Holy Priest Gear and Best in Slot - Midnight

Best Gear to Catalyze for Holy Priest Shoulder

Chest

Gloves

Legs

Wondering which Enchants you should apply to your gear? Check out our Enchants & Consumables page for Holy Priest.

Enchants and Consumables

Learn About Popular Gear With Archon

Gearing is a process that takes time and effort, even with powerful items being available from multiple sources. Over the course of acquiring gear, you may not have the best item available for every slot.

Archon is a tool that compiles log data from thousands of players and shows the most popular builds and alternatives. At a glance, you can see what other players have done for different types of content.

Best Gear from Raids for Holy Priest in

Raids feature several powerful drops for Holy Priest in Midnight due to either having special item effects or being a powerful best-in-slot option. Below are the best items to target when entering The Venomous Abyss and The Tidebound Grotto:

Best Gear from Mythic+ for Holy Priest in

Mythic+ dungeons offer a method of target farming specific pieces of gear for Holy Priest freely without a weekly lockout. Below are the best items to get from Mythic+:

Best Holy Priest Trinkets in

Updated August 17th with latest tuning!

Hover over trinkets to see notes on complex interactions!

Trinket Tier List

Raid
Mythic Plus
Delves
Crafting

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A

B

C

D

Midnight Season 2 Tier Set Bonuses for Holy Priest

Your Tier Set bonus increases your passive Renew healing while also granting constant bonus Critical Strike, our best stat.

Cosmic Penitent's Raiment

Priest Holy 12.1 Class Set 2pc - Gain up to 6% Critical Strike by maintaining 3 Renews on your allies (cast PoM and use the Lasting Words talent)!
Priest Holy 12.1 Class Set 4pc - Passive increase to Renew healing and Renew application.

size=medium type=round inline=true color=q1] Best Crafted Gear for Holy Priest

is a weekly-gated resource that is required for crafting some of the most powerful equipment available from professions. You should spend them wisely, aiming to craft items that you intend to use long-term. You can use the recrafting system to further enhance these pieces later, so there's no need to hoard Sparks if there's a noteworthy item that you can obtain now.

Recommended Crafting Order for Holy Priest

At the start of the season, resources and gear are very limited, and the first few crafted pieces are crucial for progressing efficiently. Here is the best early crafting order for Holy Priest using , targetting the quickest power gains:

Craft Aln'hara Lantern with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt Explanation

Ulatek drops a high value Haste dagger that you will want to pursue so crafting an Off-Hand is a high value and high efficiency craft.
Craft Martyr's Waistwrap or Martyr's Bindings with Arcanoweave Lining Explanation

Both Wrists and Belt are BiS so craft whichever slot is the greatest need.
Replace Low Item Level Pieces.

Here is the best crafting order for Holy Priest using , especially when Sparks are no longer a limiting resource and more gear is available late in the Season:

Craft Martyr's Waistwrap with Arcanoweave Lining Explanation

You can craft the Wrists first if the need is greater there.
Craft Martyr's Bindings with Arcanoweave Lining Explanation

Same as above, Belt/Wrists are both high value, craft the weakest piece first.
Replace Low Item Level Pieces.

Best Embellishments for Holy Priest

For Holy Priest, the best Embellishments are:

Since Weapons feature bonus effects from the final boss of Venomous Abyss you will prioritize Arcanoweave embellishes on your two BiS pieces with the new Ritual Stone embellish used on your off-hand early in the season..

For more information about crafting, recrafting, and modifying crafted items with embellishments, check out our Profession Recrafting Guide below.

size=medium type=round inline=true color=q1] Gear Upgrade Priorities for Holy Priest in Midnight

Season 2 of Midnight features multiple ways to upgrade and obtain gear, including s and Bonus Rolls that can be used to obtain powerful gear for your Holy Priest.

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Upgrading With Mistcrests

Mistcrests are used to both upgrade and craft gear, with a weekly cap on their acquisition. Because of the Crest cap, making good choices with your Crests is key to getting the most out of your gear. For precise recommendations based on your current situation, we recommend using Raidbots Top Gear to simulate your character.

Below are the best upgrade priorities for Holy Priest, providing a general overview of the most impactful items to focus on to maximize output.

Weapon
The Weapon slot contains a lot of power. Spend crests here first, ideally via an Off-HandCraft (see above) or upgrading your Ulatek dagger.
Other High Budget Slots
The next most important slots are Chest, Legs and Helm since they have the most stats on them.
Strong Trinkets
After your highest budget slots are taken care of you can be more flexible. You can upgrade a high-value trinket, or a medium-value slot like Shoulders, Belt, Boots, and Gloves.

For more information about upgrading items in Midnight, check out our dedicated guides.

]Upgrading Items in Midnight

Bonus Rolling with Nebulous Voidcores

In Season 2, players will be able to use Nebulous Voidcore to target specific equipment via Bonus Loot rolls. Usable after Midnight Season 2 Raid Bosses, Mythic+ Dungeons, Bountiful Delves, and Nightmare Prey Hunts, this will be a key way to obtain best-in-slot pieces slowly over the rest of the Season. Using a Bonus Roll will reward an item level equivalent to Great Vault rewards from that content, making it possible to obtain items at Myth track from completing dungeons at Keystone level +10 or Heroic Raid Bosses.

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For more information about Bonus Rolls and the Great Vault, check out our dedicated guide.

The Great Vault System
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Omnium Folio Powers for Holy Priest in Midnight

The Omnium Folio is a system available to players throughout the rest of the Midnight expansion, granting additional power through repeated enhancements to a Core Rune. Available as an icon on the mini-map, this ancient artifact will accompany you everywhere you go, and is able to be changed at any time outside of combat. Upgrades are earned weekly through a quest from Magister Umbric and Grand Magister Rommath.

For Holy Priest, the best Omnium Folio setup is:

For more information about the Omnium Folio, check out our dedicated guide.

The Omnium Folio Guide

Our Holy Priest guides are always updated with the latest information from in-game experience, simulations, and logs. Make sure to check our changelog for this page by clicking on View Changelog in the Quick Facts column or on the book icon at the top of the page. If you are interested in more in-depth Holy Priest guides for , make sure to browse the Navigation Bar at the top of the page, along with our list of Related Guides just beneath the Table of Contents.

BiS Weapon
BiS Helm with bonus stats
BiS Neck with bonus socket
BiS Trinket
BiS Ring
BiS Legs
BiS Cloak
Strong OH Alternative

High statted, even with Haste being low value for HPriest
BiS for Raid/M+ - Channel to create shields
High value trinket, ideally using with Apotheosis or Hymn
Strong Crit bonus, pair with Hymn/Apoth
BiS Trinket, High Stat procs
Delve Trinket with very high stats
Strong Delve Trinket
Solid Stat buff
Niche Single-Target Shield Trinket
On-Use Haste, worst stat for Holy
Poor Statted, and Random stats at that
Best Dungeon Trinket, Excellent Stats. Ideal to stand in the field if possible

Strong option if you don't have the regular tier
BiS Catalyst Choice
Strong alternative if you don't have the regular tier
BiS Catalyst Choice

Tidebound Sorcereress's Robes
Down-Lined Breeches

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Comments

Comment by Synaii

Hi there, thanks for all your work - however the Bracers linked as BiS recommendations from Uldir show a link to Robes of the Unraveler rather than the Void-lashed Wristband I assume it should be.

Comment by Sylerlia

There is a better version of the Tidal Alchemist Stone called Abyssal Alchemist Stone. The item score per recipe is 410/425/440

Comment by carbonbasedbiped

great and helpful post. Thanks.

Did you have the rings backwards?

For example, a low-level Mastery/Crit ring (desirable Holy stats) can be replaced by a significantly higher item level Vers/Haste ring, especially if it also has a socket.

Comment by Awenn

Hey, I am a bit confused by the BIS lists. If I focus more on M+, not raiding, I believe, I should not center around mastery, right? Those BiS lists are good for raiders, isnt is so?
thanks

Comment by Vortilion01

I dont understand the BIS List for Mythic+. In the Gear-Section you state that mastery is not very good for M+. In the BIS-section you list mainly mastery items for M+! Why is that?

Comment by Andrikats

can we have a new BiS list for trinkets please? I think Sanctum is old news now

Comment by Garodin94

Can I use the stones if I am not an alchemist? I am confused, I can create a work order but don't want to waste mats if I am not able to equip the item.

Comment by ComeAndSee

I've come across some pretty interesting trinkets from the super rares.

This one in particular is pretty op:
Wind-Sealed Mana Capsule?bonus=7935

It's a free mana pot when you drop below 50% mana and the passive bonus gives you a lot of mana back.

Comment by GraysonCarlyle

This says for 10.0.5 but the comments for Ruby Whelp Shell have been out of date for a couple weeks now.

Comment by Razatt

Hi

As ever, great work with the guide.

I'd be really interested to hear other Holy Priests experience with the Ruby Whelp Shell

I levelled mine up to 6/6 in the AoE heal, but in a combination of raiding and M+ scenarios it's been pretty underwhelming more often that it's been decent. I think this might be because it relies on being stacked up, rather than being at range - which is fine on certain fights but means it does very little if the group/raid is fairly spread. And by stacked up, I mean me being stacked with the group, as the whelp (for me at least) seems to pop up over my shoulder before casting the breath - I might be missing something here, but it doesn't seem to appear anywhere else and looking at logs of the various fights I've done with it, they back that up as sometimes it does little to no healing at all.

On the upside, the proc rate seems pretty decent (this might have been changed, because it's definitely proc'ing more often than people say earlier in this thread), it's just hit or miss whether it actually does anything worthwhile with the AoE heal.

I've read advice elsewhere that it's better to level the stat buff (haste or crit), as at least then you will directly benefit from something, on the majority of occasions.

Any thoughts on this would be welcome.

Thanks
Raz.

Update: Having experimented a bit more, I've started to get decent value out of the trinket (circa 3% of my overall healing in m+) by standing much closer to the melee. Whilst the whelp can spawn on other people, it seems to have a higher chance of spawning on me. I've given it a stay of execution!

Comment by alpanhell

Thanks for being the only guide I've seen to include a Darkmoon Deck in your bis Trinket guide! I've been wondering where they stand.

Comment by lalpa

for those who ask, i think the M+ and Raid BiS list is just swapped (trinkets outdated, too)

Comment by Deafz

The Dashing bilge boots aren't on the loot table for freehold as far as the dungeon journal is concerned for m+, best alternative are the boots out of Vortex Pinnacle.

Comment by adinuras

Just an fyi...after running Freehold 44 times and not seeing the feet drop for any single person...i looked through the dungeon journal and noticed that they weren't on the loot table for M+. Save yourself some time and 3 days worth of grinding.

Comment by stevethepotato

why is there no gear list for mythic+? i'd like to see your opinion to which set pieces i should have for dungeons as a holy priest. there is already one for raiding, after all

Comment by guldi011

Sea Star is def. not a top healer trinket for 10.2 since it does not proc off from heal spells but only dmg spells. Hope this gets fixed soon

Comment by gloomyowns

For the Trinket Ominous Chromatic Essence, do we want to stick with the secondary stat? Or would getting mastery/crit depending on content be better? Thanks!

Comment by katlyric

When are we fixing this bis list? this is completely wrong and doesn't match the section for stat weights at all. That's sad :/
The whole guide is very good and would be nice to have it all lined up at one place so we have consistent builds.

Comment by Neverender

That Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife gives you a bunch of Int, and QE Live has it as one of holy's best raiding trinkets, simming better than hero trinkets at champion level.

Comment by Neverender

I've actually been using this talent setup, I hate losing CoH... I also hate losing the mastery boosting talents. If we dont take that, doesnt that reduce the value of mastery quite a bit?

What do you think of my current setup:

https://www.wowhead.com/talent-calc/priest/holy/archon/DARBEBVBUQBRFEoVGIRQDAFAOVFBERFFUSlWIBQCAQEFVVUBA

Comment by Elimedi

Darkfuse Medichopper is listed twice, once as B tier and again in D tier.

Comment by Leidman

Do we have anything to say about First Class Healing Distributor#comments ?

Comment by AngelofVengeance

I feel the mana sprite should be higher on the list. It's definetely a hit or miss, but was doing 10-20% on some fights in Heroic Manaforge.

Comment by finndor

Is the crafting section out of date for 11.2?

Comment by Dankdestiny

It says that the best embellishments are Sigil: Hunt and Arcanoweave lining, but your BIS says to use Arcanoweave cord and Sigil: Hunt in offhand.

Shouldn't it say Sigil: Hunt in offhand, then a crafted piece with arcanoweave lining in a low budget slot such as cloak?

Comment by Edman01

Should add Embellishment choices too. Since i'm assuming you've chosen the martyr's items because of that.

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