Cataclysm Classic Holy Priest Guide
Welcome to our Holy Priest guide for Cataclysm Classic, tailored for PvE content. Here, you will learn how all you need to know to play Holy Priest proficiently. Click the links below to navigate the guide or read this page for a short introduction.
Cataclysm Classic Holy Priest Overview
While Holy does not bring as much utility as Discipline does, it makes up for it in sheer healing output. Holy has a wide arsenal of AoE healing spells, putting out some of the best AoE healing available in the entire game. On fights with heavy raid-wide damage, this spec will shine above the rest with its ability to keep everyone alive nearly entirely on its own.
Is Holy Priest Viable in Cataclysm
Holy Priest is one of the strongest AoE raid-wide healers in the game. While they do not bring as much utility as other healing specs, they offer an unmatched amount of AoE heals and can often single-handedly heal up entire raids after taking high amounts of damage. While Holy might not be the most desired pick, the amount of raw AoE healing the spec can put out make it a strong choice in many raid comps.
- Extremely high AoE healing, capable of quickly topping up the raid.
- Very diverse healing kit, allowing multiple different playstyles.
- Great flexibility, allowing them cover any healing needs.
- Overall offers very little utility, only bringing Guardian Spirit as a
- unique cooldown.
- Very mana-hungry, can easily run out of mana quickly without proper management.
- Struggles with single-target healing compared to other healers.
Best Races for Holy Priest
Alliance Discipline Priest'sbest options are Gnomes as they give a 5% maximum mana increase with Expansive Mind and Humans for their The Human Spirit, increasing your total Spirit by 3%. Both of these racials give you a nice boost to your mana regeneration.
Horde Discipline Priest's have a few contenders for the best race. Goblins are a strong choice, offering Time is Money and Rocket Jump. Trolls remain a powerful choice, still having Berserking for high healing situations.
Best Professions for Holy Priest
Cataclysm balances most professions to be an equal amount of bonus stats, with most professions giving an average of 80 stats increase. That being said, there are always certain advantages and disadvantages to each profession, making certain professions slightly stronger than others.
- Engineering — Engineering remains the best in slot profession thanks to the new tinker Synapse Springs. Grounded Plasma Shield, another new tinker, is a decent on use defensive shield that can save your life. Nitro Boosts remain a solid option for movement speed bursts during fights.
- Tailoring — is a great choice for the Lightweave Embroidery or Darkglow Embroidery unique cloak enchants.
- Blacksmithing — Allows you to add an additional socket to your gloves and bracers with Socket Gloves and Socket Bracer. While this is about the same stats gain as most other professions early on, once epic gems are introduced this profession becomes much stronger.
Priest Addons and Macros
Addons and Macros can greatly improve your quality of life during Cataclysm. Listed below are some of our recommendations on Addons and Macros to help get the most out of your time playing the game.
Changelog
- 06 Nov. 2024 (gear page): Updated for Phase 3.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (pre-raid gear page): Reviewed for Phase 3.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (leveling page): Reviewed for Phase 3.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for Phase 3.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Phase 3.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for Phase 3.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for Phase 3.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for Phase 3.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Phase 3.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (pre-raid gear page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (leveling page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (gear page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (enchants page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (stats page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (spells page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (rotation page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (talents page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 30 Jul. 2024 (this page): Page reviewed for phase two.
- 20 May 2024 (pre-raid gear page): Added page.
- 20 May 2024 (gear page): Added page.
- 20 May 2024 (this page): Updated for Phase 1 release.
- 15 May 2024 (enchants page): Added page.
- 15 May 2024 (stats page): Added page.
- 15 May 2024 (rotation page): Added page.
- 15 May 2024 (talents page): Added page.
- 08 May 2024 (leveling page): Added page.
- 08 May 2024 (spells page): Added page.
- 28 Apr. 2024 (this page): Guide added.
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This guide has been written by Abide, TBC veteran for nearly a decade. Abide is a Warrior tank and multi-class expert currently playing on Faerlina as Horde. You can find him in the the Icy Veins Discord. You can also see him live on Twitch.
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