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The main duties of a Discipline priest in a raid

Lord Marrowgar

  • Shield the entire raid.
  • Use Divine Hymn if the raid drops low on HP (especially if some healers are in spikes or the fire was placed badly).
  • Use your Hymn of Hope as needed.

Lady Deathwhisper

  • Prioritize shielding melee.
  • Use Pain Suppression on the highest DPS melee (usually a Fury warrior) during add cleaves in phase one.
  • Fear mind-controlled players in the ranged camp.
  • Use Divine Hymn in critical situations (lots of ghosts in melee, healers are MC’d).
  • Use Mass Dispel on slowed targets.
  • Use your Hymn of Hope as needed.

Deathbringer Saurfang

  • Shield the raid as much as possible to minimize his rage gain.
  • When there are 3 or more Marks, your healing priority shifts to the Mark targets.
  • Use your Hymn of Hope while there are still a few Marks.
  • Use Divine Hymn closer to the end of the fight when there are many Marks.

Festergut

Rotface

  • Shield as many targets as possible.
  • Dispel the disease when needed.
  • You can Fear the small slime.
  • Use Divine Hymn when the raid takes heavy damage (raid-wide vomit, slime explosion).
  • Use your Hymn of Hope as needed.

Professor Putricide

Blood Prince Council

  • Prioritize shielding the melee camp when Valanar is active. Everyone else still needs shields as well.
  • Dispel slows.
  • On Taldaram and Keleseth, pay extra attention to the tanks.

Blood-Queen Lana’thel

  • Pre-shielding the raid before the pull is mandatory (a lot of damage comes in instantly).
  • Put Fear Ward on yourself before the pull.
  • During the fight: shield the raid; the healers’ party should be under constant shields.
  • Mass Dispel during the air phase to remove Fear.
  • Use Divine Hymn in critical situations (air phase, a healer dies, fire on a healer).
  • Use your Hymn of Hope as needed.

Valithria Dreamwalker

  • We usually don’t go into portals — we stay as raid healers.
  • Use your Hymn of Hope shortly after the start.
  • Use Divine Hymn during the final push to top the boss.

Sindragosa

  • Important: pre-shield the raid while they ride up to the balcony on mounts (we’re on foot).
  • Shield priority: healers and melee, don’t forget the tank.
  • If you get Unchained Magic: Prayer of Mending on the melee group + one shield + Prayer of Healing (don’t spam shields, don’t overstack the debuff).
  • Always shield the players with marks who are going into Ice Tombs.
  • Use Divine Hymn in critical situations (heavy damage after a pull-in, big raid dip before tombs, last phase).
  • Use your Hymn of Hope as needed.

The Lich King

  • Put Prayer of Mending on the tank 20 seconds before the pull.
  • Start shielding the whole raid (except the MT) 17–18 seconds before the pull.
  • After the first Infest: don’t shield those who currently have boss or add aggro. Shield everyone else to restore your mana and give resources to the raid through your talent.
  • Shield priority: healer party → ranged DPS → rogues/cats/DKs → paladins/warriors.
  • There are 22 seconds between Infests → the theoretical maximum is 22 shields, but in practice it will be less.
  • Additionally: use Penance and Prayer of Mending on players or tanks who drop low.
  • Dispel Necrotic Plague from yourself.
  • Use your Hymn of Hope during the transition phase.
  • Melee take more damage, so they need to be shielded more often.
  • Before the phase: the raid should already be shielded to completely cover Infest.
  • During the phase: shield the raid and watch which healers get grabbed by Val’kyrs. You can save the raid with Divine Hymn or by heavily topping the tank.
  • In the last phase, shields lose value — focus on spot healing, mainly on the tanks.
  • 10–15 seconds before being pulled into the Frostmourne room, you can pre-shield the raid (to reduce the damage taken and regain mana via your talent).
  • Inside the room: shields on the raid + Prayer of Mending on cooldown.
  • After you come out and resolve Defile, you can use your Hymn of Hope again.

Halion

  • Dispel the target with the debuff.
  • Your main focus is tank healing. Stack your crit-based absorb shield on them to improve survivability.
  • When moving away from the meteor, you can briefly stop under the dragon’s belly and cast Penance on the tank while other healers are running. This can save the tank.
  • A shield on the tank is mandatory.
  • Use shields on the raid as spot saves, don’t spam them.
  • Use your Hymn of Hope and Divine Hymn as needed.

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