Holy Paladin Healing Gear and Best in Slot — 12.1

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Holy Paladin for Midnight. 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.

Upgrading gear in Midnight continues to use the Crest system which lets you increase the item level of gear along tracks that relate to where you obtained the item, which harder content dropping gear that can be upgraded to higher Item Levels. For more information, read up on our dedicated page on how the gearing system works and what has changed in the Midnight expansion.

OverallMythic+Raid

This list contains the highest HPS setup from all sources for Holy Paladin. Keep in mind that there are many other setups that perform within the margin of error. This list is not the end-all-be-all list where any item that is not listed is far behind this specific selection.

This list is by no means a replacement for QuestionablyEpic. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

In Midnight Season 2, you are able to convert any item to a tier piece and it'll keep its original stats and effects! This means that your offpiece no longer matters as much. Reckless Spirit Breastplate and Chausses of Unbound Rancor will always be desired due to their higher item levels, but your other 2 remaining tier slots can change depending on what gear you have available.

• Helm: Skullguard of the Risen Sacrifice from Nek'zali the Soulcoiler
• Shoulders: Cinderfury Shoulderguards from Murder Row
• Chest: Reckless Spirit Breastplate from The Coiled Altar
• Gloves: Gauntlets of the Consecrated Flame from Entombed Sentinels
• Legs: Chausses of Unbound Rancor from Ula'tek

FAQWhat to Get From The Great Vault?

With Nebulous Voidcore being able to be taken from the Great Vault instead of an item, you will prioritize getting these bonus rolls with your first vault. This will allow you to roll for an item on any dungeon or boss and receive a 1/6 Myth track version of the item. Because Ula'tek drops us Myth track Chausses of Unbound Rancor from Heroic, you will prioritize the bonus rolls to get this BiS item well before you have a chance to kill the boss on Mythic. By bonus rolling the boss you can also get access to Aqirbane Reliquary. Keep in mind that dropped items from Mythic will be at 9/6 Mythic though, whereas bonus-rolled items cap out at 6/6.

Holy Paladin

1.1.

Overall Best in Slot

Warhelm of the Consecrated Flame Helm

King's Rest Empowered Hex of Leeching

Gauntlets of the Consecrated Flame Hands

Catalyst + King's Rest

Aqirbane Reliquary Neck

Ula'tek

Girdle of Toxic Regret Waist

Coiled Altar

Pauldrons of the Consecrated Flame Shoulders

Temple of Sethraliss Silvermoon's Mending

Greaves of the Consecrated Flame Legs

Catalyst + Ula'tek Arcanoweave Spellthread

Silken Voodoo Drape Cloak

Coiled Altar

Poison-Proof Stompers Feet

Altar of Fangs Shaladrassil's Roots

Bulwark of the Consecrated Flame Chest

Catalyst + Coiled Altar Mark of the Worldsoul

Sickening Signet of Atroxus Ring

Voidscar Arena +29 Mastery

Shirt

Vile Alchemist's Band Ring

Vashnik the Malignant +29 Mastery

Tabard

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Shellbound Bracers Bracers

The Lost Explorers

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Trinket

The Lost Explorers

Baleful Hexblade Main Hand

Coiled Altar Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Bubblefin Splash Guard Off Hand

Nymrissa Wavecaller

This list contains the highest HPS setup from all sources for Holy Paladin. Keep in mind that there are many other setups that perform within the margin of error. This list is not the end-all-be-all list where any item that is not listed is far behind this specific selection.

This list is by no means a replacement for QuestionablyEpic. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

In Midnight Season 2, you are able to convert any item to a tier piece and it'll keep its original stats and effects! This means that your offpiece no longer matters as much. Reckless Spirit Breastplate and Chausses of Unbound Rancor from the new raid are highely desirable due to their higher item levels and unique effect. If you cannot obtain those items you will want to prioritize a combination of 4 from the list below. Pants are your least desirable slot.

• Helm: Greathelm of Temptation from Murder Row
• Shoulders: Cinderfury Shoulderguards from Murder Row
• Chest: Breastplate of Soaring Terror from Ruby Life Pools
• Gloves: Thornspike Gauntlets from The Blinding Vale
• Legs: Ancient General's Obsidian Pillars from Altar of Fangs

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Blinding Vale: Drops a shield: Teldrassil's Sacrifice and one of the best dungeon trinkets: Lightspire Core.
• Murder Row: Drops one of the best trinkets: Freightrunner's Flask as well as bracers and a neck.
• King's Rest: Drops multiple good items but nothing outstanding.

Holy Paladin

1.2.

Best Gear from Mythic+

Warhelm of the Consecrated Flame Helm

King's Rest Empowered Hex of Leeching

Gauntlets of the Consecrated Flame Hands

Catalyst + King's Rest

Pendant of Malefic Fury Neck

Murder Row

Girdle of Pestilent Purification Waist

King's Rest

Pauldrons of the Consecrated Flame Shoulders

Temple of Sethraliss Silvermoon's Mending

Greaves of the Consecrated Flame Legs

Catalyst + Temple of Sethraliss Arcanoweave Spellthread

Bloodthorn Burnous Cloak

The Blinding Vale

Poison-Proof Stompers Feet

Altar of Fangs Shaladrassil's Roots

Bulwark of the Consecrated Flame Chest

Catalyst + Ruby Life Pools Mark of the Worldsoul

Charged Sandstone Band Ring

Temple of Sethraliss +29 Mastery

Shirt

Sickening Signet of Atroxus Ring

Voidscar Arena +29 Mastery

Tabard

Lightspire Core Trinket

The Blinding Vale

Overseer's Vambraces Bracers

Murder Row

Freightrunner's Flask Trinket

Murder Row

Crackling Jade Kilij Main Hand

King's Rest Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Tempest's Shelter Off Hand

Den of Nalorakk

This list contains the highest HPS setup from all sources for Holy Paladin. Keep in mind that there are many other setups that perform within the margin of error. This list is not the end-all-be-all list where any item that is not listed is far behind this specific selection.

This list is by no means a replacement for QuestionablyEpic. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

In Midnight Season 2, you are able to convert any item to a tier piece and it'll keep its original stats and effects! This means that your offpiece no longer matters as much. Reckless Spirit Breastplate and Chausses of Unbound Rancor will always be desired due to their higher item levels, but your other 2 remaining tier slots can change depending on what gear you have available.

• Helm: Skullguard of the Risen Sacrifice from Nek'zali the Soulcoiler
• Shoulders: Pauldrons of the Consecrated Flame from The Lost Explorers
• Chest: Reckless Spirit Breastplate from The Coiled Altar
• Gloves: Gauntlets of the Consecrated Flame from Entombed Sentinels
• Legs: Chausses of Unbound Rancor from Ula'tek

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raidleader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we got you covered!

• Chausses of Unbound Rancor: Cantrip leg item that you will catalyze. Drops from Ula'tek.
• Aqirbane Reliquary: Another cantrip item that drops from Ula'tek.
• Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel: incredibly powerful trinket that drops from Nek'zali the Soulcoiler.
• Gebbo's Bottomless Bag: Second best trinket. Drops from The Lost Explorers.

Holy Paladin

1.3.

Best Gear from Raid

Warhelm of the Consecrated Flame Helm

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler Empowered Hex of Leeching

Gauntlets of the Consecrated Flame Hands

Catalyst + Entombed Sentinels

Aqirbane Reliquary Neck

Ula'tek

Girdle of Toxic Regret Waist

Coiled Altar

Pauldrons of the Consecrated Flame Shoulders

The Lost Explorers Silvermoon's Mending

Greaves of the Consecrated Flame Legs

Catalyst + Ula'tek Arcanoweave Spellthread

Silken Voodoo Drape Cloak

Coiled Altar

Scaled Fiend's Warboots Feet

Vashnik the Malignant Shaladrassil's Roots

Bulwark of the Consecrated Flame Chest

Catalyst + Coiled Altar Mark of the Worldsoul

Vile Alchemist's Band Ring

Vashnik the Malignant +29 Mastery

Shirt

Alluring Bubbleband Ring

Nymrissa Wavecaller +29 Mastery

Tabard

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Shellbound Bracers Bracers

The Lost Explorers

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Trinket

The Lost Explorers

Baleful Hexblade Main Hand

Coiled Altar Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Bubblefin Splash Guard Off Hand

Nymrissa Wavecaller

Itemization

Enchants and Stat Priority

Looking to optimize your character? Check out our Enchant and Stat Priority guides for more information!

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As always, you should consult with QELive to determine your best trinkets as the list can often change with tuning. However, this season you will want to utilize Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel and Gebbo's Bottomless Bag. Two incredibly powerful trinkets from the new raid. Mythic+ trinkets are unfortunately a bit undertuned in comparison but you do have a few good options to use while working to acquire your BiS trinkets from raid.

Holy Paladin BiS Trinkets

Best-in-Slot - Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel and Gebbo's Bottomless Bag.
Honorable Mention - Lightspire Core.

For direct trinket comparison, use QELive. We will list a few special trinkets here with comments on their power level.

Holy Paladin Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Trinket
S Tier	Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel
A Tier	Wavecaller's Seastone Lightspire Core Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Drum of Renewed Bonds Ruby Whelp Shell
B Tier	Stormbound Emblem of Dazar Gaze of the Alnseer Light of the Cosmic Crescendo Hex Lord's Dooming Idol Glorious Crusader's Keepsake
C Tier	Seed of Radiant Hope Mycolic Medicine Unstable Felheart Crystal Vile Vial of Volatile Venom
D Tier	Preternatural Antivenom Crucible of Erratic Energies Cosmic Bell
F- Tier	Kyrakka's Searing Embers

In general, there are quite a few trinkets on a similar power level. Any of the trinkets in a tier will be roughly equal to each other. This means that item level on trinkets is quite important. F-tier trinkets are there because they are only better than an empty trinket slot.

Nebulous Voidcore can be used to acquire specific items from specific bosses or dungeons, by letting you gain a guaranteed piece of loot from a specific drop-location. The received item is random, but once an item has been acquired in this way, your next use of a Voidcore will grant one of the remaining items you haven't yet acquired.

Note that obtaining an item via drop or great vault does not remove it from your Bonus Roll pool.

There are a few different paths you can take for your Nebulous Voidcores and crafts. These are mostly early-season problems, and if you pick up the spec later in the season then you will have a lot more freedom in what you choose for both. It is a big power loss to bonus roll Mythic+ early in the season.

Raid Voidcore Priority

• Ideal: Heroic Ula'tek until you obtain Chausses of Unbound Rancor.
• Next Best: Mythic Nek'zali the Soulcoiler until you obtain Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel.
• Then: Fill in slots you don't have Myth-track items for yet. You can use QE Live in order to get the average bonus roll value from each boss and dungeon. Typically The Lost Explorers can be a good choice.

M+/Heroic Raids Voidcore Priority

• The Blinding Vale - Lightspire Core (good)
• Voidscar Arena - Sickening Signet of Atroxus (BiS)

Determing the best course of action for your bonus rolls changes heavily depending on the level you are playing at and the content you anticipate being able to complete early into the season. Later into the season you will have much more access to gear and bonus rolls that your decision matters much less. Early on it is incredibly important.

Raiders will also want to focus on getting Chausses of Unbound Rancor as soon as possible due to the strength of the item. The next decision can become more complicated because players who will kill Nek'zali easily may have an easier opportunity to get Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel as only healers want the item and many will be bonus rolling for it. You can make the decision to save your bonus rolls and instead opt for something like The Lost Explorers as it has quite a few strong items for you to use early into a season.

If you will not be killing Ula'tek early, your best decision may be to hold onto your bonus rolls for an extra week or so until you are able to kill it. Otherwise you can begin bonus rolling for other items.

Mythic+ mains will want to avoid using Bonus Rolls in Mythic+ due to the items not being as good as what you can realistically achieve in raid. Killing Heroic Ula'tek gives you the opportunity to roll Chausses of Unbound Rancor which is incredibly powerful. Even if you hate raiding you will want to attempt to get this item. After this you have a lot more flexibility with how you want to use your Bonus rolls and if Mythic Nek'zali is achievable for you, then that would be a good target for Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel. Otherwise you can aim to target strong items like Lightspire Core from The Blinding Vale.

Professions are a great way to gear up with your optimal secondary stats, as adding special items to the crafting process lets you pick and choose the exact secondary stats you want.

As your ability to craft items will be time-gated in the initial stages of Midnight, you have two choices. Crafting an early Mainhand weapon or heading straight into crafting items with Arcanoweave Lining. Players progressing through the raid at a quicker manner may want to avoid crafting a weapon as they will have access to weapon drops quite early into their Mythic progression. Players not expecting to enter and clear Mythic early into the season will benefit from the power that accompanies crafting an early weapon and should do so as soon as possible.

Holy Paladin Crafted Gear Priority

• Magister's Mana Sword with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt and Haste/Mastery
• Spellbreaker's Rebuke with Arcanoweave Lining and Haste/Mastery
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.

For more information about crafting gear you can visit our Professions page.

Up to two of your crafted items can be Embellished. This is a similar concept as Unique-Equipped, as you can only wear two items that have the Embellished status. Some crafted items, many of which have powerful procs or beneficial effects by default, are considered Embellished. You can also add Embellishments from a variety of professions to any crafted item, adding the effect to this item either when creating it or at a later stage.

We tend to recommend crafting weapon slots early as they will provide the most initial power at the start of a new season, but they will not be your overall Best in Slot items. In general your best in slot will be:

• Spellbreaker's Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining and Haste/Mastery
• Spellbreaker's March with Arcanoweave Lining and Haste/Mastery

You can add sockets to Helmets, Belts, and Bracers with the Miasmic Jewelbinder consumable that you can get if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. Not picking a choice will grant you tokens, six of which can be traded in for the Miasmic Jewelbinder item that allows you to add a socket to the above piece of gear, if you acquired them in Season 2. You will generally not have any of these until later in the season since it is better to take an item or a Nebulous Voidcore.

Early into the season, or if you have just started playing an alt, you will have limited access to upgrading-crests such as Myth Mistcrest. These can be used to upgrade gear to higher itemlevels. Since crests are limited each week and upgrading different items costs the same amount of crests regardless, you will want to prioritize your usage of them on items you plan on not replacing anytime soon, or that offer the biggest benefits.

The priority will change heavily depending on whether or not you are crafting a weapon. If you do not craft a weapon and instead get an early Myth track one then you should prioritize upgrading the weapon first. Otherwise you can follow the order below:

Holy Paladin Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon Slots ➜ Special Effect Slots ➜ Helmet/Chest/Legs ➜ Trinkets ➜ Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots ➜ The Rest

As previously mentioned, you will want to prioritize the items you know that you will not replace. If you have a BiS Myth track tier helm, that would take priority over a Hero track trinket that is not BiS. The above order assumes that everything is Myth track.

Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on QE Live. This is because every character is unique, and each gear piece you have access to can change what is best right now for you.

While we do offer recommendations for gear and trinkets, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!

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