Tier Sets
The War Within Season 1 Holy Paladin Tier Set Bonus:
- (2) Set Bonus: Holy Shock's healing is increased by 10% and its cooldown is reduced by 10%
- (4) Set Bonus: Holy Shock increases the initial healing of your next Word of Glory Icon Word of Glory or Light of Dawn Icon Light of Dawn by 8%, stacking up to 4 times.
Neither (2) set nor (4) set bonus will change the way you play the game. These are sweet and simple increases to HPS and will just enhance what you’ve already been doing since the TWW prepatch.
holy paladin Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritise the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Holy Paladin, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
Overall Best Gear
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Entombed Seraph’s Casque | Silken Court (Tier) |
| Neck | Surekis Zealot’s Insignia (very rare) | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Entombed Seraph’s Plumes | Rasha’nan (Tier) |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow (very rare) | Rasha-nan |
| Chest | Queensguard Carapace | Queen Ansurek |
| Wrist | Ravaged Lamplighters Manacles | Rasha’nan |
| Gloves | Entombed Seraph’s Castigation | Sikran (Tier) |
| Belt | Ballast Sinkers | Siege of Boralus |
| Legs | Entombed Seraph’s Greaves | Nexus Princess (Tier) |
| Boots | Boots of the Black Bulwark | Bloodhound Horror |
| Ring | Key of the Unseeming | Bloodhound Horror |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact (very rare) | Queen Ansurek |
| Trinket | Gale of Shadows (for Herald) or Spymaster’s Web | Grim Batol or Silken Court |
| Trinket | Unbound Changeling | Mists of Tirna Scithe |
| Main Hand | Flawless Phase Blade | Sikran |
| Off Hand | Crest of the Caustic Despot | Queen Ansurek |
Best Gear from the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Entombed Seraph’s Casque | Silken Court (Tier) |
| Neck | Surekis Zealot’s Insignia (very rare) or Locket of Broken Memories | Sikran / Rasha’nan |
| Shoulders | Entombed Seraph’s Plumes | Rasha’nan (Tier) |
| Cloak | Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar or Wings of Shattered Sorrow (very rare) | Ulgrax or Rasha-nan |
| Chest | Entombed Seraph’s Breastplate or Queensguard Carapace | Ovi’nax (Tier) or Queen Ansurek |
| Wrist | Ravaged Lamplighters Manacles | Rasha’nan |
| Gloves | Entombed Seraph’s Castigation | Sikran (Tier) |
| Belt | Nether Bounty’s Greatbelt | Nexus Princess |
| Legs | Entombed Seraph’s Greaves | Nexus Princess |
| Boots | Boots of the Black Bulwark | Bloodhound Horror |
| Ring | Key of the Unseeming | Bloodhound Horror |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact (very rare) | Queen Ansurek |
| Trinket | Gruesome Syringe | Ovi’nax |
| Trinket | Spymasters Web | Silken Court |
| Main Hand | Flawless Phase Blade | Sikran |
Best Gear from Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Entombed Seraph’s Casque | Catalyst |
| Neck | Elder’s Hemolymphal Periapt | City of Threads |
| Shoulders | Entombed Seraph’s Plumes | Catalyst |
| Cloak | Azureborne Cloak | Grim Batol |
| Chest | Entombed Seraph’s Breastplate | Catalyst |
| Wrist | Vociferous Subjugators Bracers | City of Threads |
| Gloves | Entombed Seraph’s Castigation | Catalyst |
| Belt | Cannoneer’s Toolbelt | Siege of Boralus |
| Legs | Entombed Seraph’s Greaves | Catalyst |
| Boots | Ballast Sinkers | Siege of Boralus |
| Ring | Devout Zealots Ring | The Dawnbreaker |
| Ring | Band of the Ancient Dredger | Siege of Boralus |
| Trinket | Gale of Shadows (for Herald) or Empowering Crystal of the Anub’ikkaj | Grim Batol or The Dawnbreaker |
| Trinket | Unbound Changeling | Mists of Tirna Scithe |
| Main Hand | Amarths Spellblade | Necrotic Wake |
| Off Hand | Encrusted Canopic Lid | Necrotic Wake |
Trinkets
Unbound Changeling - Fan favorite trinket from Shadowlands. It’s a simple stat stick trinket with INT and a chance to proc a large amount of haste. Historically these kinds of trinkets have been very good on Holy Paladin.
Spymaster’s Web - This trinket provides a significant increase to your mastery, boosts your Intellect, and has an on-use effect best activated during your wings. It's a powerful item, but keep in mind that its effect is triggered by dealing damage, so you'll need to use a damaging ability every 6 seconds to make the most of it. While this isn't a major hurdle for a paladin, the main drawback is that this trinket isn’t available in our loot table since it’s categorized as a DPS trinket, making it challenging to obtain.
Gale of Shadows - Another simple stat trinket. The catch here is that its effect procs off dots and hots, making it great for Herald but worthless for Lightsmith.
Honorable Mentions
Empowering Crystal of the Anub’ikkaj and Ara-kara Sacbrood - these are some more simple stat proc trinkets, if you can't get your hands on a changeling.
Gruesome Syringe - A crit trinket that can either provide some passive healing or a boost to your intellect. On beta this trinket did decent healing in both and M+ and Raid and it comes with our favorite secondary attached to it.
Embellishments
Raid
Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension - This is a simple buff that stacks a random secondary stat as long as you’re in combat. It can be crafted on a weapon which is the biggest power boost you can get from a single item, so this should be the first thing you craft.
Writhing Armor Banding - Since Ascension is a Nerubian embellishment, this will double its effect. Craft it on whatever low ilvl piece of gear needs to be replaced, just make sure it’s not taking up a tier slot.
Keys
Since stacks drop when out of combat Ascension loses a lot of value in M+. Unfortunately none of the alternatives are very good. If min-maxing it’s recommended you first craft a Binding of Binding, as this is the biggest damage boost you can get, followed by a Fractured Gemstone Locket or Dawnthread Lining, the benefits are all marginal so don’t worry about it too much.