Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Item level is by far the biggest upgrade, especially early in the tier, as it increases your Intellect. After that, you can balance it out by following this priority:
Haste > Mastery > Crit > Versatility
For Voidweaver, you want as much Haste as possible until you reach 1800. As Oracle, around 1300 is enough.
Stat Outline
Haste: Increases casting speed, reduces the Global Cooldown and the cooldowns of Penance, Mind Blast and Power Word: Shield. This stat is significantly more important for Voidweaver since it relies so heavily on Mind Blast.
Mastery: Provides more throughput on targets with Atonement. It is a very strong stat for HPS but does not increase your damage at all.
Critical Strike: This stat has interactions with talents like Divine Aegis and is simply a stat the spec scales well with. If you want to optimize for damage, Crit has the advantage over Mastery.
Versatility: Sadly your worst stat, but still important if you want to push high keystones and need the extra survivability.
Races
Dracthyr is the strongest option for both Alliance and Horde. It provides improved movement, which Priests always need, and adds extra crowd control.
Alternatives:
- Horde: Goblin for the extra mobility from Rocket Jump.
- Alliance: Void Elf for the extra mobility from Spatial Rift.
Healing and damage output will be very similar across all races, so the utility is what really sets them apart.
Enchants
On progress encounters where you’re in danger of getting one shot you would want to default to avoidance. Avoidance will make it safer to take big hits, while leech will help you get topped faster and provide a bit of extra throughput.
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Acuity Of The Ren'dorei
Head: Enchant Helm - Hex Of Leeching / Enchant Helm - Rune Of Avoidance
Chest: Enchant Chest - Mark Of The Worldsoul / Enchant Chest - Mark Of The Magister (Extra Mana)
Shoulder: Enchant Shoulders - Silvermoon's Mending / Enchant Shoulders - Amirdrassil's Grace
Legs: Arcanoweave Spellthread
Boots: Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity / Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots
Rings: Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity - Ring enchants will be dependent on the content you do and on the rest of your gear. They are good for balancing out your stats.
Gems
Unique Gem: Telluric Eversong Diamond. The extra mana can come in handy on longer fights.
After that you should follow your stat weights but here are some options:
Consumables
- Health Potion: Concentrated Silvermoon Health Potion
- Flask: Flask Of The Blood Knights
- Food: Feasts / Royal Roast
- Weapon Oil: Thalassian Phoenix Oil
- Augment Rune: Void-Touched Augment Rune
- Combat Potion: Light's Potential
- Mana Potion: Lightfused Mana Potion (Instant Mana Potion) or Potion Of Devoured Dreams (Channeled Mana Potion)
Combat and Mana Potions share a cooldown. Since Combat Potions are very powerful, you should always use them over a Mana Potion, and try to pair them with Evangelism.