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WoW Forever Priest

Discipline, Holy, Shadow · Alliance and Horde

For Shadow Priests, Shadowform now cuts the mana cost of all Shadow spells by half, which removes the five-minute mana wall that kept Shadow out of Classic raids. Shadow Word: Death is new and Devouring Plague is no longer an Undead racial spell.

Specs simmed
2
New spells
5
New talents
3
Removed
3
Playable races
6

What changes for Priest

Healers get Penance, Prayer of Mending and Binding Heal from later expansions, placed in the talent trees at Classic point costs. Divine Spirit is a trainer spell and no longer a talent.

Gnome Priests are new to the Alliance. Undead Priests lose Devouring Plague as an exclusive but the spell itself is stronger in every tree.

Specs

  • Discipline PriestHealer

    With Penance, Discipline is a healing spec in its own right. In Classic it was mostly where Holy Priests parked spare points.

  • Holy PriestHealer

    Prayer of Mending, Binding Heal and Litany of Light broaden the group healing toolkit.

  • Shadow PriestDPS

    Shadow Word: Death, a universal Devouring Plague and a 50% mana discount in Shadowform make it a raid DPS spec.

Simmed reference builds

Each saved board sims a fixed Priest reference character at level 60, against a raid-boss target for two minutes, full raid buffs and consumables, no world buffs. The DPS is the spec's trinket board baseline (both trinket slots empty) and the rank is its place on the Forever DPS tier list.

  • Shadow Priest613dps

    18/0/33 talents · Curated dungeon and crafted gear · Undead · #8 of 23 DPS specs

    Trinket boardSim your own Priest
    Show talents
    Talents 18/0/33View tree

    Discipline 18

    • Wand Specialization 2/2
    • Twin Disciplines 5/5
    • Silent Resolve 3/3
    • Mental Agility 1/3
    • Inner Focus 1/1
    • Meditation 3/3
    • Mental Strength 3/5

    Holy 0

    No points

    Shadow 33

    • Shadow Focus 5/5
    • Shadow Affinity 2/3
    • Improved Shadow Word: Pain 2/2
    • Shadow Reach 2/2
    • Improved Mind Blast 5/5
    • Mind Flay 1/1
    • Improved Mind Flay 2/2
    • Vampiric Embrace 1/1
    • Shadow Weaving 3/3
    • Devouring Contagion 2/2
    • Early Demise 2/2
    • Darkness 5/5
    • Shadowform 1/1

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  • Smite Priest · Smite hybrid 21/23/7 (Experimental) build440dps

    21/23/7 talents · Dungeon and crafted gear searched for the Smite build · Undead · #22 of 23 DPS specs

    Trinket boardSim your own Priest
    Show talents
    Talents 21/23/7View tree

    Discipline 21

    • Power in Light 5/5
    • Twin Disciplines 5/5
    • Holy Precision 3/3
    • Mental Agility 3/3
    • Inner Focus 1/1
    • Meditation 3/3
    • Penance 1/1

    Holy 23

    • Twilight Focus 3/3
    • Holy Specialization 5/5
    • Divine Fury 5/5
    • Holy Nova 1/1
    • Blessed Recovery 1/3
    • Inspiration 3/3
    • Searing Light 2/2
    • Spiritual Guidance 3/5

    Shadow 7

    • Shadow Focus 5/5
    • Improved Shadow Word: Pain 2/2

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Engine build 931ae38, simmed 1 October 2026. Boards are re-simmed after engine updates.

Reference builds are a work in progress and will keep improving through the beta (see the changelog). Got a build you want simmed? Post it in the MythicSim Discord and we'll sim it. Any feedback is much appreciated.

New spells and talents

New spells

  • Penance
  • Prayer of Mending
  • Binding Heal
  • Shadow Word: Death
  • Devouring Plague (all races)

New talents

  • Renewed Hope
  • Litany of Light
  • Devouring Contagion

Removed

  • Improved Power Word: Fortitude
  • Improved Prayer of Healing
  • Divine Spirit (now a trainer spell)

From the BlizzCon 2026 demo build via the community talent calculators. Beta will change some of this; the page is updated as it does.

Races

  • Human
  • Dwarf
  • Night Elf
  • GnomeNew
  • Undead
  • Troll

Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Undead, Troll. Gnome Priest is new to Forever. The Skyborne cannot be Priests. Racials are rebuilt so no two races share a passive, and weapon skill racials are gone. Race choice now changes your DPS in the sim.

Priest race tier list

What the Priest sim has to model

Beyond the engine-wide changes (unified hit and crit, Expertise, bonus healing as spell damage, periodic crits), these are the Priest-specific pieces the Forever engine has to get right.

  • Shadowform mana economy at a 50% discount, which changes how long a Shadow Priest can sustain its rotation.
  • Shadow Word: Death as an execute and Devouring Plague as a baseline dot with periodic crits.
  • Bonus healing counting toward spell damage, which changes what gear Shadow wants.

Priest trinket boards

One board per spec, ranking every trinket a Priest can equip at 60 by simmed DPS gain, with where each one drops.

Other Forever classes

Common questions

Is there a WoW Forever Priest sim?

Yes, at /wow-forever/sim. Export your character with the MythicSim addon, paste it and you get a DPS number for your Priest on the new talent trees. It runs on a MythicSim-maintained fork of ElliotWood/Forever, built on wowsims/classic (both MIT licensed).

What new spells does Priest get in WoW Forever?

Penance, Prayer of Mending, Binding Heal, Shadow Word: Death, Devouring Plague (all races). New talents include Renewed Hope, Litany of Light, Devouring Contagion.

Which races can be a Priest in WoW Forever?

Priest can be played by Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Undead, Troll in World of Warcraft: Forever. Gnome Priest is new in Forever. The Skyborne cannot be Priests.

What are the Priest specs in WoW Forever?

Discipline (Healer), Holy (Healer), Shadow (DPS). Forever keeps the three Classic trees for every class and reworks their contents; there are no new specs.

Do I need a /simc string to sim a Forever Priest?

No. Install MythicSim addon 0.3.0 or newer in Forever, click its minimap button or type /msim, then paste the JSON on the Forever sim page. Retail /simc strings use a different format.