Paladin Holy guide
How to play Holy in WoW: Forever: what to press, which stats to chase, the talent build level by level, and the gear and dungeons to aim for.
Vue d'ensemble
Holy is the paladin healing spec. You heal with big, efficient single-target spells and you can wear plate and a shield while you do it. The build gets Illumination and Holy Shock, so crits give mana back and you have an instant heal on demand.
Good at
- Plate armor keeps you alive
- Very mana efficient single-target heals
- Holy Shock for instant heals at 30
- Great group buffs
Watch out for
- Weak group-wide healing
- Slow to level solo
- Holy Light is a long cast to move with
How to play it
In order of priority for levels 20 to 30, on one target:
- Flash of LightYour main heal for steady tank damage. Cheap and fast.
- Holy LightUse it for big hits. Healing Light makes it heal more.
- Holy ShockInstant heal for spikes once you take it at 30. It can also damage an enemy.
- PurifyRemove poisons and diseases from the group.
- Lay on HandsSave someone who is about to die.
Several targets
- ConsecrationYour only area damage when you have spare mana while leveling.
Priorité des caractéristiques
- Soins
- Critique des sorts
- Intelligence
- Dégâts des sorts
- Mana toutes les 5 s
- Esprit
- Endurance
This is the order ONN ranks gear by for Holy. Your weapon matters more than anything for melee.
Talents
21 / 0 / 0 at level 30. One point every level from 10. Take them in this order:
- 10
Divine Intellect1/5 - 11Divine Intellect2/5
- 12Divine Intellect3/5
- 13Divine Intellect4/5
- 14Divine Intellect5/5
- 15
Healing Light1/3
- 16Healing Light2/3
- 17Healing Light3/3
- 18
Spiritual Focus1/2 - 19Spiritual Focus2/2
- 20
Reverence1/3
- 21Reverence2/3
- 22Reverence3/3
- 23
Purifying Power1/2 - 24Purifying Power2/2
- 25
Illumination1/5
- 26Illumination2/5
- 27Illumination3/5
- 28Illumination4/5
- 29Illumination5/5
- 30
Holy Shock1/1
Gear at level 30
The best item for each slot. Hover for the full tooltip.
- Tête
Holy Shroud - Cou
Kaleidoscope Chain - Épaules
Bloodmage Mantle - Dos
Battle Healer's Cloak - Torse
Beguiler Robes - Poignets
Glowing Magical Bracelets - Mains
Truefaith Gloves - Taille
Highlander's Cloth Girdle - Jambes
Abomination Skin Leggings - Pieds
Acidic Walkers - Anneau 1
Advisor's Ring - Anneau 2
Lorekeeper's Ring - Bijou 1
Rune of Duty - Main droite
Zealot Blade - Main gauche
Eye of Paleth
Dungeons to run
Where most of your best gear drops, best first.
- Gnomeregan levels 29 to 381 best-in-slot item: Acidic Walkers
- Scarlet Monastery: Graveyard levels 26 to 361 best-in-slot item: Bloodmage Mantle
- Shadowfang Keep levels 22 to 301 best-in-slot item: Abomination Skin Leggings
- The Deadmines levels 17 to 26
Astuces
- Spiritual Focus gives Flash of Light and Holy Light a 70% chance to ignore pushback, so you can heal while getting hit.
- Reverence lets part of your mana regen keep going while you cast, so short gaps between heals matter.
- Stack crit and Intellect: Illumination gives mana back on every crit heal.
- Blessing of Wisdom on yourself in dungeons. Blessings last an hour now.
- For leveling, many players use a Retribution or hybrid build and switch to Holy for dungeons.
Macros
Make a macro with /macro in game, paste the text, and drag it to your bar.
Heals your mouseover, then your target, then yourself.
#showtooltip Flash of Light /cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Flash of Light
Same idea for your big heal.
#showtooltip Holy Light /cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Holy Light
Sources
Written by ONN for the WoW: Forever beta (level 30 cap). Talents, stats and gear update from the live data; the beta is still changing, so details may be different at launch on November 4. Something wrong? Tell us in #help.