Penance, a WoW Forever Priest talent, in words
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PenanceA Discipline Priest talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Discipline tree (level 30), 1 rank, active. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Discipline row 5
Penance1 rank · activeRequires 20 points in Discipline Talents (level 30). 100 Mana | 40 yd range | Channeled | 12 sec cooldown.Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 81 Holy damage to an enemy, or 184 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 48% of Priest buildsTaken in 48% of the 31,089 complete Priest builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 99% of Discipline buildsTaken in 99% of the 12,613 builds that lead in Discipline, its own tree.
- 35% of Holy buildsTaken in 35% of the 5,687 builds that lead in Holy.
- 1% of Shadow buildsTaken in 1% of the 12,789 builds that lead in Shadow.
- How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.
Beta build history
- Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-17Rank 1 text changed.
Around it in the Discipline tree
- UnlocksPower Infusion: it needs Penance at max rank.
- Same row (20 points in Discipline, level 30)Renewed Hope.
- Row above (level 25)Improved Inner Fire, Mental Strength, Soul Warding, Improved Mana Burn.
- Row below (level 35)Divine Aegis.
- Gone from Classic DisciplineUnbreakable Will, Improved Power Word: Fortitude, Divine Spirit, Force of Will.
Every Discipline talent 18
- Power in Lightrow 1
- Wand Specializationrow 1
- Twin Disciplinesrow 1
- Silent Resolverow 2
- Holy Precisionrow 2
- Improved Power Word: Shieldrow 2
- Martyrdomrow 2
- Mental Agilityrow 3
- Inner Focusrow 3
- Meditationrow 3
- Improved Inner Firerow 4
- Mental Strengthrow 4
- Soul Wardingrow 4
- Improved Mana Burnrow 4
- Penancerow 5
- Renewed Hoperow 5
- Divine Aegisrow 6
- Power Infusionrow 7
Every Holy talent 17
- Twilight Focusrow 1
- Improved Renewrow 1
- Holy Specializationrow 1
- Spell Wardingrow 2
- Divine Furyrow 2
- Holy Novarow 3
- Blessed Recoveryrow 3
- Inspirationrow 3
- Holy Reachrow 4
- Improved Healingrow 4
- Searing Lightrow 4
- Binding Healrow 4
- Litany of Lightrow 5
- Spirit of Redemptionrow 5
- Spiritual Guidancerow 5
- Spiritual Healingrow 6
- Prayer of Mendingrow 7
Every Shadow talent 18
- Shadow Focusrow 1
- Blackoutrow 1
- Spirit Taprow 1
- Shadow Affinityrow 2
- Improved Shadow Word: Painrow 2
- Shadow Reachrow 2
- Improved Mind Blastrow 3
- Improved Psychic Screamrow 3
- Mind Flayrow 3
- Improved Mind Flayrow 3
- Improved Faderow 4
- Vampiric Embracerow 4
- Shadow Weavingrow 4
- Silencerow 5
- Devouring Contagionrow 5
- Early Demiserow 6
- Darknessrow 6
- Shadowformrow 7
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Penance in the Priest calculator, read every Priest talent in words (Holy and Shadow too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.