Mists of Pandaria Classic Holy Priest Guide

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.

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 25-man raid comps.

Strengths

• Best AoE healing throughout in the game.
• Very high-burst healing in emergencies.
• Can single-target heal almost as well as AoE healing.

Weaknesses

• Very mana hungry, requires high Spirit to perform well.
• Very weak 10-man healer, most of kit is wasted hitting too few allies.

Below are our recommended races for both the Alliance and Horde Holy Priests.

With how high of a mana demand Holy has, Human will be the ideal choice for the 3% increase to total spirit.

1. Human
   • Diplomacy
   • Will to Survive
   • Mace Specialization
   • Sword Specialization
   • The Human Spirit

Goblin will be the go-to pick on the Horde side, giving you Rocket Barrage, a much needed mobility skill, as well as Time is Money, a 1% spell haste increase.

1. Goblin
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   • Better Living Through Chemistry
   • Pack Hobgoblin
   • Rocket Barrage
   • Rocket Jump
   • Time is Money

Mists of Pandaria balances most professions to be an equal amount of bonus stats, with most professions giving an average of 320 stats increase. That being said, there are always certain advantages and disadvantages to each profession, making certain professions slightly stronger than others.

1. 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.
2. Tailoring — is a great choice for the Lightweave Embroidery or Darkglow Embroidery unique cloak enchants.
3. 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.

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