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Healer Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Holy Priest 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 (12.0.1).

Single Target

Focus on healing injured allies and maintaining Holy Word cooldowns.

Use on an injured ally.
Use with 1+ stacks of Surge Of Light.
Use with 1+ stacks of Surge Of Light or Lightweaver.
Use on cooldown, usually on melee.
Use when no healing is required.

Prioritize Holy Word Serenity for single-target healing, followed by Flash Heal and Prayer Of Healing with procs. Use Prayer Of Mending consistently and Smite when healing isn't needed.

AoE

Focus on group healing and avoid overhealing.

Use when a cluster of allies is injured.
Use when most allies are injured.
Use for general group healing or with Lightweaver stacks.
Use on cooldown, usually on melee.
Use to generate Lightweaver stacks.

For AoE healing, prioritize Holy Word Sanctify and Halo for group-wide damage. Use Prayer Of Healing and Prayer Of Mending consistently, and Flash Heal to build Lightweaver stacks.

Cooldowns

Use to reset Holy Word cooldowns and amplify healing.
Use during heavy group-wide damage.
Use on a target in danger of death or during high damage phases.

Utilize Apotheosis for Holy Word resets, Divine Hymn for intense group healing, and Guardian Spirit to save allies or mitigate heavy damage.

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.