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Version: 11.x

Patch 10.2 Holy Priest Changes

Incomplete List

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.
  • 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

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.

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.

Other Notes