Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Haste > Mastery > Crit > Versatility
Stat Outline
Haste - This stat will always be the bread and butter for Discipline priest, more haste speeds up your Global Cooldown which makes the setup in your ramp take shorter time, and allows you to fit more spells in the windows where you have all your atonements out, this is by far our best stat, and the spec will not feel good to play without a decent chunk of it.
Mastery - Looks like a lot better of a stat for us compared to what it was in Dragonflight, it provides more throughput for us since Atonement is a lot larger part of our breakdown, you’d want to have a decent amount of this stat going into the raid as its gonna provide a bit more healing throughput than crit would.
Critical Strike - This stat has some interactions with talents like Divine Aegis, this talent is currently not recommended to play and this has made crit fall out of favor a lot compared to what it was in Dragonflight, however crit has the advantage over Mastery that it also amplifies our dps throughput, and more damage for free is always good.
Versatility - This is currently our worst stat, this is mainly due to the fact that you get less versatility % per point compared to what you gain from the rest of the stats in The War Within, this is very unfortunate as we would’ve really liked using this stat for some much needed defensive value, but it currently does not seem worth it.
Races
Horde
Goblin grants access to the ability Rocket Jump which can be incredibly powerful in the right situation, as priests in particular are lacking in terms of burst movement cooldowns. Goblin also gives a flat 1% haste increase from its racial passive, Time is Money, which is a nice bonus since haste is the best secondary stat for discipline. For most scenarios Goblin will be your go-to race as it gives you the best benefits out of all of them.
Alliance
On the alliance side we have Night Elves that come with the racial ability Shadowmeld. For those that are more interested in playing Discipline Priest in dungeons this racial is an incredibly potent and versatile racial. For example it can allow you to meld out of combat at the end of a wipe to resurrect teammates, perform skips through a dungeon, avoid certain dungeon mechanics or drop aggro at a moment's notice.
Dwarf has seen a massive increase in how many people have swapped to it, this is mainly due to how powerful Stoneform is for Mythic+ as its one of the few abilities in the game that can remove bleeds, being a Dwarf is by no means necessary for raid, but this or Night Elf will be the recommended race if you’re focused on Mythic+.
Void Elf has the racial ability Spatial Rift. This racial can be situationally useful when used at the right moment as it creates and sends out a portal in one direction that can be teleported to within a short timeframe. This can be used to avoid certain mechanics and can be a lifesaver in the right hands.
Enchants
Cloak: Chant of Leeching Fangs
Chest: Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Chant of Armored Leech
Boots: Defender’s March
Legs: Daybreak Spellthread
Rings: Radiant Haste
Weapon: Authority of Fiery Resolve
Gems
With the new meta gems coming in The War Within its important to make sure you get the full potential out of your selected meta gem, we recommend going with either the speed or the increased mana meta gem, depending on your need. And to go along with it the following gems for the rest of your sockets.
1x Quick Onyx
1x Quicky Ruby
1x Quick Sapphire
And the rest of your gemslots you should fill out with Masterful Emerald gems
Consumables
Flask: Flask of Tempered Swiftness
Potions: Algari Mana Potion
Health Potions: Algari Healing Potion
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil