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Holy Paladin Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 3

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Holy Paladin PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 3.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Holy Paladin Healers across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 11.2 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Holy Paladins

  1. Ellesmere's icon
    1
    Ellesmere
    Area 52 (US)
    Dwarf | Herald Of The Sun | 714 ilvl
    3546
  2. Mythmaster's icon
    2
    Mythmaster
    Taerar (EU)
    Dwarf | Herald Of The Sun | 717 ilvl
    3534
  3. Dingøo's icon
    3
    Dingøo
    Hyjal (EU)
    Dwarf | Herald Of The Sun | 716 ilvl
    3482
  4. Immortallity's icon
    4
    Immortallity
    Stormrage (US)
    Dwarf | Herald Of The Sun | 712 ilvl
    3460
  5. Bak's icon
    5
    Bak
    Kaelthas (EU)
    Dwarf | Herald Of The Sun | 710 ilvl
    3414

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Holy Paladin's Healer performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 27% Critical Strike +12764
  • 32% Haste +21527
  • 35% Mastery +7745
  • 13% Versatility +10081

Stat priority

  1. Haste
  2. Critical Strike
  3. Versatility
  4. Mastery

Additional Minor Stats

  • 2% Avoidance +1161
  • 3% Leech +2662
  • 2% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Leech
  2. Avoidance
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Holy Paladins.

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best-in-Slot Gear for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Holy Paladins in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Lightmane of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 39
    Lightmane of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Crown of Absolute Command

    • 6
    Crown of Absolute Command icon

  3. Soaring Behemoth's Greathelm

    • 2
    Soaring Behemoth's Greathelm icon

  4. Dangerous Distraction Inhibitor

    • 1
    Dangerous Distraction Inhibitor icon

  5. Everforged Helm

    • Craft
    • 1
    Everforged Helm icon

Neck

  1. Cabochon of the Infinite Flight

    • 17
    Cabochon of the Infinite Flight icon

  2. Ornately Engraved Amplifier

    • 9
    Ornately Engraved Amplifier icon

  3. Bloodstained Memento

    • 7
    Bloodstained Memento icon

  4. Sin Stained Pendant

    • 5
    Sin Stained Pendant icon

  5. Chrysalis of Sundered Souls

    • 4
    Chrysalis of Sundered Souls icon

Shoulders

  1. Chargers of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 46
    Chargers of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Stoneflesh Spaulders

    • 2
    Stoneflesh Spaulders icon

  3. Astral Warmonger's Spaulders

    • 1
    Astral Warmonger's Spaulders icon

  4. Swarm Monarch's Spaulders

    • 1
    Swarm Monarch's Spaulders icon

Back

  1. Reshii Wraps

    • 50
    Reshii Wraps icon

Chest

  1. Cuirass of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 46
    Cuirass of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Muckdiver's Wading Plate

    • 2
    Muckdiver's Wading Plate icon

  3. Dark Priest's Carapace

    • 1
    Dark Priest's Carapace icon

  4. Manaforged Displacement Chassis

    • 1
    Manaforged Displacement Chassis icon

Wrist

  1. Everforged Vambraces

    • Craft
    • 18
    Everforged Vambraces icon

  2. Eco-Dome Access Bands

    • 10
    Eco-Dome Access Bands icon

  3. Discarded Nutrient Shackles

    • 9
    Discarded Nutrient Shackles icon

  4. Flameforged Armguard

    • 4
    Flameforged Armguard icon

  5. Vambraces of Verification

    • 4
    Vambraces of Verification icon

Hands

  1. Protectors of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 38
    Protectors of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Devourer's Gauntlets

    • 6
    Devourer's Gauntlets icon

  3. Jumpstarter's Scaffold-Scrapers

    • 2
    Jumpstarter's Scaffold-Scrapers icon

  4. Achillite's Unbreakable Grip

    • 1
    Achillite's Unbreakable Grip icon

  5. Breached Containment Guards

    • 1
    Breached Containment Guards icon

Waist

  1. Durable Information Securing Container

    • 26
    Durable Information Securing Container icon

  2. Fresh Ethereal Fetters

    • 10
    Fresh Ethereal Fetters icon

  3. Improvisational Girdle

    • 4
    Improvisational Girdle icon

  4. Everforged Greatbelt

    • Craft
    • 3
    Everforged Greatbelt icon

  5. Girdle of Absolute Faith

    • 2
    Girdle of Absolute Faith icon

Legs

  1. Cuisses of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 37
    Cuisses of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Halkias's Towering Pillars

    • 7
    Halkias's Towering Pillars icon

  3. Quantum Leapers

    • 5
    Quantum Leapers icon

  4. Everforged Legplates

    • Craft
    • 1
    Everforged Legplates icon

Feet

  1. Interloper's Plated Sabatons

    • 31
    Interloper's Plated Sabatons icon

  2. Devoted Plate Walkers

    • 4
    Devoted Plate Walkers icon

  3. Everforged Sabatons

    • Craft
    • 3
    Everforged Sabatons icon

  4. Sterilized Expulsion Boots

    • 3
    Sterilized Expulsion Boots icon

  5. Darkrider Sabatons

    • 2
    Darkrider Sabatons icon

Rings

  1. Signet of Collapsing Stars

    • 29
    Signet of Collapsing Stars icon

  2. Ring of the Panoply

    • 20
    Ring of the Panoply icon

  3. Devout Zealot's Ring

    • 18
    Devout Zealot's Ring icon

  4. Binding of Binding

    • Craft
    • 11
    Binding of Binding icon

  5. Whispers of K'aresh

    • 6
    Whispers of K'aresh icon

Trinkets

  1. So'leah's Secret Technique

    • 29
    So'leah's Secret Technique icon

  2. Loom'ithar's Living Silk

    • 25
    Loom'ithar's Living Silk icon

  3. Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj

    • 14
    Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj icon

  4. Astral Antenna

    • 12
    Astral Antenna icon

  5. Nexus-King's Command

    • 8
    Nexus-King's Command icon

Main Hand

  1. Charged Hexsword

    • Craft
    • 35
    Charged Hexsword icon

  2. Voidglass Sovereign's Blade

    • Set
    • 5
    Voidglass Sovereign's Blade icon

  3. Overclocked Plexhammer

    • 3
    Overclocked Plexhammer icon

  4. Charged Runeaxe

    • Craft
    • 2
    Charged Runeaxe icon

  5. Hand of Beledar

    • 2
    Hand of Beledar icon

Off Hand

  1. Everforged Defender

    • Craft
    • 27
    Everforged Defender icon

  2. Ward of the Weaving-Beast

    • 8
    Ward of the Weaving-Beast icon

  3. Package Protector

    • 5
    Package Protector icon

  4. Starlit Safeguard

    • 4
    Starlit Safeguard icon

  5. Event Horizon

    • 3
    Event Horizon icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Holy Paladins.

  1. Ascendance

    • 33
    Charged Hexsword icon

  2. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 28
    Everforged Defender icon

  3. Bind Binding Of Binding

    • 11
    Binding of Binding icon

  4. Dawnthread Lining

    • 9
    Everforged Vambraces icon

  5. Duskthread Lining

    • 6
    Everforged Defender icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Holy Paladin gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during The War Within Season 3.

Back

  1. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 32
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  2. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 17
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  3. Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

    • 1
    Chant of Burrowing Rapidity icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 44
    Crystalline Radiance icon

  2. Council's Intellect

    • 5
    Council's Intellect icon

  3. Crystalline Radiance

    • 1
    Crystalline Radiance icon

Wrist

  1. +2040 Leech

    • 32
    +2040 Leech icon

  2. +1090 Avoidance

    • 13
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  3. +1000 Speed

    • 2
    +1000 Speed icon

Legs

  1. Sunset Spellthread

    • 32
    Sunset Spellthread icon

  2. Daybreak Spellthread

    • 17
    Daybreak Spellthread icon

  3. Charged Armor Kit

    • 1
    Charged Armor Kit icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 40
    Defender's March icon

  2. Scout's March

    • 8
    Scout's March icon

  3. Defender's March

    • 1
    Defender's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Versatility

    • 31
    +315 Versatility icon

  2. +315 Haste

    • 26
    +315 Haste icon

  3. +315 Critical Strike

    • 15
    +315 Critical Strike icon

Main Hand

  1. Authority of Radiant Power

    • 23
    Authority of Radiant Power icon

  2. Authority of Fiery Resolve

    • 12
    Authority of Fiery Resolve icon

  3. Stormrider's Fury

    • 9
    Stormrider's Fury icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

Sockets can be added to Necklaces and Rings with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear through seasonal vendor items.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Holy Paladins in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 36
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

  2. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 10
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  3. Insightful Blasphemite

    • 1
    Insightful Blasphemite icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Chronomantic Fiber

    • 23
    Pure Chronomantic Fiber icon

  2. Pure Dexterous Fiber

    • 11
    Pure Dexterous Fiber icon

  3. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 8
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

  4. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 7
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

  5. Dexterous Fiber

    • 1
    Dexterous Fiber icon

Prismatic

  1. Deadly Emerald

    • 41
    Deadly Emerald icon

  2. Versatile Emerald

    • 38
    Versatile Emerald icon

  3. Quick Ruby

    • 37
    Quick Ruby icon

  4. Versatile Ruby

    • 34
    Versatile Ruby icon

  5. Deadly Sapphire

    • 33
    Deadly Sapphire icon

Tinker

    • 1

  2. Tinker: Heartseeking Health Injector

    • 1
    Tinker: Heartseeking Health Injector icon

Durable Information Securing Container

Durable Information Securing Container is a powerful belt introduced in Patch 11.1.7, obtained from Overcharged Delves. It features a unique effect that enhances character builds and can significantly impact performance in competitive content.

  1. Spark Burst

    • 15
    Spark Burst icon

  2. Critical Chain

    • 7
    Critical Chain icon

  3. Cauterizing Bolts

    • 3
    Cauterizing Bolts icon

Most Played Races for Holy Paladin M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Holy Paladin Healer players in The War Within Season 3.

  1. Dwarf

    • 23
    Dwarf icon

  2. Blood Elf

    • 12
    Blood Elf icon

  3. Human

    • 8
    Human icon

  4. Dark Iron Dwarf

    • 4
    Dark Iron Dwarf icon

  5. Tauren

    • 2
    Tauren icon

Holy Paladin Guide FAQ

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Holy Paladins in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for The War Within Season 3 and Patch 11.2.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.