Holy Priest Gearing Guide

Patch 10.2.5 Last Updated: 23rd Jan, 2024
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Gear

Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope Tier Set

Do note that the 4p currently has 3 RPPM, and, as such, won’t go crazy after a Holy Word: Salvation applying Renew on everyone in the raid for instance.

Regarding the mana efficiency of the 4p, it will give you ~13k mana/minute (by using the procs on Holy Word: Sanctify only), which is actually pretty good (on par with the 10.1.7 efficiency of the Rashok trinket, before nerfs so, to give you an idea).

Trinkets

Pip’s Emerald Friendship Badge: The new stats stick trinket of the raid, giving a random different diminishing buff each time (it will never be twice the same, but it’s not a specific order neither, and you sometimes might not see a given stat for some time).

Coagulated Genesaur Blood: A very good stats stick trinket, obtainable in dungeons (The Everbloom).

Echoing Tyrstone: A really strong trinket, that you’ll need to use during your heavy healing moments, storing a fraction of it. The healing by itself will be passive after that, requiring no additional planning on your part.

Sea Star: Another great stats stick trinket, especially in M+ or in raids during progress thanks to its high amount of Versatility. It has 1.5 RPPM, resulting in a ~35% uptime.

Optimal Gear (Best in Slot)

Here are two lists of the optimal gear set-up you want to reach, either for M+ or for raids. Do note that these lists include every item that will fit the stats priority (covered in this guide) depending on the content you’re aiming for, including specific items (mainly trinkets, or some Use weapons if applicable).

There sometimes can be alternatives, especially depending on which stats you already have on your character, or for some very specific purposes, so keep in mind that you don’t necessarily always want to match this exact list. Most of the time, ilevel will be the biggest factor, and some stats, such as Mastery in M+, can have a relatively different value depending on what you’ll need (since this one won’t provide any DPS gain, but ONLY healing).

Holy Priest Raid Best in Slot List

This list will provide the Best in Slot gear for healing inside a raid environment.

Slot Item Source
Head Crest of Lunar Communion Tindral (Amirdrassil) or Catalyst
Neck Elemental Lariat Crafted item
Shoulders Shoulderguardians of Lunar Communion Smolderon (Amirdrassil) or Catalyst
Cloak Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice Smolderon (Amirdrassil)
Chest Cassock of Lunar Communion Nymue (Amirdrassil) or Catalyst
Wrist Arathi Field Bandages Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond’s Rise
Gloves Latosius’s Blasting Gloves Black Rook Hold
Belt Poisonroot Belt Black Rook Hold
Legs Leggings of Lunar Communion Larodar (Amidrassil) or Catalyst
Boots Devilsaur Worshiper’s Sandals Atal’Dazar
Ring Band of Twisted Bark Darkheart Thicket
Ring Signet of Titanic Insight Crafted item
Trinket Pip’s Emerald Friendship Badge Council of Dreams (Amirdrassil)
Trinket Echoing Tyrstone Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond’s Rise
Weapon Staff of Incandescent Torment Gnarlroot (Amirdrassil)

Holy Priest M+ Best in Slot List

This list will provide the Best in Slot gear in M+ while prioritizing DPS for your trinkets set-up. Of course, those can be swapped, if you need extra-survivability on a said-key for instance. Do not seek a specific list for this particular case, just think about what you need in order to heal & survive an encounter at first, when you’re pushing very high keys where most spells can one shot people. Then, you can bring some DPS effects.

Slot Item Source
Head Crown of the Infinite Lord Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond’s Rise
Neck Elemental Lariat Crafted item
Shoulders Shoulderguardians of Lunar Communion Smolderon (Amirdrassil) or Catalyst
Cloak Shadowfeather Shawl Black Rook Hold
Chest Cassock of Lunar Communion Nymue (Amirdrassil) or Catalyst
Wrist Drust-Thatched Wristwraps Waycrest Manor
Gloves Touch of Lunar Communion Igira (Amirdrassil) or Catalyst
Belt Mobius Strap Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall
Legs Leggings of Lunar Communion Larodar (Amidrassil) or Catalyst
Boots Lost Scholar’s Belted Treads Volcoross (Amirdrassil)
Ring Ring of Contempt Black Rook Hold
Ring Seal of the Regal Loa Atal’Dazar
Trinket Coagulated Genesaur Blood Everbloom
Trinket Sea Star Throne of the Tides
Weapon Iridal, the Earth’s Master Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall

Embellishments

Embellishments can be added to your crafted Dragonflight gear, with a maximum of 2 embellished pieces of gear. Some crafted items act as embellished items by themselves due to their “Equipped” effect.

The most useful are:

  • Magazine of Healing Darts is purely for healing, adding some extra healing darts to your spells with a pretty good value.
  • Elemental Lariat is a craft embedded with an embellishment. It grants you extra secondary stats depending on your gems. If you have Crit gems, you’ll have a Crit buff. If you have multiple combinations of gems with multiple secondary stats, you will have a chance to proc any one of those secondaries. It's a good item to craft, thanks to its effect and the fact that you’ll have your desired stats on this necklace. Don’t forget to add 3 sockets to it!
  • Potion Absorption Inhibitor is a specific embellishment that can be of good use if you really want to weave in some extra DPS during an encounter where mana won’t be that much of an issue (think about Terros from Vault of the Incarnates).