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Can now land critical hits, and Renew from multiple Priests can be active on the same target.
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Priest
Every Priest change in WoW Forever set against Classic, by specialization.
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Official article summaries: World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior · WoW: Forever Hotfixes - November 9, 2026
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See all 58 changes for this class ↓Starshards (Night Elf)Classic: No spell pushback resistance.Forever: Still learned at level 10. Damage increased substantially, but it now has a 30 second cooldown.Dark Sacrifice (Undead)Classic: Not in Classic.Forever: No longer breaks crowd control on damage (fixed: it still did). Tooltip correctly shows the Mana gain scales with Spirit.Confounding Flash (Gnome)Classic: Not in Classic.Forever: Learned at level 10. Confuses up to 5 nearby enemies for 3 seconds; taking damage breaks the effect. 0.5 second cast time, 2-minute cooldown.
Chastise (Dwarf)Dwarf Priest racial learned at level 20. Damages and immobilizes a target for 2 seconds. Only usable on…
Confounding Flash (Gnome)Learned at level 10. Confuses up to 5 nearby enemies for 3 seconds; taking damage breaks the effect. 0.5…
Contingency Plan (Gnome)Can now land critical hits.
Dark Sacrifice (Undead)No longer breaks crowd control on damage (fixed: it still did). Tooltip correctly shows the Mana gain scales…
Devouring PlagueCan now correctly land critical strikes. It remains available to all Priests regardless of race. Cooldown…
Divine Grace (Human)Human Priest racial learned at level 10. Instantly heals a friendly target below 50% health and removes…
Divine SpiritNow baseline to all Priests, learned at level 30.
FadeThreat reduction effect doubled.
Fear WardAvailable to all Priests at level 20, regardless of race.
Holy Fire (Rank 5 periodic damage)Fixed: Rank 5 periodic damage was higher than Rank 6.
Mind VisionFixed: casting Mind Vision caused the target to stand up and interrupt their drink.
Power InfusionFixed: it now correctly persists when used on allies.
Power Word: ShieldCan overwrite existing shields on targets without Weakened Soul. It can now also be correctly replaced by a…
Prayer of HealingInstead of healing the Priest's own party, it now heals all the members of the target's party and their pets.RenewCan now land critical hits, and Renew from multiple Priests can be active on the same target.
Shadow Word: DeathBaseline ability for all Priests at level 32. Deals instant Shadow damage; if the target is not killed by it…
Starshards (Night Elf)Still learned at level 10. Damage increased substantially, but it now has a 30 second cooldown.
Divine AegisCritical heals create an absorb shield on your target for 12 seconds based on a percentage of the amount…
Holy PrecisionIncreases chance to hit with Holy spells by up to 18%.
Improved Inner FireBenefit to armor increased, and now also increases charges.
Improved Mana BurnReduction to the cast time of Mana Burn increased.Improved Power Word: ShieldSlightly more increase per talent point. Moved from row 2 down to row 3.
Inner FocusFixed: it is now only consumed by a single spell, even if another spell is queued into Penance's channel.
MeditationMana benefit from Spirit increased substantially.
Mental AgilityMoved from row 4 up to row 3. Now costs only 3 talent points for the same effect and also benefits Smite and…
Mental StrengthMoved from row 4 up to row 2 and now increases your Intellect by 2/4/6/8/10% instead of increasing Mana by a…
PenanceNew 21-point gold medal talent. Channeled over 2 seconds with a 12 second cooldown. Can target enemies to…Power in LightNew row 1 talent. Increases Smite and Penance damage done to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire.
Renewed HopeNew talent. Requires Soul Warding. Increases the critical strike chance of Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Lesser…
Silent ResolveNow also reduces the duration of Stun, Fear, and Silence effects on you.
Soul WardingNew 16-point gold medal talent. Reduces the cooldown and Mana cost of Power Word: Shield. Requires Improved…
Twin DisciplinesNew row 1 talent. Increases damage and healing done by instant cast spells.Binding HealRemoved. Its slot is taken by the new Holy Binding talent.
Blessed RecoveryNow also triggers from any attack that deals more than 30% of your maximum health in a single hit.
Holy BindingNew talent in Binding Heal's slot. When the Priest heals a target other than themselves with Flash Heal, 50%…
Improved HealingNow also reduces the Mana cost of Penance and Prayer of Mending.
InspirationNow triggers from all non-periodic critical heals.
Litany of LightEach time you cast a healing spell you are refunded part of its Mana cost, as long as its name is different…
Prayer of MendingNew 31-point gold medal talent, requires Spirit of Redemption. 10 second cooldown. Places a 30 second effect…
Searing LightRedesigned. Now increases all Holy damage done, but by a lesser percentage, and grants a chance for Holy Fire…
Spiritual GuidanceBonus to spell damage reduced to approximately one third as much as the bonus to spell healing.
Spiritual HealingNow only needs 3 talent points for the same benefit.
Twilight FocusFormerly Healing Focus. Now grants pushback protection on all spellcasts, but costs 3 talent points instead…Cure Disease / Abolish DiseaseFixed: Cure Disease and Abolish Disease would take the Priest out of Shadowform.Devouring ContagionNew row 5 talent. Reduces the Mana cost of Devouring Plague, and when a target dies while afflicted with…Early DemiseNew row 6 talent. Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets below 20% health.Improved FadeThe talent has been removed.
Improved Mind BlastMoved from row 3 up to row 2.
Improved Mind FlayNew row 3 talent. Requires Mind Flay. Increases the damage and range of Mind Flay but reduces its movement…
Improved Psychic ScreamBlackout is now a pre-requisite.
Shadow AffinityThreat reduction to Shadow spells increased slightly.
Shadow FocusMoved from row 2 up to row 1. Instead of reducing the target's chance to resist, it increases the chance for…Shadow InfinityThe talent has been removed.
Shadow ReachMoved from row 4 up to row 2. Now requires only 2 talent points for the same effect.
Shadow WeavingCan no longer fail to apply. It still benefits only the casting Priest and not other party or raid members.
ShadowformNow allows all non-healing spells to be cast while in Shadowform, reduces the Mana cost of all Shadow spells…
SilenceNo longer requires Improved Psychic Scream as a pre-requisite.
Vampiric EmbraceMoved to row 3 as the 16-point gold medal talent. Now lasts 30 seconds with a 1-minute cooldown. Vampiric…Nothing matches these filters.
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