Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants for Holy Priests in The War Within 11.0

All sections for Holy Priest PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Holy Priests in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Holy Priest Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants in The War Within.

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Stat Priority
PvP Gear
Embellishments
Enchants
Gems

Holy Priest Stat Priority

Versatility (25%) > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike

Our main focus should be on Versatility, which will be obtained naturally by purchasing the current PvP gear. This also is well known as a necessity to PvP, making us stronger defensively and offensively.

Beyond this stat, focus on obtaining a solid amount of Mastery. This turns a percentage of our healing into a healing over time effect called Echo of Light on the target. The more Mastery we have, the stronger our hot becomes, and depending on the amount of Mastery we have, this can end up ranging to be one of your biggest heals in almost every matchup.

After Mastery, we’ll be looking to include some Haste on our gear. Although Haste is a bit lower priority than the other two stats, it is still valuable as it reduces the cooldown of our Prayer of Mending, the global cooldown, our casting speed, and makes our Renew tick faster on our team. If you are very confident in surviving, you can drop Versatility on your crafted pieces in order to pickup more Haste.

And Lastly, Critical Strike does not synergize well with our toolkit, meaning you want to avoid this at all costs.

BiS Holy Priest PvP Gear

Main Pieces

Head: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Hood with Versatility / Mastery
Shoulders: Forged Gladiator’s Silk Amice or Algari Competitor’s Cloth Shoulderpads with Versatility / Mastery
Chest: Forged Gladiator’s Silk Vestments or Algari Competitor’s Cloth Tunic with Versatility / Mastery
Gloves: Forged Gladiator’s Silk Handwraps or Algari Competitor’s Cloth Gloves with Versatility / Mastery
Legs: Forged Gladiator’s Silk Trousers or Algari Competitor’s Cloth Leggings with Versatility / Mastery

Off-Pieces

Back: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Cloak with (Versatility / Mastery) or (Haste / Mastery)
Belt: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Sash with (Versatility / Mastery) or (Haste / Mastery)
Bracers: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Bands with (Versatility / Mastery) or (Haste / Mastery)
Boots: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Treads with (Versatility / Mastery) or (Haste / Mastery)

Jewelry

Neck: Algari Competitor’s Amulet with (Versatility / Mastery) or (Haste / Mastery), otherwise Forged Gladiator’s Amulet if you want to make yourself tankier.
Ring 1: Algari Competitor’s Signet (Versatility / Mastery) or (Haste / Mastery), otherwise Forged Gladiator’s Signet if you want to make yourself tankier.
Ring 2: Algari Competitor’s Signet (Versatility / Mastery) or (Haste / Mastery)

Weapons

Main Hand: Forged Gladiator’s Scepter
Off Hand: Forged Gladiator’s Focus

Trinkets

Trinket 1: Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity
Trinket 2: Forged Gladiator’s Medallion

When it comes to trinkets, equipping Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity will be your best option. It has an extremely high proc chance, and since our sustained healing is even higher than before, it’s the best option.

You will then need a Forged Gladiator’s Medallion to break out of CC every 1 minute and 30 seconds.

An alternative trinket from Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity is Forged Gladiator’s Emblem, as this will assist us with surviving massive burst windows. You’ll want to pair this with Desperate Prayer, as it scales off your current HP for more healing.

Best Holy Priest Embellishments

Item 1: Energy Redistribution Beacon on any crafted slot.
Item 2: Energy Redistribution Beacon on any crafted slot.

Best Holy Priest Gems

Core Gems: Cognitive Bloodstone + Versatile Onyx

In The War Within, you will use a Vicious Jeweler’s Setting to add sockets to your Helmet, Neck, Bracers, Belt and Rings. Two sockets can be added to the Neck and Rings.

With Mastery being your best secondary stat, you will want to both gem and enchant it wherever possible. For your new unique PvP-specific gem, we highly recommend the Cognitive Bloodstone, which acts almost identical to the Precognition Embellishment from Dragonflight.

For all gem slots, we will use Versatile Onyx. This will provide us a hefty amount of Mastery, while weaving in some Versatility for some extra tankiness.