Holy Paladin Guide
A healer in plate: Holy Shock on either side, a Beacon that copies its heals, and Light of Dawn for everyone close.
- Role Healer
- Health 5,000
- Resource Mana
Plan your Holy Paladin build → Retribution Paladin
Toolkit at a glance
Counted from the spell data (every Paladin spell, the Holy spells, and the row-5 talent spells).
| Stuns, fears, incapacitates | Hammer of Justice |
|---|---|
| Roots and silences | — |
| Interrupts | Rebuke |
| Defensives | Divine Shield, Blessing of Protection, Aura Mastery |
| Heals | Flash of Light, Holy Light, Lay on Hands, Holy Shock, Light of Dawn |
| Mobility | — |
Holy Paladin talents
Five rows of three. Pick one per row; rows 1 to 4 are passive and row 5 teaches a spell.
Flash of Light, Holy Light and Holy Shock give back 20% of their mana, and 60% when they crit.
Holy Shock has 25% more crit, and its crits make your next Holy Light instant.
Judgment gives you 300 mana.
You always run 10% faster.
Flash of Light also makes its target run 25% faster for 3 sec.
Blessing of Freedom also frees its target from stuns, and makes it run 40% faster while it lasts.
Flash of Light also shields its target, absorbing 300 damage for 6 sec.
Lay on Hands also takes every harmful magic effect off its target, and it takes 20% less damage for 10 sec.
Falling below 30% health, you take 20% less damage and heal 600 over 8 sec. Once every 2 min.
Judgment also slows the target by 50% for 4 sec.
Judgment and Holy Shock each take 4 sec off Hammer of Justice's cooldown.
Judgment marks its target for 20 sec: every blow that lands on it heals whoever struck it for 60.
Learn Aura Mastery: for 8 sec, you and allies within 30 m take 30% less damage and can't be silenced or interrupted.
Learn Blessing of Sacrifice: for 12 sec, 30% of the damage an ally takes is dealt to you instead.
Learn Divine Favor: your next Holy Light is instant and certain to crit.
Holy spells
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Shock | Holy | 300 | Instant | 8 s | 30 m |
| Beacon of LightOne Beacon at a time: putting it on another moves it. | Holy | 150 | Instant | — | 32 m |
| Light of Dawn | Holy | 400 | Instant | 12 s | Self |
Spells taught by talents (row 5)
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aura Mastery | Holy | — | Instant | 90 s | Self |
| Blessing of Sacrifice | Holy | — | Instant | 60 s | 30 m |
| Divine Favor | Holy | — | Instant | 60 s | Self |
Spells every Paladin knows
The first eight are the action bar a new character starts with; swap spells on your bar in Spells & Talents (N). ★ = starting bar.
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judgment ★ | Holy | 150 | Instant | 10 s | 30 m |
| Flash of Light ★ | Holy | 400 | 1.5 s | — | 30 m |
| Hammer of Justice ★ | Holy | 100 | Instant | 45 s | 10 m |
| Rebuke ★ | Physical | — | Instant | 15 s | 3 m |
| Cleanse ★ | Holy | 200 | Instant | 8 s | 30 m |
| Divine Shield ★ | Holy | — | Instant | 300 s | Self |
| Blessing of Freedom ★ | Holy | 150 | Instant | 25 s | 30 m |
| Holy Light ★ | Holy | 350 | 2.5 s | — | 30 m |
| Hammer of Wrath | Holy | 200 | Instant | 8 s | 30 m |
| Lay on Hands | Holy | — | Instant | 180 s | 30 m |
| Blessing of Protection | Holy | — | Instant | 180 s | 30 m |
Recommended Holy Paladin build
Recommended builds for this spec are still being tested. To be added.
Spell names, costs, cooldowns and talent text are read from the game client (v0.21, checked 2026-10-30). The developer calls the numbers “first-pass tuning”, so expect them to change.