Holy Priest Talents

Holy Priest
Midnight Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Holy Priest talents for Midnight Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Priest specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Priest class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Priest's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Improved Flash Heal	Passive	Increases healing done by Flash Heal by 15%.
Angelic Feather	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Places a feather at the target location, granting the first ally to walk through it 40% increased movement speed for 5 sec. Only 3 feathers can be placed at one time.
Holy Fire	1.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 10 Sec Cooldown	Consumes the enemy in Holy flames that cause 1,537 Holy damage and an additional 561 Holy damage over 7 sec.
Holy Nova	Instant	An explosion of holy light around you deals up to 152 Holy damage to enemies and up to 122 healing to allies within 12 yds, reduced if there are more than 5 targets.
Dispel Magic	Instant - 30 Yd Range	Dispels Magic on the enemy target, removing 1 beneficial Magic effect.
Spiritual Guidance	Passive	Increases your Intellect by 3%.
Psychic Scream	Instant - 40 Sec Cooldown	Lets out a psychic scream, causing all enemies within 8 yards to flee, disorienting them for 8 sec. Damage may interrupt the effect.
Lightburst	Passive	Increases the damage of Holy Nova by 400%, its healing by 500%, and its cooldown by 30 sec.
Leap of Faith	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 1 Sec Cooldown	Pulls the spirit of a party or raid member, instantly moving them directly in front of you.
Improved Purify	Passive	Purify additionally removes all Disease effects.
Power Infusion	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Infuses the target with power for 15 sec, increasing haste by 20%. Can only be cast on players.
Painful Invocation	Passive	Increases the damage of Shadow Word: Pain by 10%.
Sheer Terror	Passive	Increases the amount of damage required to break your Psychic Scream by 25%.
Petrifying Scream	Passive	Psychic Scream causes enemies to tremble in place instead of fleeing in fear.
Surge of Light	Passive	Your healing spells and Smite have a 8% chance to make your next Flash Heal instant and cost 50% less mana. Stacks to 2.
Body and Soul	Passive	Power Word: Shield and Leap of Faith increase your target's movement speed by 40% for 3 sec.
Mass Dispel	1.5 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Dispels magic in a 15 yard radius, removing all harmful Magic from 5 friendly targets and 1 beneficial Magic effect from 5 enemy targets. Potent enough to remove Magic that is normally undispellable.
Twins of the Sun Priestess	Passive	Power Infusion also grants you its effect at 100% value when used on an ally. If no ally is targeted, it will grant its effect at 100% value to a nearby ally, preferring damage dealers.
Strength of Soul	Passive	Increases your Stamina by 4%.
Mind Control	1.8 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range	Controls a mind up to 1 level above yours for 30 sec. Does not work versus Demonic, Undead, or Mechanical beings. Shares diminishing returns with other disorienting effects.
Dominate Mind	1.8 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Controls a mind up to 1 level above yours for 30 sec while still controlling your own mind. Does not work versus Demonic, Mechanical, or Undead beings or players. This spell shares diminishing returns with other disorienting effects.
Psychic Voice	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Psychic Scream by 10 sec.
Void Tendrils	Passive - 1 Min Cooldown	Call shadowy tendrils to constrict enemies when Psychic Scream ends, rooting them in place for 4 sec.
Everlasting Light	Passive	Surge of Light occurs up to 50% more often based on your missing mana.
Move with Grace	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Leap of Faith by 30 sec.
Mental Agility	Passive	Reduces the mana cost of Purify and Mass Dispel by 50% and Dispel Magic by 10%.
Twin Disciplines	Passive	Increases the damage and healing of your Holy and Shadow spells by 2%.
Dark Enlightenment	Passive	Increases your haste by 3%.
False Autonomy	Passive	Increases the duration of Mind Control and Dominate Mind against enemy creatures by 15 sec.
Shackle Undead	1.5 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range	Shackles the target undead enemy for 50 sec, preventing all actions and movement. Damage will cancel the effect. Limit 1.
Inspiration	Passive	Reduces your target's physical damage taken by 5% for 15 sec after a critical heal with Flash Heal or Penance.
Binding Heals	Passive	20% of Flash Heal healing on other targets also heals you.
Shadow Word: Death	Instant - 40 Yd Range	A word of dark binding that inflicts 323 Shadow damage to your target. If your target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, you take backlash damage equal to 5% of your maximum health. Damage increased by 150% to targets below 20% health.
Sanguine Teachings	Passive	Increases your Leech by 2%.
Desperate Prayer	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Increases maximum health by 25% for 10 sec, and instantly heals you for that amount.
Twist of Fate	Passive	After damaging or healing a target below 35% health, gain 10% increased damage and healing for 8 sec.
Tithe Evasion	Passive	Shadow Word: Death deals 50% less damage to you.
Fade	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Fade out, removing all your threat and reducing enemies' detection range against you for 10 sec.
Angel's Mercy	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Desperate Prayer by 20 sec.
Protective Light	Passive	Casting Flash Heal on yourself reduces all damage you take by 10% for 10 sec.
Mindpierce	Passive	Increases the damage of Smite by 15%.
Spectral Illusion	Passive	Fade creates an illusion of you for 4 sec, tricking enemies to attack it instead.
Improved Fade	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Fade by 10 sec.
Light's Inspiration	Passive	Increases the maximum health gained from Desperate Prayer by 10%.
Unwavering Will	Passive	While above 75% health, the cast time of your Flash Heal, Prayer of Healing, and Smite are reduced by 10%.
Spell Warding	Passive	Reduces all magic damage taken by 4%.
Phantasm	Passive	Activating Fade removes all snare effects.
Angelic Bulwark	Passive	When an attack brings you below 30% health, you gain an absorption shield equal to 15% of your maximum health for 20 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 90 sec.
Benevolence	Passive	Increases the healing of your spells by 3%.
Focused Power	Passive	Increases the damage of your spells by 3%.
Phantom Reach	Passive	Increases the range of most spells by 15%.
Translucent Image	Passive	Fade reduces damage you take by 10%.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Holy Priests with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Holy Priests from other Priest specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Holy Word: Serenity	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Perform a miracle, healing an ally for 6,063. Cooldown reduced by 6 sec when you cast Flash Heal.
Holy Word: Sanctify	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Releases miraculous light at a target location, healing up to 5 allies within 10 yds for 1,724. Cooldown reduced by 6 sec when you cast Prayer of Healing.
Guardian Spirit	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 3 Min Cooldown	Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target for 10 sec, increasing healing received by 60%. If the target would die, the Spirit sacrifices itself and restores the target to 40% health. Castable while stunned. Cannot save the target from massive damage.
Holy Word: Chastise	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Chastises the target for 1,475 Holy damage and incapacitates them for 4 sec.
Prayer of Healing	2.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	A powerful prayer that heals your target and 4 injured allies within 40 yards for 1,935.
Restitution	Passive	After Spirit of Redemption expires, you will revive at up to 100% health, based on your healing done during Spirit of Redemption. After reviving, you cannot benefit from Spirit of Redemption for 10 min.
Guardian Angel	Passive	When Guardian Spirit saves the target from death, it does not expire. When Guardian Spirit expires without saving the target from death, reduce its remaining cooldown to 60 seconds.
Censure	Passive	Holy Word: Chastise stuns the target for 4 sec and is not broken by damage.
Empyreal Blaze	Passive - 1 Min Cooldown	Holy Word: Chastise causes your next 2 casts of Holy Fire to be instant, cost no mana, and incur no cooldown. Refreshing Holy Fire on a target now extends its duration by 7 sec.
Prayerful Litany	Passive	The primary target of Prayer of Healing is healed for 125% more.
Cosmic Ripple	Passive	When Holy Word: Serenity or Holy Word: Sanctify finish their cooldown, you emit a burst of light that heals up to 5 injured targets within 40 yards for 475.
Afterlife	Passive	Increases the duration of Spirit of Redemption by 50% and the range of its spells by 50%.
Voice of Harmony	Passive	Prayer of Mending reduces the cooldown of Holy Word: Serenity by 4 sec. Holy Fire reduces the cooldown of Holy Word: Chastise by 4 sec.
Burning Vehemence	Passive	Increases the damage of Holy Fire by 30%. Holy Fire deals 75% of its initial damage to all nearby enemies within 12 yards of your target. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
Uplifting Words	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify by 10%.
Cosmic Wave	Passive	Increases Cosmic Ripple healing by 15%.
Divine Hymn	Channeled - 3 Min Cooldown	Heals all party or raid members within 40 yards for 10,396 over 4.5 sec. Each heal increases all targets' healing taken by 4% for 15 sec, stacking. Healing reduced beyond 5 targets.
Enlightenment	Passive	You regenerate mana 10% faster.
Benediction	Passive	Your Prayer of Mending has a 12% chance to leave a Renew on each target it heals. Renew Fill the target with faith in the light, healing for 802 over 15 sec.
Efficient Prayers	Passive	Reduces the mana cost of Prayer of Healing by 15%.
Healing Focus	Passive	Reduces the mana cost of Flash Heal by 15%.
Seraphic Crescendo	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Divine Hymn by 60 sec.
Gales of Song	Passive	While channeling Divine Hymn, place 2 stacks of Prayer of Mending on up to 3 allies within its range every 0.9 sec.
Divine Service	Passive	Prayer of Mending heals 4% more for each bounce remaining.
Renewed Faith	Passive	Your healing on allies with your Renew is increased by 10%.
Angelic Touch	Passive	Your healing spells critically strike for 220% of healing done instead of the usual 200%.
Apotheosis	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Reset the cooldown of your Holy Words, and enter a pure Holy form for 20 sec, increasing the cooldown reductions to your Holy Words by 200% and reducing their cost by 50%.
Prayers of the Virtuous	Passive	Prayer of Mending jumps 2 additional times.
Dispersing Light	Passive	5% of healing done with Flash Heal is replicated to 4 injured allies within 40 yards.
Trail of Light	Passive	25% of healing done by Flash Heal is replicated to the previous target you healed with those spells.
Miracle Worker	Passive	Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify gain an additional charge.
Eternal Sanctity	Passive	Increases the duration of Apotheosis by 12 sec.
Divinity	Passive	Your healing is increased by 10% while Apotheosis is active. Casting Apotheosis causes your next 3 Prayer of Healing casts to be instant and heal for 25% more.
Holy Celerity	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Words by 15 sec.
Say Your Prayers	Passive	Prayer of Mending has a 15% chance to not consume a charge when it jumps to a new target.
Crisis Management	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of Flash Heal and Prayer of Healing by 15%.
Light of the Naaru	Passive	The cooldowns of your Holy Words are reduced by an additional 20% when you cast the relevant spells.
Light in the Darkness	Passive	Increases the healing done by Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify by 25%. Increases the radius of Holy Word: Sanctify by 30%.
Prismatic Echoes	Passive	Increases the healing done by your Mastery: Echo of Light by 15% and your Renew by 40%.
Desperate Times	Passive	Increases healing by 20% on friendly targets at or below 50% health.
Radiant Plea	Passive	Increases Prayer of Mending healing by 15%.
Lightweaver	Passive	Flash Heal reduces the cast time of your next Prayer of Healing within 20 sec by 30% and increases its healing done by 18%. Can accumulate up to 4 charges.
Ultimate Serenity	Passive	Increases the healing done by Holy Word: Serenity by 10% and causes it to heal 4 nearby injured allies within 40 yards for 15% of its healing done. Talents that affect Holy Word: Sanctify instead affect Holy Word: Serenity.
Divine Image	Passive	Your Holy Words summon an image of a Naaru at your side. For 9 sec, whenever you cast a healing or damaging spell, the Naaru will cast a similar spell. If an image has already been summoned, that image is empowered instead.
Lasting Words	Passive	Holy Word: Serenity applies 12 sec of Renew to its target. Holy Word: Sanctify applies 6 sec of Renew to allies it heals. Renew Fill the target with faith in the light, healing for 642 over 12 sec.
Epiphany	Passive	Your Holy Words have a 25% chance to cause your next cast of Prayer of Mending to ignore its cooldown.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Holy Priest class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Archon

Name	Cast	Effect
Halo		Creates a ring of Shadow energy around you that quickly expands to a 40 yd radius, healing allies for 623 and dealing 548 Shadow damage to enemies. Healing reduced beyond 6 targets.
Halo	1.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Creates a ring of Holy energy around you that quickly expands to a 40 yd radius, healing allies for 624 and dealing 543 Holy damage to enemies. Healing reduced beyond 6 targets.
Perfected Form	Passive	Your damage dealt is increased by 5% while Voidform is active.
Power Surge	Passive	Casting Halo also causes you to create a Halo around you at 100% effectiveness every 5 sec for 10 sec.
Manifested Power	Passive	Creating a Halo grants Surge of Light. Surge of Light Your healing spells and Smite have a 8% chance to make your next Flash Heal instant and cost 50% less mana. Stacks to 2.
Focused Outburst	Passive	Void Volley damage increased by 15% and its cooldown is reduced by 4 sec.
Shock Pulse	Passive	Halo damage reduces enemy movement speed by 5% for 5 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
Incessant Screams	Passive	Psychic Scream creates an image of you at your location. After 4 sec, the image will let out a Psychic Scream.
Energy Conservation	Passive	Power Surge lasts an additional 5 sec.
Empowered Surges	Passive	Your spells affected by Surge of Light heal for 15% while Surge of Light is active.
Word of Supremacy	Passive	Power Word: Fortitude grants you an additional 5% stamina.
Heightened Alteration	Passive	Increases the duration of Dispersion by 2 sec.
Energy Compression	Passive	Halo damage and healing is increased by 30%.
Sustained Potency	Passive	Creating a Halo extends the duration of Dark Ascension by 1 sec. If Dark Ascension is not active, up to 6 seconds is stored. While out of combat or affected by a loss of control effect, the duration of Dark Ascension is paused for up to 20 sec.
Resonant Energy	Passive	Allies healed by your Halo receive 2% increased healing from you for 8 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
Energy Cycle	Passive	Casting Mind Flay: Insanity has a 100% chance to conjure Shadowy Apparitions.
Realized Potential	Passive	Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 25% and its cooldown is reduced by 3 sec.
Spiritwell	Passive	Increases Shadowy Apparition damage by 10%.
Divine Halo	Passive	Halo now centers around you and returns to you after it reaches its maximum distance, healing allies and damaging enemies each time it passes through them.

Oracle

Name	Cast	Effect
Guiding Light	Passive	Prayer of Mending gains an additional charge.
Preventive Measures	Passive	Increases the healing done by Prayer of Mending by 15%. All damage dealt by Smite, Holy Fire and Holy Nova increased by 40%.
Preemptive Care	Passive	Increases the duration of your Renew by 40%.
Waste No Time	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Prayer of Mending by 1.5 sec.
Words of the Wise	Passive	Flash Heal, Plea, and Power Word: Radiance healing increased by 15%.
Assured Safety	Passive	Casting Prayer of Mending applies Power Word: Shield to your target. Power Word: Shield Shields an ally for 15 sec, absorbing 1,731 damage.
Divine Feathers	Passive	Your Angelic Feathers increase movement speed by an additional 10%. When an ally walks through your Angelic Feather, you are also granted 100% of its effect.
Save the Day	Passive	For 6 sec after casting Leap of Faith you may cast it a second time for free, ignoring its cooldown.
Foreseen Circumstances	Passive	Guardian Spirit lasts an additional 2 sec.
Prophet's Insight	Passive	Atonement healing from Holy spells is increased by 20%.
Prophet's Will	Passive	Your Flash Heal and Holy Word: Serenity are 30% more effective when cast on yourself.
Desperate Measures	Passive	Desperate Prayer lasts an additional 10 sec. Angelic Bulwark's absorption effect is increased by 15% of your maximum health.
Prompt Prognosis	Passive	Casting Prayer of Mending heals your target for 5,320.
Piety	Passive	20% of overhealing done is redistributed to up to 4 nearby injured allies.
Unfolding Vision	Passive	When Power Word: Shield or Void Shield expires with absorption remaining, it jumps to a nearby injured ally and loses 40% of its maximum absorb instead.
Twinsight	Passive	3 additional Penance bolts are fired at an enemy within 40 yards when healing an ally with Penance, or fired at an ally within 40 yards when damaging an enemy with Penance.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Holy Priest 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Psychic Shroud		When your Psychic Scream affects 1 or more players, the next crowd control effect against you is prevented. Lasts 15 sec.
Sanctified Ground		Holy Word: Sanctify blesses the ground with divine light, causing all allies who stand within to be immune to all silence and interrupt effects. Lasts for 5 sec.
Greater Heal		An exceptional spell that heals an ally for 40% of their maximum health, ignoring healing reduction effects.
Spirit of the Redeemer		Your Spirit of Redemption is now an active ability with a 2 minute cooldown, but the duration is reduced by 9 sec and you will no longer enter Spirit of Redemption upon dying.
Absolute Faith		Leap of Faith also pulls the spirit of the 3 furthest allies within 40 yards and shields you and the affected allies for 2,851.
Purification		Purify now has a maximum of 2 charges. Removing harmful effects with Purify grants your target an absorption shield equal to 5% of their maximum health. Lasts 8 sec.
Phase Shift		Step into the shadows when you cast Fade, avoiding all attacks and spells for 1 sec. Interrupt effects are not affected by Phase Shift.
Improved Mass Dispel		Reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 60 sec.