Tier list

Priest

Rank 7 of 9 · build 2026-10-16

B64%

Great healer and tough in duels, but a very slow leveler.

Leveling42%
Endgame75%
PvP74%

Mostly agree

Specs

S 81%
Leveling65%
Endgame87%
PvP92%

Wand leveling and strong duels

Holyhealer
C 59%
Leveling55%
Endgame88%
PvP34%

Group and raid healing

Shadowcaster dps
C 50%
Leveling44%
Endgame55%
PvP50%

Damage after level 40, tough before

Why it scores this way

  • Early spells hit so softly that a wand does the real work, so leveling scores low.
  • Holy and Discipline heal well and have good late talents, which lifts the raid score.
  • Devouring Plague and Vampiric Embrace got stronger, so Shadow gets a better toolkit.
  • Shadow now has pushback protection and longer Mind Flay range, but mana trouble remains before 40.
  • Fear Ward, Silence, and Penance keep Priests strong in group fights.

Strong at

  • Strong healing
  • Tough, hard to kill
  • Good in group PvP

Weak at

  • Very slow leveling
  • Shadow mana trouble before 40
  • Holy Fire feels weak

What changed in Forever

ChangeHoly Fire rank 5 periodic damage no longer exceeds rank 6 (fix)2026-10-16
BuffDevouring Plague cooldown cut and can crit2026-10-15
BuffVampiric Embrace now unresistable2026-10-15
BuffNew Dark Inspiration talent for Shadow2026-10-15
BuffMultiple Priests can stack Renew2026-10-15
BuffPenance channel fixed and healing raised2026-10-08
BuffDevouring Plague can crit2026-10-01
BuffRenew can crit2026-09-24
Sources & every model's scores
ModelLevelingEndgamePvP
beam488
big-pickle488
deepseek-v4.1-flash588
glm-5.3-flash487
longcat-2.5-preview578
mimo-v2.6-flash687
nemotron-3-ultra478
inception_mercury-2.5497
nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b578
poolside_laguna-s-2.1586
thinkingmachines_inkling378
xingchen-agi_xing4.0-29b-a4b265
space-bunny478
Each model scored 1–10 from the same fact pack. The page shows the average × 10.

Sources