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7.3.5 Holy Paladin Guide PvE | In-Depth






1.Introduction
Hello everybody,

My in-game name is Meow, I'm playing since wotlk on a lot of servers and on this server I was in 2-3 cool guilds with several wins at pve events and a lot of realm first, including Realm First Kil'Jaeden.

I've created this guide after receiving so many questions about protection stats/rotation/gear, even raids/m+.

2.Race

Only 6 races can be played by a paladin:

• Draenei, Dwarf, Human and Lightforged Draenei at the Alliance.
  
• Blood Elf and Tauren at the Horde.
  

Alliance



Draenei

• Heroic Presence - Increase strength, agility, and intellect by 425 at lvl 110.
  
• Gift of the Naaru - Heals the friendly target for 20% of the caster's total health over 5 seconds. 40 yard range. 3 minute cooldown.
  
• Shadow Resistance - Reduces Shadow damage taken by 1%.
  

Dwarf

• Might of the Mountain - Critical Strike damage and healing increased by 2%.
  
• Stoneform - Removes all poison, disease, curse, magic, and bleed effects and reduces all physical damage taken by 10% for 8 seconds. 2 minute cooldown.
  
• Frost Resistance - Reduces Frost damage taken by 1%.
  

Human

• The Human Spirit - You gain 2% more from all secondary stats "Haste, Crit, Mastery, Versatility" from all sources.
  
• Every Man for Himself - Remove all stun effects has a 2 minute cooldown, shares a 30 second cooldown similar effects (trinkets).
  

Lightforged Draenei

• Light's Judgment - Call down a strike of Holy energy, dealing Holy damage to enemies within 5 yards after 3 sec. (scaling with your stats)
  
• Light's Reckoning - Erupt with Light upon death. Deals Holy damage to enemies within 8 yards and heals allies. (scaling with your stats)
  
• Holy Resistance - Reduces Holy damage taken by 1%.
  

Horde



Blood Elf

• Arcane Acuity - Increases critical strike chance by 1%.
  
• Arcane Torrent - Silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds and restore 1 Holy Power, 1.5 minute cooldown.
  
• Arcane Resistance - Reduces Arcane damage taken by 1%.
  

Tauren

• Brawn - Critical strike damage and healing increased by 2%.
  
• War stomp - Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds with 0.5 second cast time and 1.5 minute cooldown.
  
• Endurance - Increases your stamina by 1283 at lvl 110.
  

Top races order by survivability:

1. Tauren = Dwarf
2. Human
3. Lightforged Draenei
4. Blood Elf
5. Draenei

3.Talents

In order to understand what talents to use in a encounter you have to read the tooltype of you spells and talents and see what is the priority for the raids/m+.

Tier 1:

• Bestow Faith: situational choice, useful if the inc dmg is high, if there is a dot to be overheal or if you have a brewmaster monk.
  
  
• Light's Hammer: situational choice, useful when players are stacked or to do dmg if there are large groups of mobs.
  
  
• Crusader's Might: top choice for m+ and raid, the cd reduction and dmg output is really nice if you use Crusader Strike.
  

Tier 2:

• Cavalier: situational choice, if you have to move a lot.
  
  
• Unbreakable Spirit: top choise for m+, as we need to be prepared for inc dmg this is the best choise.
  
  
• Rule of Law: top choise for raid, if the players are spread this can boost your hps .
  
  

Tier 3:

• Fist of Justice: Useful for m+, only if you are using Judgment on cd.
  
  
• Repetance: Useful in m+, if you want to avoid trash.
  
  
• Blinding Light: Useful for m+/raids, if you want to do mass interrupt.
  
  

Tier 4:

• Devotion Aura: top choice for m+, as you want to reduce the inc dmg as much as possible.
  
  
• Aura of Sacrifice: top choice for raid, can boost your hps, but keep in mind that the dmg is redirected to you.
  
  
• Aura of Mercy: Useful for m+ in low keys where you want to do dps or in raid if you have others holy paladins with Aura of Sacrifice.
  
  

Tier 5:

• Divine Purpose: Top choice for raids, only one proc at the right time can boost your hps more then any other talent on this tier.
  
  
• Holy Avenger: Top choice for m+, can be used as a heal cd or as a dps cd.
  
  
• Holy Prism: Useful on aoe fights for dps.
  

Tier 6:

• Fervent Martyr: Can be useful in PvP.
  
  
• Sanctified Wrath: Top choice for m+, very nice boost of dps/hps as long as you use Crusader Strike on cd.
  
  
• Judgment of Light: Top choice for raid, a really nice passive heal for raid as long as you use Judgment on cd.
  

Tier 7:

• Beacon of Faith: Top choice for raid/m+, you can keep the tanks alive easier and it provide a good sustainability of hps/dps in m+.
  
  
• Beacon of the Lightbringer: Situation choise for raid, where the players are stacking.
  
  
• Beacon of Virtue: Situation choise for m+/raid, where players are spread or where you have to overheal multiple players.
  
  
  Talents builds:
  
  Talents for m+:
  
  
  Talents for raid:
  
  
  

4.Netherlight Crucible & Relics

Netherlight Crucible:

Spoiler:

Void Traits:

• Master of Shadows Top
  
• Murderous Intent Good
  
• Chaotic Darkness Not good
  
• Shadowbind Not good
  
• Torment the Weak Not good
  
• Dark Sorrows Not good
  

Light Traits:

• Light Speed Good
  
• Light's Embrace Good
  
• Infusion of Light Good
  
• Refractive Shell Mediocre
  
• Secure in the Light Mediocre
  
• Shocklight Mediocre
  

Top relics or Tier 3 Traits from Netherlight Cruciable:

• Shock Treatment
  
• Second Sunrise
  
• Deliver the Light
  
• Expel the Darkness
  

5.Rotation & CD's



Rotation priorities:

Judgment > Holy Shock > Light of Dawn > Holy Light / Light of the Martyr / Flash of Light > Crusader Strike x2

* Holy Light / Light of the Martyr / Flash of Light - are fillers, so use them when is the case.

*Do NOT spam Flash of Light, you will lose all your mana in no time.
*Do NOT spam Light of the Martyr with your Avenging Wrath, you can kill yourself with 3-4 casts.



Dps rotation priorities:
Judgment > Holy Shock > Crusader Strike


Situational cd priorities:

• Holy Avenger
  
• Avenging Wrath
  
• Blessing of Protection
  
• Lay on Hands
  
• Divine Shield
  

7.Stats

• Secondary stats priority:
  
  
• For raid: Critical(50%) > Mastery > Versatility > Haste
  
  *As there are multiple fights where players are stacked, mastery is the way to go, but keep in mind that versatility is still useful on spread fights.
  
  
  
• For m+: Critical(50%) > Haste(15%) > Versatility> Mastery
  
  
  
  
  

6.Gems, Enchants & Consumables

• Gems:
  
  Spoiler:

  
  1. Deadly Deep Chemirine
  2. Masterful Argulite
  
  
  
  
• Enchants:
  
  Spoiler:

  
  
  Neck:
  1. Mark of the Trained Soldier
  
  Cloak:
  Binding of Intellect
  
  Rings:
  1. Binding of Critical Strike
  2. Binding of Mastery
  
  
  
  
  
• Consumables:
  
  Spoiler:

  
  Potions:
  1. Potion of Prolonged Power
  2. Potion of the Old War - Useful for dps in m+.
  
  
  Flasks:
  Flask of the Whispered Pact & Defiled Augment Rune
  
  Food:
  1. Lavish Suramar Feast
  2. The Hungry Magister
  
  
  
  

7.Best Legendary & Trinkets

• Legendary:
  
  Spoiler:

  
  Raid:
  Ilterendi, Crown Jewel of Silvermoon & Velen's Future Sight
  Maraad's Dying Breath & Velen's Future Sight
  Prydaz, Xavaric's Magnum Opus & Ilterendi, Crown Jewel of Silvermoon
  
  M+:
  Prydaz, Xavaric's Magnum Opus & Soul of the Highlord
  Prydaz, Xavaric's Magnum Opus & Sephuz's Secret
  Prydaz, Xavaric's Magnum Opus & Velen's Future Sight
  Prydaz, Xavaric's Magnum Opus & Maraad's Dying Breath
  
  
  
  
• Trinkets:
  
  Spoiler:

  
  
  Work in progress.
  
  
  
  
  

Thank you!


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