Best in slot gear for Holy Paladin at level 30 (PvP)

The best item for each slot for a level 30 Holy Paladin in PvP, with the next two picks, where each comes from and how easy it is. Change the level (1 to 60) and switch PvE or PvP on the page; filters leave out dungeon drops, crafted items, world drops or PvP rewards, or keep only items players have seen in Forever.

Every slot

Head: Acolyte's Chain Helm, score 39.5: +25 healing, +11 Stamina, 177 armor. Crafted: Blacksmithing (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Sorrow's Shroud, Wisdom's Leather Helm.
Neck: Scorn's Icy Choker, score 16.2: +7 spell power, +5 Stamina, +6 Intellect. Drops from Scorn, 33.3% (Classic data). Some effort: farm the creature. Next best: Souvenir Sea Shell, Seal of the Expedition.
Shoulder: Tanned Shoulderpads, score 19.5: +9 Stamina, +9 healing, 73 armor. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet. Next best: Fairywing Mantle, Moonlit Amice.
Back: Caretaker's Cape (Horde: Battle Healer's Cloak), score 20.3: +13 healing, +6 Stamina, +4 Spirit. Sold by Illiyana Moonblaze in Ashenvale (61.5, 83.9) for 1g 7s 72c (Classic data). Easy: buy it. Next best: Caretaker's Cape, Red Wool Cloak.
Chest: Acolyte's Silvered Chain Shirt, score 37.1: +22 healing, +6 Stamina, +7 Intellect. Crafted: Blacksmithing (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Death Speaker Robes, Pristine Gown.
Wrist: Technician's Bracers, score 10.1: +5 Stamina, +6 Intellect, 47 armor. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet. Next best: Jimmied Handcuffs, Beetle Clasps.
Hands: Silvered Gauntlets, score 24.6: +14 healing, +8 Stamina, 130 armor. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet. Next best: Naga Battle Gloves, Tattered Mittens.
Waist: Prefect's Belt, score 35.5: +22 healing, +6 Stamina, +7 Intellect. Crafted: Blacksmithing (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Mender's Leather Belt, Skycaller's Leather Belt.
Legs: Acolyte's Silvered Chain Leggings, score 41.4: +25 healing, +7 Stamina, +8 Intellect. Crafted: Blacksmithing (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Pristine Leggings, Wisdom's Leather Leggings.
Feet: Gilded Slippers, score 32.4: +20 healing, +6 Stamina, +7 Intellect. Crafted: Tailoring (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Gnomebot Operating Boots, Rotmender's Treads.
Finger: Sea Giant's Toe Ring, score 18: +18 healing. Needs Friendly with Booty Bay (Forever client: who sells it isn't known yet). Some effort: Friendly with Booty Bay. Next best: Philanthropist's Ring, Darkspear Signet.
Finger: Lorekeeper's Ring (Horde: Advisor's Ring), score 13.6: +7 spell power, +4 Stamina, +2 mana per 5 sec. Sold by Illiyana Moonblaze in Ashenvale (61.5, 83.9) for 2g (Classic data). Easy: buy it.
Trinket: Talisman of Arathor (Horde: Defiler's Talisman), score 6: +6 Stamina. Sold by Samuel Hawke in Arathi Highlands (46, 45.2) for 72s 30c (Classic data). Easy: buy it. Next best: Rune of Duty, Worgenbane Talisman.
Trinket: Rune of Perfection, score 4: +4 Stamina. Sold by Illiyana Moonblaze in Ashenvale (61.5, 83.9) for 2g (Classic data). Easy: buy it.
Main hand: Death Speaker Scepter, score 68: +68 healing. Drops from Death Speaker Jargba in Razorfen Kraul, 20% (Classic data). Some effort: about 5 runs. Next best: Crested Scepter, Guerrilla's Jagged Mace.
Off hand: Painwalker Buckler, score 33.8: 738 armor, +13 healing, +6 Stamina. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet. Next best: Arctic Buckler, Crest of Darkshire.
Ranged or relic: nothing with these stats at level 30

A one-hander and an off-hand beat the best two-hander here.

Stat weights (PvP)

mana per 5 sec 1.3, Stamina 1, healing 1, spell power 1, Intellect 0.7, haste 0.6, crit 0.4, Spirit 0.2, armor 0.02. These are ForeverDB's own PvP weights, not Blizzard's. The Holy Paladin PvP guide uses the same weights and names the same gear.

How the PvP weights work

Blizzard publishes no PvP stat weights, so these are ForeverDB's own. One set per spec picks the gear on the best in slot pages and in the class PvP guides, so the two always agree.
Each spec's weights are set by hand in its PvP guide, next to the guide's stat priority and why: Feral Druids are weighted for Cat Form and Stamina rather than Defense, Protection Warriors and Paladins put Stamina first and Defense well down, healers weigh healing and Stamina alike with less mana regeneration.
They follow the same reasoning for every spec: Stamina near the main stat or above it, because players focus you and you have to live through their burst; Hit worth less than against dungeon bosses, because players are your own level, not three above; mana per 5 sec worth less, because PvP fights are short; armour counted for every spec that wears it.
Where a guide leaves a stat out (Haste and Expertise for Arms and Fury, armour for cloth casters), a rule fills it in: Stamina 90% of the main stat, Hit and Expertise 80% of their PvE value, mana per 5 sec 70%, armor at least 0.02 per point, everything else as in PvE. A spec without a PvP guide yet uses the rule for every stat.
An item with nothing on it but armour still counts in PvP and for tanks: at low levels, where a plain mail or leather helmet is the only one there is, it is still the pick.

Every item is scored with the spec's stat weights, for what the class can wear at that level (armour and weapon skills come from the Forever client, so Hunters and Shamans get mail at 40 and Warriors and Paladins plate at 40). Untouched Season of Discovery leftovers are left out.

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