Priest in WoW Forever

WoW Forever class guide

22 Priest changes are listed for WoW Forever so far, 1 of them confirmed by Blizzard: 17 talent changes and 5 changes to abilities outside the trees. Plan a build with the Priest talent calculator.

Which races can play Priest in WoW Forever

In Classic: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Undead, Troll. New in Forever: Gnome. See the full race and class table and every racial ability.

Priest talent changes in Forever

Discipline talents

Talent	Change	Where	What it does	Grade and source
Divine Aegis	New	25 points, 3 ranks	Critical heals shield the target for 15% of the amount healed.	Reported1 independent report
Holy Precision	New	5 points, 3 ranks	Holy spell hit chance increased by up to 18%.	Reported1 independent report
Penance	New	20 points, 1 rank	A channel that deals 81 Holy damage or heals 184 per tick.	Verified2 independent reports
Power in Light	New	5 points	Smite and Penance deal 10% more against targets affected by Holy Fire.	Reported1 independent report
Renewed Hope	New	20 points, 5 ranks	Critical heal chance increased by 10% on targets with Weakened Soul.	Reported1 independent report
Soul Warding	New	15 points, 1 rank	Power Word: Shield's cooldown drops by 4 seconds and its cost by 15%. Likely the 16-point milestone.	Reported1 independent report
Twin Disciplines	New	5 points	Instant spells deal and heal 5% more.	Reported1 independent report

Holy talents

Talent	Change	Where	What it does	Grade and source
Binding Heal	New	15 points, 1 rank	Heals a friendly target and yourself for 235 to 286. Likely the 16-point milestone.	Reported1 independent report
Litany of Light	New	20 points, 2 ranks	Alternating heals returns 10% of base mana.	Reported1 independent report
Prayer of Mending	New	30 points, 1 rank	A heal that jumps to a new target up to 5 times.	Verified2 independent reports

Shadow talents

Talent	Change	Where	What it does	Grade and source
Devouring Contagion	New	20 points, 2 ranks	Devouring Plague costs 50% less mana.	Reported1 independent report
Early Demise	New	25 points, 2 ranks	Shadow Word: Death gains 30% crit against targets under 20% health.	Reported1 independent report
Improved Mind Flay	New	10 points, 2 ranks	Mind Flay deals 20% more and reaches 10 yards further.	Reported1 independent report
Shadowform	Changed	Not stated, 1 rank	Now 10% Shadow damage (down from 15%) and 15% physical damage reduction.	Reported1 independent report
Spirit Tap	Changed	Not stated	Now always triggers on a killing blow, doubling Spirit for 15 seconds.	Reported1 independent report

Class-wide or tree not stated

Talent	Change	Where	What it does	Grade and source
Divine Spirit	Now baseline	Not stated	No longer a talent. The buff is baseline.	OfficialBlizzard Deep Dive panel recap, 2026-09-13 · plus 1 independent report
Fear Ward	Now baseline	Not stated	Appears in the BlizzCon demo as available to all Priests, no longer a Dwarf-only racial. It was never a talent; listed here because it changes a talent-adjacent class tool.	Reported1 independent report

Priest ability and class changes

Reported Fear Ward: Appears to be baseline for all Priests, no longer Dwarf-only.1 independent report
Reported Race-specific Priest spells reworked: Per-race Priest spells remain but differ: Dwarf Chastise and Desperate Prayer; Gnome Confounding Flash (AoE crowd control) and Contingency Plan (shield/heal); Human Divine Grace and Feedback; Night Elf Elune's Grace and Starshards; Troll Hex of Weakness and Shadowguard; Undead Dark Sacrifice (health into mana) and Touch of Weakness. No numbers published.1 independent report
Reported Shadow Word: Death: Learned at level 32, 30-yard range, instant, 15-second cooldown, with a backlash of 10% of your maximum health if the target survives.2 independent reports
Reported Devouring Plague and Fear Ward: Devouring Plague is baseline for every race, with rank 3 by level 38 and a 1-minute cooldown. Fear Ward is baseline on a 3-minute cooldown.2 independent reports
Reported Priest racial spells: Priest racial spells remain: Starshards and Elune's Grace (Night Elf), Desperate Prayer and Chastise (Dwarf), Divine Grace and Feedback (Human), Confounding Flash and Contingency Plan (Gnome), Dark Sacrifice (Undead), Shadowguard (Troll).2 independent reports

Talent and stat rules for every class

These apply to every class in Forever, not only Priest. How grades work is explained on how we grade information.

Official Talent trees keep their row count, with milestone talents at 11, 16, 21 and 31 points.Blizzard Deep Dive panel recap, 2026-09-13
Official Core buff talents are removed from the trees and the buffs are baseline.Blizzard Deep Dive panel recap, 2026-09-13
Official All 27 specialisation trees were rebalanced so every spec is viable.Blizzard Deep Dive panel recap, 2026-09-13
Official The level cap stays at 60, so the talent point total stays tied to levels 10 to 60.Blizzard What's Next panel recap, 2026-09-13
Official Melee, ranged and spell hit and crit are merged into one Hit stat and one Crit stat.Blizzard Deep Dive panel recap, 2026-09-13
Official Weapon skill is spread so it is less concentrated on single items.Blizzard Deep Dive panel recap, 2026-09-13
Official Bonus healing on items also gives one third as bonus spell damage.Blizzard Deep Dive panel recap, 2026-09-13