Holy Priest in Shadowlands - Healer Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries

Shadowlands Publié 20/11/2020 à 17:33 par AutomaticJak

IntroductionHymne divinMot sacré : SalutHow to Play Holy Priest in Shadowlands Pre-Patch

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What has changed for Holy Priest?Vision de perfectionPrière de guérisonApaisementInfusion de puissanceMontrer l’exempleTalentsRaidsCercle de prièreCercle de soinsPrière de soins Mythic+RénovationFoi renouveléeRénovationPrière de soinsCercle de prièreShadowlands Leveling Perks

Apaisement (52) - Reduces the radius that enemies will aggro you allowing you to move around enemies that would otherwise be blocking your path. This only works on Humanoids and Dragonkin type targets. It is easy to spam on multiple enemies so if you are fast you can provide skips for yourself and the group in key dungeons.

Casting Apaisement on both enemies creates that Purple effect over their heads, reducing their aggro radius allowing you to slip by without drawing threat. Priest STEALTH......of sorts!

Nova sacréeNova sacréeInfusion de puissanceInfusion de puissancePriest Covenant Abilities

Venthyr

Jeux d’esprit is the Venthyr Class Ability for Priests. It is a 45 second cooldown that damages an enemy, reverses enemy damage to the group into healing on them, and returns mana to the caster. When a player receives healing via Jeux d’esprit, they also receive Maîtrise : Écho de la Lumière healing as well. There are limitations to how much damage or healing will be reversed. For boss encounters dealing large aoe to the group, it will convert a small portion of that damage, not the entirety of it. In order to receive mana regen, you must reverse some damage or healing that the target produces. If a tank is kiting an enemy for example, you won't receive any sort of mana regen or damage reversal because the enemy is not actively engaging.
Perceptions brisées is the conduit that buffs Jeux d’esprit. It's a simple boost that doesn't ask much of the player to maximize.
Porte des ombres is the covenant signature ability and probably my favorite of all of the signature abilities that covenants offer. It has a 1.5 second cast that can take you up to 35 yards away. Priest is generally immobile and can struggle to cross vast distances quickly. This shores up that weakness extremely well and can be utilized for some easy skips in dungeons as well!

Kyrian

Faveur des transcendés is the Kyrian Covenant Priest class ability. It features three parts. Your Faveur des transcendés ability after casting immediately turns into the spammable Nova transcendée, your Châtiment converts into Déflagration d’ascension and each ability generates stacks, the former generates one stack per enemy hit and the latter generates 5 per cast. These stacks then explode at the end of their duration for Éruption d’ascension. This ability is solid in a dungeon environment as it is deals good damage and is easy to rapidly build stacks for a burst of healing. The downside is dealing with enemies like Prideful which is one target and you cannot generate many stacks making it much weaker when you get into higher keys. In raids, there can be wide swings in how many stacks you can generate depending on the boss fight, meaning big variance in the Éruption d’ascension.
Ascension courageuse is the covenant conduit. It has solid value in a 5 man environment where it is more consistent to maximize.
Invocation de régisseur gives the Flasque de sérénité which removes debuffs and is an additional heal. Its an excellent tool in dungeons where you are bouncing in between combat and frequently face certain debuffs that you cannot dispel as a Priest like Curses, Bleeds and Poisons.

Necrolord

Night Fae

Gardiens faë is the Night Fae Priest covenant ability. It produces three fairies at once that can move to a new target depending on the spell cast. Soins rapides moves the Fairy that reduces a major cooldown on the target, Mot de pouvoir : Bouclier applies 10% damage reduction and Mot de l’ombre : Douleur applies the final fairy that will regen mana if you are actively attacking the enemy. The cooldown reduction that Holy receives is toward Hymne divin which can have some value but can also have large downsides. If you are holding Hymne divin for specific events then this cooldown reduction could be irrelevant. In that case you could reduce the cooldown of a DPS and you're now in a covenant that increases others power at the expense of your own.
Point d’orgue faë is the synergistic conduit for Gardiens faë allowing you to cycle the buff on multiple allies. This conduit encourages you to reduce cooldowns for many targets which can be very costly mana-wise and has a large trade off of not running another potency conduit or covenant that would increase your throughput.
Forme d’âme is the signature covenant ability and provides some strong movement speed which is generally a weak point for Priests. It can be utilized for quick bursts of movement but generally you won't be moving for so long that you get multiple blinks in, unless you're in a dungeon.

Choosing a covenantNecrolordMontrer l’exempleMot sacré : SalutHymne divinPrière de soinsFaveur des transcendésDéflagration d’ascensionNova transcendéeNecrolordNova impieNova impieNova impiePriest Covenant abilityHoly Priest Soulbind PowersMontrer l’exempleMontrer l’exempleNova impieHymne divinMot sacré : SalutConduits

Guérison focalisée: Increases the healing Prière de guérison by a sizable amount. Great to toss onto the tank or any allies who have bleeds or other debuffs to get them just that bit of extra healing instantly.
Oraison sacrée: Holy Priest loves Holy Words. More cooldown reduction to make your healing even more efficient.
Esprit tenace: Increases duration and healing bonus of Esprit gardien. Value is sizably increased in 5 mans if your tank is more self-heal focused (DH/Blood etc).
Mots résonnants: Increases the healing of your next Soins rapides by a sizeable amount after casting any Holy Word, including Mot sacré : Châtier.
Transfusion purulente: Is the covenant conduit for the Necrolord. Increases Nova impie duration and damage.

Oraison sacrée / Guérison focalisée

Transfusion purulente

Mots résonnants

Esprit tenace

Mots résonnantsSoins rapidesMot sacré : SanctificationPrière de guérison

Image translucide: Fade damage reduction returns! And on-demand damage reduction is particularly sweet.

Inspiration de la Lumière: While buffing Prière du désespoir is alright, raw damage reduction take a higher priority.

Âme charitable: Holy Priest isn't known for their shielding. While they could cast more of them in Shadowlands, the fact that there is no Holy Word synergy would put this very low on the priority.

Priest Conduit GuideHoly Priest Legendaries

Contemplation mesurée: Buffs the healing of your Soins rapides like the azerite essence Esprit dévoué from BfA. Problem with this legendary is that there is such a long duration between each buffed Soins rapides that its nowhere near as consistent as the azerite trait it was made from.
Voûte céleste: Causing Saut de foi to have multiple charges and to be improving your mobility. Fun legendary to utilize but not strong enough to see competitive play.
Ombres cautérisantes: Steadily nerfed over Beta to now be too weak to see competitive play.
Prêtresse des Jumeaux du soleil: Allows you to share Infusion de puissance without losing out on the buff yourself. Solid in 5 mans to toss on to high powered DPS.

Appareil harmonieux: So long as you're properly using Cercle de soins and Prière de guérison, you'll receive some good cooldown reduction over the course of raids or dungeons. Faster cooldown reduction on your Mot sacré : Sérénité and Mot sacré : Sanctification just means your healing becomes more efficient. Solid overall legendary for a variety of content
X’anshi, retour de l’archevêque Benedictus: Return of the "croak cloak" will revive you after entering Esprit de rédemption with health depending on the amount you healed while in Spirit Form. Easy get out of jail free card for early progress, this is excellent for learning encounters without having to worry about costing the team a battle rez.
Image divine: Artifact trait turned legendary. Lives and dies by the tuning of the replicated healing that is provided.
Concentration éclair: Good on paper, awkward in practice. Maintaining the stacks of the buff in dungeons is challenging with such a low duration. You're also less reliant on pure single target healing in dungeons anymore so there's more value in another legendary that increases your flexibility with more holy words. There is strong potential for this legendary thanks to the borrowed power between this legendary,Mots résonnants and Traînée de lumière. Longer duration or making Soins extend the duration would make this legendary much more consistent/potent.

Picking a LegendaryAppareil harmonieuxPrière de guérisonCercle de soinsMot sacré : SérénitéMot sacré : SanctificationMot sacré : SalutMot sacré : SalutConcentration éclairAppareil harmonieuxPrêtresse des Jumeaux du soleilApothéoseCercle de soinsPrière de guérisonAppareil harmonieuxApothéosePrêtresse des Jumeaux du soleilIn ConclusionRénovationvastlyfractionCercle de soinsPrière de guérisoncorewho are feeling the pressure to reroll or respec

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