Holy Paladin Healing Spec, Builds, and Talents — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

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.

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Best Builds for Holy Paladin

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

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Herald of the Sun Standard Melee

This is your standard Holy Paladin build. You will primarily be rotating between casting Holy Shock and Judgment to build Holy Power before spending with Light of Dawn or Eternal Flame. When you do not have any of the above, you will cast Flash of Light to continue the building and spending cycle. Many talents are set in stone but you could consider changing between Beacon of Faith and Beacon of Virtue depending on the fight and your playstyle.

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

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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. This becomes your most important ability. That does not mean you will want to stop spending Holy Power, but you should aim to keep Judgment on cooldown as much as possible. During your Avenging Crusader, you will also regain access to Crusader Strike which will become a high priority ability. In order to maximize your output with this build, it is important that you have a good understanding of the rotational differences between this and a standard build.

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

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Mythic+ Talents

The Mythic+ build sacrifices minor healing to increase your damage. This is achieved through taking talents that increase the benefit of Shield of the Righteous. During downtime and when only minor healing is needed, you will tend to spend Holy Power with Shield of the Righteous. Just be careful of difficult moments where it may be better to save Holy Power for an upcoming damage window.

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

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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!

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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

Holy Paladin gets to pick between two distinct Hero Talent choices: Herald of the Sun and Lightsmith.

Herald of the Sun tends to be the stronger choice for both raiding and Mythic+. While it may offer slightly less damage than the alternative choice, it produces a ton of power in Avenging Wrath thanks to Sun's Avatar. Additionally, you gain access to Dawnlight which helps to add power during your main cooldown as well as outside of it.

Lightsmith emphasizes the use of Judgment due to Hammer and Anvil. While this isn't controllable healing, it is still extremely powerful. This has very high synergy with Avenging Crusader builds, and you will often be utilizing this Hero Talent when playing Avenging Crusader. While Lightsmith may be weaker at the moment, it can provide a nice DPS increase for players who are looking to deal as much damage as possible.

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.

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.