Holy Paladin Healing Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Holy Paladin in World of Warcraft Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0).
If you were looking for Mists of Pandaria Classic content, please refer to our Mists of Pandaria Classic Holy Paladin gear and best in slot.
Best in Slot Gear Guide for Holy Paladin
Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Holy Paladin for The Midnight Pre-Patch. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Holy Paladin, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more. Keep in mind that with Midnight comes a stat squish, meaning that each item will provide significantly less stats than it once had. Your overall damage and healing will also be lowered as a result.
For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.
BiS Gear for Holy Paladin
Overall BiS List for Holy Paladin
This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Manaforge Omega.
| Slot | Item | Source/Note |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Nexus King Salhadaar | |
| Shield | Loom’ithar | |
| Helm | Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Neck | The Soul Hunters | |
| Shoulder | The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | |
| Chest | Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Bracers | The Soul Hunters | |
| Gloves | Operation: Floodgate | |
| Belt | Soulbinder Naazindhri | |
| Legs | Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Boots | The Soul Hunters | |
| Ring #1 | Dimensius The All Devouring | |
| Ring #2 | Forgeweaver Araz | |
| Trinket #1 | Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega | |
| Trinket #2 | Fractillus in Manaforge Omega |
Manaforge Omega BiS List for Holy Paladin
This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Manaforge Omega.
| Slot | Item | Source/Note |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Nexus King Salhadaar | |
| Shield | Loom’ithar | |
| Helm | Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Neck | The Soul Hunters | |
| Shoulder | The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | |
| Chest | Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Bracers | The Soul Hunters | |
| Gloves | Forgeweaver Araz | |
| Belt | Soulbinder Naazindhri | |
| Legs | Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Boots | The Soul Hunters | |
| Ring #1 | Dimensius The All Devouring | |
| Ring #2 | Forgeweaver Araz | |
| Trinket #1 | Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega | |
| Trinket #2 | Fractillus in Manaforge Omega |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Holy Paladin
This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for the current Mythic+ season.
| Slot | Item | Source/Note |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Halls of Atonement | |
| Shield | Tazavesh, the Veiled Market | |
| Helm | Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Neck | Halls of Atonement | |
| Shoulder | The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | |
| Chest | Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Bracers | Tazavesh, the Veiled Market | |
| Gloves | Operation: Floodgate | |
| Belt | The Dawnbreaker | |
| Legs | Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault | |
| Boots | Tazavesh, the Veiled Market | |
| Ring #1 | Eco-Dome Al'dani | |
| Ring #2 | Halls of Atonement | |
| Trinket #1 | Tazavesh, the Veiled Market / Great Vault | |
| Trinket #2 | The Dawnbreaker |
Useful Leveling Items for Midnight
When leveling, you won't be healing often. Much of your focus will be on killing mobs as quickly as possible while occasionally healing yourself (or your group members if you are leveling with friends). For these reasons, you should aim to run DPS-focused trinkets that can help increase your ability to kill mobs efficiently. Below we will list a few choices you can consider using:
Signet of the Priory — On-use trinket that you can use when pulling multiple enemies.
Azhiccaran Parapodia — Causes your damaging spells to deal damage and increases intellect.
Naazindhri's Mystic Lash — Deals damage to enemies in front of you.- Any other trinket that deals damage or increases your overall stats. Stay away from trinkets that only provide healing.
Best Crafted Items for Holy Paladin
The best Embellishment for Holy Paladin will come down to whether or not you raid
and if you will be able to obtain the full set that goes with
Voidglass Sovereign's Blade. If you will be
unable to do this quickly, you will gain the most power by crafting a 2H weapon with
Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension
followed by
Writhing Armor Banding. If you do this, you will still replace it long term once
you can gain access to the full set. From there, your best embellishments will instead be
Dawnthread Lining
for general use, and
Binding of Binding for Mythic+ only.
Generally, Haste/Mastery is a good stat combination to go with for pure healing, otherwise you can go Haste/Versatility if you plan on playing an equal amount of Mythic+ and Raiding.
Best Crafting Order for Holy Paladin
- The largest power increase would be crafting a max item level weapon and using
Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.
That being said, the weapon will be replaced long-term once you gain access to the BiS weapon from raid.
If you do not raid or do not think you will get the weapon soon, then you should craft this first. - With your second craft, you can use it on
Writhing Armor Banding if you did craft a weapon.
In general, you want to craft these on slots that are unlikely to be replaced and don't have extremely
competitive options. For example, crafting any embellishment on a tier slot can tend to be
a waste in case you need to use that slot for tier. Similarly, if you get a super rare neck
or ring, it would also be a waste to have an embellishment on the sale slot.
Generally, you want to chase item level with something like Boots/Belts/Bracers > Rings/Necks > Cloaks. - If you did not craft a weapon or are at the point you are replacing it, you will want to craft items with
Dawnthread Lining following the same logic described previously. - If you only play Mythic+, you can opt to craft items with
Binding of Binding.
Best Use Of Puzzling Cartel Chips For Holy Paladin
The current Turbo Boost offers a way to acquire specific items from
Manaforge Omega as well as Mythic+ Trinkets through
Puzzling Cartel Chips. You can use these chips to buy Heroic level items
but in order to get Myth level items you need to get all +12 keys timed for the
Mythic+ trinkets or kill the boss on Mythic for the raid items at least once.
For more information about this system and how it works as well as the location
of the vendors, check out our dedicated Puzzling Cartel Chip section!
Choosing what items to spend Puzzling Cartel Chips on will largely depend on what
items you already have. Someone with a Mythic
Astral Antenna will obviously not
need to buy it from the vendor and thus can spend Cartel Chips on other items. Below
we will list some of the key items, in order of importance.
| Check/Uncheck Bosses Killed/Keystones Completed | ||
|---|---|---|
Interloper's Plated Sabatons - This will be one of your highest priority items as the power increase is more significant than any other potential upgrade besides completing the Void trinket+weapon set bonus. That being said, these boots drop quite frequently and off an easier boss in the raid. It may be worth skipping this item entirely if you see yourself farming this boss for a while and instead using a cartel coin on either
Voidglass Sovereign's Blade or
Diamantine Voidcore to complete the set.
Voidglass Sovereign's Blade - Extremely powerful set bonus that combines with
Diamantine Voidcore. You will want to purchase this only if acquiring both set pieces is possible.
Diamantine Voidcore - BiS trinket as long as you have
Voidglass Sovereign's Blade. You will want to purchase this only if acquiring both set pieces is possible.
Nexus-King's Command - If you already have access to the Void set bonus and acquiring boots isn't a concern, then you may want to target this trinket due it being so strong. However, only healers utilize this trinket which may make it easier to acquire. Especially if your co-healers plan on purchasing it.
Astral Antenna - Strong trinket that is acquirable early into the raid. This is a good choice if you do not see yourself progressing Mythic far enough to unlock any of the later items.
Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj - Out of the Mythic+ items, this will be your best purchase and should be sought after if you do not envision yourself killing many if any Mythic raid bosses.
So'leah's Secret Technique - This trinket falls behind some of the raid choices and is inferior to
Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj, but it can be a nice choice for players who do not plan on stepping into Mythic raiding content at all.- If you are solely focused on Mythic and have managed to kill early bosses but don't see yourself progressing farther,
Loom'ithar's Living Silk can be a good choice due to the heavy utility it provides.
Band of the Shattered Soul - If you have been able to acquire nearly every rare item to this point and have no idea what else to spend your chip on, this ring provides solid stats and a nice extra bonus. Otherwise, you can aim for a Mythic+ focused trinekt such as
Loom'ithar's Living Silk or an offspec item!- If you do not see yourself progressing into Mythic content and already having access to strong Mythic+/Raid trinkets, you may want to target
Interloper's Plated Sabatons on Hero track due to the strong bonus it will provide you.
Loom'ithar's Living Silk - Solid choice for Mythic+ players who have no desire to ever step into any form of raid content. The shield it provides can be extremely beneficial in keeping players alive during tough moments.
The War Within Pre-Patch Tier Set for Holy Paladin
The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the of the Lucent Battalion moniker. Unique bonuses are unlocked when wearing 2 or 4 pieces. During the Pre-Patch, these tier bonuses have changed and now only provide a percentage increase to your healing. While this change may remove some excitment, you will still want to use it.
Reshii Wraps
Added in Patch 11.2, the Reshii Wraps will take up your cloak slot and be used in every
form of content. With this cloak, you are able to fully customize the stats and will want to choose
stats that best suit the form of content you plan on doing. For raid, Haste/Mastery will be strong and for
Mythic+ or general use you will want to go with Haste/Vers. You can also use
Interloper's Plated Sabatons
in your boot slot to increase the power of your cloak; you should aim to do this as soon as possible.
Trinket Simulations for Holy Paladin
For a comprehensive list of the best trinkets available, please visit QuestionablyEpic, where you can find a full list of the best available trinkets. More information on this website can be found on our Simulations page:
Changelog
- 19 Jan. 2026: Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
- 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
- 05 Oct. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.5.
- 14 Aug. 2025: Trinket recommendations updated.
- 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.7.
- 13 May 2025: Puzzling Cartel Chip Recommendations updated.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Page Updated for Patch 11.1.5.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Cyrces Circlet information added.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 16 Sep. 2024: Embellishment information updated.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Season 1 BiS Gear added.
- 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: Updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 29 Nov. 2023: BiS List and Embellishment recommendations updated.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Embellishment and BiS list updated for sporecloak nerfs.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Page Updated for 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: BiS gear added.
- 19 Jul. 2023: Trinket tier list updated.
- 17 Jul. 2023: Trinket tier list updated.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Gear recommendations updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 26 May 2023: Information about Timewalking trinkets added.
- 20 May 2023: Embellishment recommendations changed to account for bug fixes.
- 16 May 2023: Embellishments updated.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- 28 Mar. 2023: Primordial Gem recommendations updated.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 13 Jan. 2023: Added Spark of Ingenuity crafting recommendations.
- 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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