Runes are special items available in the Season of Discovery in WoW Classic. These runes can be equipped to your gear, giving your character powerful passive effects. This WoW SoD Priest Runes guide covers the new Priest runes introduced in SoD Phase 3 and the existing ones.
All Priest Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 3
The following Priest Runes are new in WoW SoD Phase 3:
| Rune | Effect | Slot |
|---|---|---|
| Divine Aegis | Critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 30% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec. | Head |
| Eye of the Void | Call an eye of the void to fight for you for 30 sec. The eye can cast various curses on your target. | Head |
| Pain and Suffering | Mind Blast refreshes the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain on the target back to its maximum duration. | Head |
| Despair | Periodic damage from your spells can now be critical strikes. | Wrists |
| Surge of Light | Critical spellcasts cause your next Smite or Flash Heal cast within 15 sec to be instant cast. | Wrists |
| Void Zone | Summons a void zone in the target area that deals 96 Shadow damage to enemies that stand within it every second for 10 sec. | Wrists |
All Priest Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 2
The following Priest Runes are new in WoW SoD Phase 2:
| Rune | Effect | Slot |
|---|---|---|
| Empowered Renew | Blasts the target for 230 to 267 Shadowfrost damage and increases the critical strike chance of your next Mind Blast on the target by 30%, stacking up to 3 times. | Waist |
| Mind Spike | You disperse into pure Shadow energy, reducing all damage taken by 90%. You are unable to attack or cast spells, but you regenerate 6% mana every 1 sec for 6 sec. Dispersion can be cast while stunned, feared or silenced clears all snare and movement impairing effects when cast, and makes you immune to them while dispersed. | Waist |
| Renewed Hope | Your heals from Flash Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance have 10% increased critical effect chance when cast on targets with Weakened Soul. | Waist |
| Dispersion | You disperse into pure Shadow energy, reducing all damage taken by 90%. You are unable to attack or cast spells, but you regenerate 6% mana every 1 sec for 6 sec. Dispersion can be cast while stunned, feared or silenced and clears all snare and movement impairing effects when cast, and makes you immune to them while dispersed. | Waist |
| Pain Suppression | Instantly reduces all damage taken by a friendly target by 40% and increases resistance to Dispel mechanics by 65% for 8 sec. | Feet |
| Spirit of the Redeemer | Activate to become the Spirit of Redemption for 10 sec. While in this form, you can cast any healing spell free of cost, but you cannot move, attack, be attacked, or be targeted by any spells or effects. Requires Spirit of Redemption talent to activate, and you will no longer enter Spirit of Redemption upon dying. | Feet |
All Priest Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 1
The following Priest Runes are new in WoW SoD Phase 1:
| Rune | Effect | Slot |
|---|---|---|
| Serendipity | Healing with Flash Heal reduces the cast time of your next Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, or Prayer of Healing by 20% for 20 sec, stacking up to 3 times. | Chest |
| Strength of Soul | Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Flash Heal reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on targets they heal by 4 sec. In addition, targets of your Power Word: Shield will gain Rage from taking damage despite the damage being absorbed, and Righteous Fury will trigger from damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield as if it were a heal. | Chest |
| Twisted Faith | Mind Flay and Mind Blast deal 50% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Shadow Word: Pain. | Chest |
| Void Plague | Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 1,457 Shadow damage over 18 sec. | Chest |
| Circle of Healing | Heals all of target player’s party members within 40 yards of target player for 875 to 969. | Hands |
| Mind Sear | Causes an explosion of shadow magic around the enemy target, causing 132 to 147 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 5 sec to all enemies within 10 yards around the target. | Hands |
| Penance | Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 241 Holy damage to an enemy, or 572 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec. | Hands |
| Shadow Word: Death | A word of dark binding that inflicts 602 to 700 Shadow damage to the target. If the target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, the caster takes damage equal to 50% of the damage inflicted upon the target. | Hands |
| Homunculi | Break off splinters of your soul to animate 3 miniature copies of yourself that attempt to attack your current target with a mace, sword, and axe, reducing the attack speed, attack power, and armor respectively of any target they hit. | Legs |
| Power Word: Barrier | Summons a holy barrier to protect all party members at the target location for 10 sec, reducing all damage taken by 25% and preventing damage from delaying spellcasting. | Legs |
| Prayer of mending | Places a spell on the target that heals them for 498 the next time they take damage or receive healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time. | Legs |
| Shared Pain | Your Shadow Word: Pain now also afflicts up to 2 additional nearby targets within 15 yards. | Legs |
