Holy Paladin Healing Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — 12.0.5

While raiding, you will want to be maximizing the amount of Holy Power you generate through abilities such as: Holy Shock, Flash of Light (or Judgment), and Holy Light followed by spending it on Light of Dawn or Word of Glory ( Eternal Flame when Herald of the Sun). When damage is heavy, you can also weave in Holy Light assuming that you have enough mana for it. Your overall priority will be as follows:

• Keep Divine Toll on cooldown as much as possible.
• Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible.
• Keep Holy Armaments on cooldown as much as possible.
• Cast Beacon of Virtue right as damage hits. Aim to keep it on cooldown as much as possible.
• Never waste Holy Power — if you are at 5 or about to cap, spend it.
• Consume Infusion of Light with Flash of Light.
• Consume Infusion of Light with Judgment.
• Cast Holy Shock as much as possible.
• Cast Judgment as much as possible.
• Spend Holy Power on Light of Dawn.
• If you have an Empyrean Legacy proc, consume Holy Power with Eternal Flame, otherwise consume Holy Power with Light of Dawn
• If you have an Empyrean Legacy proc, consume Holy Power with Word of Glory, otherwise consume Holy Power with Light of Dawn
• Cast Holy Light when you can afford the cost and it will not overheal.
• Cast Flash of Light when you cannot do any of the above.
• When no healing is needed, you can consume Holy Power on Shield of the Righteous to regen small amounts of mana.

When you have Avenging Crusader active it is important to note that your rotation will change slightly. The most notable change is that Crusader Strike will replace Avenging Crusader on your action bar and you will want to be pressing it. The overall rotation will look something like this:

• Never waste Holy Power — if you are at 5 or about to cap, spend it.
• Cast Judgment on cooldown.
• Cast Crusader Strike on cooldown.
• Spend Holy Power on Light of Dawn.
• Cast Holy Shock when you cannot do any of the above.

One of the most difficult aspects of Holy Paladin is utilizing Holy Light. This ability offers an absurdly high amount of healing, but with an even higher mana cost. Part of playing Holy Paladin in Midnight is balancing between getting as many Holy Light casts as possible while still having enough mana to make it through a fight. Early into progression and during quicker boss kills you can afford to be a bit aggressive with casts, during longer fights you may need to play a bit conservative. Holy Paladin is also one of the strongest users of Innervate as it will allow you to chain cast Holy Light with no concern for mana cost. This is incredibly powerful during difficult moments where the entire raid is low health.

FAQWhy Am I Running Out of Mana So Quickly?

Holy Light is one of the highest healing abilities in the game but it comes with an extremely heavy mana cost. Raiding as Holy Paladin can often feel like a balancing act trying to manage your mana while still maximizing the amount of Holy Lights you can cast. Keep in mind that Shield of the Righteous can also return mana now. While you shouldn't be using this ability significantly, it can be helpful during downtime when no healing is needed to regen a bit of mana.

FAQWhy Do We Not Press Judgment?

The value of Judgment has been heavily influenced by Empyrean Legacy and Truth Prevails. Typically you will not want to cast Judgment unless you are running these talents. Without them, it is much better to be casting Flash of Light.

FAQWhat Should I Spend Holy Power On?

With talents such as Second Sunrise and Breaking Dawn, it has pushed Light of Dawn so far ahead that you should never press Eternal Flame. Of course it is worth noting that if a player is going to die and you have the ability to save them with a Eternal Flame cast, it is better to cast the weaker spell and save the life of your ally. Shield of the Righteous can be used when absolutely no healing is necessary to regen some mana.

FAQHow do I use Holy Armaments?

Holy Bulwark — should be cast on squishy players primarily, but casting it on yourself will cause Solidarity to prioritize a tank. Letting this ability target a tank can often result in the highest HPS, but it may not always be the most valuable healing. Your decision will come down to whether or not a squishy player can make use of the extra tankiness to live a difficult moment, otherwise a tank will give you the most HPS. Sacred Weapon — should be cast on yourself to increase your own healing output. The additional Sacred Weapon will be cast on another random healer.

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. Regardless of if you are playing Herald of the Sun or Lightsmith, the rotation will stay the exact same. Herald players will want to keep Divine Toll on cooldown whereas Lightsmith will be using Holy Armaments on cooldown. Your overall priority will be as follows:

• Never waste Holy Power — if you are at 5 or about to cap, spend it.
• Keep Divine Toll on cooldown as much as possible.
• Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible.
• Cast Beacon of Virtue right as damage hits. Aim to keep it on cooldown as much as possible.
• Keep Holy Armaments on cooldown as much as possible.
• Cast Holy Shock as much as possible.
• Cast Judgment as much as possible.
• Spend Holy Power on Eternal Flame.
• Spend Holy Power on Word of Glory.
• Cast Flash of Light when healing is needed and you cannot do any of the above.
• Cast Holy Light when major healing is needed and you can afford the cost.
• When no healing is needed, spend Holy Power on Shield of the Righteous.

It is important to note that when healing is intense, you should be dropping Judgment from your priority in favor of Flash of Light. Flash of Light will offer you significantly more healing at the cost of damage. Part of playing Holy Paladin is swapping between these two abilities depending on the situation you are in. Consuming Infusion of Light will follow similar rules. For damage: Judgment. When healing is needed: Flash of Light.

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. content...

FAQShould I Ever Cast Light of Dawn?

In Mythic+, you will often find yourself casting primarily Eternal Flame/ Word of Glory. Because you have Beacon of Light, Beacon of Faith, and Beacon of the Savior, you gain a ton of value from casting Eternal Flame due to it transferring more healing through Beacons than Light of Dawn (which transfers at a reduce rate). That doesn't mean that you should never press Light of Dawn. In times where no one is in significant danger and Eternal Flame/ Word of Glory would mostly overheal, you can gain a lot of value from Light of Dawn and it healing your entire party. Think of it as a way to heal everyone a little bit so that they are slightly healthier the next time you need to do large single-target healing.

FAQWhen Should I Use Holy Light?

Utilizing Holy Light effectively can be difficult due to its heavy mana cost. While it offers a ton of healing that is extremely valuable in Mythic+, overuse of the ability will leave you out of mana very quickly. That being said, you can always drink in-between bosses and trash packs which gives you room to be aggressive with Holy Light. Rather than thinking about how many Holy Light casts you should be doing, think of it from a perspective of how much mana do I need to make it through this pack? Additionally, will I be unable to heal this moment without casting Holy Light? If you have the mana and the situation demands, don't hesitate to use Holy Light. Even if you do not have the mana, sometimes it is the best choice in order to keep someone alive. The more you use it the more comfortable you will get with knowing when you can, without casting it at all you are likely to struggle.

Infusion of Light is a core passive for Holy Paladin. This effect has a 10% chance to be triggered whenever you cast Holy Shock. There are two different ways that you can utilize this buff:

• Flash of Light
  When cast with Infusion of Light, this ability becomes instant cast and the healing is increased by a significant margin.
• Judgment
  When cast with Infusion of Light, the Greater Judgment effect is increased by a large margin and generates 1 additional Holy Power.

The best choice for consuming Infusion of Light largely depends on the situation you are in. In Mythic+ and when absolutely no damage is needed, casting Judgment can be preferred due to it providing more Holy Power. However, anytime healing is needed you should absolutely be casting Flash of Light. Flash of Light offers significantly more healing and underutilizing it can result in you falling behind in healing in Mythic+, or struggling to keep up with your co-healers in raid.

Beacon of the Savior is the new Apex Talent added in Midnight. This will give you a new Beacon that will automatically be placed on the lowest health ally. Once the target is healed beyond their maximum HP or another target drops below 50%, the Beacon will move. There are a few interactions to keep in mind with this Beacon:

• This ability benefits from all talents that your typical Beacon of Light does. This includes Commanding Light, Saved by the Light, and any other Beacon-related talent.
• While you will still transfer healing to Beacon of the Savior like any other Beacon, you will also do additional healing to the target who has your Beacon of the Savior.
• Every 8 seconds, or when Beacon of the Savior is applied to a new target, a small shield will be placed on the target and they will also take reduced damage for the next 15 seconds.

Despite Beacon of the Savior targets receiving more healing, you will not want to continuously heal them directly. You should aim to heal them when they are in danger just like you would with any other raid/party member. The reason that the healing increase exists in the first place is to make it less punishing towards your healing to cast spells on your Beacon target. Due to the fact the target with your Beacon of the Savior is likely to be the lowest health member, you don't want to miss out on potential healing by directly heal them. The healing increase counteracts this, meaning that you should simply aim to heal the players most in danger.

Mastery: Lightbringer is the Holy Paladin mastery. This increases the healing done by your spells based on your proximity from the target. Beacon of the Lightbringer increases this effect further by adding your Beacons to the equation. The increase to healing will be calculated based on whoever is closer between yourself and players with your Beacons. In the past, it has been common to cast Beacon of Light and Beacon of Faith on tank players as they will always be taking damage. This is no longer true and you will want to place your Beacons on ranged players who have lower survivability. This will allow you to get good value from your Beacons while also providing you with increased Mastery values as they will be closer to ranged while you will be closer to melee. Below we will list out a few good choices for your Beacon of Light and Beacon of Faith targets. Of course if you are playing Beacon of Virtue this is not relevant.

• Balance Druid
• Shadow Priest
• Devastation Evoker
• Any Hunter spec
• If you have none of the above, place it on any remaining ranged.
• In small group settings with no ranged, you can often choose the tank and the melee DPS taking the most damage consistently.

Avenging Wrath is our main cooldown. This ability has a 2-minute cooldown by default and increases your damage, healing, and critical strike. You will want to use this cooldown as often as possible while ideally lining it up with longer duration damage windows due to it lasting 30 seconds by default. When active, you will want to follow your standard rotation, you will just be doing more healing!

Aura Mastery will only be used on Devotion Aura, meaning that you should have Devotion Aura selected from your Aura bar before using (you should always keep it on by default). When pressed, you will provide all allies with a 12% damage reduction. In a raid setting, this cooldown is likely to be assigned to a heavy-hitting mechanic by whoever is responsible for organizing your healing cooldowns. When you are on your own, you should prioritize using this ability anytime your party is likely to be in danger, ideally right before large damage happens.

Avenging Crusader replaces Avenging Wrath and grants different bonuses as well as having a much shorter cooldown. When cast, this ability will transform into Crusader Strike for the duration. While active, your Judgment and Crusader Strike abilities will now heal nearby allies when they deal damage. This means that your rotation will change slightly and you will be wanting to press as much Judgment and Crusader Strike as possible when the cooldown is active, while still prioritizing spending Holy Power when you are near capping.

Divine Toll and Holy Prism share a choice node in Midnight. When playing Lightsmith, you will have these replaces by Holy Armaments. Regardless of your ability choice, these are short-cooldowns which you will want to make frequent use of. When playing Herald of the Sun, pressing these abilities is what gives you access to Dawnlight, making them incredibly important.

Divine Toll casts 5 Holy Shocks when pressed. The important part of this cooldown is in who you are targetting when you use it. If you are targetting an enemy, then it will prioritize casting the 5 Holy Shocks on enemies. If there aren't enough enemies then it will cast the remaining number of Holy Shocks on allies. This means that when your goal is to do healing, you need to make sure that you are casting the ability at an ally, otherwise you will be wasting a ton of healing. As previously mentioned, your goal should be to cast this ability as much as possible when playing Herald of the Sun to proc Dawnlight.

Holy Prism functions very similarly to Divine Toll in the sense that it functions differently depending on if you cast it on an ally or an enemy. When cast on an ally, it will deal large single-target healing and AoE damage to enemies around you. If cast on an enemy, it will deal large single-target damage, and do AoE healing to nearby allies. You will generally prioritize casting this on enemies, in order to trigger the AoE healing effect. Additionally, you want to cast this ability as much as possible when playing Herald of the Sun to proc Dawnlight.