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Holy Priest Guide — Class Guides · WoW Forever

Pure healing: stronger and cheaper heals and group healing.

A cloth-wearing healer who also deals Shadow damage. Priests heal single targets and groups, shield allies with Power Word: Shield and fight with Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Blast. More about the priest

Class
Priest
Roles
Healer
Used for
Raids and dungeons
Top talent
Prayer of Mending
Popular builds
1
Version
WoW Forever

How to play

Holy in WoW Forever is the group healer: Prayer of Mending jumps between hurt players, Binding Heal heals you and a target at once, Spiritual Guidance and Spiritual Healing scale with Spirit, and Litany of Light refunds mana whenever you switch between different heals.

Keep Renew and Prayer of Mending rolling, use Prayer of Healing on hurt groups and Flash Heal or Greater Heal on single targets, alternating heals to trigger Litany of Light. Twilight Focus keeps damage from interrupting your casts.

Spirit of Redemption still lets you heal for a few seconds after death.

At a glance

Single-target healing
Group healing
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Forever.

Rotation and priorities

  1. 1Prayer of Mending whenever it is ready.
  2. 2Renew on targets taking steady damage.
  3. 3Prayer of Healing when a group is hurt.
  4. 4Flash Heal or Greater Heal on single targets, alternating heals for Litany of Light.
  5. 5Binding Heal when you are hurt too.
  6. 6Keep Fortitude and Divine Spirit up; Fade if you pull threat.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Strong group healing with Prayer of Mending and Prayer of Healing.
  • Litany of Light rewards varied healing with mana.
  • Spirit of Redemption.

Weaknesses

  • Fragile.
  • Very low solo damage.
  • Prayer of Healing only heals your party.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

  1. 1

    +Healing

  2. 2

    SpiritSpiritual Guidance

  3. 3

    Intellect

  4. 4

    Mana per 5 sec

  5. 5

    Critical strike

  6. 6

    Stamina

What to look for

  • +Healing first; Spirit is unusually valuable thanks to Spiritual Guidance.
  • Mana per 5 seconds for long fights.
  • A healing staff or mace.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

  • Discipline
  • Holy
  • Shadow

  • Prayer of Mending Healer

    HealerPvE
    17/34/0

    Holy group healing: Spiritual Guidance and Spiritual Healing scale with Spirit, Prayer of Mending bounces between allies, and Litany of Light refunds mana.

    • Binding Heal 1/1
    • Litany of Light 2/2
    • Spirit of Redemption 1/1
    • Spiritual Healing 3/3
    • Prayer of Mending 1/1

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Key talents

  • Prayer of Mending · top talent, up to 1

    Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time per caster.

  • Divine Fury · tier 2, up to 5

    Reduces the casting time of your Smite, Holy Fire, Heal, and Greater Heal spells by 0.5 sec.

  • Holy Nova · tier 3, up to 1

    Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 26 to 30 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 49 to 57. These effects cause no threat.

  • Inspiration · tier 3, up to 3

    Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 25% for 15 sec.

  • Improved Healing · tier 4, up to 3

    Reduces the Mana cost of your Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, Penance, and Prayer of Mending spells by 15%.

  • Binding Heal · tier 4, up to 1

    Heals a friendly target and the caster for 236 to 284. Low threat.

  • Litany of Light · tier 5, up to 2

    When you cast a healing spell, gain Mana equal to 10% of the base cost of the spell if your previous heal was a different spell.

  • Spirit of Redemption · tier 5, up to 1

    Upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies.

  • Spiritual Guidance · tier 5, up to 5

    Increases your spell healing by up to 25% of your total Spirit and your spell damage by up to 8% of your total Spirit.

  • Spiritual Healing · tier 6, up to 3

    Increases the amount healed by your spells by 10%.

Holy abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.

What WoW Forever changed

New talents in this tree

  • Twilight FocusGives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any spell.
  • Binding HealHeals a friendly target and the caster for 236 to 284. Low threat.
  • Litany of LightWhen you cast a healing spell, gain Mana equal to 10% of the base cost of the spell if your previous heal was a different spell.
  • Prayer of MendingPlaces a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time per caster.

Classic Era talents the class no longer has

  • Healing Focus
  • Improved Prayer of Healing
  • Lightwell

Spells

New: Fear Ward, Binding Heal, Prayer of Mending. Changed: Lesser Heal, Smite, Renew, Heal, Flash Heal, Holy Fire, Holy Nova, Prayer of Healing, Greater Heal, Lightwell.

Related

Other priest specs: Discipline, Shadow