Holy Priest Gearing Guide

Season 1 Tier Set (Nerub’ar Palace):

• (2) Set Bonus: Serendipity is 10% more effective.
• (4) Set Bonus: Heal, Flash Heal, and Prayer of Healing have a 50% chance to cast again at 35% effectiveness.

The 2 set bonus is a very simple bonus, quite minor by itself, but which will increase its value with the 4p.

The 4 set, a pretty strong bonus, for both single target & raid-wide healing. Do note that the additional cast will proc Serendipity by itself at a halved effectiveness, thus increasing the value of the 2p at the same time.

Here are two lists of the optimal gear set-up you want to reach, either for M+ or for raids.

Do note that these lists include every item that will fit the stats priority (covered in this guide) depending of the content you’re aiming for, including specific items (mainly trinkets, or some Use weapons if applicable).

For every raid trinket, I’ll list an alternative which you can obtain in M+, as raids are not something you can farm over and over during a said day.

There sometimes can be alternatives, especially depending on which stats you already have on your character, or for some very specific purposes, so keep in mind that you don’t necessarily always want to match this exact list. Most of the time, ilevel will be the biggest factor, and some stats, such as Mastery in M+, can have a relatively different value depending on what you’ll need (since this one won’t provide any DPS gain, but ONLY healing).

• Raiding
• Mythic+

Gale of Shadows: A pretty strong trinket (especially in M+) that’ll provide you with a great amount of Intellect, thanks to its stacking proc while using Shadow Word: Pain on targets.

Unbound Changeling: This fan favourite from Shadowlands is back for Season 1, as any stats stick is always a pretty solid choice for a healer, especially if you’re lucky enough to proc your daily multi-stats Changeling.

Empowering Crystal of Anub’Ikkaj: A pretty solid stats trinket thanks to its great uptime (1.55 RPPM as of now).

Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension : Currently the strongest embellishment overall, granting you one stack of a random secondary stat (rotating) every 8 seconds.

Duskthread Lining : An embellishment granting you Versatility while above 80% health. A classic effect, even though not very exciting, but still quite valuable (especially as a healer, since you’ll keep your health up as much as possible in any case). Worth crafting after your Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.

The other pieces of crafted gear you can make, after these two embellishments, are very classic, and the choice of which one to craft will only consist of you filling the gap for a slot you were quite unlucky with; whether it’s bad secondary stats that you want to swap, especially on jewelry, or a bigger piece of gear with a hefty pool of Intellect (weapon, chest, helm, legs, shoulders, etc.) where your craft will improve the overall item level.

Regarding the stats you want to have on your crafted gear:

• For any raid craft, you’ll want to choose Mastery & Crit as secondary stats.
• For any M+ craft, you’ll mostly want to choose Haste & Versatility.