Mythic+ Healer Rankings: PTR Tier List for The War Within (Patch 11.2 / Season 3)

Discipline Priest got minor changes leading to Season 3, which won't impact your performance. Their healing and the ability to apply absurdly big shields/spot-heal is one of the best compared to all the healers, which is the most important factor when ranking healing specs. In addition, they will retain their strong external utility packages such as 2x Pain Suppression and Power Word: Barrier. Further tuning will tell how they turn out, but as of now, they remain as one of the best healers.

Restoration Druid has gotten its fair share of changes leading up to Season 3, most notably receiving an amazing tier-set that fits perfectly in Mythic+. Their current HPS capabilities are ranked among the best while keeping your incredible party-wide utility unchanged. This is the driving factor for their placement as we believe they are currently among the best Healer options for Season 3. Future tuning will show us the final placement for Restoration Druid but for now, we are quite positive!

Restoration Shaman received its fair share of changes, most notably a brand new tier set. They will retain their incredibly party-wide utility and healing capabilities, while also providing amazing mob-control for your party. Restoration Shaman is incredibly strong in physical damage-oriented comps due to their Skyfury buff, which makes even a lucrative pick-up just like last season. Overall, a strong contender for the top healing spot, but only future tuning will show us!

Holy Paladin received quite a bit of change, with the most notable being the introduction to their brand new tier-set. Both healing and damage output at the moment are looking good, but nowhere near exceptional levels where some of its healing competition is ranked. Their toolkit remains the same - one of the best party-wide utilities paired with strong defensiveness (even immunity), and excellent mob control. Overall, we expect them to continue to be a solid choice for a healer going into Season 3, but further output buffs must be implemented before we rank them higher.

Mistweaver Monk received almost no relevant changes leading to the next season, with the most notable being the change to Vivacious Vivification to proc off from Rising Sun Kick casts instead of flat every 10 sec proc. That, in combination with how great Jade Bond talent has been (especially the CDR thanks to Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane) makes their output amazing. Mistweaver's current HPS profile is great, as it can easily tackle any given encounter in Mythic+ while contributing to the team with its great damage profile (yes, most of your damage still requires you to be in melee). All of this combined plays well with the strong utility package they offer, while still being a contender for the best fit within the physical oriented teams.

Preservation Evoker has received its fair share of changes, most notably the introduction to its brand new tier set. Their performance, more specifically their damage and especially healing output, has been great, making it a great pick-up with any group composition. Overall, they do not stand out as the best healing option for Mythic+ simply because of how hard it is to make them work in a pug environment and the inability to compete with the top healing specs for pure output. The group awareness must be present for them to understand how your healing profile works so that you can unlock your full potential. We believe this spec is in a much better spot for raiding than it is for Mythic+ and only future tuning will showcase its final rankings.

Unfortunately for Holy Priest, they had no relevant changes leading up to Season 3, this causes no shifts in your gameplay compared to what you are already used to. They will maintain their decent DPS and HPS profiles, which output is not enough to rank them higher on the tier list compared to the rest of the healing specs. However, it is noteworthy that this specialization is considered one of the easier healing options due to its reactive healing capabilities, which are adept at addressing any form of incoming or sustained HPS challenges. Further tuning will help us have more accurate ranking of the spec.