Holy Paladin Leveling Guide

11.0.5 - The War Within

Last Updated:October 24, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Holy Paladin leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0.5! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!

It is highly recommended to level as Retribution Paladin!

Talents

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Holy Paladin
Lightsmith Level 70
Lightsmith Holy Paladin leveling talents

Spec Tree

  • Avenging Wrath
    • Increases all your damage done while active.
  • Rising Sunlight
    • This talent procs on use of Avenging Wrath and Divine Toll. Greatly increases your single target damage.
  • Crusader's Might
    • Using Crusader Strike reduces cooldown of Holy Shock and Judgment.

Class Tree

  • Divine Toll
    • On demand burst of damage used mainly to proc Rising Sunlight in order to make your Holy Shock strike 2 more times.
  • Echoing Blessings
    • Use it with Blessing of Freedom to get movement speed increase.
  • Hammer of Wrath
    • Greatly increases your damage, especially in execute.

Hero Talents

  • Lightsmith performs better than Herald of the Sun due to the fact that it provides more damage especially on AoE enabling faster clear times. Consider respeccing to Retribution Paladin for an even faster leveling experience!
  • Holy Armaments provides Sacred Weapon that provides extra Holy damage while it is up.
  • Divine Guidance makes your Consecration do way more damage. Stack it up with Shield of the Righteous.

Leveling Talent Points

  • Talent point allocation
    • 1. Level 71
    • 2. Level 72
    • 3. Level 73
    • 4. Level 74
    • 5. Level 75
    • 6. Level 76
    • 7. Level 77
    • 8. Level 78
    • 9. Level 79
    • 10. Level 80
Milestones: 0 / 10
1. Level 71
  • Choose Lightsmith as your Hero Talent.
  • Pick Holy ArmamentsBlackened Soul[/wow-trait].
2. Level 72
  • Pick Divine Guidance.
3. Level 73
  • Pick Excoriation.
4. Level 74
  • Pick Hammer and Anvil.
5. Level 75
  • Pick Solidarity.
6. Level 76
  • Pick Forewarning.
7. Level 77
  • Pick Valiance.
8. Level 78
  • Blessing of the Forge.
9. Level 79
  • Pick Rite of Sanctification.
10. Level 80
  • Laying Down Arms.

Rotation

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Holy Paladin

Single-Target

  • You want to pull the mob with Holy Shock or any other range ability.
Holy Paladin Single-Target leveling opener
  • Always keep Consecration down.
  • Don't overcap on Holy Power.
  • Use Hammer of Wrath on cooldown when you get resets.

AoE

  • Pull multiple mobs with Holy Shock or any other range ability and stack them up before starting to "burst" them down.
Holy Paladin AoE leveling opener
  • Always keep Consecration down.
  • Don't overcap on Holy Power.
  • Prioritise Judgment to proc an extra Consecration.
  • Use Hammer of Wrath on cooldown when you get resets.

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Holy Paladin
  • Consumables
    • 1. Phial
    • 2. Food
    • 3. DPS Potion
    • 4. Heal Potion
    • 5. Weapon Rune
    • 6. Augment Rune
  • Utility
    • 7. Goblin Glider Kit
    • 8. Gunshoes
    • 9. Mount Equipment
  • Experience Gains
    • 10. Banner of Cooperation
    • 11. Standard of Unity
    • 12. Battle Standard of Coordination
Milestones: 0 / 12
1. Phial
  • 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
2. Food
  • 40x Fried Bonefish
3. DPS Potion
  • 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
4. Heal Potion
  • 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
5. Weapon Rune
  • 4x Howling Rune
6. Augment Rune
  • Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
    or
  • 10x Draconic Augment Rune
7. Goblin Glider Kit
  • 20x Goblin Glider Kit
    • Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
8. Gunshoes
  • 20x Gunshoes
    • Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
    • Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
9. Mount Equipment
  • Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
10. Banner of Cooperation

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
11. Standard of Unity

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
12. Battle Standard of Coordination

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination

Credits

Written by: Thaner

Reviewed by: Velo

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