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Holy Priest Mythic+ PvE Guide for Midnight Pre-Patch

Welcome to Murlok’s Holy Priest PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: Midnight Pre-Patch.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Holy Priest 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 12.0 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 Priests

  1. Wingypiglet's icon
    1
    Wingypiglet
    Ysondre (EU)
    Dwarf | Archon | 167 ilvl
    4128
  2. Omgwhoforted's icon
    2
    Omgwhoforted
    Stormrage (US)
    Night Elf | Oracle | 169 ilvl
    4023
  3. Maloson's icon
    3
    Maloson
    Ragnaros (US)
    Pandaren | Oracle | 169 ilvl
    4003
  4. Skewy's icon
    4
    Skewy
    Frostmourne (US)
    Night Elf | Oracle | 170 ilvl
    3977
  5. Флаб's icon
    5
    Флаб
    Deathguard (EU)
    Human | Archon | 169 ilvl
    3971

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Holy Priest'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

  • 33% Critical Strike +346
  • 38% Haste +400
  • 24% Mastery +224
  • 18% Versatility +259

Stat priority

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

Additional Minor Stats

  • 5% Avoidance +51
  • 9% Leech +134
  • 4% 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 Priests.

  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 Priests in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Dying Star's Veil

    • Set
    • 37
    Dying Star's Veil icon

  2. Cowl of Branching Fate

    • 4
    Cowl of Branching Fate icon

  3. Consecrated Hood

    • Craft
    • 3
    Consecrated Hood icon

  4. Wasteland Devotee's Wrappings

    • 3
    Wasteland Devotee's Wrappings icon

  5. Elysian Flame Crown

    • 1
    Elysian Flame Crown icon

Neck

  1. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 11
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  2. Ornately Engraved Amplifier

    • 10
    Ornately Engraved Amplifier icon

  3. Bloodstained Memento

    • 9
    Bloodstained Memento icon

  4. Chrysalis of Sundered Souls

    • 7
    Chrysalis of Sundered Souls icon

  5. Cabochon of the Infinite Flight

    • 5
    Cabochon of the Infinite Flight icon

Shoulders

  1. Dying Star's Pyrelights

    • Set
    • 46
    Dying Star's Pyrelights icon

  2. Mounted Manacannons

    • 2
    Mounted Manacannons icon

  3. Consecrated Mantle

    • 1
    Consecrated Mantle icon

  4. Fanatic's Blackened Shoulderwraps

    • 1
    Fanatic's Blackened Shoulderwraps icon

Back

  1. Reshii Wraps

    • 49
    Reshii Wraps icon

  2. Cloak of Coordination

    • 1
    Cloak of Coordination icon

Chest

  1. Dying Star's Cassock

    • Set
    • 42
    Dying Star's Cassock icon

  2. Consecrated Robe

    • Craft
    • 3
    Consecrated Robe icon

  3. Zealous Warden's Raiment

    • 3
    Zealous Warden's Raiment icon

  4. Saboteur's Rubber Jacket

    • 2
    Saboteur's Rubber Jacket icon

Wrist

  1. Consecrated Cuffs

    • Craft
    • 30
    Consecrated Cuffs icon

  2. Auctioneer's Counting Bracers

    • 7
    Auctioneer's Counting Bracers icon

  3. Dying Star's Bangles

    • 5
    Dying Star's Bangles icon

  4. Singed Sievecuffs

    • 5
    Singed Sievecuffs icon

  5. Al'dani Attendant's Gauze

    • 2
    Al'dani Attendant's Gauze icon

Hands

  1. Dying Star's Caress

    • Set
    • 49
    Dying Star's Caress icon

  2. Consecrated Gloves

    • Craft
    • 1
    Consecrated Gloves icon

Waist

  1. Consecrated Cord

    • Craft
    • 31
    Consecrated Cord icon

  2. Burrower's Cinch

    • 5
    Burrower's Cinch icon

  3. Forgeweaver's Journal Holster

    • 5
    Forgeweaver's Journal Holster icon

  4. Cord of the Dark Word

    • 4
    Cord of the Dark Word icon

  5. Dying Star's Waistlight

    • 4
    Dying Star's Waistlight icon

Legs

  1. Dying Star's Leggings

    • Set
    • 41
    Dying Star's Leggings icon

  2. Hyperlight Leggings

    • 3
    Hyperlight Leggings icon

  3. Razorchoke Slacks

    • 2
    Razorchoke Slacks icon

  4. Stellar Navigation Slacks

    • 2
    Stellar Navigation Slacks icon

  5. Archaic Venomancer's Legwraps

    • 1
    Archaic Venomancer's Legwraps icon

Feet

  1. Interloper's Silken Striders

    • 36
    Interloper's Silken Striders icon

  2. Consecrated Slippers

    • 6
    Consecrated Slippers icon

  3. Slippers of Leavened Station

    • 3
    Slippers of Leavened Station icon

  4. Laced Lair-Steppers

    • 2
    Laced Lair-Steppers icon

  5. Nonconductive Kill-o-Socks

    • 2
    Nonconductive Kill-o-Socks icon

Rings

  1. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 38
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  2. Signet of Collapsing Stars

    • 11
    Signet of Collapsing Stars icon

  3. Binding of Binding

    • Craft
    • 10
    Binding of Binding icon

  4. Devout Zealot's Ring

    • 10
    Devout Zealot's Ring icon

  5. Ring of the Panoply

    • 9
    Ring of the Panoply icon

Trinkets

  1. Loom'ithar's Living Silk

    • 39
    Loom'ithar's Living Silk icon

  2. Astral Antenna

    • 14
    Astral Antenna icon

  3. Diamantine Voidcore

    • Set
    • 14
    Diamantine Voidcore icon

  4. So'leah's Secret Technique

    • 12
    So'leah's Secret Technique icon

  5. Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj

    • 8
    Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj icon

Main Hand

  1. Voidglass Spire

    • Set
    • 17
    Voidglass Spire icon

  2. Vagabond's Bounding Baton

    • Craft
    • 7
    Vagabond's Bounding Baton icon

  3. Voidglass Kris

    • Set
    • 7
    Voidglass Kris icon

  4. Nathrian Ferula

    • 6
    Nathrian Ferula icon

  5. Everforged Dagger

    • Craft
    • 3
    Everforged Dagger icon

Off Hand

  1. Vagabond's Torch

    • Craft
    • 9
    Vagabond's Torch icon

  2. Fractillus' Last Breath

    • 3
    Fractillus' Last Breath icon

  3. Overflowing Umbral Pail

    • 3
    Overflowing Umbral Pail icon

  4. Nathrian Reliquary

    • 2
    Nathrian Reliquary icon

  5. Acoustically Alluring Censer

    • 1
    Acoustically Alluring Censer 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 Priests.

  1. Duskthread Lining

    • 30
    Consecrated Cord icon

  2. Ascendance

    • 13
    Vagabond's Torch icon

  3. Dawnthread Lining

    • 13
    Consecrated Cord icon

  4. Bind Binding Of Binding

    • 10
    Binding of Binding icon

  5. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 10
    Consecrated Cuffs 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 Priest gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during Midnight Pre-Patch.

Head

  1. Incandescent Essence

    • 1
    Incandescent Essence icon

Back

  1. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 36
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  2. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 12
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  3. +44 Leech

    • 1
    +44 Leech icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 36
    Crystalline Radiance icon

  2. Council's Intellect

    • 13
    Council's Intellect icon

Wrist

  1. +135 Leech

    • 27
    +135 Leech icon

  2. +72 Avoidance

    • 22
    +72 Avoidance icon

  3. +47 Avoidance

    • 1
    +47 Avoidance icon

Legs

  1. Sunset Spellthread

    • 25
    Sunset Spellthread icon

  2. Daybreak Spellthread

    • 23
    Daybreak Spellthread icon

  3. Charged Armor Kit

    • 2
    Charged Armor Kit icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 36
    Defender's March icon

  2. Scout's March

    • 12
    Scout's March icon

Rings

  1. +21 Critical Strike

    • 41
    +21 Critical Strike icon

  2. +21 Versatility

    • 32
    +21 Versatility icon

  3. +21 Haste

    • 14
    +21 Haste icon

Main Hand

  1. Authority of Fiery Resolve

    • 15
    Authority of Fiery Resolve icon

  2. Council's Guile

    • 14
    Council's Guile icon

  3. Oathsworn's Tenacity

    • 7
    Oathsworn's Tenacity 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 Priests in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 18
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

  2. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 14
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  3. Insightful Blasphemite

    • 8
    Insightful Blasphemite icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 23
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

  2. Pure Chronomantic Fiber

    • 8
    Pure Chronomantic Fiber icon

  3. Pure Dexterous Fiber

    • 8
    Pure Dexterous Fiber icon

  4. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 4
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

  5. Chronomantic Fiber

    • 2
    Chronomantic Fiber icon

Prismatic

  1. Deadly Sapphire

    • 63
    Deadly Sapphire icon

  2. Versatile Ruby

    • 44
    Versatile Ruby icon

  3. Versatile Emerald

    • 43
    Versatile Emerald icon

  4. Quick Sapphire

    • 42
    Quick Sapphire icon

  5. Masterful Ruby

    • 30
    Masterful Ruby icon

Most Played Races for Holy Priest 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 Priest Healer players in Midnight Pre-Patch.

  1. Night Elf

    • 17
    Night Elf icon

  2. Blood Elf

    • 9
    Blood Elf icon

  3. Human

    • 4
    Human icon

  4. Void Elf

    • 4
    Void Elf icon

  5. Goblin

    • 3
    Goblin icon

Holy Priest 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 Priests 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 Midnight Pre-Patch and Patch 12.0.

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.