Priest builds

A solo questing build that starts with a stronger wand and ends in Shadowform. You open with Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Blast, shield yourself, and finish with Mind Flay or the wand, with Spirit Tap refunding mana after kills.

• Wand Specialization first: early wands carry most of your damage before level 20.
• Spirit Tap raises Spirit after kills and keeps some regeneration while casting, which cuts drinking between pulls.
• Mind Flay (20 points) with Improved Mind Flay is the main filler and slows the target, and Devouring Contagion spreads Devouring Plague when a target dies.
• Improved Power Word: Shield and Mental Strength make the self-shield and mana pool carry more fights.
• Shadowform at 31 Shadow points halves Shadow spell costs and reduces Physical damage taken.

Suggested order: Wand Specialization, Spirit Tap, Improved Mind Blast and Mind Flay, then Discipline points once Shadowform is in reach.

The level-60 Shadow build for raids and dungeons. You stay in Shadowform, keep Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Embrace up, use Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death on cooldown, and fill with full Mind Flay channels.

• Shadowform (31 points, needs Vampiric Embrace) halves Shadow spell costs, adds Shadow damage and doubles the crit damage bonus of Shadow spells.
• Shadow Weaving stacks a personal Shadow damage taken debuff, and Darkness adds flat Shadow damage.
• Improved Mind Flay makes each tick stronger than the last, so finish the channel instead of clipping it.
• Vampiric Embrace heals your party from your Shadow damage, and Dark Inspiration raises your party's Spirit after Mind Blast or a full Mind Flay.
• Shadow Focus adds Shadow hit; Twilight Focus in Holy protects every cast from pushback.

Devouring Contagion and Early Demise are low-impact in single-target fights; Spirit Tap is a swap for dungeon farming.

A Holy-focused healer for raids and dungeons. You keep Renew and Prayer of Mending rolling, use Binding Heal when you and a target are both hurt, and alternate heal spells so Litany of Light refunds mana.

• Prayer of Mending (31 points, needs Spirit of Redemption) bounces between up to five party or raid members as they take damage.
• Litany of Light returns mana when your heal is a different spell from the previous one, which rewards mixing Renew, Flash Heal, Heal and Binding Heal.
• Binding Heal (16 points) heals you and the target, tuned by Blizzard to be as good as Flash Heal even when you need no healing.
• Spiritual Guidance and Spiritual Healing raise healing, and Improved Healing makes the main heals cheaper.
• From Discipline: Meditation keeps part of your mana regeneration going while casting, Mental Strength adds Intellect, and Inner Focus gives a free, more likely crit heal.

Mental Agility or Holy Precision can replace Improved Power Word: Shield if you run short on mana or need Dispel Magic to land.

A sturdy healer for battlegrounds and world PvP built around Power Word: Shield and Penance. You shield first, heal through Weakened Soul with boosted crit chance, and save Power Infusion for a teammate's burst.

• Soul Warding (16 points) lowers Power Word: Shield's cooldown and cost, and Renewed Hope gives extra crit chance on targets with Weakened Soul while shortening it.
• Penance (21 points) is an instant-start channel that heals an ally or damages an enemy, and Twin Disciplines adds to instant spells.
• Divine Aegis turns crit heals into a short absorb shield, which pairs with Renewed Hope's crit bonus.
• Silent Resolve shortens Stun, Fear and Silence, Martyrdom can prevent pushback after you take a crit, and Twilight Focus protects casts from pushback.
• Power Infusion (31 points) raises a teammate's spell damage and healing for 15 sec.

Spell Warding and Blessed Recovery are the survival picks in Holy; Inspiration is an alternative if you face mostly melee.