Mythic+ Healer Rankings: A Tier List for The War Within (Patch 11.2 / Season 3)

Restoration Druid has gotten its fair share of changes leading up to Season 3, most notably receiving an amazing tier-set that fits perfectly in Mythic+. Their current HPS capabilities are ranked among the best while keeping your incredible party-wide utility unchanged. This is the driving factor for their placement as we believe they are currently the best Healer options for Season 3. Future tuning will show us the final placement for Restoration Druid but for now, we are quite positive!

Restoration Shaman received its fair share of changes, most notably a brand new tier set. They will retain their incredibly party-wide utility and healing capabilities, while also providing amazing mob-control for your party. Restoration Shaman is incredibly strong in physical damage-oriented comps due to their Skyfury buff, which makes even a lucrative pick-up just like last season. Overall, a strong contender for the top healing spot, but only future tuning will show us!

Discipline Priest got minor nerfs leading to Season 3, which won't impact your performance. Even after the most recent minor nerfs, their healing and the ability to apply absurdly big shields/spot-heal is one of the best compared to all the healers, which is the most important factor when ranking healing specs. In addition, they will retain their strong external utility packages such as 2x Pain Suppression and Power Word: Barrier. Further tuning will tell how they turn out, but as of now, they remain as one of the best healers.

Holy Paladin received quite a bit of change, with the most notable being the introduction of their brand new tier set. Healing output is currently their biggest concern, however, after the most recent buffs they will do a lot better in that department. Their toolkit remains the same - one of the best party-wide utilities paired with strong defensiveness (even immunity), and excellent mob control. Overall, we expect them to be a great choice for a healer going into Season 3.

Preservation Evoker has received its fair share of changes, most notably the introduction of its brand new tier set. Their performance, more specifically their damage and especially healing output, has been great, making it a great pick-up with any group composition. Overall, they do not stand out as the best healing option for Mythic+ simply because of how hard it is to make them work in a pug environment, which hinders their performance. The group awareness must be present for them to understand how your healing profile works so that you can unlock your full potential. We believe this spec is in a much better spot for raiding than it is for Mythic+.

Unfortunately for Holy Priest, they had no relevant changes leading up to Season 3, this causes no shifts in your gameplay compared to what you are already used to. They will maintain their decent DPS and HPS profiles, which output is not enough to rank them higher on the tier list compared to the rest of the healing specs. However, it is noteworthy that this specialization is considered one of the easier healing options due to its reactive healing capabilities, which are adept at addressing any form of incoming or sustained HPS challenges. Further tuning will help us have more accurate ranking of the spec.

Mistweaver Monk received decent amount of changes leading to the next season, with the most notable being the change to Vivacious Vivification to proc off from Rising Sun Kick casts instead of flat every 10 sec proc. That, in combination with how great Jade Bond talent has been (especially the CDR thanks to Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane) makes their output great. Mistweaver's current HPS profile is good, as it can easily tackle any given encounter in Mythic+ while contributing to the team with its great damage profile (yes, most of your damage still requires you to be in melee). All of this combined plays well with the strong utility package they offer, while still being a contender for the best fit within the physical oriented teams. One downside of Mistweaver is that your external defensive options are the weakest out of any healing as Life Cocoon is the weakest external option out of all healers.