Holy Priest Talent Build & Glyphs
The 18/53/0 Holy Priest build for WotLK 3.3.5a, point by point. It is already loaded in the calculator below, so you can change a talent, try another build or copy a link to share it.
- 18/53/0 main build
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3.3.5a · LEVEL 80
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Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
Glyph recommendations aren't compiled yet for this build — the talent split above is still fully real and verified against actual WotLK 3.3.5a game data.
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About the Holy Priest build
Holy Priest is a 18/53/0 build: fifty-three points in Holy and eighteen in Discipline. The spec is defined by Guardian Spirit, Divine Providence, Empowered Healing, Serendipity, Surge of Light and Spiritual Healing, with Circle of Healing as the heart of the raid-healing toolkit. There is one build in the calculator, and the glyphs are the place where most Holy Priests make their choices, so read that section too.
- 18/53/0main build
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- 6glyphs
- 71points at level 80
Every talent in the main Holy Priest build
This is the 18/53/0 build, talent by talent, with what each one does at the rank the build takes. Talents are listed from the top of each tree to the bottom. The Shadow tree gets no points in this build.
Discipline18 points
| Talent | Rank | What it does at this rank |
|---|---|---|
| Twin Disciplines | 5/5 | Increases the damage and healing done by your instant spells by 5%. |
| Improved Inner Fire | 3/3 | Increases the effect of your Inner Fire spell by 45%, and increases the total number of charges by 12. |
| Improved Power Word: Fortitude | 2/2 | Increases the effect of your Power Word: Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude spells by 30%, and increases your total Stamina by 4%. |
| Meditation | 3/3 | Allows 50% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting. |
| Inner Focus | 1/1 | Instant · 3 min cooldownWhen activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is capable of a critical effect. |
| Improved Power Word: Shield | 1/3 | Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 5%. |
| Mental Agility | 3/3 | Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by 10%. |
Holy53 points
| Talent | Rank | What it does at this rank |
|---|---|---|
| Healing Focus | 2/2 | Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting any healing spell by 70%. |
| Improved Renew | 3/3 | Increases the amount healed by your Renew spell by 15%. |
| Holy Specialization | 4/5 | Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 4%. |
| Divine Fury | 5/5 | Reduces the casting time of your Smite, Holy Fire, Heal and Greater Heal spells by 0.5 sec. |
| Desperate Prayer | 1/1 | 21% of base mana · Instant cast · 2 min cooldown · Instantly heals the caster for 263 to 325. |
| Inspiration | 3/3 | Reduces your target's physical damage taken by 10% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from your Flash Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, Binding Heal, Penance, Prayer of Mending, Prayer of Healing, or Circle of Healing spell. |
| Holy Reach | 2/2 | Increases the range of your Smite and Holy Fire spells and the radius of your Prayer of Healing, Holy Nova, Divine Hymm and Circle of Healing spells by 20%. |
| Healing Prayers | 2/2 | Reduces the Mana cost of your Prayer of Healing and Prayer of Mending spells by 20%. |
| Spirit of Redemption | 1/1 | Increases total Spirit by 5% and upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form, the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies. |
| Spiritual Guidance | 5/5 | Increases spell power by 25% of your total Spirit. |
| Surge of Light | 2/2 | Your spell criticals have a 50% chance to cause your next Smite or Flash Heal spell to be instant cast, cost no mana but be incapable of a critical hit. This effect lasts 10 sec. |
| Spiritual Healing | 5/5 | Increases the amount healed by your healing spells by 10%. |
| Holy Concentration | 3/3 | Your mana regeneration from spirit is increased by 50% for 8 sec after you critically heal with Flash Heal, Greater Heal, Binding Heal or Empowered Renew. |
| Empowered Healing | 4/5 | Your Greater Heal spell gains an additional 32% and your Flash Heal and Binding Heal gain an additional 16% of your bonus healing effects. |
| Serendipity | 3/3 | When you heal with Binding Heal or Flash Heal, the cast time of your next Greater Heal or Prayer of Healing spell is reduced by 12%. Stacks up to 3 times. Lasts 20 sec. |
| Empowered Renew | 1/3 | Your Renew spell gains an additional 5% of your bonus healing effects, and your Renew will instantly heal the target for 5% of the total periodic effect. |
| Circle of Healing | 1/1 | 21% of base mana · 40 yd range · Instant cast · Heals up to 5 friendly party or raid members within 15 yards of the target for 343 to 379. |
| Divine Providence | 5/5 | Increases the amount healed by Circle of Healing, Binding Heal, Holy Nova, Prayer of Healing, Divine Hymn and Prayer of Mending by 10%, and reduces the cooldown of your Prayer of Mending by 30%. |
| Guardian Spirit | 1/1 | 6% of base mana · 40 yd range · Instant cast · 3 min cooldownCalls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target. The spirit increases the healing received by the target by 40%, and also prevents the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect but heals the target of 50% of their maximum health. Lasts 10 sec. |
Holy Priest glyphs
Major glyphs
Glyph of Circle of HealingYour Circle of Healing spell heals 1 additional target.
Glyph of Guardian SpiritIf your Guardian Spirit lasts its entire duration without being triggered, the cooldown is reset to 1 min.
Glyph of Flash HealReduces the mana cost of your Flash Heal by 10%.
Minor glyphs
Glyph of ShadowfiendReceive 5% of your maximum mana if your Shadowfiend dies from damage.
Glyph of LevitateYour Levitate spell no longer requires a reagent.
Glyph of FortitudeReduces the mana cost of your Power Word: Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude spells by 50%.
Holy Priest talents FAQ
QWhat is the best Holy Priest talent build in WotLK 3.3.5a?
Our main build is 18/53/0: 18 points in Discipline, 53 in Holy and 0 in Shadow. The deepest talents it takes are Guardian Spirit, Divine Providence, Empowered Renew and Circle of Healing. The calculator on this page loads it, and you can change any point to see what it costs.
QWhich glyphs should a Holy Priest use?
The main build uses Glyph of Circle of Healing, Glyph of Guardian Spirit and Glyph of Flash Heal as major glyphs and Glyph of Shadowfiend, Glyph of Levitate and Glyph of Fortitude as minor glyphs.
QHow should a Holy Priest split talent points?
Level 80 gives 71 talent points. The main build spends them as 18/53/0 across Discipline, Holy and Shadow. There is one build for this spec in the calculator, so the list above is the whole plan.