Holy Priest Leveling Guide

11.0.5 - The War Within

Last Updated:October 24, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Holy Priest leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! 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 Shadow Priest!!!

Talents

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Holy Priest
Oracle Level 70
Oracle Holy Priest leveling talents

Spec Tree

  • Burning Vehemence
    • Holy Fire does more damage and hits AoE now.
  • Empyreal Blaze
    • Holy Word: Chastise gives you 2 instant uses of Holy Fire.
  • Voice of Harmony
    • Holy Fire reduces the cooldown of Holy Word: Chastise.

Class Tree

  • Phantom Reach
    • Increases the range of your spells to 46 yards, allowing you to pull mobs from further away.

Hero Talents

  • Oracle performs better than Archon because of Preventive Measures.
  • Premonition of Insight allows you to cast more Holy Fire which is the majority of your damage.

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 Oracle as your Hero Talent.
  • Pick Preventive Measures.
2. Level 72
  • Pick Preemptive Care.
3. Level 73
  • Pick Divine Feathers.
4. Level 74
  • Pick Divine Providence.
5. Level 75
  • Pick Clairvoyance.
6. Level 76
  • Pick Waste No Time.
7. Level 77
  • Pick Foreseen Circumstances.
8. Level 78
  • Pick Perfect Vision.
9. Level 79
  • Pick Assured Safety.
10. Level 80
  • Pick Prophet's Will.

Rotation

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Holy Priest

Single-Target

  • If you get the mob into execute range use Shadow Word: Death to kill the mob instantly.
Holy Priest Single-Target leveling opener
  • Always get Holy Fire on cooldown before casting Holy Word: Chastise.
  • Use Shadow Word: Pain to pull mobs.

AoE

Holy Priest AoE leveling opener
  • To save time make sure to pull at least 4-5 mobs every time.
  • Cast Halo as often as possible, whenever you cant cast Holy Fire.

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Holy Priest
  • 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: Rycn

Reviewed by: Meeres

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