Discipline Priest Frequently Asked Questions — The War Within (11.0.5)

:Not much. The primary difference outside of a few two-pointers on the tree becoming one-pointers is Rapture being changed. Instead of lasting for a set duration where you can spam shields to your heart's content, it now buffs the next 3 Shields by a larger amount than previously but with a 30-second time limit. As a result, Rapture is even less of an important cooldown in raid than it already was but has gained a lot of flexibility in Mythic+.

Not really. Voidweaver is our recommended talent tree by default for all content, and outside of a few small sequence changes, the hero tree does not significantly change our playstyle or rotation.

There is NO LOSS IN HEALING when hitting more than one target for both Entropic Rift and Collapsing Void.

Entropic Rift deals the same damage to all targets hit but only heals via Atonement off a single damage target. Collapsing Void is an even split amongst all targets hit, however each hit creates an atonement event.

Due to the introduction of Hero Talents, Mastery impacts a greater percentage of our overall healing in TWW. As a result, Mastery has taken enough of a lead over critical strike that we felt it was appropriate to swap the order. All secondary stats past haste are still close in value, so you will not see a major difference overall.

Our current recommendation is Voidweaver in all content as a default. In raid, there could be some very niche opportunities for Oracle, but in keys, Voidweaver is significantly ahead.

The new Blasphemite gems gain increased value per unique color of gem equipped. The recommended gemming strategy is in place to prioritize both the stats we desire in addition to activating the Blasphemite as much as we can.

Voidwraith replaces your currently selected pet, either Mindbender or Shadowfiend. Voidwraith has a one-minute cooldown when talented into Mindbender and a 2-minute cooldown when talented into Shadowfiend. Voidwraith inherits the cooldown reduction per cast from Void Summoner based on the pet currently talented into. With Mindbender talented, you can expect around a 40-45-second cooldown, and with Shadowfiend talented, you can expect a 60-second cooldown. Voidwraith gains the Shadowfiend coefficients for Shadow Covenant, Inescapable Torment, and Essence Devourer even when talented into Mindbender (Despite the tooltips saying otherwise. This is likely a bug but has not been fixed/changed as of now.)

Our 2-set bonus is solid and comes out to be about a 3-4% increase overall. Our 4-set bonus comes out at less than 1% in raid and 1-2% in m+. As such, while you will still want to wear your 4-set bonus in both content types, Discipline should not be a high priority to receive it and can even consider wearing other gear until you have tier of the same item level available.

As Rapture Ramp Atonements are lacking the extension from Evangelism, the Mind Blast is moved earlier in the sequence to ensure the Collapsing Void triggers prior to your Power Word: Radiance Atonements falling off.

Both! Given Void Summoner's existence, you can expect to get Shadowfiend to around 1 minute as Voidweaver or 90 seconds as Oracle and Mindbender to around 40-45 seconds. As a result, you will use both depending on which one fits the fight timers better. The most important thing is to make sure that whichever pet you run, you are getting as many uses of it as possible.

Since Purge the Wicked is Radiant damage (Holy + Fire), it will be buffed by Twilight Equilibrium. Buffing Purge the Wicked via Twilight Equilibrium causes the entire DoT to be buffed by 15%. If you spread the buffed DoT via Penance, you spread the buffed version of the DoT. Refreshing the DoT without the Twilight Equilibrium buff will overwrite it with a normal, non-buffed version.

In some cases, yes. For a single point, Ultimate Penitence is a solid pick-up, but it's not something that will take priority over a ramp focusing on either Shadowfiend or Mindbender. When running Oracle, due to Preventive Measures, Ultimate Penitence becomes much more powerful and is fully invested in talent point-wise. For Voidweaver, it can still be run but be more of a supplementary cooldown when your pet is unavailable.

Binding Heal causes Flash Heal to apply Atonement to both your target and yourself. This means that you can get 2 Atonement applications for a single GCD, and you should avoid applying Atonement to yourself earlier in the ramp if possible.

No. External damage effects (not within Discipline's spellbook) provide no healing benefit at all.

No. The damage reflected does not contribute to Atonement in any way.

Many people simply combine out of pure laziness, copying what they see elsewhere or following other resources that recommend combining. Our recommendation is to almost always **split**. While there are some very rare moments where combining can make sense, in the vast majority of situations, splitting the two will provide greater coverage. When you use both together, the increase healing that Rapture provides is often simply covering what Evangelism would have covered on its own. It is generally better to use Rapture to augment an otherwise weaker moment and let Evangelism shine on its own.