WoW Forever Holy Priest Guide

Hunting

Upkeep

Prepare

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Cast Power Word: Shield before each pull, pull with Holy Fire, apply Shadow Word: Pain and wand the rest. You can open with Mind Blast instead. On high-health enemies, add Smite, and in longer fights recast Mind Blast on cooldown. If you are taking hits, put Renew on yourself. Finish low-health enemies with Shadow Word: Death only when it will kill. If it doesn't, you take damage, so finish with your wand when unsure.

Solo

• Staying healthyIf you lose health while fighting, use Renew to recover slowly.
• Between fightsIf you lost a lot, use one Greater Heal. It costs less mana than several small heals.
• Two enemiesPut Shadow Word: Pain on both, then kill one at a time.
• Weak enemiesOn enemies that die in a few wand hits, skip Shadow Word: Pain: open with one spell, then use your wand. Reapplying Shadow Word: Pain on a nearly dead enemy only delays your mana regeneration.
• Several enemiesShield, then Psychic Scream, only with no other enemies nearby. Before 28 only two enemies flee. Enemies with Shadow Word: Pain on them may break free.
• In troubleHold on with Flash Heal. It is fast but expensive.

Party

Protect your party with big heals and save your mana.

• ShieldsCast Power Word: Shield before damage lands. You can't shield a target again while Weakened Soul is on it, so alternate it with heals. Don't shield a Warrior or Druid tank before the pull: the absorb costs them rage.
• Main healGreater Heal is your main heal. It heals a lot per mana and has a long cast, so start early.
• Heal ranksLower ranks heal less per mana. Only use them to avoid overhealing.
• Urgent healFlash Heal is fast but heals less per mana than your main heal. Use it only when urgent.
• Your own healthWith Holy Binding, casting Flash Heal on another party member also heals you for half as much.
• Healing on the moveRenew is instant, so you can put it on the tank while moving. It heals less per mana than your main heal.
• Group healingUse Prayer of Healing when the whole party is hurt. If only some are hurt, single-target heals cost less mana.
• Grouped upWhen the party is hurt and grouped within 10 yards, use Holy Nova. It causes no threat but costs a lot of mana.
• Alternating healsAlternate different heals to get mana back from Litany of Light.
• Bouncing healPut Prayer of Mending on the tank whenever it is ready. It heals on the next hit, then jumps to a nearby party member.
• After dyingAfter you die, Spirit of Redemption lets you heal for free for a short time. Heal the tank first.
• ManaWhen the party is stable, stop casting and help with your wand. Drink between pulls.
• Saving manaUse Inner Focus before an expensive heal so that heal costs no mana.
• DispelsRemove harmful magic from your allies with Dispel Magic.
• Disease removalRemove diseases from your allies with Abolish Disease.
• Stopping fearPut Fear Ward on the tank before enemies that use Fear.
• Holding undeadAgainst many undead, hold one with Shackle Undead. Damage breaks it.
• ThreatHeals draw threat. Use Fade as soon as an enemy turns on you.
• Reviving alliesAfter a fight, bring back the fallen with Resurrection.

Dungeons

• Lower Blackrock Spire57–60
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• Dire Maul West59–60
• Dire Maul North59–60
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• Stratholme Main Gate59–60
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• Stratholme Service Gate59–60
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• Scholomance59–60
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• Upper Blackrock Spire60–60
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Skills

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Build Order

Discipline16Holy35Shadow0

1. LV 10–11Wand Specialization2/2
2. LV 12–14Improved Renew3/3
3. LV 15–16Holy Specialization2/5
4. LV 17–21Divine Fury5/5
5. LV 22Holy Nova1/1
6. LV 23–25Inspiration3/3
7. LV 26Holy Specialization3/5
8. LV 27Holy Binding1/1
9. LV 28–29Holy Reach2/2
10. LV 30–31Improved Healing2/3
11. LV 32Spirit of Redemption1/1
12. LV 33–34Litany of Light2/2
13. LV 35–36Spiritual Guidance2/5
14. LV 37–39Spiritual Healing3/3
15. LV 40–41Spiritual Guidance4/5
16. LV 42Prayer of Mending1/1
17. LV 43–45Twin Disciplines3/5
18. LV 46–50Mental Strength5/5
19. LV 51–53Meditation3/3
20. LV 54Inner Focus1/1
21. LV 55Improved Healing3/3
22. LV 56Spiritual Guidance5/5
23. LV 57–58Holy Specialization5/5
24. LV 59–60Twin Disciplines5/5

Recommended professions

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  Tailoring

  Your trainer has no green gear here, so buy patterns from vendors for runecloth gear. From 57, expensive gear with hard-to-find patterns and a lot of healing is also worth chasing.

  • LV 57Mooncloth CircletSkill 280×4×6×1×2×2
    Pattern · drops in Blackwing Lair · Azshara · Storm Cliffs …
  • LV 57Truefaith VestmentsSkill 295×12×8×2×2×8×2×10
    Pattern · drops in Stratholme
  • LV 57Mooncloth GlovesSkill 280×12×6×2×2
    Pattern · Knot Thimblejack's Cache
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  Enchanting

  If you have the materials, add the chest Intellect enchant.

  • LV 58Enchant Chest - Major IntellectSkill 290×3×1
    Formula · drops in Eastern Plaguelands

Camping

• LV 6Faction BannerSkill 20×1×1
• LV 6Faction BannerSkill 20×1×1
• LV 28Spinning WheelSkill 140×2×5×3
  Blueprint · drops in City of Dalaran
• LV 6Enchanted LuteSkill 20×1×1
• LV 28Arcane SalvagerSkill 140×2×1
  Blueprint · drops in Ruins of Lordaeron · Razorfen Kraul

• Alchemy's Mana Well: bonus mana per 5 seconds, which unlike Spirit keeps regenerating even while you cast.
• Herbalism's Incense Candle raises Intellect and Tailoring's Faction Banner raises Spirit.
• Enchanting's Enchanted Lute adds armor, all stats and all resistances; Leatherworking's Camp Tent grants rested experience (up to 5% of a level).
• First Aid's First Aid Kit raises Stamina but does not stack with Power Word: Fortitude.

Mounts

• Apprentice Riding90g