found throughout the Patch 10.2 Holy Priest Changes
This is not a comprehensive list and may be missing some changes, for example, undocumented hotfixes, PvP changes or uninteresting bug fixes.
Patch 10.2 was released on November 7th, 2023.
Spell Changes
Priest Spells
- Power Infusion Haste reduced to 20% (was 25%) and duration reduced to 15 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Shadow Word: Death now deals 8% of the Priest’s maximum health in damage when it fails to kill a target instead of the backlash damage being based on damage dealt.
- Shadow Word: Death backlash damage is now reduced by damage reduction effects.
- Tithe Evasion now reduces Shadow Word: Death damage dealt to the Priest by 50% (was 75%).
- Mass Dispel cooldown is now 2 minutes (was 45 seconds).
- Improved Mass Dispel is now a PvP Talent and reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 60 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Improved Mass Dispel no longer reduces the cast time of Mass Dispel.
- Improved Mass Dispel has been replaced with Mental Agility in the Priest talent tree.
- New Talent: Mental Agility – Reduces the mana cost of Purify, Purify Disease, and Mass Dispel by 50% and Dispel Magic by 10%.
- Rhapsody now only highlights Holy Nova at max stacks while in combat.
- Power Word: Life received a number of changes:
- Now costs 2.5% mana (was 0.5%).
- Cooldown decreased to 15 seconds (was 30 seconds), but its cooldown is no longer decreased when cast on targets below 35% health.
- Is now only usable on targets below 35% health.
- Healing increased by 500% and no longer increases healing on targets below 35% health.
Holy Spells
- Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 30%.
- Flash Heal healing increased by 40%.
- Heal healing increased by 40%.
- Holy Word: Salvation’s cooldown is now reduced by 15 seconds (was 30 seconds) by Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify.
- Symbol of Hope now restores 10% of missing mana (was 15%) and recovers 40 seconds of cooldown for a major defensive ability (was 60 seconds).
- Holy Word: Sanctify now heals up to 5 allies (was 6).
- Divine Star healing decreased by 25%.
- Halo healing decreased by 15%.
- Echo of Light received a number of related changes:
- Prismatic Echoes now increases the healing of Echo of Light by 4/8% (was 6/12%).
- Echo of Light healing decreased by 15%.
- Echo of Light heals every 2 seconds and lasts 4 seconds (was heals every 3 seconds and lasts 6 seconds).
- Divine Image received a number of changes:
- Divine Image's Dazzling Lights healing decreased by 35%.
- Divine Image's Blessed Light healing decreased by 20%.
- Prayer of Mending healing decreased by 5%.
- Trail of Light replicates Heal or Flash Heal for 13/25% value (was 18/35%).
- Pontifex increases healing done by Holy Words by 20%, stacking 2 times (was 10%).
Dragonflight Systems
Season 3 brings with it 2-piece and 4-piece set bonuses. At time of writing, they are:
(2) Set Bonus: Holy Word: Serenity applies 14 seconds of Renew to its target. Holy Word: Sanctify applies 5 seconds of Renew to allies it heals.
(4) Set Bonus: Renew's healing has a chance to cause your next Holy Word: Sanctify or Holy Word: Serenity to not consume a charge when cast and cost 50% less Mana, stacking up to 2 times.
- 4pc
- Sacred Reverence (buff)
The items that are a part of the bonus:
The following items are also able to be obtained using the Revival Catalyst.
Notable hotfixes
Dec 19, 2023: All healing increased by 3%.Dec 19, 2023: Prayer of Mending healing increased by 15%.Dec 05, 2023: All healing increased by 4%.Dec 05, 2023: Burning Vehemence now causes Holy Fire to deal 75% of its initial damage to nearby enemies (was 60%).Dec 05, 2023: Amirdrassil 2pc: Renews caused by Serenity now last 18 seconds (was 14 seconds) and Renews caused by Sanctify now last 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).Nov 28, 2023: Resolved an issue preventing the cooldown of Mass Dispel from resetting when an encounter ends.
Bugs
See the most recent patch changes for details on current outstanding bugs. They're being tracked and updated there.