Holy Priest Leveling Guide From 1 to 80 for WotLK Classic (2024)

Last updated on Jan 01, 2024 at 16:36by Abide1 comment

Welcome to our Wrath of the Lich King Holy Priest leveling guide. Herewe will help guide you through your Holy Priest's leveling journey towardLevel 80. Make sure to use the sliders shown down below to have the guide updateas you level up.

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Level: 1

Your first talent unlocks at Level 10.

• Levels 10 to 12 — 3 points inSpirit Tap.
• Levels 13 to 17 — 5 points inHoly Specialization.
• Levels 18 to 22 — 5 points inDivine Fury.

Spirit Tap is great for Mana generationbetween fights. Holy Specialization is some good added crit,and Divine Fury is needed for the reduced cast time on Smite andHoly Fire.

• Levels 23 — 1 point inDesperate Prayer.
• Levels 24 & 25 — 2 points inHealing Focus.
• Levels 26 & 27 — 2 points inImproved Renew.
• Levels 28 & 29 — 2 points inSearing Light.

Desperate Prayer is a good emergencyheal. Healing Focus is useful for emergency heals when you arebeing attacked. Lastly, Searing Light is a great damage boost toSmite, Holy Fire, and Holy Nova.

• Levels 30 & 31 — 2 points inHoly Reach.
• Level 32 — 1 point inImproved Renew.
• Levels 33 to 37 — 5 points inSpiritual Guidance.
• Levels 38 & 39 — 2 points inSurge of Light.

Holy Reach is a nice range boost toSmite, Holy Fire, and Holy Nova. Surge of Light isa great proc, giving you free Smites from time to time.

• Level 40 — 1 point inSpirit of Redemption.
• Levels 41 to 45 — 5 points inTwin Disciplines.
• Levels 46 to 48 — 3 points inImproved Inner Fire.
• Levels 49 & 50 — 2 points inImproved Power Word: Fortitude.

Twin Disciplines is a nice healing anddamage boost. Improved Inner Fire and Improved Power Word: Fortitudeare great stat boosts.

• Levels 51 to 53 — 3 points inMeditation.
• Level 54 — 1 point inInner Focus.
• Level 55 — 1 point inImproved Power Word: Shield.
• Levels 56 to 58 — 3 points inMental Agility.
• Levels 59 & 60 — 2 points inImproved Power Word: Shield.

Meditation and Mental Agilityare massive boosts to your Mana regeneration. Improved Power Word: Shieldhelps on big AoE pulls.

• Levels 61 to 65 — 5 points inMental Strength.
• Levels 66 & 67 — 2 points inFocused Power.
• Levels 68 to 70 — 3 points inEnlightenment.

Mental Strength is a good boost to yourintellect, helping with your Mana and spell crit. Focused Power andEnlightenment give you even more damage.

• Level 71 — 1 point inPower Infusion.
• Levels 72 to 74 — 3 points inFocused Will.
• Level 75 — 1 point inSoul Warding.
• Levels 76 to 78 — 3 points inRapture.
• Levels 79 & 80 — 2 points inRenewed Hope.

Power Infusion is amazing for AoE pulls,reducing your Mana costs and increasing your Haste. Focused Will gives anice spell crit boost, while Rapture and Soul Warding help reduceyour Mana costs.

Your leveling glyphs will differ from your endgame glyphs. Glyphs can be ahuge boost to your leveling speed as some greatly improve the baseline power ofyour key abilities. Be sure to check the price of these glyphs on your server tovastly improve your leveling experience.

1. Glyph of Smite
2. Glyph of Holy Nova

1. Glyph of Fortitude
2. Glyph of Levitate
3. Glyph of Shadowfiend

1. Power Word: Fortitude keep this buff upbefore entering combat.
2. Inner Fire keep this buff up beforeentering combat.
3. Divine Spirit keep this buff up beforeentering combat.
4. Smite your target until it is dead.
5. Smite your target from max range.
6. Shadow Word: Pain your target after youenter combat. Run away from the target while doing this to keep yourdistance.
7. Continue using Smite on your target untilit is dead.
8. Holy Fire your target from max range.
9. Devouring Plague your target after youenter combat. Run away from the target while doing this to keep yourdistance.
10. Shadow Word: Pain your target. Run awayfrom the target while doing this to keep your distance.
11. Mind Blast on cooldown.
12. Continue using Smite on your target untilit is dead.
13. Smite if the target is high health.
14. Shadow Word: Death if a target did notdie from DoTs and would take too long to wand down. Ideally this would kill thetarget to prevent you from taking the backlash damage.
15. Shoot your target with your wand if theyare low enough to die from DoTs and wand damage.

You have very few spells early on. At the startof a pull you will want to be at max range. This helps you get off more damagebefore the mob reaches you. Running away from the mob while casting instant-castspells like Shadow Word: Pain help keep that distance from the mob,reducing your damage taken. Overall, this helps reduce how often you need todrink as you will need to heal yourself less.

Now your rotation starts taking a more solidform. Holy Fire will be the ideal spell to use on pull as it has a longcast time, making it difficult to cast in combat; it also has a gooddamage-over-time component that increases your Smite damage through Glyph of Smite. Next you will want to cast Devouring Plague andShadow Word: Pain on the target while running away from it if possible,allowing you to keep some distance on it. Smite the target until it islow enough to die to DoTs and Shooting. Be sure to use eitherRenew or Power Word: Shield whenever you are taking highdamage.

Holy Fire is the ideal spell to use on pullas it has a long cast time, making it difficult to cast in combat; it also has agood damage-over-time component that increases your Smite damage through Glyph of Smite. Next you will want to cast Devouring Plague andShadow Word: Pain on the target while running away from it if possible,allowing you to keep some distance on it. Smite the target until it islow enough to die to DoTs and Shooting. Shadow Word: Deathmay be used if it will take too long to wand the mob down. Be sure to use eitherRenew or Power Word: Shield whenever you are taking highdamage.

An alternative to single-target damaging is AoEingwith Holy Nova. This can be an effective way to level, but requiresdecent gear to sustain the Mana cost of Holy Nova. If doing this, followthe AoE rotation below:

1. Gather mobs with Shadow Word: Pain.
2. Renew and Power Word: Shield yourselfwhile gathering mobs to recover lost health.
3. Shadowfiend to sustain your Mana ifneeded.
4. Power Infusion whenever available tosave Mana and increase damage done.
5. Holy Nova as much as possible untileverything is dead.
6. Reapply Renew and Power Word: Shieldif needed.
7. Smite any remaining single enemies ifHoly Nova is not worth using.
8. Smite or Shadow Word: Death anyremaining single enemies if Holy Nova is not worth using.

Training spells can be rather expensive, especially if you try to learn everyspell available to you. Here we will give you a list of your top-priority spellsthat you will want to train so you know which ones you can avoid and save somemoney.

• Be sure to keep these spells at max rank —Power Word: Fortitude, Smite, Shadow Word: Pain,Power Word: Shield, Renew, Mind Blast, Inner Fire,Psychic Scream, Devouring Plague, Holy Fire,Flash Heal, Holy Nova, Divine Spirit,Shadow Word: Death.

• Psychic Scream — You can delay upgrading this if you are low onmoney, but eventually you will want to learn higher ranks.

• Dispel Magic — You only really need 1 rank of this spell; trainthe second rank when you have the money to spare.

• These spells only have 1 rank and should be trained as soon aspossible — Cure Disease, Fear Ward,Abolish Disease, Levitate, Shadowfiend.

• Save your gold instead of training these spells —Lesser Heal, Fade, Shackle Undead, Resurrection,Heal, Mind Soothe, Mind Vision, Mana Burn,Mind Control, Prayer of Healing, Shadow Protection,Greater Heal, Prayer of Fortitude,Prayer of Shadow Protection, Prayer of Spirit,Binding Heal, Prayer of Mending, Mass Dispel,Mind Sear.

Congratulations on hitting Level 80 in Wrath of the Lich King! Now that yourleveling process is over, you can learn more about Level-80 Holy Priest gameplayby reading our Holy Priest guide,which covers everything you need to know to properly play your Holy Priest.