Holy Priest PvP Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)

Holy Priests are the most underrated healer. Usually a specialization that struggles, Holy Priests excel at healing against spread pressure and single-target teams. Many teams will struggle with how much utility and immunities you have.

Strengths

• Strong spread healing
• Multiple powerful healing cooldowns
• Can setup crowd control on their own with Holy Word: Chastise and Psychic Scream

Weaknesses

• Struggle against teams with two melee on it
• Have to cast most spells to get value from cooldowns
• Very limited mobility

• Seraphic Crescendo has moved from PvP talents to the Holy tree.
• New Talent: Lasting Words – Holy Word: Serenity applies 12 seconds of Renew to its target and Holy Word: Sanctify applies 4 seconds of Renew to allies it heals.
• New Talent: Light in the Darkness – Increases the healing done by Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify by 20%/40%. Increases the radius of Holy Word: Sanctify by 15%/30%.
• New Talent: Dispersing Light – 6% of healing done with Heal, Flash Heal, and Power Word: Life is replicated to 4 injured allies within 40 yards.
• New Talent: Divinity – Your healing is increased by 10% while Apotheosis is active. When you activate Apotheosis, your next 3 Heal or Prayer of Healing casts are instant and heal for 25% more.
• New Talent: Eternal Sanctity – Your Holy Word's extend the duration of Apotheosis by 1.5 seconds.
• New Talent: Holy Celerity – Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Word's by 15 seconds.
• New Talent: Empowered Renew – Renew reduces the cooldown of Sanctify by an additional 6 seconds and heals for 60% more when cast, but has a 12 second cooldown.
• Voice of Harmony has been updated – Power Word: Life now also reduces the cooldown of Holy Word: Serenity. Divine Star and Halo now reduce the cooldown of Holy Word: Sanctify.
• Seraphic Crescendo has been redesigned and moved from PvP talents to the Holy tree – Now reduces the cooldown of Divine Hymn by 60 seconds.
• Gales of Song has been redesigned – While channeling Divine Hymn, place 2 stacks of Prayer of Mending on up to 3 allies within its range every 1 second.
• Prayerful Litany has been redesigned – Now causes the primary target of Prayer of Healing to be healed for 75% more.
• All healing reduced by 8%.
• Holy Mending healing increased by 30%.
• Prayer of Healing healing increased by 40%.
• Prayer of Healing mana cost increased by 25%.
• Prayer of Healing cast time is now 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
• Prayer Circle now triggers from Holy Word: Sanctify.
• Cosmic Ripple healing increased by 150%.
• Lightwell’s health threshold is now 75% (was 50%).
• Resonant Words now also affects Power Word: Life.
• Lightweaver can now also be consumed by Prayer of Healing in addition to Heal.
• Lightweaver now accumulates up to 4 charges (was 2).
• The following talents are now 1-point: Crisis Management, Epiphany, Prayers of the Virtuous, Prismatic Echoes, Resonant Words, and Voice of Harmony
• The following talents have been removed: Circle of Healing, Guardians of the Light, Healing Chorus, Holy Word: Salvation, Orison, Pontifex, Revitalizing Prayers, Sanctified Prayers, and Say Your Prayers