Healer Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Holy Paladin abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.2).

Single Target

Maintain Beacon Of Light and Beacon Of Faith on two vulnerable ranged allies.

• Holy ShockView detailsUse as often as possible.
• Light Of Dawn or Eternal FlameView detailsSpend Holy Power to heal.
• Crusader StrikeView detailsTo reduce Holy Shock cooldown.
• JudgmentView detailsTo spawn extra Consecration if talented.
• Holy LightView detailsUse with Divine Favor and Infusion Of Light procs.
• Hammer Of WrathView detailsUse when available.
• ConsecrationView detailsPlace when no other actions are available.

Focus on maximizing Holy Shock usage and spending Holy Power on Light Of Dawn or Eternal Flame. Use Crusader Strike to reduce Holy Shock's cooldown and maintain Consecration when no healing is needed.

AoE

Keep Beacon Of Light and Beacon Of Faith on two vulnerable allies.

• Beacon Of VirtueView detailsUse during heavy damage windows.
• Holy ShockView detailsUse as often as possible.
• Light Of DawnView detailsSpend Holy Power for AoE healing.
• Holy PrismView detailsKeep on cooldown for AoE healing.
• JudgmentView detailsTo spawn extra Consecration if talented.
• ConsecrationView detailsKeep active for AoE damage.

For AoE healing, prioritize Beacon Of Virtue during high damage phases, followed by Holy Shock and Light Of Dawn. Use Holy Prism and maintain Consecration for additional AoE support.

Cooldowns

• Avenging WrathView detailsUse during high sustained damage phases.
• Divine TollView detailsFor burst healing or quick Holy Power generation.
• Tyrs DeliveranceView detailsBuff allies and extend its duration with Boundless Salvation.
• Lay On HandsView detailsSave dying allies, especially tanks.
• Blessing Of SacrificeView detailsMitigate damage on a target, but use cautiously.
• Aura MasteryView detailsUse as a raid-wide cooldown when directed.
• Blessing Of ProtectionView detailsClear physical debuffs or bleeds; avoid using on the active tank.
• Blessing Of FreedomView detailsRemove movement impairments from allies.

Use Avenging Wrath for burst healing, Divine Toll for quick recovery, and Tyrs Deliverance to enhance healing on buffed allies. Save Lay On Hands for emergencies and use blessings situationally to support your team.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

• Single-Button Assistant
• Assisted Highlight
• Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.