Welcome to the Wow Legion Guide for Discipline Priests looking to optimize their character in end-game PvP, such as Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds. We take an alternative method of standard personality optimization class guides as we use solely leaderboard statistics to make recommendations.
While this guide looks like a standard course guide, it really is automatically generated using statistics we've made out of the Official Battle.net WoW API, specifically the PvP Leaderboards. The guide suggestions derive from final polished figures from the best Discipline Priests. Due to that, our manuals are able to show what stats, abilities etc. are proving to be most successful in competitive PvP. We revise the data daily to keep these guides current.
The below Gems and Enchants recommendations are based on the previous Stat Priority Guide. Rather than determining which Gems and Enchants would be best using the stat priority yourself, we've shown out the very best three options for every slot below. The weapon enchants are outlined out directly from our PvP figures of the top Self-discipline Priest players.
Gems
We recommend these gems, ordered by their calculated value.
1Versatile Maelstrom Sapphire62.1%
2Masterful Shadowruby34.5%
3Quick Dawnlight2.3%
Neck Enchants
These are the very best 2-3 recommended throat enchants, predicated on the PvP Leaderboard-based stat priority in this guide.
1Gift of Versatility466.1%
2Gift of Mastery258.5%
3Gift of Haste17.5%
Cloak Enchants
These are the very best 2-3 recommended cloak enchants, predicated on the PvP Leaderboard-based stat priority in this guide.
1Gift of Versatility621.5%
2Gift of Mastery344.7%
3Gift of Haste23.3%
Ring Enchants
These are the top 2-3 recommended band enchants, based on the PvP Leaderboard-based stat priority in this guide.
1Gift of Versatility310.8%
2Gift of Mastery172.3%
3Gift of Haste
The below Stat Priority recommendation is automatically produced through statistics from the best Self-discipline Priest players in competitive PvP, updated frequently. Utilize this guide for insight on what stats the most successful PvP Discipline Priest players are currently focusing on.
Stat Priority
Versatility Mastery Haste = Crit
Major stats such as Stamina and Intellect aren't included in priority as it is difficult to determine the value of these through analyzing data from PvP leaderboards. However, knowing the worthiness of secondary stats is functional as the majority of enchants highly, gems, gear and consumables stat differentiations are centered on secondary stats.
With that said, Intellect is very powerful and perchance rivals or surpasses the value of Versatility in PvP.
Stat Summaries
Versatility
62.15% of the very best PvP players focus on Versatility.
Versatility boosts your damage, recovery, and absorption done and lowers damage received.
Mastery
34.47% of the very best PvP players focus on Mastery.
Mastery provides a passive reward to your personality predicated on your specialty area. Mastery: Absolution increases the healing done via Atonement.
Haste
2.33% of the very best PvP players focus on Haste.
Haste increases strike and spell casting acceleration, adds additional harm and healing to DoTs and HoTs, and reduces the GCD.
Crit
1.06% of the very best PvP players focus on Crit.
Critical Strike increase the chance for your attacks and spells to critically hit for additional damage and healing.
Intellect
Intellect increases the healing and harm done from your spells.
Stamina
Stamina boosts your total health.
The following talent build is automatically generated through figures from the best Discipline Priest players in competitive PvP, updated frequently. Utilize this guide for understanding on what talents the most successful PvP Discipline Priest players are currently using.
Talent Build
15
The Penitent
Castigation
Schism
30
Angelic Feather
Body and Soul
Masochism
45
Shining Force
Psychic Voice
Dominant Mind
60
Power Word: Solace
Shield Discipline
Mindbender
75
Contrition
Power Infusion
Twist of Fate
90
Clarity of Will
Divine Star
Halo
100
Purge the Wicked
Grace
Shadow Covenant
The order of these rankings is based on the presence of each spec in end-game PvP leaderboards (very high ratings.) The best found spec is set at 100% to show how the lower specs compare. By existence, we are referring to the frequency of which the spec occurs. The higher the frequency, the more found that spec is within high rating gameplay commonly. This is a definite sign of how succesful a spec is within competitive PvP conditions.
1
Discipline Priest Most Common
2
Shadow Priest -83.0%
Self-discipline Priest Strongest PvP Type
The below rankings indicate which PvP Type Discipline Priests occur most in on PvP Leaderboards. This helps to determine where your PvP focus would be most succesfull likely, and also shows