The priest class is solidly in the "good not great" camp headed into World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. As a healer, Discipline Priest may be outclassed by other healer specs in Dragonflight, but is still more than capable of performing well. You're going to need an edge to compete with better specs. Let our Disc Priest best in slot guide help you out!

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Discipline Priest Best in Slot Stat Priority

The most important factor to consider when obtaining new gear is your stat priority. In general, you should follow a rule like this:

1. Intellect
2. Haste
3. Mastery
4. Critical Strike
5. Versatility

Haste and Versatility are solidly the best and worst options. Mastery and Crit are pretty even and interchangeable, which should make gearing your Disc Priest a little easier.

Important Notes For BiS Lists

It is important to note that any jump in ilvl by more than 10 points almost always results in the higher ilvl item being better. If you have an upgrade of 5 ilvl or less, compare the stats based on the stat priorities to decide the better item.

When weighing options of other items not listed below, refer to the stat priority of the class and spec. Keep in mind that stats eventually have diminishing returns, so it is not required to have absolutely every slot stack the same 2 stats. For simplicity, we offer the best per slot assuming you have not capped out these stats.

The calculations for diminishing returns are as follows:

• 0 to 30% in a stat - no penalty.
• 30% to 39% in a stat - 10% penalty.
• 39% to 47% in a stat - 20% penalty.
• 47% to 54% in a stat - 30% penalty.
• 54% to 66% in a stat - 40% penalty.
• 66% to 126% in a stat - 50% penalty.

In the case where you have reached 30% in a secondary stat, an item that has a secondary stat that is lower on priority may in fact be a better upgrade. This is why it is always important to sim your gear. For simplicity, we offer the best item in that slot assuming you have not capped out these stats.

Discipline Priest BiS Gear

The items appearing in these lists may come from Mythic+, Raids, or The Vault. Their item level will depend on the instance's level of difficulty (Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Mythic+ 1-20). This list does not include Renown or Crafting items as it is meant as a guide on what dungeons or raids to attend to get your best gear from these sources.

Item tooltips will show the Mythic 9 or the Normal Raid difficulty item level version.

Best Head

There are other solid options beyond what is listed below.

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Best Neck

Halls of Valor has two options for you.

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Best Shoulders

Some good options listed below. If 4-piece is good enough, you'll likely wear the shoulder tier here.

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Best Back

There is no shortage of cloak options for Disc Priests. Take your pick beyond what is below and sim what you have.

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Best Chest

Tier has two of your best stats.

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Best Wrist

Unless it's an ilvl upgrade, your best bracers come from Mythic+ over the ones from Raiding.

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Best Hands

Both raid gloves have Crit and Mastery, so tier gets the edge there. Plenty of good options in Mythic+ too beyond what we highlighted.

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Best Waist

Surprisingly, there are a lot of good belt options.

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Best Legs

The Crit on tier legs is nice, but the Versatility is not the greatest.

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Best Feet

Lots of good options for your boots.

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Best Rings

You can get a lot of Mastery from the raid ring and stock up on Crit and Haste in Mythic+.

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Best Trinkets

If you're an alchemist, picking up the profession trinket is a no-brainer.

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Best Weapons

Generally, whichever combination of items is a higher ilvl will be your best bet. Sim to make sure.

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Best Gems For Discipline Priests

Here we list the best gems you can socket your gear with for Discipline Priests. As always, it is best to sim to ensure you're using the best options available. These gems are chosen given consideration to your best stats.

• Epic unique gem - Fierce Illimited Diamond
• Remaining gems - Crafty Ysemerald

Best Enchants For Discipline Priests

Here are the best enchants available for Discipline Priests in Dragonflight.

• Cloak - Graceful Avoidance
• Chest - Waking Stats
• Bracers - Reserve of Intellect
• Legs - Temporal Spellthread
• Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
• Rings - Devotion of Haste
• Weapon - Sophic Devotion

How To Simulate To Determine Your Best Gear

Raidbots is a tool that World of Warcraft players can use to figure out if the gear they just looted is an upgrade. As mentioned earlier, there are so many nuances and diminishing returns as certain points in the game, that determining an exact set of bis gear is impossible. With the ilvl scaling of Mythic+ loot on higher keys and utility different gear has for different fights, there just isn't a pure "this is the absolute best for the entire Season" list. It's even something that certain classes have come across in Classic Wrath!

Don't worry, because we're still here to help. We highly recommend using raidbots to determine if an item you just acquired is an upgrade. Here's a quick guide to help you run simulations to see if your new item is an upgrade:

• Make sure you have the Simulationcraft add-on installed.
• With your new loot in your inventory, open your chatbox and type /simc.
• A window will open up. Copy the entire text and paste it on the Raidbots Top Gear page. I included my Simulation craft window for my personal character below

• This step is important. On the Top Gear page, scroll down and make sure you're selecting the gear you want simmed. If you do not select the gear you're wearing, as well as the gear in your inventory you just acquired, you won't know if you picked up an upgrade.
• Raidbots will then let you know which items allow you to maximize your DPS!

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