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How to Play Holy Priest in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
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Shadowlands is almost upon us, bringing with it Patch 9.0 and a large chunk of Class changes and updates. In this guide, we will take a look at the most significant changes for Holy Priest , detailing how you can expect to play the spec during the Shadowlands pre-patch.
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How to Play Holy Priest in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
Holy Priest is a versatile but immobile healer specializing in using
or "small miracles" like
and
to provide a rush of immediate healing to allies. Priests have a long history in Warcraft for buffing their allies and saving them from death itself. As a result Priest is often a more vulnerable healer than others with low defensive power and mobility. They make up for it by having excellent Area of Effect healing with some single target support.
Priest brings an important raid-wide buff in
, increasing the stamina of your allies. While Discipline focuses more on preempting incoming damage or even absorbing it, Holy Priest is the master of heavy reactive healing, able to provide a steady stream of output whenever they get a chance to plant their feet and cast. The spec is great for players new to healing as it has a straightforward priority system and as the "classic healer" often has many mechanics that cross over to learning other healing specs later on.
If you are a returning player or would like a more in-depth review on the spec, the rest of this guide and both the
beginner's guide
and
rotation guide
will help provide more details on the spec.
How Different Does Holy Priest Feel in the Shadowlands Pre-Patch?
With the second expansion in a row with minimal changes, Holy Priest should feel right at home for many returning players who have experienced it in Legion or BFA. There will be some talent adjustments that we will list below but the gameplay will continue to revolve around
and working to utilize them to the fullest.
New Abilities for Holy Priest in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
Holy Priest has received some talent adjustments and GCD improvements:
- Is now a baseline ability and used on cooldown whenever there is damage to heal, as usual.
- Replaces Enduring Renewal on the 15 talent row and is a potential 5 man focused option to better support your tank. During pre-patch, this can be a strong option for extremely fast boss kills where you want to further optimize raw throughput and don't need the mana return of
.
- Replaces
on the level 40 talent row in the pre-patch, offering faster heals after using
.
- Now instantly resets the cooldowns of your Holy Words when pressed, solidifying this talent as the top Mythic+ pick on the row.
It has also received some returning abilities shared across all Priest specializations:
- Situational use when on the move and the ally needs instant healing.
- More shadow abilities now made available to Holy.
- Now baseline.
How Do AoE Target Caps Affect Holy Priest in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
now reduces in strength when hitting more than 5 allies or enemies. It will still be ideal to utilize for dealing damage in mass-AoE situations but you will likely want to apply
to priority enemies first.
All AoE Target Caps
How Strong is Holy Priest in Shadowlands Pre-Patch?
Overall Holy Priest is a strong, consistent raid healer and that trend will continue into the Shadowlands Pre-Patch. Below we'll talk more about how losing Corruption will change the spec, but in general, you get better utility and slightly better healing for a 5 man environment while maintaining your strengths in a raid environment.
With the pre-patch also featuring a stat squish it is also increasingly likely that fights in Ny'alotha will continue to be very short which can be favorable to Holy Priest, having two large raid cooldowns that can be used in quick succession.
What are the Big Gameplay Changes for Holy Priest?
5 Man Growth
Now that
resets the cooldowns of your Holy Words, it is more crucial than ever to maximize their usage when talenting into
in a 5 man environment. While your healing Holy Words should frequently be on cooldown you must also make sure to keep
on cooldown before using
to take advantage of the extra damage or even an extra Stun from
.
How Does the Loss of Corruption Affect Holy Priest in the Shadowlands Pre-Patch?
Holy Priest will be losing their bonus stat Corruptions but also losing
which results in a slower reset to their cooldowns. This was an extremely fun and fast playstyle but it should not hurt the spec any more than other healers losing their Corruptions as well.
Best Talent Builds for Holy Priest in Pre-patch
Holy Priest has minimal talent changes in Shadowlands. With
becoming baseline
will replace it in the talent row in the pre-patch for faster
casts.
could see some mixed play use in pre-patch between raids and mythic+. For more information, be sure to visit the
talent guide page
.
Raids
This Holy Priest build is focused primarily on raiding in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
Mythic+
This Holy Priest build is focused on Mythic+
Best Rotation for Holy Priest in Pre-Patch
Your playstyle in Shadowlands revolves around making the fullest use of your Holy Words, while the rest of your Holy Priest rotation revolves around them, benefiting your Holy Words through cooldown reduction to increase your throughput, along with additional talents and spells that are to be used on cooldown.
General Priority of Raid Healing
Cast
on cooldown (if target is around 50% HP)
Cast
on cooldown (if group healing is required).
on cooldown.
Cast
on cooldown depending on damage patterns.
as needed and to deal with spot damage
Cast
as raid damage occurs, mana is permitting.
Use
or
with respect to other healer's raid cooldowns when heavy damage occurs (addressed further in Advanced section).
as filler when not moving.
when on the move if a target is taking sustained damage.
For more advanced information on how to maximize your throughput or better understand Holy Priest's gameplay, be sure to check out the
rotation guide page
.
Best Stats for Holy Priest in Pre-Patch
Holy's stat priority remains unchanged going into Shadowlands. Maximizing item level remains important while Mastery still produces excellent throughput, especially in progression environments with Critical Strike close behind.
Item Level
Mastery
Critical Strike
Versatility
Haste
For more information check out the
stat priority guide page
.
Best Azerite Traits for Holy Priest in Pre-Patch
There are no changes coming up for Azerite.
will not have the required Corruption to activate the stat bonus in prepatch continue using it alongside
. Other powerful Azerite Effects, are
and
.
For further information on how to select the best Azerite pieces be sure to check out the
Azerite Trait Guide page
.
Best Essences for Holy Priest in Pre-Patch
With the pre-patch come no changes to optimal Essences for Holy Priest. Be sure to check out the
Essences page
for more in-depth info. A quick summary is listed below:
Mythic+
No changes:
Major
:
or
depending on if you need additional damage or single target healing support.
Minors:
,
,
Raiding
No changes:
Major
:
Minors:
,
,
All Shadowlands Holy Priest Changes
For a detailed list of everything changing in Shadowlands for Holy Priest , check out our full Shadowlands Changes guide.
All Holy Priest Changes in Shadowlands
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评论
评论来自
tajador27
Looks like another expansion where I will be maining my resto shaman instead of my holy priest. Some of the changes are in the right direction, but juggling big cooldowns isn't as fun as reactive healing with a large toolbox and granularity of heals.
评论来自
Gradywhite
RE: Changes for Shadowlands pre-patch:
Can we get somebody who gives a hoot about holy to write for holy priest? I mean, there's just factually incorrect stuff in here, like saying that Mind Soothe and Power Infusion are in the pre-patch changes when you don't learn them until leveling in Shadowlands.
评论来自
Shaelyaer
Hi Jak,
Psychic Scream was a baseline ability for holy priests even before the prepatch.
Also - you write something about using Renewed Faith in 5 man content but the rest of the sentence sounds like it applies for raids (which makes sense because when do you have long fights that run you oom in M+?).
I would say Trail of Light is the logical go-to talent on that top row for M+, but you don’t seem to mention it there, and you do have it as the suggested option for M+ in the talent trees, so it would be good to add some clarity into your initial thoughts around RF.
评论来自
Anethesia
Would you say that the stat prio is the same for m+ and raids?
On live, on my Hpriest, i tend to go for haste/crit more than mastery.
评论来自
Serbeus
Thanks for the write-up AutomaticJak!
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