Since I wrote this post and its Discipline counterpart, they’ve probably had the most hits of any post on this site. New visitors, please be aware – this was my preferred list for Naxx-level gear. Now that Ulduar’s out, this post is obsolete! Please stay tuned for a list that’s updated for Ulduar gear.
Originally posted here on 2/5/09.
A quick run-down of the best-in-slot items for healing priests in WOW, for Holly. If you’re not a healing priest you can safely ignore this. :)
- Head: Hood of Rationality (Eye of Eternity, Alexstrasza’s Gift)
- Shoulder: Mantle of Dissemination (Eye of Eternity, Alexstrasza’s Gift)
- Chest: Digested Silken Robes (Maexxna, Heroic Naxxramas)
- Wrist: Unsullied Cuffs (Sartharion, Heroic Obsidian Sanctum) – only very slightly better than Punctilious Bindings (Grand Widow Faerlina, Heroic Naxxramas)
- Hands: Gloves of Token Respect (Grand Widow Faerlina, Heroic Naxxramas)
- Waist: Leash of Heedless Magic (Grand Widow Faerlina, Heroic Naxxramas)
- Legs: Distorted Limbs (Maexxna, Heroic Naxxramas)
- Feet: Arcanic Tramplers (Alexstrasza’s Gift, Eye of Eternity)
- Neck: Necklace of the Glittering Chamber (Alexstrasza’s Gift, Eye of Eternity) – these can be replaced with Cosmic Lights (Sapphiron, Heroic Naxxramas), if you’re confident in your MP5 and want more Haste
- Finger 1: Band of Channeled Magic (25 Emblems of Valor)
- Finger 2: Lost Jewel (Zone drop, Heroic Naxxramas)
- Trinket 1: Forethought Talisman (Zone Drop, Heroic Naxxramas)
- Trinket 2: Je’Tze’s Bell (World Drop)
- Weapon: Staff of Restraint (Sartharion, Heroic Obsidian Sanctum) if you favor more mana, or Damnation (Four Horsemen, Heroic Naxxramas) if you favor more crit; both are staves, so you don’t need an off-hand
- Wand: Wand of the Archlich (Kel’thuzad, Heroic Naxxramas)
Since both of the trinkets are random drops – fortunately, Je’Tze’s Bell is at least Bind on Equip now – you might want to start out with The Egg of Mortal Essence (40 Emblems of Heroism) and Embrace of the Spider (Maexxna, Heroic Naxxramas).
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Comment by Anna — March 19, 2009 @ 7:40 AM
I think some of this is perference. For example, I’d easily take Blanketing Robes of Snow or The Sanctum’s Flowing Vestments over Digested Silken Robes. Further, Gloves of Token Respect is not BiS and neither is Distorted Limbs (the T7.5 shadow gloves are actually better for holy spec than the gloves you list and Matriarch’s Spawn is the BiS off-hand. For weapons, BiS would be the mace of KT25 and, as far as trinkets go, Forethought Talisman has a useless proc for holy priests and the spell power does nothing to make up for it. I’d prefer Spirit-World Glass from Naxx10 over that any day (in fact, the Forethought Talisman is in my bank rotting as we speak).
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Comment by Chris — March 19, 2009 @ 8:02 AM
Anna, thank you for commenting. I strongly disagree with your choices; for example, the only things the Valorous Handwraps of Faith have going for them is crit rating and a yellow gem slot – its stats are otherwise dwarfed by the Gloves of Token Respect. Also, the Spirit-World Glass gives you an average of 140 Spirit if you use it every time the cooldown is up; that’s 35 spellpower and 37 casting MP5 (124 non-casting), assuming that you have 1000 Intellect (which isn’t hard to get). I overwhelmingly prefer the spellpower and HOT from the Forethought Talisman – but like you said, that’s a preference.
However much I disagree, I’ll remember your comment when I revisit this topic. :)
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Comment by Hmm — June 2, 2009 @ 6:51 AM
You forgot cloak?
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Comment by Chris Anthony — June 2, 2009 @ 6:58 AM
Sure enough. It's on my handwritten list but I forgot to type it in. Not that it matters anymore; this list is obsolete anyway.
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