Holy Priest Healing Guide — The War Within (11.1.5)

Patch 11.1.5 did not bring with it any changes for Holy Priest. There were significant changes to Holy Priest in patch 11.1 along with subsequent hotfixes which significantly change how we play. You can view these by clicking the appropriate link above.

A small number of hotfixes were released on the 15th April, 2025 were made to buff some of the weaker spells and talents. These changes improve how competitive the Oracle hero tree is, and makes Prayer of Healing a good filler option for Oracle.

• All healing done increased by 3%.
• Holy Nova damage increased by 30%.
• Prayer of Healing healing increased by 15%.
• Prayerful Litany causes Prayer of Healing to heal its primary target for 125% more (was 75%).
• Prayer of Healing mana cost reduced by 10%.
• Prismatic Echoes increases Echo of Light healing by 8%/15% (was 5%/10%) and Renew healing by 20%/40% (was 15%/30%).
• Twinsight now applies 4 stacks of Prayer of Mending (was 2).

Numerous hotfixes were released on the 25th March, 2025 to buff talents and spells that were behind, to make them more competitive. The only change this makes for our playstyle or chosen talents is that most builds now take Lightwell instead of Light of the Naaru. Below is a complete list of the spells that were changed:

• Prayer of Healing healing increased by 25%.
• Prayer of Mending healing increased by 20%.
• Renew healing increased by 60%.
• Lightwell healing increased by 30%.
• Divine Image healing and damage increased by 20%.
• Holy Fire damage increased by 20%.
• Renewed Faith now increases healing done to allies with Renew by 10% (was 6%).
• Renews from Empowered Renew now heal for 120% more than a normal Renew (was 60%).
• Oracle: Preemptive Care now increases the duration of Renew by 40% (was 25%).
• Oracle: Preventive Measures now increases the healing of Prayer of Mending by 40% (was 25%).
• Oracle: Preventive Measures now increases the damage of Smite, Holy Fire, and Holy Nova by 40% (was 25%).

Patch 11.1 brings with it a fairly large re-work to the Holy talent tree. These changes mean there are new builds and rotation priorities for all content types. The most notable changes are:

• Holy Word: Salvation has been removed — this comes with Apotheosis getting some additional talents making Apotheosis a stronger cooldown.
• Circle of Healing has been removed — for most people who were not pressing Renew previously, you will likely change your Circle of Healing bind to Renew when talented into Empowered Renew.
• Divine Hymn has two good talent options directly below it — Seraphic Crescendo and Gales of Song.
• Apotheosis has two good talent options directly below it — Divinity and Eternal Sanctity.
• Restitution is now on row 3 and is readily accessible for all builds.
• Empowered Renew was re-worked to now cause Renew to reduce the cooldown of Holy Word: Sanctify by an additional 6 sec. It also causes Renew to heal for an additional 60%, but have a 12 sec cooldown.
• Prismatic Echoes now also increases the healing of Renew by 15% per point.
• Voice of Harmony now reduces the cooldown of:
  • Holy Word: Serenity when casting Prayer of Mending or Power Word: Life.
  • Holy Word: Sanctify when casting Halo or Divine Star.
  • Holy Word: Chastise when casting Holy Fire.
• There have also been many other talent additions, removals and moves as discussed in more detail below.

While multiple talents were moved around, the most notable ones are:

• Restitution is now easily accessible on row 3.
• Voice of Harmony is now on row 4.
• Holy Mending is no longer a choice node with Benediction.
• Trail of Light is now in the bottom third.

Talents removed:

• Guardians of the Light
• Circle of Healing
• Revitalizing Prayers
• Sanctified Prayers
• Healing Chorus
• Orison
• Pontifex
• Holy Word: Salvation

Talents added:

• Seraphic Crescendo
• Divinity
• Eternal Sanctity
• Holy Celerity
• Dispersing Light
• Light in the Darkness
• Lasting Words