Holy Paladin Healing Easy Mode — Midnight Season 1

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On this page, we explain how to easily play Holy Paladin in World of Warcraft — Midnight Season 1, using the simplest rotation, talent tree, stat priority, gear setup, etc., without sacrificing performance.

1.

Foreword

This section is intended for players who are new to the game or class, have no intentions of raiding Mythic difficulty or simply want a more straightforward way to play their specialization without being overwhelmed by the numerous priorities and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.

2.

The Basics of Holy Paladin in Midnight

Holy Paladins do best at passively supporting tanks with their beacons and single-target healing in general. In addition to this, Holy Paladins are peculiar because they have many tools at their disposal that allow them to handle various encounter mechanics in ways that other healers cannot.

If you are completely new to Holy Paladin and need more information on the abilities available to you, you can check out our Spell Summary page.

2.

Beginner's Guide to Holy Paladin in Midnight

Herald of the Sun Raiding Mythic+ and Delve Build Basic Rotation Combat Assistant
2.1.

Beginner Herald of the Sun Build for Holy Paladin

This build focuses on a very standard rotation of building Holy Power through Holy Shock Icon Holy Shock and Flash of Light Icon Flash of Light while spending it with either Light of Dawn Icon Light of Dawn. As always the goal is to generate as much Holy Power as possible while ensuring that you are not wasting any by not spending it.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

2.2.

Beginner Mythic+ Build for Holy Paladin

This build is designed for those who want to play a fairly simple Mythic+-focused build, and it is also useful in Delves if you want to heal there.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

2.3.

Basic Playstyle for Holy Paladins

Below, we will break down your overall priorities depending on the form of content you find yourself doing.

2.4.

Raid Healing

This rotation will assume that you are playing the recommended raid build and would not change regardless of if you have access to your tier bonus. For more in-depth information please consult with the rotation page for additional rotations depending on your desired build.

  • Cast Holy Shock Icon Holy Shock as much as possible.
  • Consume Holy Power with Eternal Flame Icon Eternal Flame for Single-Target healing or Light of Dawn Icon Light of Dawn for AoE healing.
  • Cast Flash of Light Icon Flash of Light when you do not have 3 Holy Power and cannot Holy Shock.
  • Cast Holy Light Icon Holy Light for big healing, just don't do it too much or you will run out of mana extremely quickly.
2.5.

5-Man Healing

5-man healing is very similar to raiding rotations, with the exception that you will be casting Word of Glory Icon Word of Glory (or Eternal Flame Icon Eternal Flame if Herald of the Sun) much more frequently. This rotation will assume that you are playing the recommended Mythic+ build.

  • Use Holy Shock Icon Holy Shock as your primary healing spell.
  • Consume Holy Power with Word of Glory Icon Word of Glory (or Eternal Flame Icon Eternal Flame if Herald of the Sun).
  • Cast Flash of Light Icon Flash of Light when you do not have 3 Holy Power and cannot Holy Shock.
  • Cast Holy Light Icon Holy Light for big healing single-target healing.

While doing dungeons, you can rely on Holy Light Icon Holy Light much more because you are able to drink in between pulls. This means that you will not be as concerned about mana as you would be in Raid.

2.6.

Apex Talent

In Midnight, you will gain access to Beacon of the Savior Icon Beacon of the Savior, the new Apex talent. This ability has 3 separate ranks that all increase its power. Below we will break down what each individual rank does:

  • Rank 1 — While in combat, you will gain an additional beacon called Beacon of the Savior Icon Beacon of the Savior. This beacon will automatically be placed on the lowest health ally and will transfer to the new lowest health ally if it heals a player above 50% or another ally drops below 50%.
  • Rank 2 — Increases the amount of healing transferred by Beacon of the Savior Icon Beacon of the Savior and increases the amount of healing you do to the target with Beacon of the Savior.
  • Rank 3 — Every 8 seconds or when Beacon of the Savior Icon Beacon of the Savior transfers, an absorb shield is placed on the target that also provides damage reduction until the shield is broken.

Beacon of the Savior Icon Beacon of the Savior is largely a passive effect that you do not need to worry about significantly. In general treat it as having a 3rd Beacon of Light Icon Beacon of Light and you can largely ignore it. That being said, because you do additional healing to your Beacon of the Savior, it isn't a big deal if you find yourself directly healing your Savior target like it typically would with a Beacon of the Light target.

2.7.

Season 1 Tier Set

The Midnight Season 1 tier set is fairly straight forward for Holy Paladin. It will provide the following bonuses:

  • Paladin Holy 12.0 Class Set 2pc Icon Paladin Holy 12.0 Class Set 2pc — Increases your Holy Shock Icon Holy Shock healing.
  • Paladin Holy 12.0 Class Set 4pc Icon Paladin Holy 12.0 Class Set 4pcHoly Shock Icon Holy Shock transfers an additional percentage of healing into Beacon of Light Icon Beacon of Light.

This tier set will not impact your rotation but it will provide you with a nice boost to your overall healing. It is important to note that the 4-set bonus (Paladin Holy 12.0 Class Set 4pc Icon Paladin Holy 12.0 Class Set 4pc) will apply to every form of Beacon of Light Icon Beacon of Light. This means Beacon of Virtue Icon Beacon of Virtue, Beacon of Faith Icon Beacon of Faith and Beacon of the Savior Icon Beacon of the Savior all benefit from the bonus.

2.8.

Combat Assistant

Added in Patch 11.1.7, the combat assistant is a one-button ability intended to cast your rotational abilities. Unfortunately for healer specs, this does not function well. As a Holy Paladin, the combat assistant will not cast healing spells, it will not cast Holy Shock Icon Holy Shock, and it will not spend holy power. This makes it fairly unusable. The only situation in which you could use it is when focused entirely on dealing damage, and even then you would still need to cast your other abilities on your own.

3.

Stat Priority for Holy Paladin in Midnight

The general stat priority for a Holy Paladin is seen below. This is very much a rough guideline and is designed for players who do not wish to sim their character through QuestionablyEpic.

  1. Mastery
  2. Haste
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility

While the stat priority for classes is normally the same for both the Easy Mode page and our full guide, subtle differences can still occur. If you want to see the full explanation of the stat priority, as well as the absolute top choices for the priority, head to our full stats page below.

4.

Changelog

  • 16 Mar. 2026: Updated for Midnight Season 1.
  • 26 Feb. 2026: Updated for Midnight 12.0.1.
  • 10 Feb. 2026: Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
  • 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 05 Oct. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
  • 15 Jun. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
  • 15 Dec. 2024: Page overhauled.
  • 21 Oct. 2024: Page updated for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Reviewd and Updated for The War Within.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Page Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
  • 18 Apr. 2024: Reviewd for Season 4.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Stat priority updated.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
  • 07 Aug. 2023: Updated talent recommendations.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Talent recommendation updated for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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