Holy Paladin Class Guide - MoP Classic

Welcome to our Mists of Pandaria Classic (MoP Classic) Holy Paladin Class Guide for Phase 1, it focuses on getting you up to speed with the Spec for PvE content, Dungeons and Raiding. The guide includes key information for what has changed going into MoP, the best Talent builds, Major Glyphs, your Rotation, Gearing and Consumables for Holy Paladin.

Table of Content:

• Changes from Cataclysm to MoP
• Talents
• Rotation & Abilities
• Gearing & Consumables

What’s New for Holy Paladin in Mists of Pandaria

Mists of Pandaria is one of the biggest steps forward in terms of class design. A lot of classes are getting reworked, changed, or improved. Paladin are one of them, with each spec receiving groundbreaking changes. Retribution and Protection are both receiving insane changes. Holy is also changing quite a bit, but the core of the specialization is going to stay mostly the same: you are a melee healer. Seal of Insight doesn’t give mana anymore, here are the other changes:

• Seal and Aura are getting a rework, seals are a bit simpler and Auras are gone (outside of the Raid Cooldown Aura of Devotion)
• Blinding Light has been added.
• Blessing of Might now give 3000 Mastery.
• Guardian of the Ancient Kings Cooldown reduced.
• Hand of Salvation reduces threat to 0.
• Emancipate is a new spell removing slows and snares with no cooldown.
• Holy Power can now be stacked to 5.
• Inquisition is easier to maintain.
• Divine storm is now a true spender.

Is Holy Paladin Good?

Holy Paladin are good enough. This is not a very comforting answer, but it’s the truth. As a Paladin, the sheer amount of utility you bring is unmatched. Hand of Sacrifice, Hand of Protection, Hand of Freedom, Devotion Aura, an immunity, it’s great. And you are also incredible at healing one single target. For the whole group, it’s a bit harder. You can’t match the healing output of most other healers. But still, your throughput is enough to heal the group during most encounters, so if you love Holy Paladin, you should play it.

Best Talents & Glyphs for Holy Paladin in MoP Classic

The new talent system offers a lot of options. This guide will give you 2 talent builds, one for dungeons and one for raids. But remember to swap your talents around depending on the encounter.

Holy Paladin Raiding Talent Build

Holy Paladin has an incredible number of choices in the tree, and you can pretty much change each row depending on the fight:

• Speed of Light can be changed for Pursuit of Justice if you need to move constantly.
• Fist of Justice, Repentance and Evil is a Point of View will be swapped around depending on the fight, but Fist of Justice is the more versatile solution.
• Eternal Flame and Selfless Healer are very close together. Selfless healer will help you a bit more if you have mana problems.
• Clemency can be swapped with Unbreakable Spirit if you need more personal cooldowns.
• Divine Purpose and Holy Avenger are both great options. Divine Purpose is better if you have mana issues (which will be a problem early on in the expansion) and Holy Avenger is better if you don’t have any mana issues.
• Finally, Light’s Hammer is your default choice but if you are playing in an encounter where the raid is really spread out, Holy Prism will be better.

Best Holy Paladin Raid Glyphs

Regarding Major Glyphs, you will want to obtain Glyph of Hand of Sacrifice, Glyph of Protector of the Innocent, Glyph of Divinity.

Other choices might be Glyph of Divine Protection, Glyph of Beacon of Light, Glyph of Flash of Light.

Minor Glyphs aren’t that great, but you can consider some things like Glyph of the Righteous Retreat and Glyph of Focused Wrath.

Holy Paladin Dungeons & Challenge Mode Talent Build

The choices in the dungeon build might be different from the raid build, but the reasoning behind each choice is the same as the raid build.

Holy Paladin Dungeon Glyph

Regarding Major Glyphs, you will want to obtain Glyph of Hand of Sacrifice, Glyph of Protector of the Innocent, Glyph of Divinity.

Other choices might be Glyph of Divine Protection, Glyph of Beacon of Light, Glyph of Flash of Light.

Minor Glyphs aren’t that great, but you can consider some things like Glyph of the Righteous Retreat.

Rotation for Holy Paladin in MoP Classic

Holy Paladins use Holy Power generators to get Holy Power and then spend it. Here are the different rotations and how to heal.

Single Target & AoE Rotation & Priority

1. Stay in Seal of Insight.
2. Use Divine Favor, Avenging Wrath, Holy Avenger (if talented) and Guardian of the Ancients Kings in high damage situations. Try and not use everything at once, to be sure to have something to do in case of emergencies.
3. Maintain Beacon of Light on the Tank. Change if the active Tank changes.
4. Use Light’s Hammer on Cooldown.
5. Use your Holy Power on Word of Glory/Eternal Flame and Light of Dawn. World of Glory for Single Target heals, Eternal Flame for Single Target but also to spread the heal over time to targets and Light of Dawn to instantly heal 6 targets in AoE.
6. Use Judgment on Cooldown. If you play with Selfless Healer it’s even more important to cast Judgment on Cooldown.
7. Cast Holy Shock on Cooldown.
8. Use Crusader Strike on Cooldown.
9. Use Holy Radiance to Generate Holy Power while AoE healing.
10. Use Divine Light on your Beacon of Light for Holy Power while your Beacon bearer takes high damage.
11. If you need a bit more healing, use Holy Light during situations without emergencies and Flash of Light in emergencies.

Best Gear & Stats for Holy Paladin in MoP Classic

Best in Slot (BiS Gear) aren’t as big in Mists of Pandaria Classic. Reforging is the new hype, so you can tailor your gear better than before.

The gear you should aim for are: Trinkets, Weapons & Tier Sets.

Holy Paladin Best in Slot (BiS) Gear in MoP Classic (Pre-Raid)

The best weapons you can find pre-raid in the first phase are:

• Je’lyu, Spirit of the Serpent, from Sha of Doubt, Temple of the Jade Serpent.
• Masterwork Forgewire Axe, Blacksmithing.
• Carapace Breaker, from Raigonn, Gate of the Setting Sun.

The best off-hands you can find pre-raid in the first phase are:

• Inscribed Red Fan, from Inscription.
• Metanoia Shield, from Jandice Barov, Scholomance.
• Scroll of Whispered Secrets, a BoE.

The best pre-raid trinkets are:

• Relic of Chi-ji if you have Inscription.
• Price of Progress, Darkmaster Gandling, Scholomance.
• Empty Fruit Barrel, Ook-Ook, Stormstout Brewery.
• Quilen Statuette, from Archeology.

Holy Paladin Best in Slot (BiS) Gear in MoP Classic (Tier 14)

Upgrading your character with the best gear is an important part of increasing your damage, healing and tanking.

Below is a BiS Gear List containing your theoretical Best in Slot (BiS) Gear for Holy Paladin. This information is based on the MoP original release and PTR data, and so is subject to change. But this list should give you a good target for gearing.

There can be some key stat breakpoints and targets that you need to hit for maximum performance. You can find those in the Stats Section below, and use reforging to adjust your gear stats to achieve them.

MoP Classic Holy Paladin Stat Priority

As a healer, you don’t really need Hit or Expertise. Then, the other statistics depend heavily on the build you are playing. With Eternal Flame, Haste is more valuable if you can reach the softs caps, so 3506, 5335 and 7170 Haste with haste buff in raid. Without Eternal Flame, Mastery and Spirit are better stats. Critical Strike Chance is the less valuable statistic as a Holy Paladin.

Best Consumables, Enchants & Gems for Holy Paladin in MoP Classic

The following tables outline the recommended Consumables, Enchants and Gems for Holy Paladin in Raiding and Dungeon content.

Consumables

Enchants

Gems

We hope this guide helped you improve your Holy Paladin Gameplay and better understand the spec. To check out all of our MoP Classic content, such as Class Guides, Tier Lists and more, you can browse our full library of MoP Classic Guides.