Cataclysm Classic Holy Paladin Stat Priority
On this page, you will find out the optimal PvE stat priority for your Holy Paladin in Cataclysm Classic. We first present the stat priority, before delving into more complex explanations.
Stat Priority for Holy Paladin
The stat priority for Holy
Paladin is as follows:
- Intellect
- Spirit
- Haste Rating
- Mastery Rating
- Critical Strike Rating
Intellect
Intellect is the primary stat you will be focusing on as a Holy Paladin as it is the only way to
increase your Spell Power which is what your heals scale off of. Intellect also increases your maximum
Mana allowing you to cast more Heals over the course of a fight and making your Divine Plea cooldown
even more effective. Each point of Intellect will grant you 1 Spell Power. Your
Intellect also scales with buffs like
Blessing of Kings which makes the stat
even more valuable, and as a Paladin you will always have access to the Blessing.
- 650 Intellect = 1% Critical Strike
- 1 Intellect = 17.5 Mana
Spirit
Spirit acts as our second highest priority stat as it has replaced MP5 as our means of mana-regeneration.
Spirit will be found exclusively on Healer gear and while you will rarely have to pick between Spirit and another
secondary stat you should focus on getting as much Spirit as possible as it will enable you to cast some of your more
expensive, higher throughput healing abilities like Holy Radiance and
Divine Light.
Judgements of the Pure
also increases your Mana Regeneration from Spirit while in combat by 30%. Like Intellect, Spirit also scales off of
Blessing of Kings
making it even more valuable per point. If you are a
Human the racial
The Human Spirit
also directly scales with your Spirit Rating.
Haste Rating
Haste rating is a great stat as a Holy Paladin as it makes your casts quicker allowing you to get more heals out in a shorter
period of time. Haste also scales incredibly with your Judgements of the Pure and
Speed of Light talents.
Holy Radiance also scales off of your Haste rating, for every breakpoint of Haste added your Holy Radiance will add another
tick of healing. While the amount of Haste required to add these bonus ticks can be difficult to achieve especially early in the gearing
process it is something to consider when deciding what items to use or how to reforge. The amount of Haste past the fifth tick
break point will be very difficult to achieve without cooldowns such as
Bloodlust or
Divine Favor so highlighted
below are the most realistic breakpoints to obtain.
At Level 85:
- 128.05 Haste Rating = 1% Haste
- With 3 points in
Speed of Light and
Judgements of the Pure active, 496 Haste Rating = fourth tick
- With 3 points in
Speed of Light and
Judgements of the Pure active, 4308 Haste Rating = fifth tick
Mastery Rating
Mastery is the new stat added in during Cataclysm and provides a different,
unique benefit for every single specialization in the game. For
Holy Paladins, Mastery gives
Illuminated Healing, which causes your direct healing abilities to give the target an absorb shield that
scales directly with the amount of Mastery you have. Mastery is a great addition to the healing toolkit but it is important to know
the shielding portion of Mastery does not effect your
Beacon of Light healing recipient.
At Level 85:
- 179.28 Mastery Rating = 1% Mastery
Critical Strike Rating
Critical Strike Rating causes your heals to do double healing, while Haste is our best secondary stat Critical Strike is close
especially as it pairs incredibly with our talents like Infusion of Light.
Reforge
this stat into a higher priority stat like Haste or Spirit.
At Level 85:
- 179.28 Crit Rating = 1% Crit
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This guide has been written by Mytholxgy, who plays healer in Liquid. He is a Templar in the Paladin class discord. You can reach him on Twitter and watch him stream on Twitch.
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