WoW Forever Priest builds, the most popular from 3,839 planned here

1,714 of the 3,839 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here (45%) lead in Shadow, 1,316 in Discipline and 809 in Holy. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Shadow has 44%, Discipline 36% and Holy 20%. Shadow is the Priest's damage tree. Its row 7 talent, Shadowform: "Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form." Discipline ends in Power Infusion (requires Penance): "Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec." Holy ends in Prayer of Mending (requires Spirit of Redemption): "Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing." Talent text read from the WoW Forever beta client. 47.8% of the Priest leveling orders people recorded lead in Discipline. Every build below opens in the Priest calculator, and the Priest leveling order shows the order people place these points in. These are full 51-point level 60 builds, planned ahead of launch on 4 November 2026.

Counted on 1 Nov 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Shadow 45%
• Discipline 34%
• Holy 21%

WoW Forever Shadow Priest build

1,714 of the 3,839 Priest builds with 41 or more points (45%) lead in Shadow; the most used is 14/0/37 (#1), going to Shadowform. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Shadow builds take.

WoW Forever Discipline Priest build

1,316 of the 3,839 Priest builds with 41 or more points (34%) lead in Discipline; the most used is 33/18/0 (#2), going to Power Infusion. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Discipline builds take.

WoW Forever Holy Priest build

809 of the 3,839 Priest builds with 41 or more points (21%) lead in Holy; the most used is 19/32/0 (#4), going to Prayer of Mending. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Holy builds take.

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The 5 most popular level 60 Priest builds, all 51 points Discipline / Holy / Shadow points

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   Shadow Priest 14/0/37

   #1 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Discipline 14 / Holy 0 / Shadow 37 0.7% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 60 · saved 119 · opened 678 · across 53 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Silence, Devouring Contagion 2/2, Early Demise 2/2, Darkness 5/5 and Shadowform. Maxes Twin Disciplines, Mental Strength, Inner Focus, Meditation, Shadow Focus, Improved Mind Blast and 12 more.
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   Discipline Priest 33/18/0

   #2 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Discipline 33 / Holy 18 / Shadow 0 1% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 47 · saved 111 · opened 976 · across 26 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Penance, Renewed Hope 5/5, Divine Aegis 3/3 and Power Infusion. Maxes Twin Disciplines, Mental Strength, Mental Agility, Inner Focus, Improved Power Word: Shield, Meditation and 9 more.
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   Discipline Priest 32/19/0

   #3 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Discipline 32 / Holy 19 / Shadow 0 2.1% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 108 · saved 163 · opened 2,242 · across 23 close builds Takes Penance and Power Infusion. Maxes Power in Light, Wand Specialization, Twin Disciplines, Silent Resolve, Holy Precision, Mental Strength and 11 more.
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   Holy Priest 19/32/0

   #4 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Discipline 19 / Holy 32 / Shadow 0 0.8% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 36 · saved 85 · opened 774 · across 13 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Litany of Light 2/2, Spirit of Redemption, Spiritual Guidance 5/5, Spiritual Healing 3/3 and Prayer of Mending. Maxes Twin Disciplines, Silent Resolve, Inner Focus, Improved Power Word: Shield, Meditation, Soul Warding and 11 more.
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   Holy Priest 18/33/0

   #5 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Discipline 18 / Holy 33 / Shadow 0 0.1% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 9 · saved 36 · opened 56 · across 40 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Litany of Light 2/2, Spirit of Redemption, Spiritual Guidance 5/5, Spiritual Healing 3/3 and Prayer of Mending. Maxes Twin Disciplines, Mental Strength, Inner Focus, Improved Power Word: Shield, Meditation, Soul Warding and 12 more.
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Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member. The rows and the spec split come from the 3,839 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685, ranked by what people did with each family since then: a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. The shared, saved and opened counts run from 13 Sep, before the beta: a row's share is its family's shares, saves and link opens over every Priest build's (4,458 shares, 10,310 saves, 103,303 link opens since 13 Sep), so a row can hold a larger share than one ranked above it.

Since 13 Sep, 108,713 Priest builds were made, shared, saved or opened here and 37,262 of them have all 51 points, those today's trees no longer allow included; this list counts the 3,839 with 41 or more points that today's trees allow, since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.

This is a count of what people plan on this site, not a tier list. When a beta build moves, adds, removes or renames a Priest talent or changes what it needs first, the count starts again from the day after that build and shows once 1,000 builds with 41 or more points are made on the new trees, as it did after the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.

Priest talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Twin Disciplines 92% (Discipline), Meditation 85% (Discipline), Mental Strength 76% (Discipline), Inner Focus 74% (Discipline), Improved Power Word: Shield 60% (Discipline). Least taken: Improved Mana Burn 12% (Discipline), Prayer of Mending 12% (Holy), Spell Warding 12% (Holy), Litany of Light 13% (Holy), Holy Reach 14% (Holy). Share of Priest builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent, each build counted once.

Priest builds at level 30, the beta cap 21 points

The beta cap rose to level 30 on 1 Oct, so 21 points. Between 1 and 16 Oct 2026, 291 people-days went to 21-point Priest builds set at level 30, and no build family has reached the floors yet (builds within four points count as one, and a family is shown once it has five or more people-days and its most-made build was made, shared or saved by at least two people on one day and three people-days in all).

No Discipline 21-point build at level 30 has reached the floor yet (146 people-days in the window), though 47.8% of Priest leveling builds lead in Discipline (34,973 of 73,153, 18 Sep to 16 Oct 2026). The Discipline leveling order's first 21 points are Power in Light 5/5, Twin Disciplines 5/5, Holy Precision 3/3, Inner Focus, Mental Agility 3/3, Meditation 3/3 and Silent Resolve 1/3. That is the path held most often at each step: 1,866 of 14,583 Discipline builds hold its levels 10 to 19 and 223 of 2,706 hold its levels 20 to 29. Open it at level 30, or see the whole Discipline leveling order.

Each spec's first 21 points, as the leveling orders place them: Discipline 21/0/0, from 34,973 Discipline orders; Shadow 0/0/21, from 24,416. Recorded 18 Sep to 16 Oct 2026; the Priest leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Priest spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

1,714 of the 3,839 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here (45%) lead in Shadow, 1,316 in Discipline and 809 in Holy, counted since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Shadow has 44%, Discipline 36% and Holy 20%. 47.8% of the Priest leveling orders people recorded lead in Discipline.

What is the most popular Priest build at level 60?

Shadow Priest 14/0/37, ranked first by what people did with each build since the Oct 30 hotfixes (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 0.7% of every Priest share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 60, saved 119, opened 678).

Which Priest talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Twin Disciplines (92%), Meditation (85%) and Mental Strength (76%). Least taken: Improved Mana Burn (12%), Prayer of Mending (12%) and Spell Warding (12%). The percentages are the share of Priest builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, each build counted once.

Which Priest build heals and which does damage?

Shadow is the Priest's damage tree. Its row 7 talent, Shadowform: "Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form." Discipline ends in Power Infusion (requires Penance): "Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec." Holy ends in Prayer of Mending (requires Spirit of Redemption): "Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing." Talent text read from the WoW Forever beta client.

Is there a Priest raid, dungeon or PvP build in WoW Forever yet?

The builds people tagged most for each, when they saved or shared them in the calculator. PvE: as a healer, Discipline / Holy Priest 31/20/0 (14 tags); as DPS, Shadow Priest 14/0/37 (16 tags). A build is listed once it has 3 tags for the same thing; these are tags from players, not a ranking of how strong a build is.

Is this a Priest tier list?

No. The builds are ranked by what people did with them on this site (shared, saved, opened by link, made or viewed), not by how strong they are.

Where do these Priest build numbers come from?

From this site's own counter, which keeps counts only and no identities: every Priest build planned in the calculator, and how often each was shared, saved or opened by link. Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member, and every spec gets at least one row. The list is rebuilt a few times a day, last on 1 Nov 2026.

Also for Priests: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Priest calculator. The most popular builds of every class.