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:
- Oracle: Haste (20-25%) > Crit = Mastery > Haste > Versatility
- Voidweaver: Haste > Crit = Mastery > Versatility
Having a decent balance between Crit and Mastery is recommended.
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. Crit has the advantage over Mastery that it also amplifies your DPS.
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 - Council's Guile
Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Chant of Leeching Fangs / Enchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace
Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Enchant Bracer - Chant Of Armored Leech / Enchant Bracer - Chant Of Armored Avoidance
Legs: Sunset Spellthread (Daybreak Spellthread, if you want a bit more mana)
Boots: Enchant Boots - Defender's March
Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste *
* 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: Elusive Blasphemite. The extra movement speed comes in handy for a class with limited mobility.
You should aim to equip one gem of each type if you want to maximize the movement speed bonus from Elusive Blasphemite. Refer to the Stat Priority section to decide which specific gem to choose for each color. The different types available are Sapphire, Emerald, Onyx, and Ruby.
Consumables
Health Potion: Invigorating Healing Potion
Flask: Flask Of Tempered Swiftness (Flask Of Tempered Aggression if you are low on crit)
Food: Feasts / Beledar's Bounty
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Augment Rune: Crystallized Augment Rune or buy the reusable Etheral Augment Rune for 100k gold
Mana Potion: Algari Mana Potion (Instant Mana Potion) or Slumbering Soul Serum (Channeled Mana Potion)
Slumbering Soul Serum provides more mana than an instant potion, but it can be hard to find a window to fully channel it during high-movement fights. If you don’t need the extra mana, you can also use a Tempered Potion for more healing and damage. I’d also recommend Tempered Potion for Mythic+.