WoW Forever Priest builds, the most popular from 41,217 planned here

17,081 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here (41%) lead in Discipline, 16,382 in Shadow and 7,754 in Holy. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Discipline has 42%, Shadow 41% and Holy 17%, the split the Priest calculator's spec bar shows. 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. 42.7% 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 7 Oct 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Discipline 41%
• Shadow 40%
• Holy 19%

WoW Forever Discipline Priest build

17,081 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points (41%) lead in Discipline; the most used is 32/19/0 (#2), going to Power Infusion. Open it in the calculator.

WoW Forever Shadow Priest build

16,382 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points (40%) lead in Shadow; the most used is 14/3/34 (#1), going to Shadowform. Open it in the calculator.

WoW Forever Holy Priest build

7,754 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points (19%) lead in Holy; the most used is 19/32/0 (#4), going to Prayer of Mending. Open it in the calculator.

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

1. 1

   Shadow Priest 14/3/34

   #1 by what people did with it Discipline 14 / Holy 3 / Shadow 34 2.5% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 71 · saved 192 · opened 1,601 · across 134 close builds Takes Devouring Contagion 2/2, Early Demise 2/2, Darkness 5/5 and Shadowform. Maxes Wand Specialization, Twin Disciplines, Improved Power Word: Shield, Inner Focus, Meditation, Twilight Focus and 13 more.
   Load
2. 2

   Discipline Priest 32/19/0, Wand Specialization build

   #2 by what people did with it Discipline 32 / Holy 19 / Shadow 0 2.7% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 121 · saved 150 · opened 1,749 · across 150 close builds Takes Penance and Power Infusion. Maxes Power in Light, Wand Specialization, Twin Disciplines, Silent Resolve, Holy Precision, Mental Agility and 11 more.
   Load
3. 3

   Discipline Priest 33/18/0

   #3 by what people did with it Discipline 33 / Holy 18 / Shadow 0 1.4% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 52 · saved 110 · opened 862 · across 132 close builds Takes Penance, Renewed Hope 5/5, Divine Aegis 3/3 and Power Infusion. Maxes Twin Disciplines, Improved Power Word: Shield, Mental Agility, Inner Focus, Meditation, Mental Strength and 9 more.
   Load
4. 4

   Holy Priest 19/32/0

   #4 by what people did with it Discipline 19 / Holy 32 / Shadow 0 0.8% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 42 · saved 75 · opened 502 · across 83 close builds 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, Improved Power Word: Shield, Inner Focus, Meditation, Soul Warding and 11 more.
   Load
5. 5

   Discipline Priest 32/19/0, Improved Mana Burn build

   #5 by what people did with it Discipline 32 / Holy 19 / Shadow 0 1% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 15 · saved 26 · opened 684 · across 71 close builds Takes Penance and Power Infusion. Maxes Power in Light, Twin Disciplines, Silent Resolve, Holy Precision, Mental Agility, Inner Focus and 11 more.
   Load

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 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here, Sep 13 to Oct 7, 2026, ranked by what people did with each family in that window: 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 (2,957 shares, 5,980 saves, 64,971 link opens since 13 Sep).

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.

Priest talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Twin Disciplines 91% (Discipline), Meditation 86% (Discipline), Inner Focus 83% (Discipline), Improved Power Word: Shield 80% (Discipline), Twilight Focus 60% (Holy). Least taken: Improved Fade 3% (Shadow), Prayer of Mending 10% (Holy), Litany of Light 11% (Holy), Improved Mana Burn 12% (Discipline), Spirit of Redemption 12% (Holy). Share of Priest builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent.

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 6 Oct 2026, 334 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 (191 people-days in the window), though 42.7% of Priest leveling builds lead in Discipline (35,327 of 82,770, 18 Sep to 6 Oct 2026). The Discipline leveling order's first 21 points are Twin Disciplines 5/5, Wand Specialization 2/2, Improved Power Word: Shield 3/3, Meditation 3/3, Inner Focus, Mental Agility 1/3, Soul Warding and Mental Strength 5/5. That is the path held most often at each step: 3,937 of 35,327 Discipline builds hold its levels 10 to 19 and 522 of 4,534 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 35,327 Discipline orders; Shadow 0/0/21, from 34,306. Recorded 18 Sep to 6 Oct 2026; the Priest leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Priest spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

17,081 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here (41%) lead in Discipline, 16,382 in Shadow and 7,754 in Holy, counted Sep 13 to Oct 7, 2026. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Discipline has 42%, Shadow 41% and Holy 17%. 42.7% of the Priest leveling orders people recorded lead in Discipline.

What is the most popular Priest build at level 60?

Shadow Priest 14/3/34, ranked first by what people did with each build, Sep 13 to Oct 7, 2026 (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 2.5% of every Priest share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 71, saved 192, opened 1,601).

Which Priest talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Twin Disciplines (91%), Meditation (86%) and Inner Focus (83%). Least taken: Improved Fade (3%), Prayer of Mending (10%) and Litany of Light (11%). The percentages are the share of Priest builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, weighted by what people did with each build.

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?

Not one counted for that purpose: this site's counter records the points in each build, not what the build is for. The beta runs from 17 September 2026 to 21 October 2026 with characters capped at level 30 (21 points), and the game launches 4 November 2026, so the level 60 builds above are plans made while no beta character can reach 60.

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 7 Oct 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.