Holy Priest talents
Every Holy talent, row by row, with what each rank does.
About the Holy tree
16-point milestone: Binding Heal. Heals a friendly target and the caster for 330 to 387. Low threat.
Recommended leveling build
Our pickOpinion, not confirmed by Blizzard18/33/0 at level 60, with Binding Heal at level 25. The dungeon healer's tree. Pick this if you level mostly in groups.
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Another legal route to Binding Heal · not our pick
One order that reaches Binding Heal within the tree's rules: 16 points, which is level 25. Swap the early points for the talents you want.
- 1Twilight Focus3 of 3Row 1
- 2Improved Renew3 of 3Row 1
- 3Holy Specialization5 of 5Row 1
- 4Spell Warding4 of 5Row 2
- 5Binding Heal1 of 1Row 4
All Holy Priest talents
A value like 1/2/3 is what rank 1, 2 and 3 give.
Holy
16 · Binding Heal (milestone taken)
33points
Shown with our leveling pick's points at 60. Try your own in the calculator
Row 1open from level 10
3 talents
Max rank 3
Gives you a 23/46/70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any spell.
Max rank 3
Increases the amount healed by your Renew spell by 5/10/15%.
Max rank 5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Row 2needs 5 points in Holy
2 talents
Max rank 5
Reduces all spell damage taken by 2/4/6/8/10%.
Max rank 5
Reduces the casting time of your Smite, Holy Fire, Heal, and Greater Heal spells by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 sec.
Row 3needs 10 points in Holy
3 talents
Max rank 1
Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 30 to 35 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 64 to 73. These effects cause no threat.
Max rank 3
After being struck by a melee or ranged critical hit, or suffering more than 30% of your maximum Health from a single attack, heal 8/16/25% of the damage taken over 6 sec. Refreshing this effect carries over any remaining healing.
Max rank 3
Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 8/16/25% for 15 sec.
Row 4needs 15 points in Holy
4 talents
Max rank 2
Increases the range of your Smite and Holy Fire spells and the radius of your Prayer of Healing and Holy Nova spells by 10/20%.
Max rank 3
Reduces the Mana cost of your Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, Penance, and Prayer of Mending spells by 5/10/15%.
Max rank 2
Requires 5 in Divine Fury
Increases your Holy damage done by 2/4%, and gives a 5/10% chance each time your Holy Fire spell deals periodic damage for your next Holy Nova to cost no Mana.
Binding Heal
16-point milestone
Max rank 1
Heals a friendly target and the caster for 330 to 387. Low threat.
Row 5needs 20 points in Holy
3 talents
Max rank 2
When you cast a healing spell, gain Mana equal to 5/10% of the base cost of the spell if your previous heal was a different spell.
Max rank 1
Upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies.
Max rank 5
Increases your spell healing by up to 5/10/15/20/25% of your total Spirit and your spell damage by up to 1/2/3/4/5% of your total Spirit.
Row 6needs 25 points in Holy
1 talent
Max rank 3
Increases the amount healed by your spells by 3/6/9%.
Row 7needs 30 points in Holy
1 talent
Max rank 1
Requires 1 in Spirit of Redemption
Places a spell on the target that heals them for 231 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time per caster.
In the patch digest
Fear Ward and Devouring Plague are no longer race-locked
Every Priest gets both spells, and each race keeps its own pair of Priest spells.
Starshards does not benefit from Twilight Focus in beta
Night Elf Priests: the talent should apply to Starshards, and a fix is tagged.
More Priest talents
Races that can be a Priest: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Undead, Troll.
Talent data: public community datasets, Forever beta build 1.60.1.69893. Numbers can change in any later build or patch. Icon credits