Welcome to our beginner’s guide for casually playing a Discipline Priest healer in World of Warcraft. This guide is intended for players who prefer a less complex play style.
Talents & Builds
- Level 15:
Schism
Attack the enemy’s soul with a surge of Shadow energy, dealing (150% of Spell power) Shadow damage and increasing your spell damage to the target by 25% for 9 sec. - Level 25:
Angelic Feather
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. - Level 30:
Power Word: Solace
Strikes an enemy with heavenly power, dealing (80% of Spell power) Holy damage and restoring 1% of your maximum mana. - Level 35:
Shining Force
Creates a burst of light around a friendly target, knocking away nearby enemies and slowing their movement speed by 70% for 3 sec. - Level 40:
Sins of the Many
Your damage is increased by up to 12%, diminishing for each ally affected by your Atonement. - Level 45:
Purge the Wicked
Cleanses the target with fire, causing (22.3% of Spell power) Fire damage and an additional (124% of Spell power) Fire damage over 20 sec. Spreads to an additional nearby enemy when you cast Penance on the target. - Level 50:
Lenience
Atonement reduces damage taken by 3%.
Stat Priority
- Intellect
- Haste
- Critical Strike
- Versatility
- Mastery
Abilities
- Apply
Atonement with 
Power Word: Shield, 
Shadow Mend, and 
Power Word: Radiance - Damage abilities:
- Purge the Wicked (DoT that can be spread with
Penance) - Schism (boosts other damage spells)
- Penance
Mind Blast- Power Word: Solace
- Minor cooldowns:
Mindgames, 
Rapture - Major cooldowns:
Shadowfiend, 
Power Word: Barrier, 
Pain Suppression
Rotation
- Keep Atonement up on Tank
- Apply Atonement with Power Word: Shield or Shadow Mend if a person needs healing or with Power Word: Radiance if the group needs healing
- Apply Purge the Wicked to all enemies
- Schism
- Penance / Mind Blast / Power Word: Solace on cooldown
- If moderate damage is happening and the above is not enough, cast Mindgames and/or Rapture
- If heavy damage is happening and the above is not enough cast Shadowfiend, Power Word: Barrie and/or Pain Suppression
- If you don’t have any cooldowns up, rely on triage healing with Shadow Mend
Gems & Enchants
Gems
As of right now the best option is Haste gems.
Enchants
- Cloak –
Enchant Cloak – Fortified Leech - Chest – Enchant Chest – Eternal Stats
- Bracers – Enchant Bracers – Eternal Intellect
- Rings – Enchant Ring – Tenet of Haste
- Weapon – Enchant Weapon – Celestial Guidance
Covenant
Venthyr is currently the best choice for a casual player playing a Discipline Priest. The class abilities are Mindgames and 
Door of Shadows.
- Mindgames provides a high damage/pseudoabsorb ability on a low cooldown
- Door of Shadows helps with your low mobility as a disc priest
Conduits
Here you can find a list of Potency Conduits in order of priority. Feel free to use whichever Endurance and Finesse conduits best suit your play style.
Shining Radiance – Power Word: Radiance’s healing is increased by 40.0%.
- Drops from the last boss in The Necrotic Wake, Nalthor the Rimebinder
- Lootable from Tribute rewards of Covenant Callings (Covenant Daily Quests).
Shattering Perceptions – Mindgames lasts an additional 2.0 sec, deals an additional 15.0% initial damage, and reverses an additional 15.0% damage or healing.
- Drops from multiple World Bosses:
- Valinor
- Mortanis
- Nurgash Muckformed
- Oranomonos the Everbranching
Legendary
The best overall legendary for casual Discipline Priests is 
The Penitent One.
Power Word: Radiance has a 60% chance to cause your next Penance to be free and fire 3 extra bolts.
Memory of the Penitent One is dropped in Torghast, Tower of the Damned in The Soulforges wing, Layers 3 and higher.
This legendary can be crafted for the feet slot or back slot, but the feet slot is preferred.