Holy Paladin Healing Easy Mode — The War Within (11.2.5)
On this page, we explain how to easily play Holy Paladin in World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.2.5), using the simplest rotation, talent tree, stat priority, gear setup, etc., without sacrificing performance.
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.
The Basics of Holy Paladin in The War Within
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.
Beginner's Guide to Holy Paladin in The War Within
Herald of the Sun Standard Melee
Beginner 
Herald of the Sun Build for Holy Paladin
This build focuses on a very standard rotation of building Holy Power through 
Holy Shock,
Crusader Strike, and 
Judgment and spending it on either 
Eternal Flame or 
Light of Dawn.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Beginner Mythic+ Build for Holy Paladin
This build is designed for those who want to play a fairly simple Mythic+-focused build.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Basic Playstyle for Holy Paladins
Below, we will break down your overall priorities depending on the form of content you find yourself doing.
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 as much as possible. - Consume Holy Power with
Word of Glory for Single-Target healing or
Light of Dawn for AoE healing. - Cast
Judgment as much as possible. - Use
Crusader Strike as a filler ability.
5-Man Healing
5-man healing is very similar to raiding rotations, with the exception
that you will be casting 
Word of Glory much more frequently. This rotation
will assume that you are playing the recommended Mythic+ build.
- Use Holy Shock as your primary healing spell.
- Consume Holy Power with Word of Glory.
- Cast Crusader Strike to generate Holy Power and reduce the cooldown
of Holy Shock.
- Help your group kill enemies by using
Consecration!
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, 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.
Best Talents for Holy Paladin in The War Within
This is the Easy Mode page, which presents things in a simplified manner with simplified builds. For our detailed, fully-fledged Talent and Rotation guides, click below!
Stat Priority for Holy Paladin in The War Within
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.
- Haste
- Mastery
- Critical Strike
- 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.
Changelog
- 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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This guide has been written by Mytholxgy, a former RWF progression raider and analyst for Pieces and Liquid. He is also a Templar in the Paladin Class Discord, as well as one of the class experts in the Evoker Discord. You can reach him on Twitter and watch him stream occasionally on Twitch.
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