this site’s talent data.

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