Fear Ward For All

Several key things changed for the priest class as of patch 2.3, not the least of which was the addition of fear ward to the normal spell list. This means that all priests now have the ability and that Dwarves and Dreanei have a new racial ability. Priests also got a new Discipline talent:

Focused Will - Max 3 Points. After taking a critical hit you gain the Focused Will effect, reducing all damage taken by up to 5% and increasing healing effects on you by up to 10% for 8 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times.
- As a healer you are not likely to take much damage in PvE, never mind criticals. However this is very useful as a PvP healer.
- Therefore, ignore if your PvE and strongly consider if your PvP. However if you are taking 3 criticals in 8 seconds to get the full benefit, your likely is serious trouble anyway.

You can check out all the changes in the Priest Guide Here.