Mythic+ Healer Rankings: A Tier List for Midnight (Patch 12.1 / Midnight)

Holy Paladin are in a phenomenal position leading up to Season 2, after a few rounds of Healing buffs. Holy Paladin offers incredible priority-target healing, and one of the best group-wide utility kits. With these benefits, and the multiple rounds of HPS buffs they received, Holy is currently in the leading position of the healing rankings. Still, their damage output leaves something left to be desired, as that is the only area so far that is lacking.

Restoration Shaman is one of the healers that received minor changes moving towards Season 2. It seems like the developer wants to put a much larger emphasis on Healing Rain healin contribution in Season 2. Having the new tier-set further bolstering one of the core healing abilities of the spec ( Healing Rain) can be advantageous, as passive healing is always welcomed. However, it also creates problems for those who don't fully benefit from it, like ranged players who typically do not stand inside the Healing Rain. Despite all of that, their HPS profile is absolutely incredible, which was the major factor for their high placement on our tierlist.

Their DPS output is currently considered one of the lowest among all healers, which can lose you valuable time in Mythic+. Despite all of this, Restoration Shaman will always have a place in physical-comp groups, due to the incredible party-wide utility they offer with Skyfury and easy access to Bloodlust.

Preservation Evoker looks to be receiving its fair share of changes leading up to Season 2, with some of the highlights being a handful of changes to Merithra's Blessing, instead putting that power into some of your core abilities, and significantly increasing the healing-over-time from Dream Breath, which helps a ton in rot-damage situations. Preservation Evoker has one of the highest HPS profiles in Mythic+ compared to the rest of the healers, as long as all conditions are met, with positioning being one of the most important ones. Additionally, their damage output is just as high as their healing. While both HPS & DPS are not a concern at all for the spec, Preservation remains one of the few Healing specs without an impactful group-wide buff, which is often a main consideration when deciding which spec to invite for your group.

If Augmentation Evoker becomes a top-meta pick, Preservation might be relegated in favor of another healer spec that offers better and different group buffs and utility, as Augmentation will already bring the entire Evoker kit.

Mistweaver Monk in Season will see some nerfs to Way of the Crane, which will lead to some changes to its playstyle depending on the mob count. It also received a buff towards Jadefire Teachings. The current performance of Mistweaver is good, with a great DPS output, but sadly the spec currently struggles in heavy HPS check situations.

Their HPS has been hit repeatedly, and while their DPS is still amazing, their HPS output is lower than what it used to be at the start of the testing leading up to Season 2. Further tuning will decide their final placement, of course, but for now the spec has been relegated to A-tier.

Discipline Priest is getting a minor facelift for Season 2. Mind Blast, which will be more frequent but less "meaty" individually, now procs a Void Shield, and the spec will likely have some more build diversity in Season 2 as well. Both hero talents are currently performing fairly close in terms of overall power, meaning Voidweaver is back on the menu.

The current healing profile of Discipline Priest is decent, but what's more impressive about the spec is the incredible DPS output, especially on a single target, often doubling the damage of other healers.

The mana management, on the other hand, might need some optimization, but that's a small price to pay for the toolkit they provide. Discipline Priest will retain its unique party-wide utility, which is often one of the most desirable in Mythic+. We believe the only way for them to climb the ladder, is if the spec gets further buffs to their HPS profile in a dungeon environment, and better mana efficiency.

Holy Priest is looking to receive some attention to their mana issues in Season 2, with a reduced mana cost of Benediction & buffs to Apotheosis, while also upping its healing output. The core rotation of the Holy Priest will largely remain unchanged; nothing new has been added, nor does your tier-set change your rotation in a severe manner.

Mana continues to be a limiting factor if you cannot plan your cooldowns around high damage intake windows. Simply said, other Healers offer a better toolkit fit for this season, and with Discipline Priest as its counterpart performing better than Holy so far, ranking Holy Priest any higher is unfortunately not possible.

Restoration Druid has received its fair share of changes, unfortunately, most of them negative. Some of the more impactful ones being a nerf to Abundance, and lost healing-over-time extension from Swiftmend. In addition to this, the current tuning of Restoration Druid is quite off the mark, as its HPS profile is not doing well in its current state. However, Druid's unique utility will always be a great fit for group-wide content, and we are sure that if Restoration Druids gets a bit more love leading up to the season start, they will once again find their place within the high rankings. But, for now, we are placing the spec in the bottom of our tierlist, while hoping and waiting for further buffs.