found throughout the Patch 10.2.6 Holy Priest Changes
Over the coming weeks, things will be updated for The War Within. A lot of this won't start until prog is over, so hold tight for now.
This is not a comprehensive list and may be missing some changes, for example, undocumented hotfixes, PvP changes or uninteresting bug fixes.
Patch 11.0.2 was released on August 13th, 2024.
Spell Changes
Priest Spells
- Flash Heal healing increased by 20%.
- Power Word: Shield absorb increased by 20%.
- Power Word: Life healing increased by 20%.
- Cauterizing Shadows healing increased by 60%.
- Healing done from Void Shift to the Priest's ally is now capped at twice the Priest's Health.
- From Darkness Comes Light now increases the healing of Flash Heal by 3% (was 1%), and stacks up to 20 times (was 50).
- Prayer of Mending is now removed from all allies except for the last ally that received one from the Priest when a raid encounter begins.
- Fixed an issue causing Holy Nova to not benefit from Phantom Reach.
- Fixed an issue causing Halo to damage enemies out of combat.
- Updated the visuals and animations for Void Shift.
- (UI) Added a counter to the Heal spell for tracking the status of Lightweaver.
- The following talents are now 1 point:
- Mindgames is now a PvP talent, replaced by Cauterizing Shadows.
Holy Spells
- All damage increased by 10%.
- Heal healing increased by 44%.
- Flash Heal healing increased by 20%.
- Prayer of Healing healing increased by 30%.
- Circle of Healing healing increased by 30%.
- Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 20%.
- Divine Image's Healing Light spell healing increased by 20%.
- Healing Chorus now increases the healing done by Circle of Healing by 3% (was 5%).
- Lightweaver now increases Heal healing by 25% (was 15%).
- Trail of Light is now a 1-point talent (at the same value as the previous 2/2 version).
- Holy Words has been renamed back to Serendipity and is no longer hidden.
- Fixed an issue causing the values for Gales of Song to be incorrect.
- Fixed an issue causing Divine Image's teleport to fail on transports.
The War Within Systems
Hero Talents
The main system update in The War Within is the introduction of Hero Talents. You may choose to have one Hero Talent tree active at a time.
- Archon - Focused on Halo and Surge of Light.
- Oracle - Focused on the Oracle ability Premonition.
Season 1 Tier
Season 1 brings with it 2-piece and 4-piece set bonuses. At time of writing, they are:
(2) Set Bonus: Serendipity is 10% more effective.
(4) Set Bonus: Heal, Flash Heal, and Prayer of Healing have a 50% chance to cast again at 35% effectiveness.
The items that are a part of the bonus:
The following items are also able to be obtained using the Matrix Catalyst.
Notable hotfixes
Sep 18, 2024: Archon: Fixed an issue causing Resonant Energy and Shock Pulse to not stack properly when Halo is cast by multiple Priests.Unknown: Fixed an issue where queueing Heal after Flash Heal with Lightweaver talented would not grant reduced cast-time to the Heal cast.
Bugs
Below is a list of things that are suspected to be bugs or unintended behaviour.
Important bugs
- Halo does not correctly scale down with an increasing number of targets hit.
- Halo with Archon talents is exceptionally inconsistent with hitting targets as often as you would expect. While movement causes additional problems with targets registering, this also happens while all targets are stationary.
- Often the return Halo will miss targets close to you, including yourself. See also this github issue.
- Often targets near the max range of Halo will only be hit once.
- Divine Star frequently will not have a returning star, even if standing still or on flat ground.
Likely a bug
- Season 1 tier 4-set Season 1 tier 4-set procs don't trigger Trail of Light or Binding Heals.
- Under most circumstances you will lose Soulstone when casting Resurrection on someone with Afterlife talented.
- Divine Star frequently only heals targets once, happening more often if they are near the 24-yard distance. Happens even when you and the target are stationary.
Hopefully a bug
Inconsistencies
- Binding Heals also triggers Protective Light on yourself regardless of your Flash Heal target.
- The following spells/talents don't interact with our Mastery. This makes sense given the wording of the spell.
- Evoker's Blessing of the Bronze which affects a movement enhancing ability for all classes, affects Leap of Faith for Priest.
- Evoker's Time Spiral which affects a movement enhancing ability for all classes, affects Leap of Faith for Priest.