Priest Hero Talents — The War Within (Season 1)

Last updated on Sep 09, 2024 at 18:00 by Niphyr 49 comments

This guide will walk you through the best Hero Talents for Holy Priest for Raiding and Mythic+, how they impact your gameplay, and more.

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Best Hero Talents for Holy Priest in The War Within

This page is specifically about Hero Talents in The War Within. If you want to learn more about the best regular talents for Holy Priest, check out our Talents page:

1.1.

Raiding Hero Talents for Holy Priest

1.1.1.

Archon

Archon is very straight-forward and easy to use, with a focus on buffing your Halo Icon Halo casts. The additional stronger Surge of Light Icon Surge of Light procs are excellent at improving our triage healing capabilities. Finally, the additional healing after Holy Word: Salvation Icon Holy Word: Salvation and during Apotheosis Icon Apotheosis further improves our ability to react to heavy raid damage.

1.1.2.

Oracle

Oracle introduces a new ability, Premonition Icon Premonition, which can grant beneficial buffs.

  • Premonition of Piety Icon Premonition of Piety is a passive healing increase.
  • Premonition of Solace Icon Premonition of Solace improves your next triage heal.
  • Premonition of Insight Icon Premonition of Insight is the most interactive, reducing the cooldown of your next 3 spell casts.

While Premonition Icon Premonition can be a lot to manage, properly utilising your buffs over the course of an encounter has the potential to pull ahead of Archon.

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Best Hero Talent Builds for Holy Priest

Archon Build Oracle Build
3.

Best Archon Raid Build for Holy Priest

Archon doesn't have a significant amount of choice when it comes to throughput talents. Sustained Potency Icon Sustained Potency is better in almost all circumstances you are talented into Answered Prayers Icon Answered Prayers. Word of Supremacy Icon Word of Supremacy provides a small defensive boost, whereas Heightened Alteration Icon Heightened Alteration is often quite challenging to utilise fully. The last choice node is Shock Pulse Icon Shock Pulse and Incessant Screams Icon Incessant Screams, both of which have minimal impact in a raid environment but can be swapped around if an encounter demands.

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Best Oracle Raid Build for Holy Priest

Oracle has two significant throughput-related choices. The first is Waste No Time Icon Waste No Time, which will be your default in most situations, as Miraculous Recovery Icon Miraculous Recovery offers minimal benefit in comparison. Fatebender Icon Fatebender is more overall healing than Perfect Vision Icon Perfect Vision provided you are good at utilising your Premonition Icon Premonition buffs, particularly Premonition of Insight Icon Premonition of Insight. Taking Divine Feathers Icon Divine Feathers will be your preference unless there is an encounter-specific need for the double grip from Save the Day Icon Save the Day. Desperate Measures Icon Desperate Measures should be your preferred defensive talent; however, Prophet's Will Icon Prophet's Will is a good option for encounters where you will be either potentially receive a dangerous damage over time effect or are healing a small portion of the raid away from the main group.

2.1.

Hero Talents Rotation for Holy Priest

2.1.1.

Archon

Archon encourages you to use Halo Icon Halo as often as it will do healing. The additional Surge of Light Icon Surge of Light procs should be consumed before a potential third proc could be wasted, and make for excellent triage on allies in danger of death. The healing amplifications that are applied around Holy Word: Salvation Icon Holy Word: Salvation and Apotheosis Icon Apotheosis are not enough to alter your rotation.

2.1.2.

Oracle

Oracle further emphasises the importance of casting Prayer of Mending Icon Prayer of Mending on cooldown as often as possible. While utilising the Premonition of Insight Icon Premonition of Insight procs on Prayer of Mending Icon Prayer of Mending or Holy Word: Sanctify Icon Holy Word: Sanctify is preferred, this isn't always possible. The power of Insight is not enough to delay usage of other rotational cooldown spells like Halo Icon Halo, Holy Word: Serenity Icon Holy Word: Serenity or Circle of Healing Icon Circle of Healing.

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Changelog

  • 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Page added.
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