Classic Era → Forever · build 1.60.1.70245
What changed for Priests
Every talent and trainer ability Priests have in Forever, set against Classic Era, from the game files of build 1.60.1.70245. Season of Discovery isn't counted as Classic.
Priest talent calculatorAll Priest spellsTooltip and data changes
Talents
New talents 14
| Talent | Tree | Row |
|---|---|---|
 Power in Light | Discipline | 1 |
 Twin Disciplines | Discipline | 1 |
 Holy Precision | Discipline | 2 |
 Soul Warding | Discipline | 4 |
 Penance | Discipline | 5 |
 Renewed Hope | Discipline | 5 |
 Divine Aegis | Discipline | 6 |
 Twilight Focus | Holy | 1 |
 Binding Heal | Holy | 4 |
 Litany of Light | Holy | 5 |
 Prayer of Mending | Holy | 7 |
 Improved Mind Flay | Shadow | 3 |
 Devouring Contagion | Shadow | 5 |
 Early Demise | Shadow | 6 |
Removed talents 6
| Talent | Classic tree, row | What it did in Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Unbreakable Will | Discipline, 1 | Increases your chance to resist Stun, Fear, and Silence effects by an additional 3%. |
| Improved Power Word: Fortitude | Discipline, 2 | Increases the effect of your Power Word: Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude spells by 15%. |
| Force of Will | Discipline, 6 | Increases your spell damage by 1% and the critical strike chance of your offensive spells by 1%. |
| Healing Focus | Holy, 1 | Gives you a 35% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any healing spell. |
| Improved Prayer of Healing | Holy, 5 | Reduces the Mana cost of your Prayer of Healing spell by 10%. |
| Improved Vampiric Embrace | Shadow, 5 | Increases the percentage healed by Vampiric Embrace by an additional 5%. |
Moved to another row 5
| Talent | Tree | Classic row | Forever row |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mental Agility | Discipline | 4 | 3 ↑ earlier |
 Mental Strength | Discipline | 5 | 4 ↑ earlier |
 Shadow Focus | Shadow | 2 | 1 ↑ earlier |
 Shadow Reach | Shadow | 4 | 2 ↑ earlier |
 Vampiric Embrace | Shadow | 5 | 4 ↑ earlier |
Different number of ranks 6
| Talent | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Agility | 5 | 3 |
| Shadow Reach | 3 | 2 |
 Shadow Weaving | 5 | 3 |
 Silent Resolve | 5 | 3 |
 Spiritual Healing | 5 | 3 |
 Wand Specialization | 5 | 2 |
Spellbook
New abilities 7
Chastiselevel 20
Confounding Flashlevel 10
Contingency Planlevel 20
Dark Sacrificelevel 20
Divine Gracelevel 10- Shadow Word: Deathlevel 32
Shadowfiendlevel 1
Talents in Classic, trainer abilities now 2
Divine Spiritwas Discipline row 5 · now level 40
Lightwellwas Holy row 7 · now level 50
Different number of ranks 1
| Ability | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
 Elune's Grace | 5 | 1 |
Blizzard's notes about Priests
23 lines across Blizzard's posts mention Priests. 1 of them don't fully match the files:
- Partly
Prayer of Healing: Instead of healing the Priest’s own party, this spell now heals all the members of the target’s party and their pets.
The files The tooltip now heals the target and their party within 40 yards of the target, and range went from self to 40 yd (spell 25316). Pets aren't mentioned in the tooltip or any field we can read.
Prayer of HealingPrayer of HealingClass deep dives: Priest and Warrior
Development Notes, October 1Development Notes, September 24Class deep dives: Priest and WarriorRaces and classes