Holy Priest 10.2.6 Guide
Introduction
This guide presents an in-depth view of the Priest's Holy Specialization in WoW Dragonflight patch 10.2.6! You will learn everything about the Holy spec, such as how to gear, prepare, and then min-max your Holy Priest for the most challenging PvE content in World of Warcraft, Season 3.
First, we'll check out the specialization's particularities and see why the Holy Priest is one of the best healers in Dragonflight's latest season. Then, you'll learn how to gear your Holy Priest, what stats to prioritize, and the best talents and rotations for different circumstances.
Finally, we'll discuss min-maxing your character for the end-game content and teach you what gear to use for Mythic Raiding and Mythic Plus dungeons. By the end of the guide, you will become a master of the Holy Priest specialization! Sounds good, right? Let's get started!
Table of Contents
- Holy Priests: Strengths and Weaknesses
- Holy Priest Stat Priority
- How to gear your Holy Priest
- Holy Priest Rotations
- Best Holy Priest talents for Mythic Raiding and Dungeons
- Holy Priest in Dragonflight - FAQ
Holy Priests in Dragonflight: Strengths and Weaknesses
In World of Warcraft, the Priest class has three specializations: Shadow, Holy, and Discipline. The priest's spending resource is called Mana. All three priest specs focus on ranged-combat fights and require wise mana resource management.
The Holy Priest represents one of the best healer classes for Mythic Dungeons and Mythic Raiding in Dragonflight Season 3, providing excellent AoE healing and single target support as well. In World of Warcraft, healers have a significant responsibility: they use their healing abilities to buff the allies, keep them alive, and save them from death.
In terms of weapons, the Holy Priest uses daggers, one-handed maces, staves, and wands. As for raid gear, the priest shares the Conqueror Tier Token with Paladins, Warlocks, and Demon Hunters for legacy content. In the Dragonflight expansion's latest raid, priests share the Venerated Tier Token with Paladins and Shamans.
In the table below, we present the strengths and weaknesses of the Holy Priest specialization:
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| + Exceptional group utility and very flexible healing | - Mediocre survivability |
| + Heavy single-target healing & raid oriented cooldowns | - Lack of immunity and damage reduction |
| + Can heal through death | - Lack of mobile and instant cast abilities |
Best Holy Priest Races
When it comes to racials, with so many options to choose from, you are probably wondering what would be the best race for your Holy Priest. In World of Warcraft, each race has different racial abilities and spells, but no races offer an immediate advantage compared to others regarding the Holy spec. I highly recommend choosing the race you like the most, aesthetically speaking.
Now, if you want to make an idea of what race players generally choose for their Holy Priests:
- For Alliance: Human, Void Elf, and Night Elf.
- For Horde: Blood Elf, Undead, and Goblin.
Holy Priest stat priority
Regardless of the class and spec you roll into in World of Warcraft, the stats are a key component when gearing up and min-maxing your character for the end-game content. Holy Priests wear Cloth gear with Intellect as the primary stat.
As a priest, the Intellect stat increases the power of your spells and abilities, in other words - the healing you are providing to your allies. Also, please note that a higher and adequate item level will better impact your character's performance than a perfect stat distribution, so always keep an eye on the gear's item level!
Holy Priest Stats priority for Mythic Raiding
- 1. Intellect
- 2. Mastery = Critical Strike
- 3. Versatility
- 4. Haste
So for raiding as a Holy Priest, you will primarily value item level for Intellect as the primary stat, then Mastery, followed by Critical Strike, Versatility, and Haste as secondary stats.
Conclusion: Intellect > Mastery > Critical Strike > Versatility > Haste.
Holy Priest Stats priority for Mythic Dungeons
- 1. Intellect
- 2. Critical Strike = Haste
- 3. Versatility
- 4. Mastery
For mythic dungeons, as a Holy Priest, you will primarily focus on item level, Intellect as the primary stat, then Haste, followed by Critical Strike, Versatility, and Mastery as secondary stats.
Conclusion: Intellect > Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility > Mastery.
Holy Priest Stats Breakthrough
Intellect: Increases your spell power and, therefore, all the healing you are providing to your allies
Critical Strike: Doubles the effects of your heals
Haste: Lowers the cast time of your heals and your global cooldown
Mastery: Increases the effectiveness of Mastery: Echo of Light & lowers the casting time of Mastery:Prayer of Mending & Mastery:Prayer of Mending
Versatility: Increases healing and damage dealt and reduces damage taken
Moving on to the next chapter, we will focus on how to gear your Holy Priest, the tier set, and the best in slot items for mythic raiding and mythic dungeons.
How to gear your Holy Priest
In World of Warcraft, gearing is one of the most important aspects that enhances your character's overall performance by providing massive amounts of stats, armor, procs, and set bonuses. This guide will teach you how to properly gear up for the most challenging content in WoW Dragonflight, Mythic Raiding, and Mythic+ Dungeons.
Holy Priest Tier Set Bonus
To start with, what is a tier set in World of Warcraft?
In WoW, a tier set is a unique class armor set with powerful 2-set and 4-set specific bonuses for each specialization of that particular class. Tier set bonuses change based on the character's active talent specialization, ensuring that the bonus is appropriate and useful to that spec.
So to recap, tier sets are unique pieces of armor that, when equipped simultaneously, provide you with a bonus, different for each spec of the chosen class. This bonus is based on the number of pieces from the set you have equipped, with most tier sets providing bonuses when equipping 2 or 4 pieces.
How to get the Holy Priest Tier Set in Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6
There are three ways you can get tier set items in WoW in the Dragonflight expansion:
- Raids: You can get tier set items found as class tokens from specific bosses in the Dragonflight raids.
- Revival Catalyst: You can craft Tier armor from non-set pieces of the same item level using the Revival Catalyst crafting system.
- Great Vault: You can obtain tier set items from all activities that typically reward Great Vault, such as raiding, Mythic+ dungeons, and PvP.
The fastest way to obtain tier set items is to take advantage of these three sources that can reward you with the Holy Priest Tier Set items. The best advice is to complete theraid weekly - this is probably the fastest way to get your hands on the desired tier armor. If you don't have a team to raid with, complete some Mythic+ Dungeons or PvP matches.
Mythic dungeons and PvP are highly beneficial because even if you can't drop the set items while participating in these activities, you increase the chances of getting your set items at the Great Vault or the Revival Catalyst console in Thaldraszus. At the revival catalyst console, you can convert the non-set pieces obtained in dungeons or PvP into tier set items.
Let's have a closer look at the Great Vault feature:
And this is what the Revival Catalyst looks like:
Back to our Holy Priest Tier Set. Now that you have learned how to obtain the tier set, let's see some set bonuses and particularities. Shall we?
The Holy Priest Tier set is called Blessings of Lunar Communion. It comes with the following bonuses for two pieces and four pieces equipped:
- 2-Set: - Casting Holy Word: Serenity applies 14 seconds of Renew to its target, and Holy Word: Sanctify applies 5 seconds of Renew to allies it heals.
- 4-Set: - Renew's healing has a chance to cause your next Holy Word: Serenity/Holy Word: Sanctify to not consume a charge when cast and cost 50% less mana. It has 2 charges.
In the table below, we present you the sources for Holy Priest Tier Set items:
| Slot | Tier Piece | Source |
| Helm | Crest of Lunar Communion | Tindral Sageswift |
| Shoulders | Shoulderguardians of Lunar Communion | Smolderon |
| Chest | Cassock of Lunar Communion | Nymue |
| Gloves | Touch of Lunar Communion | Igira the Cruel |
| Legs | Leggings of Lunar Communion | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
The remaining tier set items (Cloak, Wrists, Waist, and Boots) can be obtained by using the Revival Catalyst in Thaldraszus.
As previously stated, you unlock the tier set bonuses for your Holy Priest when you equip any two or four pieces of the Blessings of Lunar Communion set. For itemization and build optimization, your four pieces of tier set as a Holy Priest will be the Helm, Shoulders, Chest, and Legs.
Raid Best in Slot (BiS) Gear for Holy Priests
In the table below, you can find the best item to use in each slot from the raid as a Holy Priest:
| Slot | Item Name | Encounter |
| Helm | Crest of Lunar Communion/a> | Tindral Sageswift |
| Neck | Eye of the Rising Flame | Tindral Sageswift |
| Shoulders | Shoulderguardians of Lunar Communion | Smolderon |
| Cloak | Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice | Smolderon |
| Chest | Cassock of Lunar Communion | Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle |
| Wrists | Fading Flame Wristbands | Smolderon |
| Gloves | Touch of Lunar Communion | Igira the Cruel |
| Waist | Urctos's Hibernal Dial | Council of Dream |
| Legs | Leggings of Lunar Communion | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
| Boots | Lifewoven Slippers | Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle |
| Ring #1 | Band of Burning Thorns | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
| Ring #2 | Signet of the Last Elder | Igira the Cruel |
| Trinket #1 | Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge | Council of Dreams |
| Trinket #2 | Blossom of Amirdrassil | Fyrakk, the Blazing |
| Staff | Dreambinder, Loom o fthe Great Cycle | Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle |
Mythic+ Best in Slot (BiS) Gear for Holy Priests
In the table below, you can find the best item to use in each slot from the Mythic+ Dungeons as a Holy Priest:
| Slot | Item Name | Location |
| Helm | Crest of Lunar Communion | Revival Catalyst |
| Neck | Chain of the Green Flight | Darkheart Thicket |
| Shoulders | DShoulderguardians of Lunar Communion | Revival Catalyst |
| Cloak | Cloak of Fading Echoes | Darkheart Thicket |
| Chest | Cassock of Lunar Communion | Revival Catalyst |
| Wrists | Arathi Field Bandages | Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise |
| Gloves | Touch of Lunar Communion | Revival Catalyst |
| Waist | Posonroot Belt | Darkheart Thicket |
| Legs | Leggings of Lunar Communion | Revival Catalyst |
| Boots | Imbued Frostweave Slippers | Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall |
| Ring #1 | Band of Twisted Bark | Darkheart Thicket |
| Ring #2 | Band of Callous Dominance | Black Rook Hold |
| Trinket #1 | Sea Star | The Everbloom |
| Trinket #2 | Coagulated Genesaur Blood | The Everbloom |
| Staff | Cerith Spire Staff | Throne of the Tides |
Best in Slot (BiS) Trinkets for Holy Priests
The best Holy Priest trinkets for end-game content are:
| Tier | Item Name | Location |
| S | Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge | Urctos - Amirdrassil the Dream's Hope |
| S | Smoldering Seedling | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame - Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope |
| S | Coagulated Genesaur Blood | The Everbloom |
| S | Echoing Tyrstone | Tyr, the Infinite Keeper - Dawn of the Infinite |
| S | Sea Star | Throne of the Tides |
| A | Idol of the Life-Binder | Crafting - Jewelcrafting |
| A | Sustaining Alchemist Stone | Crafting - Alchemy |
| A | Blossom of Amirdrassil | Fyrakk, the Blazing - Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope |
| B | Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows | Dawn of the Infinite |
| B | Balefire Branch | Waycrest Manor |
| B | Amalgam's Seventh Spine | Black Rook Hold |
| C | Revitalizing Voodoo Totem | Atal'Dazar |
| C | Lady Waycrest's Music Box | Waycrest Manor |
This wraps up everything you should know about gearing your Holy Priest: the stats priority, how to obtain the tier set, and what items to use in the end-game activities. Moving on to the next section of our guide, we'll teach you what talents and rotations to use as a Holy Priest in Dragonflight patch 10.2.6. Sounds good, right? Let's dive in!
How to level a Holy Priest? Leveling tips
Best Holy Priest Leveling Talents and Rotation in Dragonflight 10.2.6
The best talents to use while leveling to level 70 as a Holy Priest are:
Now, let's check out how you should prioritize your abilities. Here is what most people consider to be the best leveling rotation for a Holy Priest:
- Holy Priests level by weaving damage and healing spells. Here's the gist: - always prioritize casting Holy Holy Word: Chastise when available.
- Open combat with Holy Fire, then activate Empyreal Blaze to unleash a flurry of Holy Fire until it's on cooldown again.
- Regularly cast Divine Star on cooldown for impactful AoE damage.
- Maintain Shadow Word: Pain on multiple enemies for consistent damage over time.
- When facing large groups, unleash Holy Nova. For low-health enemies, finish them off with Shadow Word: Death.
- Don't forget your cooldowns! Always use Divine Star and Empyreal Blaze as soon as they're available.
- Try to synchronize Divine Word with Holy Word: Chastise to maximize damage, and ideally have Divine Star ready during this window.
- For tricky situations, you have escape tools like Void Tendrils and Psychic Scream to temporarily disable enemies and create breathing room to heal yourself while leveling.
Follow the rotation, and you'll get to the maximum level in no time! Now that we've covered the leveling part, it's time to move on to the end-game.
In the next section of our Holy Priest Guide, we'll present the best talents to use for PvE end-game content, such as raiding and Mythic+ dungeons. In the end game, it's crucial to use the right talents and prioritize the skills you use depending on the activity. Choosing the best talents will significantly impact your performance as a Healer!
Best Holy Priest End-game Talents
From the PvE perspective, there are two main end-game activities we'll take into consideration: Mythic raiding and Mythic+ Dungeons. We'll treat them separately to keep things clear and avoid confusion.
Best Talents for Mythic Raiding in Season 3 (patch 10.2.6)
In the picture below, you can see the best talents for mythic raiding as a Holy Priest:
Overflowing Words AoE build
Best Talents for Mythic+ Dungeons in Season 3 (patch 10.2.6)
As a Holy Priest, these are the talents you must use to maximize your healing in M+ Dungeons:
Holy Priest in Dragonflight - FAQ
1. Are Holy Priests good in Dragonflight 10.2.6?
Yes, Holy Priest represents one of the best healer specs in WoW Dragonflight for mythic raiding and mythic dungeons.
2. Is Holy Priest easy to play?
Not really. Like all healer classes, the Holy Priest specialization is gear-dependent, uses a complex rotation, and requires some advanced skills and knowledge for the end-game.
3. What is the stats priority for Holy Priests?
- Holy Priest stat priority for mythic raiding: Intellect > Mastery = Critical Strike > Versatility > Haste
- Holy Priest stat priority for mythic dungeons: Intellect > Critical Strike = Haste > Versatility > > Mastery
4. Which priest spec is best for leveling in patch 10.2.6?
The Shadow Specialization is the best spec for priest leveling.
5. What is the best race for Holy Priests in Dragonflight?
- Alliance's best Holy Priest races are Human, Void Elf, and Night Elf.
- For Horde, the best Holy Priest races are Blood Elf, Undead, and Goblin.
Final thoughts
This wraps up everything you should know regarding the Priest's Holy specialization in World of Warcraft Dragonflight for Season 3, patch 10.2.6. By reading this guide, you should now better understand the Holy Priest's spec and particularities and how it performs in certain circumstances and different end-game activities. It's one of the game's strongest healing specs in Dragonflight, so I encourage you to try it!
