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- For priest abilities and talents on Classic servers, see Priest abilities (Classic).
Priest abilities are abilities that priests use. Most abilities are shared between all specializations, while some are only specific to one (or two) specializations.
Class abilities
All priests automatically learn the following spells at the specified level, regardless of specialization.
| Ability | Level |
|---|---|
 [Smite] |
1 |
 [Shadow Word: Pain] |
2 |
 [Flash Heal] |
3 |
 [Power Word: Shield] |
4 |
 [Power Word: Fortitude] |
6 |
 [Resurrection] |
10/  [1-10] A Priest's End
|
 [Levitate] |
12 |
 [Mind Vision] |
14 |
 [Focused Will] |
16 |
 [Mind Soothe] |
18 |
Specialization abilities
The three priest specializations are Discipline (Healer), Holy (Healer) and Shadow (caster DPS).
For an exploration of each priest specialization, see Priest specializations.
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Discipline
Ability Level 
[Mastery: Grace]10 
[Purify]10 
[Penance]11 
[Mass Resurrection]37 
[Plea]80 -
Holy
Ability Level 
[Mastery: Echo of Light]10 [Purify]10 
[Prayer of Mending]11 
[Serendipity]11 
[Spirit of Redemption]15 [Mass Resurrection]37 -
Shadow
Ability Level 
[Hallucinations]10 
[Mastery: Shadow Weaving]10 
[Mind Flay]10 
[Shadowform]10 
[Vampiric Touch]10 
[Dispersion]13 
[Vampiric Embrace]25 
[Silence]26
Talents
Talents become available at level 10. They can be changed at any time outside of combat, except during a PvP match or Mythic+ dungeon. A talented ability cannot be changed while it is on cooldown.
Row 5 is locked until 8 points are spent, and row 8 is locked until 20 points are spent.
Class talents
| Tier | Talent | Ranks | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  [Improved Flash Heal] |
1 | Automatic for Discipline/Holy |
 [Angelic Feather] |
1 | ||
 [Mind Blast] |
1 | Discipline/Shadow only; Automatic | |
 [Holy Fire] |
1 | Holy only; Automatic | |
| 2 |  [Holy Nova] |
1 | Improved Flash Heal (Automatic for Holy) |
 [Dispel Magic] |
1 | Improved Flash Heal OR Angelic Feather | |
 [Spiritual Guidance] |
1 | Angelic Feather OR Mind Blast | |
 [Psychic Scream] |
1 | Mind Blast | |
| 3 |  [Lightburst] |
1 | Holy Nova |
 [Leap of Faith] |
1 | Holy Nova OR Dispel Magic | |
 [Improved Purify] |
1 | Dispel Magic (Holy/Discipline only) | |
| [Purify Disease] |
1 | Dispel Magic (Shadow only) | |
 [Power Infusion] |
1 | Dispel Magic OR Spiritual Guidance | |
| [Painful Invocation] |
1 | Spiritual Guidance OR Psychic Scream | |
 [Sheer Terror]/ [Petrifying Scream] |
1 | Psychic Scream | |
| 4 |  [Surge of Light] |
1 | Holy Nova OR Lightburst OR Leap of Faith |
 [Body and Soul] |
1 | Leap of Faith | |
 [Mass Dispel] |
1 | Leap of Faith OR Improved Purify/Purify Disease OR Power Infusion | |
 [Twins of the Sun Priestess] |
1 | Power Infusion | |
 [Strength of Soul] |
1 | Power Infusion OR Painful Invocation | |
 [Mind Control]/ [Dominate Mind] |
1 | Psychic Scream OR Painful Invocation OR Sheer Terror/Petrifying Scream | |
 [Psychic Voice]/ [Void Tendrils] |
1 | Sheer Terror/Petrifying Scream | |
| 5 |  [Everlasting Light] |
1 | Surge of Light |
 [Move with Grace] |
1 | Body and Soul | |
| [Mental Agility] |
1 | Mass Dispel | |
 [Twin Disciplines] |
1 | Mass Dispel OR Twins of the Sun Priestess OR Strength of Soul | |
 [Dark Enlightenment] |
1 | Strength of Soul OR Mind Control/Dominate Mind | |
 [False Autonomy] |
1 | Mind Control/Dominate Mind | |
 [Shackle Undead] |
1 | Mind Control/Dominate Mind OR Psychic Voice/Void Tendrils | |
| 6 | [Inspiration] |
1 | Everlasting Light OR Move with Grace |
 [Binding Heals] |
1 | Move with Grace OR Mental Agility OR Twin Disciplines | |
 [Shadow Word: Death] |
1 | Twin Disciplines OR Dark Enlightenment | |
 [Sanguine Teachings] |
1 | Dark Enlightenment OR False Autonomy OR Shackle Undead | |
| 7 |  [Desperate Prayer] |
1 | Inspiration OR Binding Heals |
 [Twist of Fate] |
2 | Binding Heals OR Shadow Word: Death | |
 [Tithe Evasion] |
1 | Shadow Word: Death | |
 [Fade] |
1 | Shadow Word: Death OR Sanguine Teachings | |
| 8 | [Angel's Mercy] |
1 | Desperate Prayer |
 [Protective Light] |
1 | Desperate Prayer OR Twist of Fate | |
 [Mindpierce] |
1 | Twist of Fate OR Tithe Evasion OR Fade | |
 [Spectral Illusion] |
1 | Fade | |
| [Improved Fade] |
2 | Fade | |
| 9 |  [Light's Inspiration] |
1 | Angel's Mercy |
 [Unwavering Will] |
2 | Angel's Mercy OR Protective Light | |
 [Spell Warding] |
2 | Protective Light OR Mindpierce | |
 [Phantasm] |
1 | Spectral Illusion OR Improved Fade | |
| 10 |  [Angelic Bulwark] |
1 | Light's Inspiration OR Unwavering Will |
 [Benevolence]/ [Focused Power] |
1 | Unwavering Will OR Spell Warding | |
 [Phantom Reach] |
1 | Spell Warding OR Phantasm | |
 [Translucent Image] |
1 | Improved Fade OR Phantasm |
Specialization talents
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Discipline
Tier Talent Ranks Requirement 1 
[Atonement]1 2 
[Power Word: Radiance]1 Atonement 
[Pain Suppression]1 Atonement 
[Power of the Dark Side]1 Atonement 3 [Light's Promise]1 Power Word: Radiance [Sanctuary]1 Power Word: Radiance OR Pain Suppression 
[Pain Transformation]/
[Protector of the Frail]1 Pain Suppression [Dark Indulgence]1 Power of the Dark Side 
[Encroaching Shadows]1 Power of the Dark Side 4 [Bright Pupil]/
[Enduring Luminescence]1 Light's Promise 
[Shield Discipline]1 Light's Promise OR Sanctuary 
[Ultimate Penitence]/
[Power Word: Barrier]1 Sanctuary OR Pain Transformation/Protector of the Frail OR Dark Indulgence 
[Painful Punishment]1 Dark Indulgence OR Encroaching Shadows 
[Revel in Darkness]1 Encroaching Shadows 5 
[Holy Ray]1 Bright Pupil/Enduring Luminescence OR Shield Discipline [Lenience]1 Shield Discipline OR Ultimate Penitence/Power Word: Barrier OR Painful Punishment 
[Shadow Tap]1 Encroaching Shadows OR Painful Punishment OR Revel in Darkness 6 
[Purge the Wicked]1 Encroaching Shadows 
[Castigation]1 Holy Ray OR Lenience 
[Indemnity]1 Lenience [Pain and Suffering]2 Lenience OR Shadow Tap 
[Occultist]1 Shadow Tap 7 
[Borrowed Time]2 Purge the Wicked OR Castigation 
[Evangelism]1 Castigation OR Indemnity OR Pain and Suffering 
[Abyssal Reverie]2 Pain and Suffering OR Occultist 8 
[Divine Procession]1 Borrowed Time 
[Inner Focus]1 Borrowed Time OR Evangelism 
[Archangel]/
[Mindbender]1 Evangelism 
[Shadow Mend]1 Evangelism OR Abyssal Reverie 
[Shadowfiend]1 Abyssal Reverie 9 
[Greater Smite]2 Divine Procession 
[Divine Aegis]1 Divine Procession OR Inner Focus 
[Harsh Discipline]2 Inner Focus OR Archangel/Mindbender [Blaze of Light]2 Archangel/Mindbender OR Shadow Mend 
[Death's Torment]2 Shadow Mend OR Shadowfiend [Inescapable Torment]1 Shadowfiend 10 [Eternal Barrier]1 Divine Aegis 
[Weal and Woe]1 Harsh Discipline [Searing Light]1 Blaze of Light 
[Expiation]2 Death's Torment Apex 
[Master the Darkness]4 -
Holy
Tier Talent Ranks Requirement 1 
[Holy Word: Serenity]1 2 
[Holy Word: Sanctify]1 Holy Word: Serenity [Guardian Spirit]1 Holy Word: Serenity 
[Holy Word: Chastise]1 Holy Word: Serenity 3 
[Prayer of Healing]1 Holy Word: Sanctify 
[Restitution]/
[Guardian Angel]1 Guardian Spirit 
[Censure]1 Guardian Spirit OR Holy Word: Chastise 
[Empyreal Blaze]1 Holy Word: Chastise 4 [Prayerful Litany]1 Prayer of Healing [Cosmic Ripple]1 Holy Word: Sanctify OR Prayer of Healing 
[Afterlife]1 Restitution/Guardian Angel 
[Voice of Harmony]1 Restitution/Guardian Angel OR Censure 
[Burning Vehemence]1 Empyreal Blaze 5 
[Uplifting Words]1 Prayer of Healing OR Cosmic Ripple 
[Cosmic Wave]1 Cosmic Ripple 
[Divine Hymn]1 Cosmic Ripple OR Afterlife OR Voice of Harmony [Enlightenment]1 Voice of Harmony 
[Benediction]1 Voice of Harmony OR Burning Vehemence 6 
[Efficient Prayers]1 Prayerful Litany 
[Healing Focus]1 Uplifting Words OR Cosmic Wave OR Divine Hymn [Seraphic Crescendo]/
[Gales of Song]1 Divine Hymn 
[Divine Service]1 Divine Hymn OR Enlightenment OR Benediction 
[Renewed Faith]1 Benediction 7 [Angelic Touch]1 Uplifting Words OR Efficient Prayers OR Healing Focus 
[Apotheosis]1 Healing Focus OR Seraphic Crescendo/Gales of Song OR Divine Service [Prayers of the Virtuous]1 Divine Service OR Renewed Faith 8 [Dispersing Light]/
[Trail of Light]1 Efficient Prayers OR Angelic Touch [Miracle Worker]1 Angelic Touch OR Apotheosis [Eternal Sanctity]/
[Divinity]1 Apotheosis 
[Holy Celerity]1 Apotheosis OR Prayers of the Virtuous 
[Say Your Prayers]1 Renewed Faith OR Prayers of the Virtuous 9 [Crisis Management]1 Dispersing Light/Trail of Light 
[Light of the Naaru]2 Dispersing Light/Trail of Light OR Miracle Worker [Light in the Darkness]2 Miracle Worker [Prismatic Echoes]2 Miracle Worker OR Divinity/Eternal Sanctity OR Holy Celerity 
[Desperate Times]2 Holy Celerity OR Say Your Prayers 
[Radiant Plea]1 Say Your Prayers 10 [Lightweaver]1 Crisis Management OR Light of the Naaru 
[Ultimate Serenity]1 Light of the Naaru OR Light in the Darkness 
[Divine Image]1 Light in the Darkness OR Prismatic Echoes 
[Lasting Words]1 Prismatic Echoes OR Desperate Times 
[Epiphany]1 Desperate Times OR Radiant Plea Apex 
[Benediction]4 -
Shadow
Tier Talent Ranks Requirement 1 
[Shadow Word: Madness]1 2 
[Psychic Link]1 Shadow Word: Madness [Misery]/
[Invoked Nightmare]1 Shadow Word: Madness [Intangibility]/ [Mental Fortitude]1 Shadow Word: Madness 3 [Thought Harvester]1 Psychic Link 
[Tentacle Slam]1 Misery/Invoked Nightmare 
[Shadowy Apparitions]1 Intangibility/Mental Fortitude 4 
[Tormenting Whispers]1 Thought Harvester 
[Descending Darkness]1 Tentacle Slam 
[Surge of Insanity]1 Shadowy Apparitions 5 
[Shadowy Insight]1 Tormenting Whispers 
[Voidtouched]1 Tormenting Whispers 
[Voidform]1 Tormenting Whispers OR Descending Darkness OR Surge of Insanity 
[Haunting Shadows]1 Surge of Insanity 
[Mental Decay]1 Surge of Insanity 6 [Shadowfiend]1 Shadowy Insight [Dark Thoughts]1 Shadowy Insight [Maddening Touch]2 Shadowy Insight OR Voidtouched OR Voidform [Improved Voidform]/ [Ancient Madness]1 Voidform [Phantom Menace]1 Voidform OR Haunting Shadows OR Mental Decay 
[Dark Evangelism]1 Mental Decay 
[Shattered Psyche]1 Mental Decay 7 
[Subservient Shadows]1 Shadowfiend 
[Mastermind]2 Shadowfiend OR Dark Thoughts OR Maddening Touch 
[Mind's Eye]/
[Distorted Reality]1 Maddening Touch OR Improved Voidform/Ancient Madness [Spectral Horrors]1 Improved Voidform/Ancient Madness OR Phantom Menace [Instilled Doubt]2 Phantom Menace OR Dark Evangelism OR Shattered Psyche 8 [Mindbender]1 Subservient Shadows [Deathspeaker]/ [Death and Madness]1 Mastermind OR Mind's Eye/Distorted Reality [Mind Devourer]1 Mind's Eye/Distorted Reality 
[Auspicious Spirits]1 Mind's Eye/Distorted Reality OR Spectral Horrors OR Instilled Doubt [Maddening Tentacles]1 Shattered Pscyhe OR Instilled Doubt 9 [Inescapable Torment]1 Mindbender 
[Madness Weaving]2 Mindbender OR Deathspeaker/Death and Madness [Death's Torment]1 Deathspeaker/Death and Madness 
[Screams of the Void]2 Deathspeaker/Death and Madness OR Mind Devourer OR Auspicious Spirits [Tormented Spirits]2 Auspicious Spirits 
[Insidious Ire]2 Auspicious Spirits OR Maddening Tentacles 
[Crushing Void]1 Maddening Tentacles 10 
[Idol of Y'Shaarj]1 Inescapable Torment OR Madness Weaving 
[Idol of N'Zoth]1 Madness Weaving OR Death's Torment OR Screams of the Void 
[Idol of Yogg-Saron]1 Screams of the Void OR Tormented Spirits OR Insidious Ire 
[Idol of C'Thun]1 Insidious Ire OR Crushing Void Apex 
[Void Apparitions]4
Hero talents
Hero talents become available at level 71. They can be changed at any time outside of combat, except during a PvP match or Mythic+ dungeon. A talented ability cannot be changed while it is on cooldown.
A new point is gained at each level, so that every talent node can be unlocked at level 80.
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Voidweaver
(Discipline/Shadow)Row Talent 1 
[Entropic Rift]/
[Void Torrent]
2 
[No Escape]/
[Dark Energy]
[Void Blast]
[Inner Quietus]
[Voidheart]
3 
[Devour Matter]
[Void Empowerment]/
[Darkening Horizon]
[Voidwraith]
[Touch of the Void]
4 
[Quickened Pulse]
[Void Infusion]
[Void Leech]/
[Embrace the Shadow]
[Overwhelming Shadows]
5 
[Collapsing Void]
PvP talents
PvP talents become available at level 20. Up to 3 PvP talents may be active at any given time (with additional slots becoming available at levels 30 and 40).
These talents are active in the open world with War Mode turned on, as well as during instanced PvP. They have no effect in dungeons and raids.
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Discipline
Talent Level [Psychic Shroud]20 [Purification]20 
[Strength of Soul]20 [Trinity]20 [Ultimate Radiance]23 
[Inner Light]40 [Improved Mass Dispel]40 [Mindgames]44 
[Dark Archangel]45 [Phase Shift]45 
[Absolute Faith]49 -
Holy
Talent Level [Greater Heal]20 [Psychic Shroud]20 [Purification]20 [Spirit of the Redeemer]29 [Improved Mass Dispel]30 
[Sanctified Ground]41 [Phase Shift]45 [Absolute Faith]49 -
Shadow
Talent Level 
[Mind Trauma]20 [Psychic Shroud]20 
[Psyfiend]20 
[Driven to Madness]23 [Improved Mass Dispel]30 
[Cascading Horrors]40 [Mindgames]44 [Phase Shift]45 [Absolute Faith]49
Glyphs
Glyphs are items that can change a spell or ability's visual appearance. Most glyphs are crafted by scribes, are color-coded by class, and can be applied as early as level 11. They can be removed at any time outside of combat using 
[Vanishing Powder].
See also
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