Discipline Priest 10.2.6 Guide

Introduction

This guide presents an in-depth view of the Priest's Discipline Specialization in WoW Dragonflight patch 10.2.6! You will learn everything about the Discipline spec, such as how to gear, prepare, and then min-max your Disc Priest for the most challenging PvE content in World of Warcraft, Season 3.

First, we'll check out the specialization's particularities and see why the Discipline Priest is one of the best healers in Dragonflight's latest season. Then, you'll learn how to gear your Disc Priest, what stats to prioritize, and the best talents for different circumstances.

Finally, we'll discuss min-maxing your character for the end-game content and teach you what gear to use for Mythic Raiding and Mythic Plus dungeons. By the end of the guide, you will become a master of the Discipline Priest specialization! Sounds good, right? Let's get started!

Table of Contents

• Discipline Priests: Strengths and Weaknesses
• Discipline Priest Stat Priority
• How to gear your Disc Priest
• Best Discipline Priest talents for Mythic Raiding and Dungeons
• Discipline Priest in Dragonflight - FAQ

Discipline Priests in Dragonflight: Strengths and Weaknesses

In World of Warcraft, the Priest class has three specializations: Shadow, Holy, and Discipline. The priest's spending resource is called Mana. All three priest specs focus on ranged-combat fights and require wise mana resource management.

The Discipline Priest represents one of the best healer classes for Mythic Dungeons and Mythic Raiding in Dragonflight Season 3, providing excellent burst ally healing through enemy damage dealing. In World of Warcraft, healers have a major responsibility: they use their healing abilities to buff the allies, keep them alive, and save them from death.

Regarding weapons, the Discipline Priest uses daggers, maces, wands, and staffs. As for raid gear, the priest shares the Conqueror Tier Token with Paladins, Warlocks, and Demon Hunters for legacy content. In the Dragonflight's latest expansion raid, priests share the Venerated Tier Token with Paladins and Shamans.

In the table below, we present the strengths and weaknesses of the Disc Priest specialization:

Best Discipline Priest Races

When it comes to races, with so many options to choose from, you are probably wondering what would be the best race as a Disc Priest. In World of Warcraft, each race has different racial abilities and spells, but no races offer an immediate advantage compared to others regarding the Discipline spec. I highly recommend choosing the race you like the most, aesthetically speaking.

Now, if you want to make an idea of what race players generally choose for their Discipline Priests:

• For Alliance: Human, Void Elf, Night Elf.
• For Horde: Blood Elf, Undead, Goblin, Troll.

Discipline Priest stat priority

Regardless of the class and spec you roll into in World of Warcraft, the stats are a key component when gearing up and min-maxing your character for the end-game content. Discipline Priests wear Cloth gear with Intellect as the main stat.

As a priest, the Intellect stat increases the power of your spells and abilities, in other words - the healing you are providing to your allies and the damage you are dealing to your enemies. Also, please note that a higher and adequate item level will better impact your character's performance than a perfect stat distribution, so always keep an eye on the gear's item level!

Discipline Priest Stats priority for Mythic Raiding

• 1. Intellect
• 2. Haste
• 3. Critical Strike
• 4. Mastery
• 5. Versatility

So for raiding as a Disc Priest, you will primarily value item level for Intellect as the primary stat, then Haste, followed by Critical Strike, Mastery, and Versatility as secondary stats.

Conclusion: Intellect > Haste > Critical Strike > Mastery > Versatility.

Discipline Priest Stats priority for Mythic Dungeons

• 1. Intellect
• 2. Haste
• 3. Versatility
• 4. Critical Strike
• 5. Mastery

For mythic dungeons, as a Discipline Priest, you will primarily focus on item level, Intellect as the primary stat, then Haste, followed by Versatility, Critical Strike, and Mastery as secondary stats.

Conclusion: Intellect > Haste > Versatility > Critical Strike > Mastery.

Disc Priest Stats Breakthrough

Intellect: Increases your spell power and, therefore, all the healing you are providing to your allies

Critical Strike: Doubles the effects of your heals

Haste: Lowers the cast time of your heals and your cooldowns

Mastery: Increases the effectiveness of Mastery: Grace

Versatility: Increases healing and damage dealt and reduces damage taken

Moving on to the next chapter, we will focus on how to gear your Discipline Priest, the tier set, and best in slot items for mythic raiding and mythic dungeons.

How to gear your Discipline Priest

In World of Warcraft, gearing is one of the most important aspects that enhances your character's overall performance by providing massive amounts of stats, armor, procs, and set bonuses. This guide will teach you how to properly gear up for the most challenging content in WoW Dragonflight, Mythic Raiding, and Mythic+ Dungeons.

Discipline Priest Tier Set Bonus

To start with, what is a tier set in World of Warcraft?

In WoW, a tier set is a unique class armor set with powerful 2-set and 4-set specific bonuses for each specialization of that particular class. Tier set bonuses change based on the character's active talent specialization, ensuring that the bonus is appropriate and useful to that spec.

So to recap, tier sets are unique pieces of armor that, when equipped simultaneously, provide you with a bonus, different for each spec of the chosen class. This bonus is based on the number of pieces from the set you have equipped, with most tier sets providing bonuses when equipping 2 or 4 pieces.

How to get the Discipline Priest Tier Set in Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6

There are three ways you can get tier set items in WoW in the Dragonflight expansion:

• Raids: You can get tier set items found as class tokens from specific bosses in the Dragonflight raids.
• Revival Catalyst: You can craft Tier armor from non-set pieces of the same item level using the Revival Catalyst crafting system.
• Great Vault: You can obtain tier set items from all activities that typically reward Great Vault, such as raiding, Mythic+ dungeons, and PvP.

The fastest way to obtain tier set items is to take advantage of these three sources that can reward you with the Disc Priest Tier Set items. The best advice is to complete the raid weekly - this is probably the fastest way to get your hands on the desired tier armor. If you don't have a team to raid with, complete some Mythic+ Dungeons or PvP matches.

Mythic dungeons and PvP are highly beneficial because even if you can't drop the set items while participating in these activities, you increase the chances of getting your set items at the Great Vault or the Revival Catalyst console in Thaldraszus. At the revival catalyst console, you can convert the non-set pieces obtained in dungeons or PvP into tier set items.

Let's have a closer look at the Great Vault feature:

And this is what the Revival Catalyst looks like:

Back to our Disc Priest Tier Set. Now that you have learned how to obtain the tier set let's see some set bonuses and particularities. Shall we?

The Discipline Priest Tier set is called Draconic Hierophant's Finery. It comes with the following bonuses for two pieces and four pieces equipped:

• 2-Set: - Penance & Smite increased by 20%, and Smite extends the duration of ONLY ONE active Atonement by 2 seconds.
• 4-Set: - Smite hits an additional time during Shadow Covenant, triggering additional cooldown reduction and Atonement extension from the 2pc set.

In the table below, we present you the sources for Discipline Priest Tier Set items:

The remaining tier set items (Cloak, Wrists, Waist, and Boots) can be obtained by using the Revival Catalyst in Thaldraszus.

As previously stated, you unlock the tier set bonuses for your Disc Priest when you equip any two or four pieces of the Blessings of Lunar Communion set. For itemization and build optimization, your four pieces of tier set as a Discipline Priest will be the Helm, Shoulders, Chest, and Legs.

Raid Best in Slot (BiS) Gear for Discipline Priests

In the table below, you can find the best item to use in each slot from the raid as a Disc Priest:

Mythic+ Best in Slot (BiS) Gear for Discipline Priests

In the table below, you can find the best item to use in each slot from the Mythic+ Dungeons as a Discipline Priest:

Best in Slot (BiS) Trinkets for Discipline Priests

The best Discipline Priest trinkets for end-game content are:

This wraps up everything you should know about gearing your Disc Priest: the stats priority, how to obtain the tier set, and what items to use in the end-game activities. Moving on to the next section of our guide, we'll teach you what talents you should use as a Discipline Priest in Dragonflight patch 10.2.6. Sounds good, right? Let's dive in!

Best Discipline Priest Rotations in Dragonflight 10.2.6

Discipline Priest Leveling Rotation

Let's check out how you should prioritize your abilities. Here is the basic single target rotation for a Discpline Priest:

• Discipline Priests in Dragonflight level differently, balancing damage with self-shielding. Before pulling enemies, cast Power Word: Shield on yourself for extra defense.
• While gathering groups, apply the DoT (damage over time) Purge the Wicked to multiple targets. Remember to cast Divine Star on cooldown for AoE damage.
• For large groups, unleash Holy Nova. Finish low-health enemies with Shadow Word: Death.
• Penance offers a double benefit: spreading your Purge the Wicked DoT and dealing additional damage.
• The key to maximizing damage with Crystalline Reflection is to constantly use shields to mitigate incoming damage throughout your leveling journey.

Best Discpline Priest Leveling Talents in Dragonflight 10.2.6

The best talents to use while leveling as a Discpline Priest are:

Best Discipline Priest End-game Talents

In this section of our Discipline Priest Guide, we'll present the best talents to use for PvE end-game content, such as raiding and Mythic+ dungeons. In the end game, it's crucial to use the right talents and prioritize the skills you use depending on the activity. Choosing the best talents will significantly impact your performance as a healer!

From the PvE perspective, there are two main end-game activities we'll take into consideration: Mythic raiding and Mythic+ Dungeons. We'll treat them separately to keep things clear and avoid confusion.

Best Talents for Mythic Raiding in Season 3 (patch 10.2.6)

In the picture below, you can see the best talents for mythic raiding as a Disc Priest:

Standard Raid build

Fiend Raid build

Best Talents for Mythic+ Dungeons in Season 3 (patch 10.2.6)

As a Discipline Priest, these are the talents you must use to maximize your healing in M+ Dungeons:

M+ build