Holy Paladin Healing Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — The War Within (11.2)

Regardless of build choice, your primary focus will be casting as many Holy Shocks as possible, as well as spending as much Holy Power as possible through one of: Light of Dawn, Word of Glory (or Eternal Flame), or Shield of the Righteous. When you can do none of the above, you will begin casting abilities that are less important or serve as maintenance buffs that you need to keep on cooldown as much as possible (think Holy Prism).

When no healing is needed, the priority will change slightly, and your goals will be to keep Consecration down as much as possible and spending Holy Power on Shield of the Righteous. If you end up talenting into Righteous Judgment, then you will want to also keep Judgment on cooldown to have a chance at spawning extra consecrates.

When you select a desired build, you will be given much more detailed priority lists that explain how and when to use each ability.

This is a standard raiding build focused on maximizing Holy Power generation and spending while also playing around Holy Prism and Dawnlight. The key to executing this build at a high level will be ensuring that you are always pressing something. Whether that be Holy Shock, Flash of Light, or spending Holy Power, you will always have something available to be casted and will need to progress through the priority list as quickly as possible which can require quick thinking and preplanning.

1. Cast Beacon of Virtue as much as possible during a fight. Try to line it up with heavy damage windows without keeping it on cooldown for too long. If you are having mana issues, you can cast it less frequently.
2. Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible to proc Dawnlight. When possible, you will want to use Holy Prism during Awakening to generate extra Sun's Avatar procs.
3. Spend Holy Power if you are capped (5 Holy Power)
4. Consume Infusion of Light procs with Flash of Light
5. Cast Holy Shock
6. Spend any remaining Holy Power
7. Cast Flash of Light when you cannot do any of the above.

During Beacon of Virtue, your priority will be on getting out as much healing as possible during the short duration. In order to do this you should aim to consume any Infusion of Light procs, spend any holy power, cast Holy Shock, and if you cannot do any of the previously mentioned then you should cast Flash of Light.

Flash of Light has become a core rotational ability due to changes to Infusion of Light and Tower of Radiance. Regardless of if you have Infusion of Light or not, this ability is extremely mana efficient, does solid healing, and will generate a Holy Power. This provides significant more value as a filler global than the traditional Crusader Strike does but additionally does healing, making it a great ability to be pressed when you have nothing else to do.

This build plays a bit unique in the fact that it takes Avenging Crusader and specs into Lightsmith instead of the common Herald of the Sun. It places a high emphasis on Judgment and Crusader Strike in order to output as much healing as possible.

1. Cast Beacon of Virtue as much as possible during a fight. Try to line it up with heavy damage windows without keeping it on cooldown for too long. If you are having mana issues, you can cast it less frequently.
2. Keep Sacred Weapon on cooldown as much as possible.
3. If at 5 Holy Power, make sure to spend.
4. Cast Judgment as much as possible.
5. Cast Holy Shock as much as possible.
6. Cast Crusader Strike as much as possible when you will not waste cooldown reduction on Judgment or Holy Shock.
7. Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible.
8. Spend Remaining Holy Power on Light of Dawn or Word of Glory.
9. Cast Hammer of Wrath when you cannot do any of the above.
10. Cast Consecration when you cannot do any of the above.

It is important to note that your rotation slightly differs when inside and outside of Avenging Crusader. When inside of this cooldown, your priority, above all else, will be to keep Judgment and Crusader Strike on cooldown. You will also want to be triggering Blessed Assurance between each Crusader Strike cast. Because of this, your in Avenging Crusader rotation will look something like this:

1. Cast Judgment
2. Spend Holy Power
3. Cast Crusader Strike
4. Cast Judgment

When you do not have Holy Power to spend, you can instead cast Holy Shock to help you generate Holy Power between casts. The goal is to follow that rotation as closely as possible to maximize your Avenging Crusader healing. When you are outside of this cooldown, you can follow the standard rotation detailed above.

Many of the priorities you would use in raiding content will stay the same in Mythic+. The main exception to this is the increased importance of Consecration, Judgment, and Shield of the Righteous in order to output extra damage because no healing is needed.

1. Cast Beacon of Virtue as much as possible. Try to line it up with heavy damage windows without keeping it on cooldown for too long. If you are having mana issues, you can cast it less frequently.
2. Keep Holy Prism on cooldown as much as possible to proc Dawnlight. When possible, you will want to use Holy Prism during Awakening to generate extra Sun's Avatar procs.
3. Avoid Capping Holy Power - Spend on Eternal Flame or Shield of the Righteous.
4. Consume Infusion of Light procs.
5. Cast Holy Shock as much as possible.
6. Spend remaining Holy Power if possible.
7. If you cannot do any of the above and need healing, cast Flash of Light otherwise deal damage with Crusader Strike or Hammer of Wrath when possible.
8. Keep Consecration on the ground at all times.

Keep in mind that damage may occur in Mythic+ settings that you did not expect. If you are constantly spending Holy Power whenever possible, you may not have Holy Power available when healing is needed. For this reason, it can often be wise as a beginner player to only cast Shield of the Righteous when you have 4-5 Holy Power; that way, you can quickly generate extra Holy Power when healing is needed unexpectedly.