The priest class is solidly in the "good not great" camp headed into World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. As a healer, Holy Priest can get the job done, though they're a B tier compared to other healer specs in Dragonflight. Let our Holy Priest best in slot guide help you out!

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Holy Priest Best in Slot Stat Priority

The most important factor to consider when obtaining new gear is your stat priority. In general, you should follow a rule like this:

Raids

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

Mythic+

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

As a healer, your stat priority depends on the type of content you're performing.

Important Notes For BiS Lists

It is important to note that any jump in ilvl by more than 10 points almost always results in the higher ilvl item being better. If you have an upgrade of 5 ilvl or less, compare the stats based on the stat priorities to decide the better item.

When weighing options of other items not listed below, refer to the stat priority of the class and spec. Keep in mind that stats eventually have diminishing returns, so it is not required to have absolutely every slot stack the same 2 stats. For simplicity, we offer the best per slot assuming you have not capped out these stats.

The calculations for diminishing returns are as follows:

• 0 to 30% in a stat - no penalty.
• 30% to 39% in a stat - 10% penalty.
• 39% to 47% in a stat - 20% penalty.
• 47% to 54% in a stat - 30% penalty.
• 54% to 66% in a stat - 40% penalty.
• 66% to 126% in a stat - 50% penalty.

In the case where you have reached 30% in a secondary stat, an item that has a secondary stat that is lower on priority may in fact be a better upgrade. This is why it is always important to sim your gear. For simplicity, we offer the best item in that slot assuming you have not capped out these stats.

Holy Priest BiS Gear

The items appearing in these lists may come from Mythic+, Raids, or The Vault. Their item level will depend on the instance's level of difficulty (Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Mythic+ 1-20). This list does not include Renown or Crafting items as it is meant as a guide on what dungeons or raids to attend to get your best gear from these sources.

Item tooltips will show the Mythic 9 or the Normal Raid difficulty item level version.

Best Head

There are other solid options beyond what is listed below.

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Best Neck

Theorycrafting and data show that the Elemental Lariat is almost always your best neck piece. We recommend getting this crafted ASAP. Anything else is honestly not worth mentioning. Use a missive to ensure your desired stats.

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Best Shoulders

Some good options listed below. If 4-piece is good enough, you'll likely wear the shoulder tier here.

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Best Back

Due to your stat priority changing based on content, there are plenty of solid cloak options here.

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Best Chest

Tier will likely win out over anything else.

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Best Wrist

There's a strong chance your best bracers are in Mythic+.

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Best Hands

Lots of good options across the board for gloves.

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Best Waist

Surprisingly, there are a lot of good belt options.

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Best Legs

Once again, tier likely wins out here.

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Best Feet

Lots of good options for your boots.

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Best Rings

As expected, there are a lot of options for rings.

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Best Trinkets

If you're an alchemist, picking up the profession trinket can work as a solid stop gap for better options.

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Best Weapons

Generally, whichever combination of items is a higher ilvl will be your best bet. Sim to make sure.

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Best Gems For Holy Priests

Here we list the best gems you can socket your gear with for Holy Priests. As always, it is best to sim to ensure you're using the best options available. These gems are chosen given consideration to your best stats.

• Epic unique gem - Skillful Illimited Diamond
• Remaining gems - Sensei's Neltharite

Best Enchants For Holy Priests

Here are the best enchants available for Holy Priests in Dragonflight.

• Cloak - Graceful Avoidance
• Chest - Reserve of Intellect
• Bracers - Devotion of Avoidance
• Legs - Temporal Spellthread
• Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
• Rings - Devotion of Mastery
• Weapon - Sophic Devotion

How To Simulate To Determine Your Best Gear

Raidbots is a tool that World of Warcraft players can use to figure out if the gear they just looted is an upgrade. As mentioned earlier, there are so many nuances and diminishing returns as certain points in the game, that determining an exact set of bis gear is impossible. With the ilvl scaling of Mythic+ loot on higher keys and utility different gear has for different fights, there just isn't a pure "this is the absolute best for the entire Season" list. It's even something that certain classes have come across in Classic Wrath!

Don't worry, because we're still here to help. We highly recommend using raidbots to determine if an item you just acquired is an upgrade. Here's a quick guide to help you run simulations to see if your new item is an upgrade:

• Make sure you have the Simulationcraft add-on installed.
• With your new loot in your inventory, open your chatbox and type /simc.
• A window will open up. Copy the entire text and paste it on the Raidbots Top Gear page. I included my Simulation craft window for my personal character below

• This step is important. On the Top Gear page, scroll down and make sure you're selecting the gear you want simmed. If you do not select the gear you're wearing, as well as the gear in your inventory you just acquired, you won't know if you picked up an upgrade.
• Raidbots will then let you know which items allow you to maximize your DPS!

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