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 has not been released yet.

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 its 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.

• 2pc

(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:

• Head
• Shoulder
• Chest
• Hands
• Legs

Notable hotfixes

• Nothing of note.

Bugs

See the Patch 10.1.7 page for details on Dragonflight bugs. They're being tracked and updated there.

Other Notes

• Nothing of note.