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Holy Paladin Healing Starter Guide - Shadowlands 9.2.5
By HolyClarius
Last Updated:
2022/11/28
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Welcome to our Holy Paladin starter guide, which covers everything you need to start playing a new character in Shadowlands. While our other guide pages go into more individual detail, this simple starter guide covers all the basics in one place, whether you're a new Holy Paladin, a returning player to Shadowlands, hardcore, or casual alike, it's the best place to get a beginners overview on the class. Included are basic talent builds, simplified rotations, stats, legendary recommendations, and more to get you started as quickly as possible.
Please keep in mind that this page is meant to get players started quickly as an introduction, and does not contain much in the way of detailed explanations, mechanics, competitive options, gearing, simulation comparisons, or nuance. For more in-depth information, including all those optimizations and more, check out the complete Holy Paladin Guide pages linked in the navigation on the left-hand side of the page, and if you're leveling up in Shadowlands, you can take a look at our
leveling tips
.
Overview
NEW Season 1
NEW Nerub-ar Palace
NEW Mythic+
NEW Tier Set Bonus
Cheat Sheet
Talent Builds
Hero Talents
Rotation
DPS as a Healer
Gear
Pets
Support Buffs
Leveling
Abilities & Talents
Stats
Consumables
WA & Addons
Hotfixes
Mage Tower
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Best Holy Paladin Covenant
Each Covenant gives different abilities that can excel in different areas of gameplay. Currently some are generally considered better than others. The main two to look out for as a Holy Paladin are Kyrian, and Venthyr. Of the two both are good in Raiding, Mythic+, and PvP but for different reasons. Kyrian is what I recommend to most new players, it is the best option for healing - which is the primary goal of your specialization. However Venthyr is a viable alternative that trades some healing for Damage, which can be extremely valuable as well.
Best Raid Covenants
Covenants
Rating
Best Soulbind
Kyrian
Great
Pelagos
Necrolord
Poor
Emeni
Night Fae
Poor
Dreamweaver
Venthyr
Great
Draven
Best Mythic+ Covenants
Covenants
Rating
Best Soulbind
Kyrian
Great
Pelagos
Necrolord
Poor
Emeni
Night Fae
Poor
Korayn
Venthyr
Decent
Draven
Best Holy Paladin Covenant
Kyrian Holy Paladin GuideNecrolord Holy Paladin Guide
Night Fae Holy Paladin GuideVenthyr Holy Paladin Guide
Gameplay-wise there are few major differences between the two. Venthyr focuses more on damage during
Ashen Hallow
through its buff to
Hammer of Wrath
, whereas Kyrian provides on-demand healing through
Divine Toll
.
Best Holy Paladin Legendaries
For legendaries Holy Paladins have one main option for increasing your healing. The rest of the options can see some use in niche situations (primarily for increased damage).
Shock Barrier
provides a massive increase in healing.
Inflorescence of the Sunwell
is an option if you dislike the play style built around
Crusader Strike
but this option will net you less healing and damage.
For more information on Legendary crafting -Take a look at our legendary guide to learn more about the legendaries available to Holy Paladins, or our crafting guide to find all the materials you need to craft them.
Holy Paladin Legendaries Guide
Best Holy Paladin Talents
Holy Paladin talents are all quite well balanced, and as such you can realistically pick most options. Below is the "standard" build for raiding/mythic+ but don't be afraid to experiment with other options!
Holy Paladin Talents Guide
Holy Paladin Stat Priority
In Shadowlands primary stat is much more important than previously in Battle for Azeroth. You can get an overview of the best-in-slot gear to look for from dungeons and raids in the Holy Paladin Gear Guide.
Intellect > Haste > Versatility = Mastery > Crit
Intellect
: Increases all damage and healing done by a flat amount.
Haste
: Reduces the time of cooldowns such as
Holy Shock
, and
Crusader Strike
while also reducing the Global Cooldown (GCD) from its base 1.5s.
Versatility
: Increases damage/healing done and reduces damage taken by half the amount.
Mastery
: Increases healing done to nearby allies.
Critical Strike
: Provides spells with a small chance to do double the damage, or healing.
Holy Paladin Stats Guide
Holy Paladin Enchants and Consumables
Cloak
:
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech
Chest
: Primary Stat -
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats
Wrists
: Intellect -
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect
Boots
: Reduced fall damage -
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads
Rings
: Increases Haste
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste
or
Enchant Ring - Bargain of Haste
(lesser)
Mainhand Weapon
: Stats -
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance
Holy Paladin Consumables Guide
Holy Paladin General Rotation
Healers don't have traditional rotations, what you press depends on what is happening around you. But for a general idea of a common gameplay loop you can find a pseudo rotation below. Holy PaladinRotation Guide.
Holy Shock
to heal and generate Holy Power
Crusader Strike
to generate Holy Power and reduce the cooldown of
Holy Shock
Crusader Strike
again to generate another Holy Power and further reduce the cooldown of
Holy Shock
Holy Shock
to heal and generate Holy Power
Light of Dawn
or
Word of Glory
to spend Holy Power and Heal
Holy Paladin Rotation Guide
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at the top of the page. If you are interested in more in-depth Holy Paladin guides for , make sure to browse the
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