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: Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.0).
Single Target
Ensure Beacon Of Light and Beacon Of Faith are applied to appropriate targets before combat begins.
Generate Holy Power with Holy Shock and Judgment, then spend it on Light Of Dawn for group healing or Eternal Flame for spot healing. Use Divine Toll on cooldown and Flash Of Light when needed.
AoE
Ensure Beacon Of Virtue is applied for AoE healing scenarios.
Activate Beacon Of Virtue for AoE healing, then prioritize Light Of Dawn and Divine Toll. Use Holy Shock and Judgment to generate Holy Power, and Flash Of Light as a filler.
Cooldowns
Use Divine Toll and Avenging Wrath on cooldown. Activate Aura Mastery before heavy damage, and use Divine Shield or Blessing Of Protection for emergencies.
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.