Healer Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Discipline Priest abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.1.7).

Single Target

Ensure Shadow Word Pain is active before starting your rotation.

• Power Word ShieldView detailsApply Atonement to a single target.
• RenewView detailsUse for additional Atonement applications.
• Flash HealView detailsApply Atonement when needed for single target healing.
• Power Word RadianceView detailsApply Atonement to multiple targets.
• Mind BlastView detailsUse to trigger Entropic Rift and deal damage.
• PenanceView detailsUse for burst healing through Atonement.
• Void BlastView detailsCast when available for damage and healing.

Maintain Shadow Word Pain and apply Atonement using Power Word Shield, Renew, or Flash Heal. Use Power Word Radiance for group-wide Atonement. Follow with Mind Blast, Penance, and Void Blast for healing through damage.

AoE

Ensure Shadow Word Pain is refreshed on all targets.

• Power Word RadianceView detailsApply Atonement to multiple targets.
• VoidwraithView detailsActivate for increased AoE damage and healing.
• Mind BlastView detailsTrigger Entropic Rift for AoE healing.
• PenanceView detailsUse for burst healing through Atonement.
• Void BlastView detailsCast repeatedly for AoE damage and healing.

Apply Atonement with Power Word Radiance, then use Voidwraith and Mind Blast for AoE healing. Follow with Penance and Void Blast for sustained healing through damage.

Cooldowns

• Ultimate PenitenceView detailsUse for burst healing or defensive utility.
• Power Word BarrierView detailsPlace for group-wide damage reduction.
• Pain SuppressionView detailsUse on a single target to mitigate heavy damage.
• EvangelismView detailsExtend Atonement duration for sustained healing.
• ShadowfiendView detailsActivate for increased healing through Shadow Covenant.
• Void ShiftView detailsSwap health with an ally in critical situations.

Use Ultimate Penitence for burst healing or defense. Deploy Power Word Barrier for group-wide mitigation and Pain Suppression for single-target damage reduction. Extend Atonement with Evangelism and enhance healing with Shadowfiend. Utilize Void Shift in emergencies.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

• Single-Button Assistant
• Assisted Highlight
• Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.