Holy Paladin guide

Healer. Holy is a strong efficient single-target healer that now also has real group healing through Light's Vigil plus Holy Shock. Holy Light is the big heal and, at base values, also the most Mana-efficient one, Flash of Light is the fast cheap heal, and Illumination refunds mana on crits. Divine Favor guarantees a crit for emergencies.

Holy Paladin best in slot gear · Talent calculator · Talent builds · PvE guide · PvP guide

Stat priority

1. Healing Power
2. Intellect
3. Critical Strike
4. Mana per 5 sec
5. Spirit
6. Stamina

Single target

1. Holy Shock: Instant heal on cooldown for moving or spike healing
2. Flash of Light: Fast, cheap heal for steady damage
3. Holy Light: Big heal on tanks; its top rank also heals the most per Mana
4. Divine Favor: Guaranteed crit on an emergency Holy Light
5. Cleanse: Dispel magic, poison and disease

Several targets

1. Light's Vigil: Place on a damaged player; your next Holy Shock on them heals their whole party with no cooldown
2. Holy Shock: Cast on the Light's Vigil target to trigger the group heal
3. Flash of Light: Fill between Vigil cycles

Cooldowns

1. Divine Favor: Pair with Holy Light for a guaranteed crit
2. Lay on Hands: Heals for your max health and gives the target Mana, but drains all of yours
3. Voice of Truth: Immunity to silences and interrupts while healing through casters
4. Blessing of Protection: Save a physical-damage target

Key talents

• Healing Light
• Spiritual Focus
• Reverence
• Illumination
• Divine Favor
• Holy Shock
• Infusion of Light
• Holy Power
• Light's Vigil

What Forever changed

Holy Shock moves up to tier 5, a level 30 talent, and Light's Vigil, the new level 40 talent at the bottom of the Holy section, makes your next Holy Shock on the Vigil target heal their whole party with no cooldown, fixing Classic Holy's lack of group healing. New talents add Voice of Truth (6 sec of immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects), Reverence (Mana regeneration while casting, required for Illumination) and Infusion of Light (a faster Holy Light after a critical Holy Shock or Flash of Light), and Illumination now procs from Light's Vigil too.

Tips

• Only one Light's Vigil per party: rotate it onto the group taking the most damage.
• Light's Vigil on an enemy makes Holy Shock deal damage and refund mana, useful when solo.
• Divine Favor before Holy Shock gives a guaranteed critical instant heal, which also triggers Illumination and Infusion of Light.

Other Paladin specs: Protection, Retribution

Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70938, extracted 2026-11-13.