WoW Forever: Holy Priest
About the Class
A Holy Priest restores Health with direct and periodic spells. 
Prayer of Mending jumps between allies each time it triggers, and 
Prayer of Healing handles group-wide damage. It's a straightforward healing style with a large toolkit for different situations.
The Priest uses Mana, wears cloth armor, and depends heavily on safe positioning. 
Power Word: Fortitude buffs the group, while 
Dispel Magic and 
Cure Disease deal with dangerous effects. Check your trainer for new spell ranks as you level.
Strengths
- A varied mix of direct and group healing.
- Healing over time helps while on the move.
- Convenient tools for removing dangerous effects.
Weaknesses
- Requires constant Mana management.
- Strong heals often require standing still.
- Repeating emergency spells when they aren't needed is inefficient.
Stat Priority
- 1Healing Power
- 2Mana per 5
- 3Spirit
- 4Intellect
- 5Critical Strike
Healing Power reduces the number of spells needed to restore the same amount of Health. Mana per 5 seconds works regardless of recent casts, while Spirit is especially valuable in long fights and interacts with talents. Intellect increases your Mana pool and your chance to crit.
Talents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
The opener is a set sequence of abilities you use as you engage an enemy. Memorising it helps initiate your rotation in the most optimal way possible.
- 1Power Word: Fortitude and
Inner Fire in advance - 2
Power Word: Shield before incoming damage - 3
Heal or 
Renew as needed.
- Power Word: Shield — to buy time before healing
- Renew — for light, ongoing damage
- Heal — direct healing when you have time to cast
Flash Heal — emergency help; don't spam it without a reason
For solo damage, use 
Holy Fire -> 
Shadow Word: Pain -> 
Mind Blast, then any available direct spell or your wand. In a group, healing stays the priority.
Important Abilities
Ability | Use |
|---|---|
| Power Word: Shield | Absorbs damage and buys time for your next action |
 Fade | Temporarily reduces threat |
| Dispel Magic | Removes a suitable effect from an ally or a buff from an enemy |
| Cure Disease | Removes a dangerous disease |
 Psychic Scream | Emergency crowd control; feared enemies can pull extra groups |
 Resurrection | Brings an ally back out of combat |
Apply buffs before the pull. Inner Fire gives you personal protection, but it's no substitute for keeping your distance from dangerous enemies and moving in time.
Best in Slot (BiS)
Best in Slot (BiS)Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Enchants and Enhancements
ConsumablesBest Race
The Human Spirit increases Spirit, and 
Ruthless increases Critical Strike. For healers, Spirit is valuable for resource recovery and its interaction with talents. The racial 
Divine Grace provides extra emergency help.
Eureka! empowers direct and channeled actions and helps save Mana. 
Contingency Plan gives an ally an extra safety net. Periodic effects don't get the same bonus as direct spells.
Dark Sacrifice helps with Mana, and 
Will of the Forsaken protects against the matching types of crowd control. For Shadow, the damage difference between the available races is small; consider the enemy type and your own comfort.
Best Professions
Tailoring lets you craft cloth gear, and 
Enchanting lets you enhance items and disenchant suitable unwanted ones. The pair is convenient for gearing your character yourself and crafting some of your gear before raiding.
Herbalism supplies herbs, and 
Alchemy lets you brew potions and elixirs for damage, resource recovery, and survival. It's a practical choice if you use consumables regularly.
Engineering suits players who enjoy extra gadgets and PvP. Among secondary professions, 
First Aid is useful for bandages and 
Cooking for buff food.
FAQ
Is this spec a good choice for a first Priest?
Holy offers a clear healing toolkit for different situations. For solo questing, you'll still have to rely on basic damage and your wand.
Do I need a wand?
Yes. It helps you finish short fights without wasting Mana. In Forever, you have to stand still for half a second to shoot; spell power doesn't increase the wand's own damage.
What weapon types can a Priest use?
Wands, daggers, one-handed maces, and staves. Missing weapon skills can be learned from a weapon master. As a caster, compare the item's stats first.
Is Devouring Plague only available to Undead?
No. In Forever, 
Devouring Plague is available to all Priests from level 20. Don't pick a race just because of this ability's old racial restriction.
How do I avoid running out of Mana mid-fight?
Don't refresh effects before you need to, don't use expensive emergency heals on light damage, and drink between pulls. When questing solo, finishing enemies off with your wand saves Mana for the next one.
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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