Holy Priest Healing Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.2)

Due to the wide variety of gear providing secondary stats that are all very close in value for us and augments such as sockets or tertiary stats, there is no certain Best in Slot list. This page aims to guide you toward the best possible items, particularly in trinket slots.

For regular item slots that are not used by tier or trinket/weapon effects, you will want to focus on item level while keeping the following in mind:

• Socket — Around 9 item levels.
• Leech — Around 12 item levels. **
• Avoidance — Around 6 item levels.

** Note: The value of leech drops off the more you get. It is quite valuable up until you reach 2-3 items with it; then, the value can drop off quite significantly. Focus on prioritizing item level if you reach this much leech from your gear.

To learn more about stats and how they affect your gearing, check out the Holy Priest Stats page linked below.

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BiS Gear for Holy Priest

Overall BiS List for Season 3 Manaforge Omega Gear BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List

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Overall List for Holy Priest

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 3 from all sources, including Raiding, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault, and Crafted.

Note that this BiS List is for items from the Raid. We are separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is what you send to your Raid Leader/Loot Council when they ask you what your BiS gear is from the Raid.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of HPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. We will list one "BiS" item per slot, sometimes two if we feel there is a significant difference, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this, so here it is for your perusal.

Weapons deserve a special mention, while we suggest you obtain Voidglass Kris and craft an off-hand, this setup is equal to obtaining the 2-handed Staff Voidglass Spire and instead crafting Dawnthread Lining on Wrist and Waist.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Voidglass Kris	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Off Hand	Vagabond's Torch	Crafted — Inscription
Helm	Dying Star's Veil (TIER)	Forgeweaver Araz / Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Dying Star's Pyrelights (TIER)	The Soul Hunters / Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Reshii Wraps	Reshii Wraps
Chest	Dying Star's Cassock (TIER)	Fractillus / Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Dying Star's Caress (TIER)	Soulbinder Naazindhri / Matrix Catalyst
Belt	Singularity Cincture	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Legs	Dying Star's Leggings (TIER)	Loom’ithar / Matrix Catalyst
Boots	Interloper's Silken Striders	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Rings (Any 2 of these)	Logic Gate: Alpha Logic Gate: Omega Devout Zealot's Ring Radiant Necromancer's Band Signet of the False Accuser	Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega The Dawnbreaker Priory of the Sacred Flame Halls of Atonement
Top Trinkets	Astral Antenna Diamantine Voidcore Signet of the Priory So'leah's Secret Technique Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega Fractillus in Manaforge Omega Priory of the Sacred Flame Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit The Dawnbreaker

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Manaforge Omega Raid Gear BiS List for Holy Priest

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Holy Priest in The War Within Season 3 from the Manaforge Omega Raid.

Note that this BiS List is for items from the Raid. We are separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is what you send to your Raid Leader/Loot Council when they ask you what your BiS gear is from the Raid.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of HPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. We will list one "BiS" item per slot, sometimes two if we feel there is a significant difference, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this, so here it is for your perusal.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Voidglass Kris (1H) Fractillus' Last Breath (OH) Voidglass Spire (2H)	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega Fractillus in Manaforge Omega Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega
Helm	Dying Star's Veil (TIER)	Forgeweaver Araz / Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Dying Star's Pyrelights (TIER)	The Soul Hunters / Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Reshii Wraps	Reshii Wraps
Chest	Dying Star's Cassock (TIER)	Fractillus / Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Singed Sievecuffs	Plexus Sentinel in Matrix Catalyst
Gloves	Dying Star's Caress (TIER)	Soulbinder Naazindhri / Matrix Catalyst
Belt	Singularity Cincture	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Legs	Dying Star's Leggings (TIER)	Loom’ithar / Matrix Catalyst
Boots	Interloper's Silken Striders	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Omega	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2	Logic Gate: Alpha	Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Trinkets	Astral Antenna Diamantine Voidcore Araz's Ritual Forge	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega Fractillus in Manaforge Omega Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega

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Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Holy Priest

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Holy Priest from The War Within Season 3 Mythic+.

Note that this BiS List is for items from Mythic+. We are separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is the list you can chase when you want to improve your gear for raiding by farming Mythic+ dungeons.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of HPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. We will list one "BiS" item per slot, sometimes two if we feel there is a significant difference, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this, so here it is for your perusal.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Hand of Beledar (1H) Swarmite's Frenzied Pedicel (1H) Nathrian Reliquary (OH) Staff of Fractured Spacetime (2H)	Priory of the Sacred Flame Eco-Dome Al'dani Halls of Atonement Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit
Helm	Dying Star's Veil (TIER)	Matrix Catalyst any Helm
Neck	Momma's Mega Medallion	Operation: Floodgate
Shoulder	Dying Star's Pyrelights (TIER)	Matrix Catalyst any Shoulder
Cloak	Reshii Wraps	Reshii Wraps
Chest	Dying Star's Cassock (TIER)	Matrix Catalyst and Chest
Bracers	Al'dani Attendant's Gauze	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Gloves	Dying Star's Caress (TIER)	Matrix Catalyst and Gloves
Belt	Honorbound Retainer's Sash	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Legs	Dying Star's Leggings (TIER)	Matrix Catalyst any Legs
Boots	Membranous Slippers	The Dawnbreaker
Rings (Any 2 of these)	High Nerubian Signet Devout Zealot's Ring Radiant Necromancer's Band Signet of the False Accuser	The Dawnbreaker The Dawnbreaker Priory of the Sacred Flame Halls of Atonement
Top Trinkets	Signet of the Priory So'leah's Secret Technique Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj Ara-Kara Sacbrood	Priory of the Sacred Flame Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit The Dawnbreaker Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

For the duration of Season 3 you will use a new legendary cloak item, Reshii Wraps. This cloak will be the only one that drops throughout the season and has a few unique effects depending on your role. You also insert Fibers into the cloak to determine the single secondary stat type and amount of stat you get. The Fibers come in Rare or Epic quality, with the Epic versions being crafted by Tailors.

For healers the proc is quite simple and just equates to a passive healing proc that also attempts to avoid overheal by applying an absorb shield for any overhealing done by the effect. You also have a few ways of boosting its power as the season goes on:

• Over time the item level is boosted up to 730.
• Interloper's Silken Striders drop in the Manaforge Omega raid.
• Band of the Shattered Soul gives the cloak more defensive power.
• Reaching Renown 6 with the Manaforge Vandals will increase the amount of secondary stats the cloak gives while inside the Manaforge Omega raid.

As a Holy Priest we prefer running Critical Strike fibers, but you can use these fibers to move stats around, for example changing them to Mastery if you end up very heavy on Critical Strike.

For more information on obtaining the new Reshii Wraps check out the post below.

Our BiS crafts are pretty straightforward. We eventually want Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension on the Vagabond's Torch off-hand and Writhing Armor Banding on the Consecrated Cuffs bracers.

The only exception to this, is if you want to run Voidglass Spire. In this case you should then craft Dawnthread Lining on Wrist and Waist.

The crafting order is only complicated for your first few crafts, where the immediate power increase of a 2-hander can be a better choice for your initial 2 sparks. Below is the crafting advice if you have a raiding focus.

1. Vagabond's Bounding Baton (Early craft, costs 2 Sparks) — This item is not our long-term BiS, but if you are wanting the strongest immediate power increase, then the sheer item level value of a weapon is going to exceed the value of the best embellishments. As for embellishment, you should apply Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.
2. (BiS, 1 Spark) — Consecrated Cuffs — We choose bracers with Writhing Armor Banding here because they have the lowest item level budget, meaning that the 3 iLvl cost of using crafted bracers over a pair of 639s will cost us less than for other slots. In the early short-term, this is actually a disadvantage, but it is the best choice in the long run when chasing a BiS setup.
3. (BiS, 1 Spark) — Vagabond's Torch — Once you obtain a high item-level main-hand weapon, you should craft Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension on and off-hand to go with it.
4. Next, chase item level where needed, preferring Weapon > Helm/Chest/Legs (though these are likely occupied by tier) > Boots/Belt > Rings/Necks > Cloaks.
5. At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternative stat crafts for different situations, and so on.

If you are focused on Mythic+ content, you should look to craft Vagabond's Bounding Baton with your first 2 sparks as it provides the largest immediate power increase. For your embellishments, craft Binding of Binding alongside Dawnthread Lining on either Wrists, Waist or Cloak.

The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Eulogy to a Dying Star moniker. The tier bonuses for Season 3 are primarily a passive buff that doesn't have a significant impact on gameplay.

• Dying Star's Veil
• Dying Star's Pyrelights
• Dying Star's Cassock
• Dying Star's Caress
• Dying Star's Leggings

The set bonus changes depending on your active Hero Talent. The bonuses are as follows:

• Oracle 2pc: Casting Prayer of Mending heals your target for 1400% of Spell Power.
• Oracle 4pc: Casting Premonition of Piety or Premonition of Solace grants 2 stack of Premonition of Insight at 100% effectiveness. Consuming a stack of Premonition of Insight increases your Haste by 1.0% for 10 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
• Archon 2pc: Halos reduce the cooldown of your Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify by 5 sec and Resonant Energy additionally increases the healing of your Holy Words by 5.0%.
• Archon 4pc: While Power Surge is active, every 2 casts of Holy Word: Serenity or Holy Word: Sanctify adds another Halo to the effect at 100% effectiveness, up to 2 times.

While the set bonus doesn't change how we play, it emphasises playing well. For Archon, this means continuing to prioritise using Halo during periods of high healing, to maximise your Holy Word usage. For Oracle, it means continuing to use your Premonition of Insight procs effectively with Prayer of Mending.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Gilded Undermine Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings and Necks
6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.

Durable Information Securing Container is a Delve-related belt introduced in Patch 11.1.7 which is the Season 2 equivalent to Cyrce's Circlet. You can obtain it through Delves. You will replace this belt once you are able to obtain a regular belt at ilvl 710 or higher.

If you are wearing this belt during Season 3, you should use the following powers.

• For Raid: Electric Current or Cauterizing Bolts.
• For Mythic+: Critical Chain (healing) or Charged Bolts (damage).

While your playstyle contributes the most to your performance, and there is no way to "sim" healing, there are still tools available to help make informed decisions about which items to wear. Simply wearing your best item-level items gets you most of the way there, but to assist with evaluating similar item-level items or items with additional effects, you can load your character into QE Live to view some comparisons of your top gear.