Holy Priest Healing Gear and Best in Slot — 12.1

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Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Holy Priest for Midnight. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Holy Priest, including the BiS Gear from all sources, such as Raiding and Mythic+; information on the best Trinkets; Tier Sets; and more.

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

• Socket — Around 6 item levels.
• Leech — Around 6 item levels.
• Avoidance — Around 4 item levels.

Upgrading gear in Midnight continues to use the Crest system which lets you increase the item level of gear along tracks that relate to where you obtained the item, which harder content dropping gear that can be upgraded to higher Item Levels. For more information, read up on our dedicated page on how the gearing system works and what has changed in the Midnight expansion.

Be Careful With Early Crafts!

Many Embellishments and cantrips on items from the Venomous Abyss were changed less than 24 hrs before the beginning of Season 2, and as such many recommendations are now in flux and have to be re-evaluated. Due to these changes, we highly recommend to hold off on crafting an item on Day 1. Unless you don't mind the recrafting cost or potentially crafting a slightly suboptimal item early on, it might be worth waiting for a few days until things have settled.

Make sure to check back to see if this warning has been removed.

OverallMythic+Raid

This list is a good example of the Best in Slot Gear for Holy Priest from all sources in Midnight Season 2.

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.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

Due to being able to catalyst an item to tier and keep its attributes, there is now no specific slots you should be aiming to get tier in. Your priority remains getting to 4pc as soon as possible, and then from there using your additional catalyst charges to better itemise those slots. Specifically of note is the Venomkeeper's Horrific Cowl from Ula'tek which can be catalysed into a tier helm while keeping the Mastery effect, making it an extremely powerful item. Below is a list of the suggested items to catalyst for each slot.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Venomkeeper's Horrific Cowl	Ula'tek in Venomous Abyss
Shoulders	Tier Token, don't catalyst	The Lost Explorers in Venomous Abyss
Chest	Tidebound Sorcereress's Robes	Nymrissa Wavecaller in Tidebound Grotto
Hands	Grasps of the Eternal Shadow	Coiled Altar in Venomous Abyss
Legs	Down-Lined Breeches	King's Rest

TipsWhy Do You Suggest Crafting an Off-Hand Even Though It's Not Best-In-Slot?

It is not strictly Best-In-Slot, but it is very close and a great choice for being efficient with your Mistcrests early in your gearing journey. If you are able to get an off-hand at Myth level, it will be a slight upgrade over the crafted one, but the crafted one is still a very good option if you want to save your Mistcrests for other items.

FAQWhat to Get From The Great Vault?

Due to changes in how bonus rolls work in Season 2, presuming you are likely to clear Heroic Ula'tek in the first couple of weeks, you should choose Nebulous Voidcore from your first 3 vaults. This enables you to bonus roll Heroic Ula'tek which will reward a 1/6 Myth-track item. All 3 items from this boss have powerful effects and are best-in-slot, so this method allows you to access all 3 as soon as possible.

Once you have obtained those powerful items from Heroic Ula'tek, you can focus on completing the rest of your gear progression. In general, your priority should be obtaining your 4-set tier bonus as soon as possible, then picking upgrades from the more impactful slots like Weapon and Trinkets. In the event your vault doesn't have a significant upgrade, you can target gear by taking a bonus roll and using it on the associated raid boss to try and obtain the desired item.

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Overall Best in Slot

Cosmic Penitent's Truesight Helm

Ula'tek Empowered Hex of Leeching

Cosmic Penitent's Celestial Grips Hands

Coiled Altar

Aqirbane Reliquary Neck

Ula'tek

Martyr's Waistwrap Waist

Crafted by Tailoring

Cosmic Penitent's Echoing Screams Shoulders

The Lost Explorers Silvermoon's Mending

Enveloping Legwraps of the Cosmic Penitent Legs

Catalyst from King's Rest Arcanoweave Spellthread

Silken Voodoo Drape Cloak

Coiled Altar

Cackling Soultreads Feet

Coiled Altar Shaladrassil's Roots

Cosmic Penitent's Eclipsing Robes Chest

Nymrissa Wavecaller Mark of the Worldsoul

Charged Sandstone Band Ring

Temple of Sethraliss Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Signet of Snarling Servitude Ring

Murder Row Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Trinket

The Lost Explorers

Martyr's Bindings Bracers

Crafted by Tailoring

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang Main Hand

Ula'tek Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Frostscale's Mystic Frond Off Hand

Nymrissa Wavecaller

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Holy Priest from Midnight Season 2 Mythic+ dungeons.

Note that this BiS List is for items from dungeons. 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 collecting gear from dungeons only.

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 will continue to change as more content becomes available to you.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

Due to being able to catalyst an item to tier and keep its attributes, there is now no specific slots you should be aiming to get tier in. Your priority remains getting to 4pc as soon as possible, and then from there using your additional catalyst charges to better itemise those slots. Below is a list of the suggested items to catalyst for each slot.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Headdress of the First Empire	King's Rest
Shoulders	Brood Cleanser's Amice	Temple of Sethraliss
Chest	Robes of the Reborn Serpent	Temple of Sethraliss
Hands	Handwraps of Oscillating Polarity	Temple of Sethraliss
Legs	Down-Lined Breeches	King's Rest

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend focusing on the following dungeons to try and obtain decent rings while also passively picking up other gear pieces.

• Temple of Sethraliss: A good Crit/Mastery ring and several other high-Crit items.
• Murder Row: A good Crit/Mastery ring.
• Den of Nalorakk: A good Vers/Crit ring.

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Best Gear from Mythic+

Cosmic Penitent's Truesight Helm

King's Rest Empowered Hex of Leeching

Cosmic Penitent's Celestial Grips Hands

Catalyst from Temple of Sethraliss

Graft of the Domanaar Neck

Voidscar Arena

Ethereal Netherwrap Waist

Voidscar Arena

Cosmic Penitent's Echoing Screams Shoulders

Temple of Sethraliss Silvermoon's Mending

Enveloping Legwraps of the Cosmic Penitent Legs

Catalyst from King's Rest Arcanoweave Spellthread

Speakeasy Shroud Cloak

Murder Row

Sandswept Sandals Feet

Temple of Sethraliss Shaladrassil's Roots

Cosmic Penitent's Eclipsing Robes Chest

Catalyst from Temple of Sethraliss Mark of the Worldsoul

Charged Sandstone Band Ring

Temple of Sethraliss Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Signet of Snarling Servitude Ring

Murder Row Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Lightspire Core Trinket

The Blinding Vale

Bindings of the Slithering Current Bracers

Temple of Sethraliss

Freightrunner's Flask Trinket

Murder Row

Chillworn's Infusion Staff Main Hand

Ruby Life Pools Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Off Hand

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Holy Priest from Midnight Season 2 raids.

Note that this BiS List is for items from raid. 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 collecting gear from Raid only.

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 will continue to change as more content becomes available to you.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

Due to being able to catalyst an item to tier and keep its attributes, there is now no specific slots you should be aiming to get tier in. Your priority remains getting to 4pc as soon as possible, and then from there using your additional catalyst charges to better itemise those slots. Specifically of note is the Venomkeeper's Horrific Cowl from Ula'tek which can be catalysed into a tier helm while keeping the Mastery effect, making it an extremely powerful item. Below is a list of the suggested items to catalyst for each slot.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Venomkeeper's Horrific Cowl	Ula'tek in Venomous Abyss
Shoulders	Tier Token, don't catalyst	The Lost Explorers in Venomous Abyss
Chest	Tidebound Sorcereress's Robes	Nymrissa Wavecaller in Tidebound Grotto
Hands	Grasps of the Eternal Shadow	Coiled Altar in Venomous Abyss
Legs	Initiate's Sacrificial Tights	Nek'zali in Venomous Abyss

TipsWhich Raid Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raidleader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we got you covered!

• Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang: A weapon with a bonus stat proc. Drops from Ula'tek.
• Aqirbane Reliquary: An extremely strong Neck with a bonus socket. Drops from Ula'tek.
• Venomkeeper's Horrific Cowl: A strong helm with a bonus stat proc, can be catalyst to tier keeping the proc. Drops from Ula'tek.

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Best Gear from Raid

Cosmic Penitent's Truesight Helm

Ula'tek Empowered Hex of Leeching

Cosmic Penitent's Celestial Grips Hands

Coiled Altar

Aqirbane Reliquary Neck

Ula'tek

Cincture of the Abyssal Grotto Waist

Nymrissa Wavecaller

Cosmic Penitent's Echoing Screams Shoulders

The Lost Explorers Silvermoon's Mending

Enveloping Legwraps of the Cosmic Penitent Legs

Nek'zali Arcanoweave Spellthread

Silken Voodoo Drape Cloak

Coiled Altar

Nek'zali's Spiritwalkers Feet

Nek'zali Shaladrassil's Roots

Cosmic Penitent's Eclipsing Robes Chest

Nymrissa Wavecaller Mark of the Worldsoul

Vile Alchemist's Band Ring

Vashnik Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Apex Brute's Claw Ring Ring

Sszorak Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Venom-Singed Cuffs Bracers

Entombed Sentinels

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Trinket

The Lost Explorers

Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang Main Hand

Ula'tek Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Frostscale's Mystic Frond Off Hand

Nymrissa Wavecaller

Itemization

Enchants and Stat Priority

Looking to optimize your character? Check out our Enchant and Stat Priority guides for more information!

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This Trinket Tier List is based on the best attributes to improve your Raid performance, unless otherwise mentioned.

Holy Priest Trinkets

Best-In-Slot - Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel and Gebbo's Bottomless Bag
Runner Up - Wavecaller's Seastone or Lightspire Core

There are lots of other competitive options out there, be sure to see the full rankings below.

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Ranking	Trinket
S Tier	Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel
A Tier	Gebbo's Bottomless Bag
B Tier	Ruby Whelp Shell (Crit Trained) Lightspire Core Wavecaller's Seastone Hex Lord's Dooming Idol
C Tier	Freightrunner's Flask Vile Vial of Volatile Venom Crucible of Erratic Energies Mycolic Medicine Locus-Walker's Ribbon Glorious Crusader's Keepsake Drum of Renewed Bonds
D Tier	Stormbound Emblem of Dazar Seed of Radiant Hope Unstable Felheart Crystal

Due to the large number of trinkets available, if you do not see a trinket listed above, you can presume it is D-tier or lower.

TipsHow Should I Most Effectively Use Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel?

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel is a very strong trinket that provides a significant absorb when used well. You should aim to be using it as close to on-cooldown as possible, preferably 5 seconds before an upcoming damage event. Not using this trinket regularly will result in a loss of healing.

You can view a complete list of trinket rankings on the QE Live tool.

In Season 2, Nebulous Voidcore are available to take from the Great Vault instead of a loot option. Nebulous Voidcore guarantees loot from your target boss or dungeon. While the specific item is random, you'll never receive duplicates, each new voidcore guarantees a different drop until you've collected everything available from that source.

Your Nebulous Voidcores are a valuable resource for targeting gear that would otherwise elude you. Your voidcore strategy should prioritize closing gaps in your current setup, keeping in mind what you have already obtained. Spending voidcores on items you can access through higher difficulty content in the coming weeks is generally inefficient. Here is what you should focus on:

Voidcore Targeting Priority

1. The 3 unique items from Heroic Ula'tek all drop as 1/6 Myth, use your first 3 rolls here.
2. Mythic-track offhand.
3. Mythic-track trinkets like Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel.
4. High-impact slots from your BiS list.

Crafting gear yourself or commissioning profession items is a great way to augment your character's power.

As a Holy Priest we highly suggest crafting an off-hand early, ideally with saved up Myth Mistcrests from the first few weeks of the season. While this off-hand is not strictly best-in-slot, it is very powerful and extremely efficient use of your resources early on. Not only does it provide a huge amount of Intellect, but it also increases your healing output by utilising one of your 2 embellishments on your crafted weapon.

Holy Priest Crafted Gear Priority

• Early Power Spike: Aln'hara Lantern with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt if you do not already have a Mythic-track offhand.
• Early Power Spike: Highest upgrade armour slot with Arcanoweave Lining for your second embellishment.
• Eventual BiS: Martyr's Waistwrap with Arcanoweave Lining.
• Eventual BiS: Martyr's Bindings with Arcanoweave Lining once you have a fully upgraded Mythic-track Off-Hand.
• Any item you do not have on Mythic-track yet.

Heroic Raiders that don't have access to a reliable source of Myth crests, and are unlikely to be clearing the raid on Heroic within the first few weeks, should alter their crafting strategy to prioritise the power spike from a weapon. If you have plenty of Myth crests, you can craft the offhand suggested above, and then any one-handed Myth weapon. If you are lacking Myth crests, your first craft should be a 2-handed staff. The embellishment for crafting either weapon should be Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt.

For more information about crafting gear you can visit our Professions page.

Even though we cannot craft the most powerful items, we can still craft gear with embellishments, making them more powerful than a typical item of that item level.

As a Holy Priest, you have a few options for your two embellished slots, depending on what gear you currently have. You should use these crafted items to make up for any gaps in your gearing process or slots you need in particular.

You can also stack two of most embellished effects, which doubles the effects but not how often it procs.

The below breaks down your choice into two categories: Progression and End-Game. If you are starting out your progression journey, you should focus on items that are the most efficient when spending Crests. The End-Game setup is ideal for when you are specifically just concerned about crafting the best items possible at end-game availability without taking into account efficiency.

In the event you don't want any of your great vault options, and the bonus rolls are no longer appealing to you, you can instead obtain tokens. Using 6 of these tokens you can purchase the consumable Miasmic Jewelbinder allowing you to add a socket to any Helmet, Belt, or Bracers obtained during Season 2.

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.

We see many 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. Rings and Necks
5. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
6. Cloaks and Bracers

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

Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots. This is because every character is unique, and each gear piece you have access to can change what is best right now for you.

While we do offer recommendations for gear and trinkets, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!

Optimization

Simulations and Tools

For further reading on how to truly maximize your character's potential, check out our guide on Raidbots!

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