Holy Priest Healing Gear and Best in Slot — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

For information on Corruption and corrupted gear, please visit our Corrupted items page.

The best corruption effects on items are as follows.

• Siphoner — Leech is always a powerful stat in most situations.
• Flash of Insight — While a little random, the intellect bonus averages out to be quite solid over an encounter.
• Glimpse of Clarity and Ineffable Truth — Both can provide a solid healing increase with good Prayer of Mending and Circle of Healing usage.
• All Crit, Versatility and Mastery procs or % increases.

Note: While both Glimpse of Clarity and Ineffable Truth have good potential, it does require some micro-management. In particular, you want to make sure you are using your short cooldown spells, like Prayer of Mending and Circle of Healing, as often as possible. For Glimpse of Clarity, you want to consume it with one of these short cooldown spells, so the added benefit is not wasted. For Ineffable Truth, try to keep the short cooldown spells on cooldown as often as possible to maximise the benefit.

The following is a ranking of trinkets, aimed at use in a raid environment. These rankings are formulated with all trinkets at the same item level. Due to how close in value most trinkets in each tier are, generally it is the higher item level that will decide which one is optimal.

Can't see a trinket in the list below? You can view more detailed trinket rankings on the Holy Priest Spreadsheet on the Trinket Ranks tab. This list also includes the lower-item level trinkets from earlier in the expansion including World Quest, World Boss and previous raid tier trinkets.

The ranking system is as follows.

1. S Tier: the strongest and most generally useful trinkets; these are always good choices.
2. A Tier: these trinkets are either slightly weaker than the S Tier traits, but are still solid choices.
3. B Tier: a below-average trinket that should be picked only in the absence of an S or A Tier trinket.
4. C Tier: a weak trinket that provides very little healing output or other utility and should be avoided if possible.

• Forbidden Obsidian Claw (Maut, Ny'alotha)
• Deferred Sentence (The Queen's Court, The Eternal Palace)
• Azshara's Font of Power (Queen Azshara, The Eternal Palace)
• Luminous Jellyweed (Blackwater Behemoth, The Eternal Palace)
• Dinobone Charm (World Quest)
• Peerless Alchemist Stone (Alchemy)
• Conch of Dark Whispers (Vol'zith the Whisperer, Shrine of the Storm)
• Pocket-Sized Computation Device (Mechagon Zone) — See below for details

Pocket-Sized Computation Device is rated in the S-Tier when used with the Cyclotronic Blast Red punch card and the highest and most relevant stat Yellow punch card available to you. The reasoning behind this is the significant amount of added damage Cyclotronic Blast adds when used on cooldown on bosses.

• Humming Black Dragonscale (Wrathion, the Black Emperor, Ny'alotha)
• Oozing Coagulum (Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn, Ny'alotha)
• Zoatroid Egg Sac (Orgozoa, The Eternal Palace)
• Za'qul's Portal Key (Za'qul, The Eternal Palace)
• Gilded Loa Figurine (World Quest)
• Dread Gladiator's Insignia (PvP)
• Incessantly Ticking Clock (World Quest)
• Moonstone of Zin-Azshari (World Quest)
• Pearl Diver's Compass (World Quest)
• First Mate's Spyglass (World Quest)
• Emblem of Zandalar (World Quest)
• Dread Gladiator's Medallion (PvP)

• Manifesto of Madness (N'Zoth the Corruptor, Ny'alotha)
• Void-Twisted Titanshard (Ra-den the Despoiled, Ny'alotha)
• Fangs of Intertwined Essence (Avatar of Sethraliss, Temple of Sethraliss)
• Leyshock's Grand Compilation (World Drop)
• Lady Waycrest's Music Box (Lord and Lady Waycrest, Waycrest Manor)
• Revitalizing Voodoo Totem (Vol'kaal, Atal'Dazar)
• Ignition Mage's Fuse (Knight Captain Valyri, Tol Dagor)

• Vita-Charged Titanshard (Ra-den the Despoiled, Ny'alotha)
• Shockbiter's Fang (Wekemara, World Boss)
• Plunderbeard's Flask (World Quest)
• Balefire Branch (Soulbound Goliath, Waycrest Manor)
• Dread Gladiator's Badge (PvP)
• Dread Gladiator's Emblem (PvP)
• Endless Tincture of Fractional Power (Alchemy)
• Highborne Compendium of Swirling Tides (Inscription)
• Darkmoon Deck: Tides (Inscription)

Of the Benthic gear available to healers, none of the bonus effects are particularly strong. It is suggested that you focus your upgrades on improving your item level in low item level slots, and on your Benthic items with sockets and/or Leech. Both sockets and Leech add significant value to the item slot, usually 5-10 item levels or more each.

Due to the introduction of Mythic+ providing high item-level gear, and Titanforging on both Mythic+ and raid gear, Best in Slot lists are now a thing of the past.

The following list is provided to guide you on the most ideal items in each slot you can obtain from Ny'alotha and help make you aware of the potential loot available.

The trinket selections are present to give you an aim within the raid, a full list of trinket rankings can be found further up on this page.

Initially you should be using your bonus rolls on the bosses that drop Weapons, Azerite items and desired trinkets. Once you have obtained those items, start using them to fill in the rest of the slots you can obtain item-level upgrades in.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Cowl of Unspeakable Horrors	Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn in Ny'alotha
Shoulders	Void Ascendant's Mantle	Vexiona in Ny'alotha
Cloak	Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve	Obtained from the Legendary Cloak quest line and upgraded from Horrific Visions
Chest	Robes of Unreality	The Prophet Skitra in Ny'alotha
Wrists	Cuffs of Grim Conjuration	Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn in Ny'alotha
Gloves	Grips of Occult Reminiscence	Shad'har the Insatiable in Ny'alotha
Belt	Mana-Infused Sash	Maut in Ny'alotha
Legs	Corporeal Supplicant's Trousers	Dark Inquisitor Xanesh in Ny'alotha
Boots	Psychic's Subtle Slippers	The Prophet Skitra in Ny'alotha
Ring #1	Ichorspine Loop	Drest'agath in Ny'alotha
Ring #2	Void-Etched Band	Shad'har the Insatiable in Ny'alotha
Trinket #1	Forbidden Obsidian Claw	Maut in Ny'alotha
Trinket #2	Oozing Coagulum	Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn in Ny'alotha
Weapon	Shandai, Watcher of Cosmos	Ra-den the Despoiled in Ny'alotha