Welcome to the Holy Priest Healer guide for World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5a. In this guide, you will learn about playing a Holy Priest in a raid. The guide includes Talents, Glyphs, Gems, Enchantments, Add-ons, Gameplay & Skill rotation tips.
Talent Tree
One of the pros being a Holy Priest is your adaptation to every situation. You can change your rotations depending on the situation. Holy Priest arsenal includes all kind of spells: HoTs (Heal over Time), single- and AoE (Area of Effect) spells, also instant spells and heals capable of basically reviving your whole raid in a dangerous situation.
There are some variations in talents. Blessed Resilience is taken when you have good gear – that 3 % will make a difference, otherwise, take Improved Healing
Lightwell – Is a good skill, though lots of people don’t use it. You can take a point off from Blessed Resilience, Test of Faith or Empowered Healing to unlock it.
Glyphs
Major Glyphs
- Glyph of Circle of Healing
- Glyph of Prayer of Healing
- Glyph of Guardian Spirit or Glyph of Flash Heal
Minor Glyphs
Gems
Gems are situational and depend on the build and equipment. They are used to reach the required stat caps.
- Meta: Insightful Earthsiege Diamond this meta gem will allow you to regenerate 600-1200 mana per minute
There are different ways of combining gems.
Option 1: Spirit
This combination is suitable for players who just reached level 80 with low gear level.
- Red: Purified Dreadstone
- Yellow: Luminous Ametrine
- Blue: Sparkling Stormjewel
Option 2: Mixed Stats
Suitable for players with a medium level of gear.
- Red: Purified Dreadstone
- Yellow: Reckless Ametrine
- Blue: Purified Dreadstone
Option 3: Spell Power
Suitable for players with a high level of gear.
- Red: Runed Cardinal Ruby
- Yellow: Reckless Ametrine
- Blue: Purified Dreadstone
Enchants
- Head – Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
- Shoulder – Greater Inscription of the Storm
- Cloak – Enchant Cloak – Greater Speed
- Chest – Enchant Chest – Powerful Stats
- Bracers – Enchant Bracers – Superior Spellpower
- Gloves – Enchant Gloves – Exceptional Spellpower
- Waist – Eternal Belt Buckle
- Legs – Brilliant Spellthread
- Boots – Enchant Boots – Icewalker
- Two-handed – Enchant Staff – Greater Spellpower
- One-handed – Enchant Weapon – Mighty Spellpower
Gameplay & Rotations
Basic Healing Rotation
Circle of Healing → Prayer of Mending → Prayer of Healing
Binding Heal is has a huge mana cost, so use it carefully.
Healing a Tank
Prayer of Mending → Renew → Binding Heal
When you’re at full health and the tank doesn’t get too much incoming damage, instead of using Binding Heal, you can use Flash Heal until you reach 2 stacks of Serendipity
When the tank is heavily damaged:
If you have Serendipity start with Greater Heal, or use Binding Heal to stack it. Afterwards, use the standard combo.
When things get really scary:
Open up with Guardian Spirit and then use the standard tank-healing rotation
Out of Mana Healing
Mana management comes with experience, but OOM situations should be avoided as much as possible. Use the following combination:
Use Guardian Spirit → Prayer of Mending → Renew.
Lightwell would also help out