Azeroth Survivors Priest Build
Priest is easy and slow. The clear score is eighth. Shields and jumping pain make it a calm second class, not the one you pick to race a timer. The quoted capstone line is the English string from client 0.112.5. The plan under it is a community reading, not a counted sample of our own runs. Open the gear page and the planner when the capstone is chosen.
B tier · beginner #5 · clear score #8 (99.9)
Survivability: Medium index 150. Difficulty: Easy index 13. Range: Ranged.
Starter: Smite. Smite is the starter. Shadowform keeps you in a shadow plan for the whole run.
F spell: Fade, 18s. Races: Undead, Dwarf, Human.
Hit points are not printed. Older posts disagree, including Paladin figures of 245 and 160, and this desk will not pick one.
Source: capstone quotes from client 0.112.5 (aac727ed), English string table in wenilla_bg.wasm, read 2026-10-23. Clear score, card order, and clocks remain community. Not a playtest.
Priest gear · Plan this build · Tier list
Penance
Capstone. You strike out on your own: a free Penance about every 3 sec, three bolts of holy light at the nearest enemies.
Quoted from the 0.112.5 English string table. A “v” in curly braces is the client’s placeholder. This page does not fill it in. The notes below are still community.
Holy bolts on a timer. Simple and steady.
- Cards: Penance and holy damage.
- Talent order: Shield milestone for survival, then Penance.
- Gear and jewelry: Health and cooldown reduction.
- Zones: Learning runs.
Chastise
Capstone. Smite strikes 1 more enemy, and every Smite cast that critically strikes sets off a free Holy Nova.
Quoted from the 0.112.5 English string table. A “v” in curly braces is the client’s placeholder. This page does not fill it in. The notes below are still community.
Smite crits become the area button.
- Cards: Smite, crit, Holy Nova.
- Talent order: Crit before the capstone so Nova actually fires.
- Gear and jewelry: Crit. A shield piece so a Nova pack does not delete you.
- Zones: Mid zones with mixed pack sizes.
Shadowform
Capstone. You take on Shadowform for the whole run, and when an enemy dies with Shadow Word: Pain on it, it bursts for {v}% of its maximum health on everything within 6 yd and the pain jumps to the enemy nearest it.
Quoted from the 0.112.5 English string table. A “v” in curly braces is the client’s placeholder. This page does not fill it in. The notes below are still community.
The published Priest plan. Pain spreads while you walk.
- Cards: Shadow Word: Pain, Mind Blast, haste.
- Talent order: Pain ticks that loose a free Mind Blast, then Shadowform.
- Gear and jewelry: Haste and damage against afflicted targets.
- Zones: Long 18:00 and 20:00 runs where a slow spread has time to work.
Milestones worth the points
- Start with Power Word: Shield. A breaking shield bursts.
- A broken shield is raised again, at most every 15 seconds.
- Shadow Word: Pain ticks can loose a free Mind Blast.
- Shadow spells also strike for a slice of the target’s max health.
Spell book
Per-rank damage is not a single number in the 0.112.5 tooltips we read. Many of them still say “v” in curly braces. The table is the spell’s job, plus the icon when the client record names one. Rank the spell your capstone names, and leave the others.
| Spell | Role | Rank numbers |
|---|---|---|
 Smite | Starter; extra target from Chastise | Not a single value in the 0.112.5 string |
 Holy Fire | Holy damage over time | Not a single value in the 0.112.5 string |
 Shadow Word: Pain | The spread that Shadowform cashes in | Not a single value in the 0.112.5 string |
 Mind Blast | Free casts from pain ticks | Not a single value in the 0.112.5 string |
 Holy Nova | Crit payoff from Chastise | Not a single value in the 0.112.5 string |
 Power Word: Shield | Milestone opener | Not a single value in the 0.112.5 string |
| Penance | Timed holy bolts | Not a single value in the 0.112.5 string |
Card priority
- Early: Shield or pain, not both schools.
- Mid: Commit to shadow or holy by the second boss.
- Before the boss: Have a shield ready for the enrage. Fade is threat, not a heal.
Bosses and mistakes
Pain on a boss is steady damage, not a burst. Do not reroll away your only single-target card at minute 12.
Mixing Penance and Shadowform cards. The capstones do not share a school. Do not expect a fast early clear. The class is a slow burn.
What 0.110.0 changed
No Priest number change is stored for 0.110.0. Patch notes.