Holy Paladin Healing Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — The War Within (11.0.5)

Regardless of build choice, your primary focus will be casting as many Holy Shocks as possible, as well as spending as much Holy Power as possible through one of: Light of Dawn, Word of Glory (or Eternal Flame), or Shield of the Righteous. When you can do none of the above, you will begin casting abilities that are less important or serve as maintenance buffs that you need to keep on cooldown as much as possible (think Holy Prism).

When no healing is needed, the priority will change slightly, and your goals will be to keep Consecration down as much as possible and spending Holy Power on Shield of the Righteous. If you end up talenting into Righteous Judgment, then you will want to also keep Judgment on cooldown to have a chance at spawning extra consecrates.

When you select a desired build, you will be given much more detailed priority lists that explain how and when to use each ability.

When playing this build, keep in mind that despite being a "Casting" build, you will still want to stay towards melee. This will allow you to not only auto-attack the boss, but also gain value from abilities such as Crusader Strike, Consecration, and even the rare Shield of the Righteous.

Where this build differs from the "melee" build is that it focuses on consuming Infusion of Light as much as possible to gain extra healing through not only the proc consumption, but the extra Holy Shock and Holy Power spender casts

1. Keep Beacon of Light and Beacon of Faith on two ranged targets who have weak survivability (Hunters, Shadow Priests, Boomkins, etc).
2. Cast Beacon of Virtue as much as possible during a fight. Try to line it up with heavy damage windows without keeping it on cooldown for too long. If you are having mana issues, you can cast it less frequently.
3. Use Blessing of Summer as much as possible during a fight. Every buff can be safely placed upon yourself with only Blessing of Summer requiring any additional thought (when possible, aim to have it up during cooldowns.)
4. Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible to proc Dawnlight. When possible, you will want to use Holy Prism during Awakening to generate extra Sun's Avatar procs.
5. Keep Barrier of Faith on cooldown as much as possible to proc Dawnlight. When possible, you will want to use Holy Prism during Awakening to generate extra Sun's Avatar procs. You will generally want to use this on the tank who has aggro of the boss, or someone taking very high damage per second (think debuffs).
6. Cast Eternal Flame when you have the Empyrean Legacy proc off cooldown.
7. Spend Holy Power on Light of Dawn or Eternal Flame.
8. Cast Holy Shock as much as possible.
9. Aim to cast Holy Light when you have both a Divine Favor proc availableAND a Infusion of Light proc.
10. Spend remaining Holy Power if possible.
11. Cast Crusader Strike to reduce Holy Shock cooldown.
12. Cast Hammer of Wrath.
13. Cast Judgment to have a chance to spawn extra Consecrations.
14. Consume Infusion of Light when you cannot Holy Shock and do not have enough Holy Power to use Light of Dawn or Word of Glory.
15. Keep Tyr's Deliverance on cooldown as much as possible.
16. Cast Judgment when you cannot do any of the above.
17. Cast Hammer of Wrath when you cannot do any of the above.
18. Cast Consecration when you cannot do any of the above.
19. Use Crusader Strike when you cannot do any of the above or want to simply deal extra damage because no healing is needed.

Where this build differs from typical "Casting" builds is that you will be primarily using Crusader Strike as your filler global. By talenting into Crusader's Might, you allow yourself to gain extra Holy Shocks while still generating Holy Power and outputting extra damage.

1. Keep Beacon of Light and Beacon of Faith on two ranged targets who have weak survivability (Hunters, Shadow Priests, Boomkins, etc).
2. Cast Beacon of Virtue as much as possible during a fight. Try to line it up with heavy damage windows without keeping it on cooldown for too long. If you are having mana issues, you can cast it less frequently.
3. Use Blessing of Summer as much as possible during a fight. Every buff can be safely placed upon yourself with only Blessing of Summer requiring any additional thought (when possible, aim to have it up during cooldowns.)
4. Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible to proc Dawnlight. When possible, you will want to use Holy Prism during Awakening to generate extra Sun's Avatar procs.
5. Keep Barrier of Faith on cooldown as much as possible to proc Dawnlight. When possible, you will want to use Holy Prism during Awakening to generate extra Sun's Avatar procs. You will generally want to use this on the tank who has aggro of the boss, or someone taking very high damage per second (think debuffs).
6. Cast Eternal Flame when you have the Empyrean Legacy proc off cooldown.
7. Spend Holy Power on Light of Dawn or Eternal Flame.
8. Cast Holy Shock as much as possible.
9. Aim to cast Holy Light when you have both a Divine Favor proc availableAND a Infusion of Light proc.
10. Spend remaining Holy Power if possible.
11. Cast Crusader Strike to reduce Holy Shock cooldown.
12. Cast Hammer of Wrath.
13. Cast Judgment to have a chance to spawn extra Consecrations.
14. Consume Infusion of Light when you have a proc available and nothing else to do, generally through casting Judgment.
15. Keep Tyr's Deliverance on cooldown as much as possible.
16. Cast Judgment when you cannot do any of the above.
17. Cast Hammer of Wrath when you cannot do any of the above.
18. Cast Consecration when you cannot do any of the above.
19. Use Crusader Strike when you cannot do any of the above or want to simply deal extra damage because no healing is needed.

This build plays a bit unique in the fact that it takes Avenging Crusader and specs into Lightsmith instead of the common Herald of the Sun. It places a high emphasis on Judgment and Crusader Strike in order to output as much healing as possible.

1. Keep Beacon of Light and Beacon of Faith on two ranged targets who have weak survivability (Hunters, Shadow Priests, Boomkins, etc).
2. Cast Beacon of Virtue as much as possible during a fight. Try to line it up with heavy damage windows without keeping it on cooldown for too long. If you are having mana issues, you can cast it less frequently.
3. Use Blessing of Summer as much as possible during a fight. Every buff can be safely placed upon yourself with only Blessing of Summer requiring any additional thought (when possible, aim to have it up during cooldowns.)
4. Keep Sacred Weapon on cooldown as much as possible.
5. If at 5 Holy Power, make sure to spend.
6. Cast Judgment as much as possible.
7. Cast Holy Shock as much as possible.
8. Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible.
9. Keep Barrier of Faith on cooldown as much as possible.
10. Cast Word of Glory when you have the Empyrean Legacy proc off cooldown.
11. Cast Crusader Strike.
12. Spend Remaining Holy Power on Light of Dawn or Word of Glory.
13. Cast Hammer of Wrath.
14. Keep Tyr's Deliverance on cooldown as much as possible.
15. Cast Hammer of Wrath when you cannot do any of the above.
16. Cast Consecration when you cannot do any of the above.

It is important to note that your rotation slightly differs when inside and outside of Avenging Crusader. When inside of this cooldown, your priority, above all else, will be to keep Judgment and Crusader Strike on cooldown. You will also want to be triggering Blessed Assurance between each Crusader Strike cast. Because of this, your in Avenging Crusader rotation will look something like this:

1. Cast Judgment
2. Spend Holy Power
3. Cast Crusader Strike
4. Cast Judgment

When you do not have Holy Power to spend, you can instead cast Holy Shock to help you generate Holy Power between casts. The goal is to follow that rotation as closely as possible to maximize your Avenging Crusader healing. When you are outside of this cooldown, you can follow the standard rotation detailed above.

Many of the priorities you would use in raiding content will stay the same in Mythic+. The main exception to this is the increased importance of Consecration, Judgment, and Shield of the Righteous in order to output extra damage because no healing is needed.

1. Keep Beacon of Light and Beacon of Faith on two ranged targets who have weak survivability (Hunters, Shadow Priests, Boomkins, etc).
2. Cast Beacon of Virtue as much as possible during a fight. Try to line it up with heavy damage windows without keeping it on cooldown for too long. If you are having mana issues, you can cast it less frequently.
3. Use Blessing of Summer as much as possible during a fight. Every buff can be safely placed upon yourself with only Blessing of Summer requiring any additional thought (when possible, aim to have it up during cooldowns or large packs)
4. Keep Sacred Weapon on cooldown as much as possible.
6. Keep Consecration active at all times.
7. Cast Judgment as much as possible.
8. Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible.
9. Keep Barrier of Faith on cooldown as much as possible.
10. Cast Word of Glory when you have the Empyrean Legacy proc off cooldown.
11. Spend Holy Power on Word of Glory when healing is needed, or Shield of the Righteous when no healing is needed.
12. Cast Holy Shock as much as possible.
13. Aim to cast Holy Light when you have both a Divine Favor proc availableAND a Infusion of Light proc.
14. Cast Crusader Strike to reduce Holy Shock cooldown.
15. Cast Hammer of Wrath.
16. Spend remaining Holy Power if possible.
17. Cast Hammer of Wrath when you cannot do any of the above.
18. Consume Infusion of Light when you have nothing else to do and a proc available.
19. Keep Tyr's Deliverance on cooldown as much as possible.
20. Cast Consecration when you cannot do any of the above.

Keep in mind that damage may occur in Mythic+ settings that you did not expect. If you are constantly spending Holy Power whenever possible, you may not have Holy Power available when healing is needed. For this reason, it can often be wise as a beginner player to only cast Shield of the Righteous when you have 4-5 Holy Power; that way, you can quickly generate extra Holy Power when healing is needed unexpectedly.