Keep Holy Words and Prayer of Mending rolling, and spend Apotheosis on Holy Words.
Healer
Gear: Method.ggBuilds: Archon consensus, M+ This Week (+7–+19)Updated 10/29/2026 by Guild guides
Playing
Holy is a direct healer built around Holy Words: Serenity for single targets and Sanctify for groups. Flash Heal and Prayer of Healing shorten their cooldowns, and Apotheosis resets them. Prayer of Mending bounces around the group and can proc Benediction, an empowered Flash Heal. In Midnight, Piety is passive and Ultimate Serenity lets Serenity splash onto the group.
Difficulty
A direct healer: keep Holy Words and Prayer of Mending on cooldown and react to damage. The skill is in pooling Holy Words for known damage and spending Apotheosis well.
Resource
Mana
Hero talents in keys
Oracle
Standing this patch
ARaid
Brings to the group
Interruptnone
StunHoly Word: Chastise, Psychic Scream
DispelPurify (magic, disease)
PurgeDispel Magic, Mass Dispel
Battle resnone
Lustnone
MobilityAngelic Feather, Leap of Faith
Pick any button below to follow it through the guide: where it sits in the opener, which rung of the priority fires it, and every mistake it is part of.
11mHoly Word: Serenity
21mHoly Word: Sanctify
312sPrayer of Mending
4Flash Heal
5Prayer of Healing
6Renew
71mHalo
82mApotheosis
93mDivine Hymn
0Smite
-10sHoly Fire
s13mGuardian Spirit
s21mHoly Word: Chastise
s38sPurify
s42mMass Dispel
s51m 30sDesperate Prayer
s630sFade
Rotation
What do I press?
Press order
1Prayer of Mending0.0s
2Holy Word: Sanctify1.5s
3Prayer of Healing3.0s
4Flash Heal5.5s
5Apotheosis7.0s
6Holy Word: Sanctify8.5s
7Holy Word: Serenity10.0s
8Prayer of Mending11.5s
9Prayer of Healing13.0s
10Holy Word: Sanctify15.5s
11Smite17.0s
Prayer of Mending0.0s
Fires because a charge is ready.
0s5s10s15s20s
Apotheosis
One press per global at base haste (1.5s), longer for casts. Real pulls drift with haste and procs; the order is what matters.
Cooldowns and when to use them
Two minutes. Resets and speeds up Holy Words for 20 seconds.
What top players actually cast
Below are the opening rotations from a small sample of recent top Holy Priest rankings for Altar of Fangs. You can use this to compare to your own opener and find potential points of improvement. Note that the opener for some specs may vary based on when certain buffs proc.
Holy Word: SerenityHealInstant · 1m cdHuge instant single-target heal; Flash Heal shortens its cooldown. With Ultimate Serenity it also splashes onto 4 allies.
Holy Word: SanctifyHealInstant · 1m cdInstant AoE heal on up to 5 allies at a location; Prayer of Healing shortens its cooldown.
Prayer of MendingHealInstant · 12s cdBouncing heal; keep it on cooldown. Two charges for Oracle, and it can proc Benediction.
Flash HealHeal1.5s castFast spot heal. Benediction empowers it; do not let Benediction cap at 2 stacks.
Prayer of HealingHeal2.5s castGroup heal for when you have mana to spare.
RenewHealInstantHeal over time; the 4-piece set bonus puts it on Prayer of Mending targets.
HaloHeal1.5s cast · 1m cdExpanding ring of healing and damage; the Archon centerpiece.
SmiteFiller1.5s castDowntime damage that fishes for Surge of Light.
Holy FireOver time1.5s cast · 10s cdDamage and a short burn during downtime.
Cooldowns
ApotheosisCooldownInstant · 2m cd · 20s longResets your Holy Words and makes them recharge faster and cost less for 20 seconds. Fill it with Holy Word casts.
Divine HymnCooldown5s cast · 3m cd5 second channel that heals the whole raid; works without line of sight to allies.
Guardian SpiritExternalInstant · 3m cd · 10s long60% more healing received and a cheat death on the target.
Survival
Desperate PrayerDefensiveInstant · 1m 30s cd · 10s longInstant self-heal and temporary maximum health.
FadeDefensiveInstant · 30s cdThreat drop and, with talents, brief damage reduction.
Utility
Holy Word: ChastiseUtilityInstant · 1m cdDamage plus a stun or incapacitate; your best cast stop.
PurifyUtilityInstant · 8s cdRemoves magic, and disease with Improved Purify.
Mass DispelUtility1.5s cast · 2m cdArea dispel; also strips enemy magic buffs.
Builds / Talents
Raid and Mythic+ talents
OracleRaid and Mythic+Wowhead's raid and Mythic+ build and all of the top 50 Mythic+ Holy Priests on Murlok. An extra Prayer of Mending charge, and Piety passively redistributes overhealing.
ArchonSituationalBuilt around a stronger, longer Halo paired with Apotheosis. Good burst; Wowhead lists it for Delves and leveling.
49 of the top 50 Mythic+ players run Oracle (3969–4155 rating). Murlok.io
Mythic+
139,653 logs · 2026-11-05T12:00:00Z
Consensus loadoutRecommended
Popularity 98.7% heatmap match · 98.7% heatmap match
Recommended loadout is the closest match to Archon’s aggregate popularity across top parses — not a single one-off key.
Sample size: 139653 top parses. Only talents in the recommended loadout are drawn.
Class
Specialization
Hero
Only talents in this loadout are drawn (Oracle). Hover a node for its Wowhead tooltip.
Across 139,653 logs. A talent has to show up in at least 40% of them before it is part of the build.
Gear
What do I wear and enchant?
Stats for Mythic+
1Intellect
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2Crit
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3Haste
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4Mastery
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5Vers
Left to right — highest priority first. Sim your character when secondaries are close.
Based on data in the last 2 weeks, the stat priority for Holy Priest looks to be Intellect > Crit > Haste > Mastery > Vers. However, there may be bias based on what gear is available to players.
What the top Mythic+ players actually have
Haste26% +976
Critical Strike25% +902
Mastery20% +653
Versatility10% +529
Average secondary stats of the top 50 Mythic+ players (3969–4155 rating), from Murlok.io, updated 46 minutes ago.
4×piece set: Cosmic Penitent's Raiment16×slots
Best in slot from Method.gg. Every slot is on the figure. Point at a piece to light it.
Wear 4 tier pieces. The 4-piece bonus is what this spec is tuned around.
2-piece: Each target affected by your Renew increases the critical strike chance of your spells and abilities by 2%, up to 6%.
4-piece: Renew healing increased by 10%. Light's Resurgence now has a 100% chance to leave a Renew on the first target Prayer of Mending heals.
Mark of the Worldsoul
Acuity of the Ren'dorei
Sunfire Silk Spellthread
Indecipherable Eversong Diamond
Flawless Versatile Garnet
