Holy Priest Talents

The War Within 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 The War Within 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
Renew	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Fill the target with faith in the light, healing for 11,554 over 15 sec.
Dispel Magic	Instant - 30 Yd Range	Dispels Magic on the enemy target, removing 1 beneficial Magic effect.
Shadowfiend	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 3 Min Cooldown	Summons a shadowy fiend to attack the target for 15 sec. enerates 0.5% Mana each time the Shadowfiend attacks.
Prayer of Mending	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 12 Sec Cooldown	Places a ward on an ally that heals them for 3,329 the next time they take damage, and then jumps to another ally within 30 yds. Jumps up to 4 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump.
Improved Flash Heal	Passive	Increases healing done by Flash Heal by 15%.
Improved Purify	Passive	Purify additionally removes all Disease effects.
Psychic Voice	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Psychic Scream by 15 sec.
Petrifying Scream	Passive	Psychic Scream causes enemies to tremble in place instead of fleeing in fear.
Shadow Word: Death	Instant - 40 Yd Range	A word of dark binding that inflicts 4,653 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.
Focused Mending	Passive	Prayer of Mending does 45% increased healing to the initial target.
Holy Nova	Instant	An explosion of holy light around you deals up to 2,315 Holy damage to enemies and up to 1,733 healing to allies within 12 yds, reduced if there are more than 5 targets.
Protective Light	Passive	Casting Flash Heal on yourself reduces all damage you take by 10% for 10 sec.
From Darkness Comes Light	Passive	Each time Shadow Word: Pain deals damage, the healing of your next Flash Heal is increased by 3%, up to a maximum of 60%.
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.
Phantasm	Passive	Activating Fade removes all snare effects.
Death and Madness	Passive	If your Shadow Word: Death fails to kill a target at or below 20% health, its cooldown is reset. Cannot occur more than once every 10 sec.
Spell Warding	Passive	Reduces all magic damage taken by 3%.
Blessed Recovery	Passive	After being struck by a melee or ranged critical hit, heal 20% of the damage taken over 6 sec.
Rhapsody	Passive	Every 1 sec, the damage of your next Holy Nova is increased by 20% and its healing is increased by 20%. Stacks up to 20 times.
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.
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.
Sheer Terror	Passive	Increases the amount of damage required to break your Psychic Scream by 75%.
Void Tendrils	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Summons shadowy tendrils, rooting all enemies within 8 yards for 15 sec or until the tendril is killed.
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.
Words of the Pious	Passive	For 12 sec after casting Power Word: Shield, you deal 10% additional damage and healing with Smite and Holy Nova.
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.
Move with Grace	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Leap of Faith by 30 sec.
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.
Sanguine Teachings	Passive	Increases your Leech by 2%.
Vampiric Embrace	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Fills you with the embrace of Shadow energy for 12 sec, causing you to heal a nearby ally for 40% of any single-target Shadow spell damage you deal.
Tithe Evasion	Passive	Shadow Word: Death deals 50% less damage to you.
Inspiration	Passive	Reduces your target's physical damage taken by 5% for 15 sec after a critical heal with Flash Heal or Penance.
Mental Agility	Passive	Reduces the mana cost of Purify and Mass Dispel by 50% and Dispel Magic by 10%.
Body and Soul	Passive	Power Word: Shield and Leap of Faith increase your target's movement speed by 40% for 3 sec.
Twins of the Sun Priestess	Passive	Power Infusion also grants you 100% of its effects when used on an ally.
Void Shield	Passive	When cast on yourself, 30% of damage you deal refills your Power Word: Shield.
San'layn	Passive	anguine Teachings Sanguine Teachings grants an additional 2% Leech. ampiric Embrace Reduces the cooldown of Vampiric Embrace by 30 sec, increases its healing done by 25%.
Apathy	Passive	Your Mind Blast critical strikes reduce your target's movement speed by 75% for 4 sec.
Unwavering Will	Passive	While above 75% health, the cast time of your Flash Heal, Heal, Prayer of Healing, and Smite are reduced by 10%.
Twist of Fate	Passive	After damaging or healing a target below 35% health, gain 10% increased damage and healing for 8 sec.
Throes of Pain	Passive	Shadow Word: Pain deals an additional 5% damage. When an enemy dies while afflicted by your Shadow Word: Pain, you gain 1.0% Mana.
Angel's Mercy	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Desperate Prayer by 20 sec.
Binding Heals	Passive	20% of Flash Heal healing on other targets also heals you.
Divine Star	Instant - 27 Yd Range - 15 Sec Cooldown	Throw a Divine Star forward 27 yds, healing allies in its path for 3,940 and dealing 3,077 Holy damage to enemies. After reaching its destination, the Divine Star returns to you, healing allies and damaging enemies in its path again. Healing reduced beyond 6 targets.
Halo	1.5 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Creates a ring of Holy energy around you that quickly expands to a 30 yd radius, healing allies for 9,094 and dealing 7,875 Holy damage to enemies. Healing reduced beyond 6 targets.
Translucent Image	Passive	Fade reduces damage you take by 10%.
Cauterizing Shadows	Passive	When your Shadow Word: Pain expires or is refreshed with less than 5 sec remaining, a nearby ally within 40 yards is healed for 13,592.
Surge of Light	Passive	Your healing spells and Smite have a 8% chance to make your next Flash Heal instant and cost no mana. Stacks to 2.
Light's Inspiration	Passive	Increases the maximum health gained from Desperate Prayer by 15%.
Crystalline Reflection	Passive	Power Word: Shield instantly heals the target for 4,648 and reflects 12% of damage absorbed.
Improved Fade	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Fade by 10 sec.
Manipulation	Passive	You take 2% less damage from enemies affected by your Shadow Word: Pain.
Benevolence	Passive	Increases the healing of your spells by 3%.
Power Word: Life	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 15 Sec Cooldown	A word of holy power that heals the target for 56,989. Only usable if the target is below 35% health.
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.
Essence Devourer	Passive	Attacks from your Shadowfiend siphon life from enemies, healing a nearby injured ally for 9,961. Attacks from your Mindbender siphon life from enemies, healing a nearby injured ally for 3,320.
Void Shift	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 5 Min Cooldown	Swap health percentages with your ally. Increases the lower health percentage of the two to 25% if below that amount.
Phantom Reach	Passive	Increases the range of most spells by 15%.

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 71,329.
Holy Word: Sanctify	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Releases miraculous light at a target location, healing up to 5 allies within 10 yds for 19,461. ooldown reduced by 6 sec when you cast Prayer of Healing and by 2 sec when you cast Renew.
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 21,092 Holy damage and incapacitates them for 4 sec.
Prayer of Healing	2 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	A powerful prayer that heals the target and the 4 nearest allies within 40 yards for 7,473.
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.
Guardians of the Light	Passive - 100 Yd Range	Guardian Spirit also grants you 100% of its effects when used on an ally.
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.
Circle of Healing	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 15 Sec Cooldown	Heals the target and 4 injured allies within 30 yards of the target for 8,861.
Revitalizing Prayers	Passive	Prayer of Healing has a 25% chance to apply a 6 second Renew to allies it heals.
Sanctified Prayers	Passive	Holy Word: Sanctify increases the healing done by Prayer of Healing by 15% for 15 sec.
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 2,740.
Afterlife	Passive	Increases the duration of Spirit of Redemption by 50% and the range of its spells by 50%. As a Spirit of Redemption, you may sacrifice your spirit to Resurrect an ally, putting yourself to rest.
Renewed Faith	Passive	Your healing on allies with your Renew is increased by 6%.
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.
Prayer Circle	Passive	Circle of Healing reduces the cast time and cost of your Prayer of Healing by 20% for 8 sec.
Healing Chorus	Passive	Your Renew healing increases the healing done by your next Circle of Healing by 3%, stacking up to 20 times.
Prayerful Litany	Passive	Prayer of Healing heals for 100% more to the most injured ally it affects.
Trail of Light	Passive	When you cast Heal or Flash Heal, 25% of the healing is replicated to the previous target you healed with Heal or Flash Heal.
Divine Hymn	Channeled - 3 Min Cooldown	Heals all party or raid members within 40 yards for 78,270 over 7.2 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.
Holy Mending	Passive	When Prayer of Mending jumps to a target affected by your Renew, that target is instantly healed for 2,075.
Orison	Passive	Circle of Healing heals 1 additional ally and its cooldown is reduced by 3 sec.
Everlasting Light	Passive	Heal restores up to 15% additional health, based on your missing mana.
Gales of Song	Passive	Divine Hymn heals for 15% more. Stacks of Divine Hymn increase healing taken by an additional 2% per stack.
Symbol of Hope	Channeled - 40 Yd Range - 3 Min Cooldown	Bolster the morale of raid members within 40 yds. They each recover 30 sec of cooldown of a major defensive ability, and regain 10% of their missing mana, over 3.6 sec.
Divine Service	Passive	Prayer of Mending heals 4% more for each bounce remaining.
Crisis Management	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of Flash Heal and Heal by 15%.
Prismatic Echoes	Passive	Increases the healing done by your Mastery: Echo of Light by 12%.
Prayers of the Virtuous	Passive	Prayer of Mending jumps 2 additional times.
Pontifex	Passive	Flash Heal, Heal, Prayer of Healing, and Circle of Healing increase the healing done by your next Holy Word spell by 6%, stacking up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.
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 300% and reducing their cost by 100%.
Holy Word: Salvation	2.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 12 Min Cooldown	Heals all allies within 40 yards for 7,107, and applies Renew and 2 stacks of Prayer of Mending to each of them. ooldown reduced by 15 sec when you cast Holy Word: Serenity or Holy Word: Sanctify.
Miracle Worker	Passive	Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify gain an additional charge.
Say Your Prayers	Passive	Prayer of Mending has a 15% chance to not consume a charge when it jumps to a new target.
Resonant Words	Passive	Casting a Holy Word spell increases the healing of your next Flash Heal, Heal, Prayer of Healing, or Circle of Healing by 40%. Lasts 30 sec.
Light of the Naaru	Passive	The cooldowns of your Holy Words are reduced by an additional 20% when you cast the relevant spells.
Answered Prayers	Passive	After your Prayer of Mending heals 50 times, gain Apotheosis for 8 sec.
Voice of Harmony	Passive	Circle of Healing reduces the cooldown of Holy Word: Sanctify by 4 sec. Prayer of Mending reduces the cooldown of Holy Word: Serenity by 4 sec. Holy Fire and Holy Nova reduce the cooldown of Holy Word: Chastise by 4 sec.
Desperate Times	Passive	Increases healing by 20% on friendly targets at or below 50% health.
Epiphany	Passive	Your Holy Words have a 25% chance to reset the cooldown of Prayer of Mending.
Lightweaver	Passive	Flash Heal reduces the cast time of your next Heal within 20 sec by 30% and increases its healing done by 25%. Stacks up to 2 times.
Lightwell	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Creates a Holy Lightwell. Every 1 sec the Lightwell will attempt to heal a nearby party or raid member within 40 yards that is lower than 50% health for 10,210 and apply a Renew to them for 6 sec. Lightwell lasts for 2 min or until it heals 15 times. ooldown reduced by 3 sec when you cast Holy Word: Serenity or Holy Word: Sanctify.
Divine Image	Passive	When you use a Holy Word spell, you 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.
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.
Divine Word	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	The effectiveness of your next Holy Word: Serenity, Sanctify, or Chastise is increased by 30% and grants a corresponding Divine Favor for 15 sec. hastise: Increases your damage by 20% and refunds 15 sec from the cooldown of Holy Word: Chastise. anctify: Blesses the target area, healing up to 5 allies for 33,493 over 15 sec. erenity: Flash Heal, Heal, and Renew heal for 30% more and cost 20% less mana.

Hero Talents

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

Archon

Name	Cast	Effect
Power Surge	Passive	Casting Halo also causes you to create a Halo around you at 100% effectiveness every 5 sec for 10 sec. Additionally, the radius of Halo is increased by 10 yards.
Perfected Form	Passive	Your damage dealt is increased by 12% while Dark Ascension is active and by 20% while Voidform is active.
Resonant Energy	Passive	Allies healed by your Halo receive 2% increased healing from you for 8 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
Manifested Power	Passive	Creating a Halo grants Surge of Light.
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.
Word of Supremacy	Passive	Power Word: Fortitude grants you an additional 5% stamina.
Heightened Alteration	Passive	Increases the duration of Dispersion by 2 sec.
Empowered Surges	Passive	Increases the healing done by Flash Heals affected by Surge of Light by 30%.
Energy Compression	Passive	Halo damage and healing is increased by 30%.
Sustained Potency	Passive	Creating a Halo extends the duration of Dark Ascension or Voidform by 1 sec. If Dark Ascension and Voidform are not active, up to 6 seconds is stored and applied the next time you gain Dark Ascension or Voidform.
Concentrated Infusion	Passive	Your Power Infusion effect grants you an additional 10% haste.
Energy Cycle	Passive	Consuming Surge of Insanity has a 100% chance to conjure Shadowy Apparitions.
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
Premonition	Instant	Gain access to a spell that gives you an advantage against your fate. Premonition rotates to the next spell when cast. cffffffffPremonition of Insight Reduces the cooldown of your next 3 spell casts by 7 sec. cffffffffPremonition of Piety Increases your healing done by 15% and causes 70% of overhealing on players to be redistributed to up to 4 nearby allies for 15 sec. remonition of Solace Your next single target healing spell grants your target a shield that absorbs 132,041 damage and reduces their damage taken by 15% for 15 sec.
Preventive Measures	Passive	Increases the healing done by Prayer of Mending by 40%. All damage dealt by Smite, Holy Fire and Holy Nova increased by 25%.
Preemptive Care	Passive	Increases the duration of Renew by 3 sec.
Waste No Time	Passive	Premonition causes your next Heal or Prayer of Healing cast to be instant and cost 15% less mana.
Miraculous Recovery	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Power Word: Life by 3 sec and allows it to be usable on targets below 50% health.
Assured Safety	Passive	Prayer of Mending casts apply a Power Word: Shield to your target at 100% effectiveness.
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 Will	Passive	Your Flash Heal, 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.
Divine Providence	Passive	Premonition gains an additional charge.
Fatebender	Passive	Increases the effects of Premonition by 40%.
Perfect Vision	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Premonition by 15 sec.
Clairvoyance	Passive	Casting Premonition of Solace invokes Clairvoyance, expanding your mind and opening up all possibilities of the future. cffffffffPremonition of Clairvoyance Grants Premonition of Insight, Piety, and Solace at 100% effectiveness.

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
Holy Ward		Wards the friendly target against the next full loss of control effect.
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.
Ray of Hope		For the next 6 sec, all damage and healing dealt to the target is delayed until Ray of Hope ends. All healing that is delayed by Ray of Hope is increased by 50%.
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 41,506.
Thoughtsteal		Peer into the mind of the enemy, attempting to steal a known spell. If stolen, the victim cannot cast that spell for 20 sec. Can only be used on Humanoids with mana. If you're unable to find a spell to steal, the cooldown of Thoughtsteal is reset.
Divine Ascension		You ascend into the air out of harm's way. While floating, your spell range is increased by 50%, but you are only able to cast Holy spells.
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.
Catharsis		15% of all damage you take is stored. The stored amount cannot exceed 12% of your maximum health. The initial damage of your next Shadow Word: Pain deals this stored damage to your target.
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.
Seraphic Crescendo		Reduces the cooldown of Divine Hymn by 60 sec and causes it to channel 50% faster. Additionally, the healing bonus from Divine Hymn now lasts an additional 10 sec.
Improved Mass Dispel		Reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 60 sec.
Mindgames		Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 16,539 Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For 7 sec, the next 41,505 damage they deal will heal their target, and the next 41,505 healing they deal will damage their target.