Skip to content

Desperate Times

Desperate Times2 ranks

Increases healing by 10% on friendly targets at or below 50% health.

Open the full spell page
TypeTalent
Ranks2 ranks
ClassPriest
Specializations3
Tree sectionHoly specialization talents
Row9 of 11
Opens at20 points spent
Game build12.1.5
Advertisement

Tree position

In the Holy Priest talent tree, Desperate Times sits in the Holy specialization talents, row 9 of 11. It takes 2 points to fill. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Holy Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Desperate Times from Say Your Prayers and Ultimate Serenity.

  • Say Your Prayers

    Prayer of Mending has a 15% chance to not consume a charge when it jumps to a new target.

  • Ultimate Serenity

    Increases the healing done by Holy Word: Serenity by 10% and causes it to heal 4 nearby injured allies for 15% of its healing done. Talents that affect Holy Word: Sanctify instead affect Holy Word: Serenity.

Connected below

Desperate Times leads on to Lasting Words and Epiphany.

  • Lasting Words

    Holy Word: Serenity applies 12 sec of Renew to its target. Ultimate Serenity applies 6.1 sec of Renew to allies it heals.

  • Epiphany

    Your Holy Words have a 25% chance to cause your next cast of Prayer of Mending to ignore its cooldown.

Same row

Also on this row: Crisis Management, Light of the Naaru, Light in the Darkness, Prismatic Echoes and Radiant Plea.

  • Crisis Management

    Increases the critical strike chance of Flash Heal and Prayer of Healing by 15%.

  • Light of the Naaru2 ranks

    The cooldowns of your Holy Words are reduced by an additional 10% when you cast the relevant spells.

  • Light in the Darkness2 ranks

    Increases the healing done by Holy Word: Serenity by 30%.

  • Prismatic Echoes2 ranks

    Increases the healing done by your Mastery: Echo of Light by 5% and your Renew by 13%.

  • Radiant Plea

    Increases Prayer of Mending healing by 15%.

Talent trees

Desperate Times is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Priest: Discipline (Healer), Holy (Healer), Shadow (DPS).

Advertisement

Desperate Times Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
Related
Downloads

Art © Blizzard Entertainment. Fan reference, not affiliated.