New or changed baseline abilities
Baseline spells the Forever tooltips mention that are not in Classic, inferred from the demo.
Execute-style Shadow spell; mentioned by Early Demise.
Now a normal Shadow spell rather than an Undead racial: a Night Elf Priest has it at Rank 3 by level 38 in the demo spellbook. Also mentioned by Devouring Contagion.
Baseline for every Priest now: sits in the Holy tab of a Night Elf Priest's spellbook in the demo.
Races
From the BlizzCon demo. Fear Ward is now baseline for every Priest. Troll spells have not been seen yet. Night Elf spells confirmed in a level 38 spellbook on stream.
Removes Charm, Fear and Sleep effects. (No longer an immunity.)
Regenerate 35% Health and Mana from corpses.
Breathe underwater 300% longer.
Attacks sometimes drain health.
Instant, 10 min cooldown. Cannibalize 720 of your own Health over 15 sec to gain 720 Mana. (Rank 2, level 38 values.)
+10% attack and cast speed for 10 sec.
Regenerate 50% max Health over time.
+5% damage vs Beasts.
10% of Health regen continues in combat.
Not yet seen in the demo.
Removes Stun effects.
Detect stealth for 20 sec.
While wielding a sword, +2% spell and ability critical strike chance.
+5% Spirit.
Cooldown that removes Weakened Soul from the target and heals them.
Immune to Bleeds, Poison and Disease; reduced Physical damage taken for 8 sec.
Track treasure chests.
While wielding a mace, +1% spell and ability critical strike chance.
+5% damage vs Beasts.
Holy damage plus a short root, as in TBC.
Instantly heals you, as in TBC.
+10% critical strike chance for 15 sec.
Stealth while immobile.
+1% Dodge, +2% run speed.
+75% speed while dead.
Changed. Instant, 26 mana, 5 min cooldown: reduces the chance you will be hit by melee and ranged attacks by 50% for 15 sec or until you are missed 3 times. (Classic: ranged only, plus dodge, 3 min cooldown.) Read from the demo spellbook at level 38.
Still in the spellbook (Rank 4 at level 38). Tooltip not read yet, so treat it as Classic until the beta.
Briefly immune to Roots and Snares.
Reduced cost and +10% damage/healing on your next 3 abilities.
+5% Mana, Rage and Energy.
More reliable engineering devices.
Area crowd-control cooldown.
Reported to work like Guardian Spirit: prevents a death and heals instead.
Spellbook at level 38
A level 38 Night Elf Priest from the BlizzCon demo, read from stream footage (Savix 5:01:52). Spells trained after 38 are not here.
General
- Attack
- Shoot
- Armor ProficiencyPassive
- DodgePassive
- LanguagesPassive
Discipline
- Dispel MagicRank 2
- Divine Spirit
- Elune's GraceRank 1
- Inner Fire
- Levitate
- Mana Burn
- Power Word: Fortitude
- Power Word: Shield
- Shackle Undead
- StarshardsRank 4
Holy
- Abolish Disease
- Cure Disease
- Fear Ward
- Flash Heal
- Heal
- Holy Fire
- Lesser Heal
- Prayer of Healing
- Renew
- Resurrection
- Smite
Shadow Magic
- Devouring PlagueRank 3
- Fade
- Mind Blast
- Mind Control
- Mind SootheRank 2
- Mind Vision
- Psychic Scream
- Shadow Protection
- Shadow Word: Pain
Fear Ward is baseline for every Priest, in the Holy tab.
Devouring Plague is a normal Shadow spell now, Rank 3 on a Night Elf.
Elune's Grace changed: 5 min cooldown, 50% chance to be missed by melee and ranged for 15 sec or until missed 3 times.
No Shadow Word: Death by 38; the talent tooltips mention it, so it is probably trained later. The demo was capped at 38.