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Holy Priest TWW Guide

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Holy Priest Overview

The Holy Priest is a powerful spellcaster who harnesses the radiant energy of light to heal allies, deliver robust healing, and shield teammates effectively. Unlike the Discipline specialization, the Holy Priest in WoW is exclusively a healer with no option to serve as a DPS character. This makes it a perfect choice for players who find sustained DPS challenging. However, some seasoned players note that the Holy specialization can offer decent single-target damage potential through its talents when healing is not urgently required.

Holy priest WoW: The War Within

Holy Priest Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths Weaknesses
✅ Strong continuous burst and group healing. ⛔️ Mediocre group healing in situations where a large spread is needed.
✅ Group CDs like  Divine Hymn, Apotheosis, and Holy Word: Salvation. ⛔️ Low damage and mobility.
✅ Excellent group utility with Dispel Magic, Mass Dispel, Mind Soothe, Power Infusion, and Leap of Faith. ⛔️ Zero interrupts.

Holy Priest Hero Talents

Archon: This talent tree enhances the synergy between Halo
and
Surge of Light.
Primarily a passive tree, Archon significantly boosts your healing capabilities through powerful spells such as
Power Infusion,
Holy Word: Salvation,
and
Apotheosis,
enhancing gameplay with substantial healing benefits.

Oracle: This tree centers around the core spell
Premonition,
with a focus on active abilities that amplify healing power. Key talents such as
Premonition of Piety
and
Premonition of Solace
further enhance its effectiveness, particularly for single-target healing scenarios.

Archon Oracle
Power Surge Premonition
Perfected Form Preventive Measures
Resonant Energy Preemptive Care
Manifested Power Waste No Time
Shock Pulse Miraculous Recovery
Incessant Screams Assured Safety
Word of Supremacy Divine Feathers
Heightened Alteration Save the Day
Empowered Surges Foreseen Circumstances
Energy Compression Prophet’s Will
Sustained Potency Desperate Measures
Concentrated Infusion Divine Providence
Energy Cycle Fatebender
Divine Halo Perfect Vision
Clairvoyance

Changes to The Existing Abilities And Talents

Significant updates include a major rework to the Priest class talent tree, featuring a notable 400% increase to Divine Hymn‘s healing output—now scaling down after five targets—and a 15% healing boost for Power Word: Life.

New talents, including Phantom Reach—which extends most spells’ range by 15%—and Cauterizing Shadows, adding healing as Shadow Word: Pain expires, introduce exciting new gameplay options. Additionally, Mindgames has transitioned to a PvP-specific talent.

Holy Priest Rotation

As a healer, it’s essential to monitor the HP of your raid or party and respond promptly to solo players needing assistance and situations where the entire group is at risk. To help prevent emergencies, follow the Raid or M+ priority system and keep an eye on players with low health.

However, don’t stress over players who consistently take avoidable damage, ending up with 20% HP where no emergency heal can save them; sometimes, that’s just how things go. Below, we provide a breakdown of each Holy Priest rotation in WoW to guide you on what spells to cast in different situations.

Raid Priority Mythic+ Priority
1 Lightwell Prayer of Mending on CD
2 Prayer of Mending Holy Word: Sanctify on CD for AoE healing
3 Divine Word Apotheosis
4 Holy Word: Sanctify on CD for AoE healing Divine Star on CD
5 Circle of Healing on CD Power Word: Life
6 Halo and/or Holy Nova Symbol of Hope when Desperate Prayer on CD
7 Prayer of Healing
8 Divine Hymn
9 Symbol of Hope when Desperate Prayer on CD

As mentioned, Holy Priests are not built for DPS, but their damage abilities can still contribute to faster boss kills and support the team. To help your party even more, consider following this DPS Priority:

Major Cooldowns

Spell Cooldown Description
Divine Hymn 3 min One of your primary cooldowns, which heals all party or raid members for a massive amount of your spell power over 8 sec. Each heal increases all targets’ healing taken by 4% for 15 sec. This effect stacks.
Holy Word: Salvation 12 min This one heals all allies and applies Renew and 2 stacks of Prayer of Mending to each of the healed allies.
Apotheosis 2 min Resets the CD of your Holy Words and allows you to enter a pure Holy form for 20 sec, which reduces your Holy Words’ cooldown even more.
Guardian Spirit 3 min This spell summons a spirit to guard upon the friendly target, in case of the target’s death it revives it with 40% HP. You would often cast it on a tank.
Desperate Prayer 1.5 min A defensive CD, which increases your max HP and heals for that amount.
Fade 30 sec Fade out to remove the threat from yourself.
Power Word: Shield 7.5 sec A shield can be applied to the ally for 15 sec.

Holy Priest Build

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Mythic+
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Holy Priest Stats

  • Intellect;
  • Critical Strike;
  • Haste;
  • Mastery;
  • Versatility.
  • While many players associate Critical Strike with doubling damage, it also enhances healing, making it a top priority among secondary stats for Holy Priests.

    Haste is vital for reducing spell-casting time, allowing more rapid and effective healing during intense encounters.

    Mastery mainly boosts our Mastery: Echo of Light HoT effect, which is beneficial, though usually not the primary focus. However, Mastery gains importance in Raid settings.

    Versatility provides a modest boost to healing and damage, but it is generally not significant enough to prioritize.

    Holy Priest Leveling

    Leveling as a Holy Priest in The War Within can be one of the slower aspects of gameplay. However, there are three main methods for progressing efficiently:

  • Dungeons: This is the ideal leveling method for a healing spec, as you’ll have Tanks and DPS handling most of the damage, allowing you to focus on healing. Queue times are minimal for healers, so there’s no need to switch to DPS.
  • Questing: Questing can be more challenging for healers, as many quests require defeating large numbers of mobs. Other quests are often item collection tasks, which, while straightforward, can feel repetitive.
  • Onlyfarms Assistance: The fastest and most efficient way to level your main or alt character is with help from our Power Leveling team, whose expertise ensures a smooth experience.
  • Best Gear for Holy Priest

    Slot Item Source
    Head Living Luster’s Semblance Catalyst / Raid / Vault
    Neck Trailspinner Pendant Mists of Tirna Scithe
    Shoulders Living Luster’s Dominion Catalyst / Raid / Vault
    Cloak Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar [DNT] Tug of War Stalker
    Chest Bile-Soaked Harness [DNT] Tug of War Stalker
    Wrist Necropolis Lord’s Shackles The Necrotic Wake
    Gloves Living Luster’s Touch Catalyst / Raid / Vault
    Belt Acrid Ascendant’s Sash Queen Ansurek
    Legs Living Luster’s Trousers Catalyst / Raid / Vault
    Boots Membranous Slippers The Dawnbreaker
    Ring Seal of the Poisoned Pact Queen Ansurek
    Ring Band of the Roving Scalawag Siege of Boralus
    Trinket Gale of Shadows Grim Batol
    Trinket Gruesome Syringe Broodtwister Ovi’nax
    Staff Staff of Siphoned Essences Grim Batol
    Main Hand Scithewood Scepter Mists of Tirna Scithe
    Off Hand Overflowing Umbral Pail The Dawnbreaker

    Best Holy Priest Trinkets

    S Tier
    A Tier
    B Tier
    C Tier

    While raid trinkets are limited in availability and raid groups often exceed 10 players, they don’t always represent the best-in-slot options. Instead, we recommend reaching out to our team to obtain the Dungeon Trinket you need. This approach is faster and far easier than solo farming.

    Tier Set Bonuses for Holy Priest

    Shards of Living Luster is the Holy Priest Tier Set for Season 1 in the War Within.

    2-set Serendipity is 10% more effective.
    4-set HealFlash Heal, and Prayer of Healing have a 50% chance to cast again at 35% effectiveness.

    Best Consumables for Holy Priest

    Type Best Options
    Flask Flask of Alchemical Chaos Flask of Tempered Aggression
    Combat Potion Algari Mana Potion Slumbering Soul Serum
    Health Potion Algari Healing Potion
    Weapon Buff Algari Mana Oil
    Augment Rune Crystallized Augment Rune
    Food zzOld Do Not Use (DNT) zzOld Do Not Use (DNT)
    Diamond Culminating Blasphemite Insightful Blasphemite
    Other Gems Masterful Ruby Deadly Onyx

    Best Holy Priest Enchants

    Slot Best Enchant Cheaper Version
    Weapon Enchant Weapon – Authority of Fiery Resolve Enchant Weapon – Council’s Guile
    Cloak Enchant Cloak – Chant of Leeching Fangs Enchant Cloak – Chant of Winged Grace
    Chest Enchant Chest – Crystalline Radiance
    Bracers Enchant Bracer – Chant of Armored Leech Enchant Bracer – Chant of Armored Avoidance
    Legs Sunset Spellthread
    Boots Enchant Boots – Defender’s March Enchant Boots – Scout’s March
    Ring – Regular Enchant Ring – Radiant Critical Strike Enchant Ring – Glimmering Critical Strike
    Boots Enchant Boots – Watcher’s Loam
    Ring Devotion of Critical Strike Writ of Critical Strike

    Holy Priest End-Game

  • Mythic+ Dungeons: Prioritize mastering your healing cooldowns and adapting strategies as keystone levels rise in difficulty.
  • Raids: Coordinate with your raid team to deliver large-scale healing, making full use of your powerful AoE abilities in The Nerub’ar Palace Raid.
  • Delves: Discover this new feature with progressively challenging solo or group content, requiring efficient healing tactics and resource management.
  • Holy Priest Transmog Collecting: Many older raids can now be soloed in around 30 minutes to farm rare items, though for Shadowlands and Dragonflight, you may still need to queue with a group for T-mog runs.