Holy Priest – The War Within Season 1

Our Holy Priest – The War Within Season 1 Guide prepares you for all the adventures in World of Warcraft’s first Season of The War Within! Check out our War Within S1 Holy Priest Guide here on Your-MMO.com

Holy Priest – The War Within Season 1

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Best Embellishments for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1

Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used in all scenarios. These items are crafted by players with the respective crafting profession. The current most popular Embellishments are:

Stat Priority for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Intellect
Haste
Versatility
Critical Strike
Mastery

Stat Priority for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Intellect
Critical Strike
Mastery
Versatility
Haste

Most used Trinkets for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1

Both lists show the currently best Trinkets in either a Single Target situation or Multi Target combat. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your unique situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. The see a full overview of Trinkets – visit Bloodmallet.

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Changes to Holy Priest in The War Within

In The War Within, many classes have received significant changes to their talent trees and tuning. One of the new features in The War Within are the Hero Talents, unlocked at Level 71 and allowing players to choose between two spec-altering Hero Classes.

All Changes in Patch 11.0.0

PRIEST

Flash Heal healing increased by 20%.
Power Word: Shield absorb amount increased by 20%.
Power Word: Life healing increased by 20%.
Cauterizing Shadows healing increased by 60%.
Healing done from Void Shift to the Priest’s ally is now capped at twice the Priest’s Health.
From Darkness Comes Light now increases the healing of Flash Heal by 3% (was 1%), and stacks up to 20 times (was 50).
Prayer of Mending is now removed from all allies except for the last ally that received one from the Priest when a raid encounter begins.
Fixed an issue causing Holy Nova to not benefit from Phantom Reach.
Fixed an issue causing Halo to damage enemies out of combat.
Updated the visuals and animations for Void Shift.
Fixed an issue causing Divine Image’s teleport to fail on transports.
Added a counter to the Heal spell for tracking the status of Lightweaver.
The following talents are now 1 point:
- Manipulation
- Surge of Light
Holy
- All damage increased by 10%.
- Heal healing increased by 44%.
- Flash Heal healing increased by 20%.
- Prayer of Healing healing increased by 30%.
- Circle of Healing healing increased by 30%.
- Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 20%.
- Divine Image’s Healing Light spell healing increased by 20%.
- Healing Chorus now increases the healing done by Circle of Healing by 3% (was 5%).
- Lightweaver now increases Heal healing by 25% (was 15%).
- Fixed an issue causing the values for Gales of Song to be incorrect.
- Trail of Light is now a 1-point talent.

Gems, Enchants and Consumables

Best Gems in Season 1

Regarding the Stat Priority listed below, we currently suggest using the following Sockets in your Gear. Some classes want to maximize the gain received from their Blasphemite Gems by socketing all possible different colors of Gems.

xxxxx (Maximum 1)

xxxxx (Green)
xxxxx (Purple)
xxxxx (Red)
xxxxx (Blue)
xxxxx (Orange)

Best Enchants in Season 1

Enchants with Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed or Leech) can vary by player preference.

Cloak: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Chest: Primary Stats	XXX
Bracers: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Boots: Stamina	XXX
Pants: Primary Stat / Stamina	XXX
Rings: Secondary Stat before Diminishing Returns (30%)	XXX
Weapon: Primary Stats	XXX

Best Consumables in Season 1

This following list is an overview of all items that players should have in their inventory at all times. These consumables are often a necessity for Mythic dungeons or Raid content and provide a large boost in players performance.

Flask	xxxxx
Potion	xxxxx or xxxxx
Food	xxxxx
Oil	xxxxx
Healing Potion	xxxxx
Invisibility Potion	xxxxx
Drums	xxxxx
Repair Hammer	xxxxx
Combat Rezz	xxxxx

Builds and Talents

Our Talent Trees are updated every day, reflecting all current Mythic+ Affixes, aswell as the most popular Talent Builds for Raid. We gathered all information about our Talent Builds from publicly available data of the best players worldwide.

Last Update: 20.12.2024 2:00pm PDT

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Gear and Trinkets in The War Within Season 1

Best Embellishments for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1

Most used Trinkets for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Best in Slot Gear for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1

The following list contains various items from either Dungeons or Raid which benefit a generic Holy Priest the most. You should always make sure to follow your stat priority and equip gear that has either higher itemlevel, or ensure that it is an upgrade by checking Raidbots.

Dungeon Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX XX

Raid Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX XX

Stat Priority for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1

The further we will get into the current expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit the effectiveness of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% through secondary stats (eg. ~19800 Haste) on your gear, you will start receiving a penalty for each further point on your gear. This penalty reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this threshold.

Stat Priority can differ on every player due to the different gear being used. Make sure to check your own character on Raidbots to get the perfect results for you! A general overview for secondary stats is as follows.

Stat Priority for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Intellect
Haste
Versatility
Critical Strike
Mastery

Stat Priority for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Intellect
Critical Strike
Mastery
Versatility
Haste

General Rotation for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1

For both Hero Classes we offer a general rotation overview. Beware that this is not an in-depth guide how to play your favorite class in each situation, but instead grant newer players insight about how to play and master the basics of their class.

Rotation Example for Holy Priest

Place Lightwell pre-pull, replacing it on cooldown when stacks are depleted, or at 5 or less stacks.
Cast Prayer of Mending on cooldown.
Seek to use Divine Word on Holy Word: Sanctify whenever possible on stacked players that are taking consistent damage.
Cast Holy Word: Sanctify on cooldown for AoE healing and Holy Word: Serenity for single-target.
Cast Circle of Healing on cooldown as raid damage allows.
Cast Halo and or Holy Nova at max stacks as damage comes out for AoE healing.
Use Prayer of Healing and Flash Heal, particularly during Apotheosis procs to maximize cooldown reduction.
Cast Divine Hymn or Holy Word: Salvation for raid-wide damage in coordination with your other healers.
Use Symbol of Hope frequently when Desperate Prayer is on cooldown or your allies’ defensives are on cooldown.!

Best Race for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 1

Each race in World of Warcraft offers their unique combat benefits which provide different powers to a specific class. We would suggest that players choose the race of their choice, regardless of the power gained. Anyways, here is a list of the different Races and their performance.