Holy Paladin Healing Spec, Builds, and Talents — The War Within (11.1.7)

Note that these builds are generic recommendations for various content. For more specific recommendations for the Raid and Mythic+, check out the dedicated pages below.

2.

Best Builds for Holy Paladin

Herald of the Sun Standard Melee Lightsmith Avenging Crusader Herald of the Sun Casting Mythic+ Delves Talents Explained

3.

Herald of the Sun Standard Melee

This build focuses on Crusader Strike as a filler global instead of casted abilities such as Flash of Light and Holy Light.

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

3.

Lightsmith Avenging Crusader

This build focuses on the synergy between Hammer and Anvil and the Avenging Crusader talents. Both of these place heavy emphasis on casting Judgment as frequently as possible, and less on some of your standard core abilities such as Holy Shock. This build excels when you are in spread encounters and are unable to make great use of Herald of the Sun, but it does require you to constantly be in range of the boss to make use of Crusader Strike as much as possible.

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

3.

Herald of the Sun Casting

This is the build you will be playing the majority of the time. It focuses on Holy Shock, Holy Light and Infusion of Light. The goal is to press Holy Shock as much as possible, spending Holy Power whenever you can, and consuming Infusion of Light when you cannot do the other two actions.

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

3.

Mythic+ Talents

The Mythic+ build is your standard melee-centric build that emphasizes heavy use of Crusader Strike for increased value of Holy Shock (thanks to Crusader's Might) and Holy Power spenders.

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

3.

Delves

This build focuses on optimizing damage while maintaining the standard Mythic+ talents. If you ever are in need of additional healing, you can look towards dropping some damage talents in favor of more healing.

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

3.

Talents Explained

Note that we do not explain EVERY Talent in the tree on this page. We only explain Talents that are part of our optimal builds or may be confusing to use. For full details and explanations of every Talent, please visit our Spells page via the button below.

Holy Paladin War Within Spell Glossary

The builds on this page only feature the recommended Hero Talent Trees for Holy Paladin. To learn more about Hero Talents in general, check out our dedicated page:

Some talents will require you to play in a particular way to get the most out of them. You can find more information on how your rotation will look after selecting your talents on our rotation page below.

The builds on this page only feature the recommended Hero Talent Trees for Holy Paladin. To learn more about Hero Talents in general, check out our dedicated page. There you will gain a detailed breakdown in the differences of each Hero Talent as well as areas they are each strong and weak.

War Mode offers several benefits for you in the open world.

• PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
• At least 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
• 10% more experience gained while leveling.
• Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended to enable the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will be available for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.

In this section, we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking of all PvP Talents for Holy Paladin

1. Blessed Hands gives you an extra charge of Blessing of Freedom and Blessing of Protection, making it extremely powerful.
2. Divine Vision increases the range of your Aura while also reducing the cooldown of Aura Mastery, making it very helpful in increasing survivability.
3. Searing Glare can be quite difficult to use, but also can boost your own survivability when timed well.

You can consider the other options essentially down to preference.

For details on how to play in Holy Paladin PvP, please visit our Holy Paladin PvP page.