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Holy Paladin Healing Mythic+ Tips - 12.1 - World of Warcraft

In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Holy Paladin in World of Warcraft Patch 12.1.

Table of Contents

1. Holy Paladin in Mythic+ in Midnight Season 2 2. Best Mythic+ Talent Builds 3. Utility Kit and Abilities 4. Dealing with Affixes

Holy Paladin in Mythic+ in Midnight Season 2

Holy Paladin is one of the better healing specializations for Mythic+. It has excellent throughput for almost any healing situation in dungeons, many defensive tools, multiple cooldowns for emergencies, and good damage for a healer. Holy Paladin weaknesses in Mythic+ include low mobility, lack of a standard interrupt, and limited options for crowd control.

If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our Midnight Mythic+ page below, or check out our Mythic+ Tier List if you're curious about the current Mythic+ Meta!

Mythic+ Info

Learn More About Mythic+ in Season 2

Whether you are still new to WoW and want to just dip your toes into Mythic+ for the first time, or find out what the best specs and classes are for Mythic+, we got you covered!

Midnight M+ S2 Mythic+ Healer Rankings

While Holy Paladin has a lot of strong single-target heals through Holy Shock Icon Holy Shock and Word of Glory Icon Word of Glory, the class can struggle when facing very hard-hitting party-wide damage. Most players will end up underusing cooldowns, which can make AoE damage feel much harder to deal with. Remember that Divine Toll Icon Divine Toll has a short cooldown that you should be aiming to press often.

One common mistake that players make that can make healing the party much more difficult is the overuse of Shield of the Righteous Icon Shield of the Righteous. When you are unfamiliar with how much damage your party will be taking, you should aim to sit on high holy power as much as possible so that in case unexpected damage occurs, you already have built up Holy Power ready to heal it quickly. This does not mean you cannot ever deal damage with Shield of the Righteous Icon Shield of the Righteous, but you should not spend 3 Holy Power on it the second you get that Holy Power. Try to save up until you get 4 or 5, and then spend Holy Power before building it up again.

Best Mythic+ Talent Builds

Herald of the Sun Mythic+ Talent Build

Lightsmith Mythic+ Talent Build

2.1.

Default Herald of the Sun Mythic+ Talent Build

Herald of the Sun provides you with Eternal Flame Icon Eternal Flame, Dawnlight Icon Dawnlight, and Sun's Avatar Icon Sun's Avatar, but most of the tree's value comes through passive effects. An extra 5% Haste through Solar Grace Icon Solar Grace and extra Holy Shock Icon Holy Shock healing via Sun Sear Icon Sun Sear and Second Sunrise Icon Second Sunrise make this a powerful tree in Mythic+. It may offer less damage than Lightsmith, but it offers significantly more healing through passive effects and new abilities.

Beacon of Virtue Icon Beacon of Virtue is taken due to synergy with buffed talents such as Pillars of Light Icon Pillars of Light, Saved by the Light Icon Saved by the Light, and Glistening Radiance Icon Glistening Radiance. Beacon of Faith Icon Beacon of Faith is still a fine choice for players who hate Virtue, but you will lose a bit of healing output.

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

2.2.

Lightsmith Mythic+ Talent Build

Where this build differs from Herald of the Sun is that you lose access to Divine Toll Icon Divine Toll. This can make it very difficult to keep up with group wide damage and contributes to this build not being recommended in Mythic+. That being said, the build does offer a bit more damage and is why it can at times be seen at the very highest levels of keys. During these higher level keys, healers are required to contribute more damage to still be able to time keys, which makes the damage increase very valuable to them. However, the amount of healing that is lost from not taking Herald of the Sun generally makes Lightsmith much worse, unless you are solely focused on your damage output.

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

Holy Paladin - Not sure how to get the most out of your character in Mythic+? Our rotation page
will help you learn the perfect opener and how to properly AoE trash packs in dungeons.

Combat Information

Rotation Gameplay

Not sure how to get the most out of your character in Mythic+? Our rotation page will help you learn the perfect opener and how to properly AoE trash packs in dungeons.

Rotation

Utility Kit and Abilities

Stuns and Stops Other Utility

3.1.

Stunning and "Stops"

Hammer of Justice Icon Hammer of Justice is your primary "stop". This will stun your target for a small duration, preventing them from casting any abilities.

Repentance Icon Repentance is a crowd-control ability but will only work against certain specific types of enemies. Using it will not place you in combat.

Blinding Light Icon Blinding Light is an Area of Effect that disorients enemies within 10 yards. The effect breaks when non-Holy damage is done to the target(s). It can also be used to interrupt the spell-casting of one or more enemies and is considered your primary "AoE stop". Again just keep in mind that enemies will instantly start casting/attacking right after in a dungeon setting, so you will only be able to stop a single set of interrupts/casts.

3.2.

Other Utility

Blessing of Protection will remove bleeds and other physical damage over time effects such as Grievous, as well as preventing all physical damage to the target for 10 seconds. It is often used on melee DPS players who might pull threat from your tank.
Blessing of Freedom will remove or prevent the application of movement-impairing effects, including many that cannot be dispelled with Cleanse.
Devotion Aura is a very strong defensive ability for yourself and your group. Use of Aura Mastery with it can prevent large amounts of damage and save party members from very large damage spikes, especially those who lack defensive abilities. Try to stand within range of the tank when possible for maximum benefit.

Dealing with Affixes

Season 2 of Midnight only has four significant Affixes that offer any kind of counterplay, called Xal'ataths Bargains. These rotate every week, with only one of them being active at a time. Many of the Mythic+ affixes, like Fortified or Tyrannical, simply add a passive effect to the keystone, with these four exceptions that are seasonally themed after Xal'atah:

Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant: Three waves of orbs will spawn that need to be interrupted or disrupted. Blinding Light is incredibly useful in these situations but you will typically only be able to use it on every other wave.
Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound: A Void Emissary add will spawn that needs to be focus-targeted and interrupted. Healers can typically not help with this affix beyond helping to deal a bit of extra damage to it.
Xal'atath's Bargain: Pulsar: Orbs will spawn around players and circle around them. You have 15 seconds to soak all of these to buff your group. While not required, healers can often be very good at running around and soaking whatever is unsoaked so DPS can stand still and maintain uptime. Of course you will not want to do this during difficult healing moments.
Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour: All party members will be affected by a healing absorb. This effect can be dispelled and you will want to make sure that you are dispelling players unable to clear it themselves as soon as possible in order to get 2 dispels off. This will allow you to only worry about clearing a few players debuffs. Typically passive healing will be enough to break this absorb, but you should always prioritize healing on players with the debuff when possible. Blessing of Freedom can also be used to remove this effect from players, and when combined with your standard dispel you may not need to heal anyone at all.

If these affixes are not handled, they will buff enemy trash and bosses. However, when you are able to handle them they will provide your entire group with beneficial buffs, increasing your output or survivability.

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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.