Priest: Shield and casting support
Reach Penance and Power Infusion while keeping the shield branch and casting support together. Holy adds healing-oriented support to the allocation.
Editorial planning guide, grounded in the supplied beta talent descriptions. The allocation and point order have been checked for legal ranks and prerequisites. Combat performance has not been simulated or game-tested.
When to use this plan
Soul Warding requires the shield prerequisite. Review each ability’s cast, target and cooldown requirements rather than treating every selected effect as permanently active.
What you give up
A shield-focused allocation does not reach Prayer of Mending or Shadowform. The comparison tool exposes the exact ranks given up.
Why these core choices?
Inner Focus
When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is capable of a critical effect.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Soul Warding
Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Improved Power Word: Shield.Penance
Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 81 Holy damage to an enemy, or 184 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Power Infusion
Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec.
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Penance.Complete allocation
All 17 selected talents are listed below. Expand any talent to see the exact supplied description at the rank used by this plan.
Discipline · 31 points
Power in Light 5 / 5
Your Smite and Penance spells deal 10% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Twin Disciplines 5 / 5
Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 5%.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Improved Power Word: Shield 3 / 3
Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 20%.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Martyrdom 2 / 2
Gives you a 100% chance to gain Focused Casting for 6 sec after being the victim of a melee or ranged critical strike. The Focused Casting effect prevents you from losing casting time when taking damage and increases your resistance to Interrupt effects by 20%.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Mental Agility 3 / 3
Reduces the mana cost of your Smite, Holy Fire, and instant cast spells by 10%.
Row 3. Read every rank →
Inner Focus 1 / 1 Core choice
When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is capable of a critical effect.
Instant | 3 min cooldown
Row 3. Read every rank →
Meditation 3 / 3
Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Row 3. Read every rank →
Soul Warding 1 / 1 Core choice
Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.
Row 4 · Requires maximum Improved Power Word: Shield. Read every rank →
Penance 1 / 1 Core choice
Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 81 Holy damage to an enemy, or 184 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
100 Mana | 40 yd range | Channeled | 12 sec cooldown
Row 5. Read every rank →
Renewed Hope 1 / 5
Your heals from Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance gain 2% increased critical strike chance when cast on targets with Weakened Soul, and reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on their target by 1 sec.
Row 5 · Requires maximum Soul Warding. Read every rank →
Power Infusion 1 / 1 Core choice
Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec.
20% of base mana | 30 yd range | Instant | 3 min cooldown
Row 7 · Requires maximum Penance. Read every rank →
Holy · 20 points
Holy Specialization 5 / 5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 5%.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Divine Fury 5 / 5
Reduces the casting time of your Smite, Holy Fire, Heal, and Greater Heal spells by 0.5 sec.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Inspiration 2 / 3
Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 17% for 15 sec.
Row 3. Read every rank →
Three valid adjustments
Each option below is a separate one-point change to the original plan. It preserves the point budget, row gates and prerequisites. Choose an effect you need; the options are not a damage ranking and should not be applied together without rechecking.
Divine Fury → Inspiration
Move one point: Divine Fury 5 → 4; Inspiration 2 → 3.
Effect after this change
Divine Fury: Reduces the casting time of your Smite, Holy Fire, Heal, and Greater Heal spells by 0.4 sec.
Inspiration: Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 25% for 15 sec.
Inspiration → Holy Reach
Move one point: Inspiration 2 → 1; Holy Reach 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Inspiration: Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 8% for 15 sec.
Holy Reach: Increases the range of your Smite and Holy Fire spells and the radius of your Prayer of Healing and Holy Nova spells by 10%.
Inspiration → Twilight Focus
Move one point: Inspiration 2 → 1; Twilight Focus 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Inspiration: Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 8% for 15 sec.
Twilight Focus: Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any spell.
Level-by-level point order
This route reaches the complete allocation without a respec. It follows this guide’s core choices and prerequisites, rather than claiming an optimal speed-leveling route. Talented changes the level when each point becomes available, not the 51-point limit.
First point at level 10; all 51 points at level 60.
Use a Talented rank your character has actually unlocked in the Legacy system. This control models its point timing, not the rest of your Legacy allocation.
Show all 51 steps
| Level | Add one point | New rank | Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Twin Disciplines | 1 / 5 | Discipline |
| 11 | Twin Disciplines | 2 / 5 | Discipline |
| 12 | Twin Disciplines | 3 / 5 | Discipline |
| 13 | Twin Disciplines | 4 / 5 | Discipline |
| 14 | Twin Disciplines | 5 / 5 | Discipline |
| 15 | Power in Light | 1 / 5 | Discipline |
| 16 | Power in Light | 2 / 5 | Discipline |
| 17 | Power in Light | 3 / 5 | Discipline |
| 18 | Power in Light | 4 / 5 | Discipline |
| 19 | Power in Light | 5 / 5 | Discipline |
| 20 | Inner Focus | 1 / 1 | Discipline |
| 21 | Improved Power Word: Shield | 1 / 3 | Discipline |
| 22 | Improved Power Word: Shield | 2 / 3 | Discipline |
| 23 | Improved Power Word: Shield | 3 / 3 | Discipline |
| 24 | Martyrdom | 1 / 2 | Discipline |
| 25 | Soul Warding | 1 / 1 | Discipline |
| 26 | Martyrdom | 2 / 2 | Discipline |
| 27 | Meditation | 1 / 3 | Discipline |
| 28 | Meditation | 2 / 3 | Discipline |
| 29 | Meditation | 3 / 3 | Discipline |
| 30 | Penance | 1 / 1 | Discipline |
| 31 | Mental Agility | 1 / 3 | Discipline |
| 32 | Mental Agility | 2 / 3 | Discipline |
| 33 | Mental Agility | 3 / 3 | Discipline |
| 34 | Mental Strength | 1 / 5 | Discipline |
| 35 | Mental Strength | 2 / 5 | Discipline |
| 36 | Mental Strength | 3 / 5 | Discipline |
| 37 | Mental Strength | 4 / 5 | Discipline |
| 38 | Mental Strength | 5 / 5 | Discipline |
| 39 | Renewed Hope | 1 / 5 | Discipline |
| 40 | Power Infusion | 1 / 1 | Discipline |
| 41 | Holy Specialization | 1 / 5 | Holy |
| 42 | Holy Specialization | 2 / 5 | Holy |
| 43 | Holy Specialization | 3 / 5 | Holy |
| 44 | Holy Specialization | 4 / 5 | Holy |
| 45 | Holy Specialization | 5 / 5 | Holy |
| 46 | Improved Renew | 1 / 3 | Holy |
| 47 | Improved Renew | 2 / 3 | Holy |
| 48 | Improved Renew | 3 / 3 | Holy |
| 49 | Spell Warding | 1 / 5 | Holy |
| 50 | Spell Warding | 2 / 5 | Holy |
| 51 | Spell Warding | 3 / 5 | Holy |
| 52 | Spell Warding | 4 / 5 | Holy |
| 53 | Spell Warding | 5 / 5 | Holy |
| 54 | Divine Fury | 1 / 5 | Holy |
| 55 | Divine Fury | 2 / 5 | Holy |
| 56 | Divine Fury | 3 / 5 | Holy |
| 57 | Divine Fury | 4 / 5 | Holy |
| 58 | Divine Fury | 5 / 5 | Holy |
| 59 | Inspiration | 1 / 3 | Holy |
| 60 | Inspiration | 2 / 3 | Holy |
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