How to Play a Holy Paladin in the Shadowlands Pre-patch

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How to Play a Holy Paladin in Shadowlands Pre-Patchrotation guidebeginners guideHow Different Does Holy Paladin Feel in the Shadowlands Pre-Patch?Holy PowerNew Abilities for Holy Paladins in Shadowlands Pre-Patch

NEW - This iconic paladin spell returns for all Paladin specs. Having this fan-favorite ability back will give paladins some options to help execute low health targets, while also giving some mana-free Holy Power generation. It isn't until you begin leveling in Shadowlands that you unlock the ability to use this spell during , but until then its still an excellent ability to have back for general questing, dungeons, raids or PvP.

NEW - This spell is one of our two main ways to convert Holy Power into healing. This is the single target nuke option; it does an enormous amount of healing. It is essentially a super-charged .

REWORKED - This spell is the AoE healing alternative to the aforementioned both spells do roughly the same healing so you will need to constantly evaluate whether you want to do AoE healing, or single target healing.

- Although a somewhat niche ability, this is the only way we can effectively turn Holy Power into damage. Baseline, it provides us with a small amount of survivability. Although it will be rare to use this ability it can certainly be handy in AoE damage situations, or while solo questing.

NEW - This ability is somewhat niche, it is rare that CC is used in modern World of Warcraft, but having this ability back baseline may be useful in situations where you need that CC on undead mobs, or in PvP situations on certain pets.

REWORKED - has been redesigned, however, don't get too excited. The change doesn't really change how you play the class much. It essentially means that your priority compared to previous iterations has been reversed. Using an on a will now do more healing, while using it on a is more filler/mana efficient.

REWORKED - has been slightly redesigned. It now has a passive radius of 40 yds, but applies a 3% damage reduction to all allies within it. Overall this is a buff in larger groups, but for solo play is a slight nerf.

NEW - This is a re-introduction of a previous mechanic, where we could increase the mounted speed of our allies, instead of just ourselves. This can be helpful in some scenarios such as in battlegrounds where you can help your group get to the objectives faster.

NEW - This is a new aura. Although you will use this rarely as is so powerful, if part of your strategy involves letting people die, this can be of value. Note: this spell is on the Global Cooldown (GCD) and therefore, if you switch auras before someone dies, you could have possibly saved the person who died. It is not advised to let your allies die on purpose =)

REWORKED - has been redesigned to have a longer cooldown, and instead focus on very heavy Holy Power generation. This makes it a far more powerful cooldown overall.

NEW - This Azerite Trait returns as a talent. This can be stacked with the existing Azerite Trait during the pre-patch, and I recommend that you do so.

hereHow Do AoE Target Caps affect Holy Paladins in Shadowlands Pre-Patch

Paladin Target Caps for Shadowlands

General Paladin Target Caps

Spell Name	Target Cap	Notes
	Soft-Cap 20
	Soft-Cap 20

General Paladin Talent Target Caps

Spell Name

Target Cap	Notes
	Uncapped	Crowd Control only

Holy Paladin Target Caps

Spell Name	Target Cap	Notes
	5

Holy Paladin Talent Target Caps

Spell Name	Target Cap	Notes
	3
	4
	8
5
Soft-Cap 20 / Soft-Cap 6	Damage: Soft-Cap 20. Healing: Soft-Cap 6

Protection Paladin Target Caps

Spell Name	Target Cap	Notes
	3 or 5	5 targets with
	Soft-Cap 20	If in

Protection Paladin Talent Target Caps

Spell Name	Target Cap	Notes
	Uncapped
Uncapped	Taunt only

Retribution Paladin Target Caps

Spell Name	Target Cap	Notes
	5
	sqrt
	Soft-Cap 1

Retribution Paladin Talent Target Caps

Spell Name	Target Cap	Notes
	Uncapped
Soft-Cap 20

Retribution Paladin Legendary Target Caps

Spell Name

Target Cap	Notes
	5

Paladin Covenant Ability Target Caps

Spell Name

Target Cap	Notes
	5/15/25	Kyrian Protection: 15 total hits baseline, 25 total with First Avenger Retribution: 5

hereHow Do the GCD Changes Affect Holy Paladins in Shadowlands Pre-Patch

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Level 25: All talents on this row have some viability. will provide the most value while providing the smallest impact on your rotation. Due to higher haste levels than you will have in Shadowlands, you may be losing value from . However will be the more mana efficient option, so ultimately both talents are viable. If you are having mana problems, is certainly the play if you want the damage or find yourself with lots of dead time in your core ability usage. Otherwise will provide slightly more raw HPS.

Level 50: In some encounters, you may opt to take Beacon of Faith, as you already have a fair amount of healing from Azerite. However, if tanks aren't taking a significant amount of damage, or only one tank is active, you will be better suited with .

Best Rotation for Holy Paladin in Pre-PatchBest Stats for Holy Paladin in Pre-Patch

Haste

Mastery=Versatility=Crit

Best Azerite Traits for Holy Paladin in Pre-Patch

is still incredibly potent and should be stacked. This can combine with the talent, for even more healing.

: You will still want at least one trait, as it will still increase the duration of your . Additionally, now that we spend holy power this will provide a small amount of damage for us in the pre-patch!

will still provide a large amount of healing in our burst windows. Despite lower uptimes on after losing , this trait provides a large amount of secondary stats when we want them the most.

Best Essences for Holy Paladin in Pre-PatchMajor:

will still be your major essence of choice. The extra duration is still invaluable, especially after losing

Minor:

All Shadowlands Holy Paladin Changes

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Commenti

Commento di Gwynneth

Thanks so much for this guide, very much appreciated. I haven't played 'Live' in over a year, so I have some catching up to do :)

Commento di Deathstrike

For essences; why not try to work Lucid Dreams into a minor slot over Well of Existence? While not a thing to be relied on, due to how much mana is currently used, even by Glimmer-dins, the mana refund might help a little, even if it take 5 Crusader Strikes to get 1 free one, that is one more holy power/holy shock that you are able to get in plus a nice little vers buff to go along with it.

Commento di Nascent

This is a great guide! Thank you so much for it! I really appreciate the objective perspective in it, since there seemed to be a lot of fear mongering about HPal not being viable in SL from Beta testers and it was really disconcerting.

Commento di SortsAzuremyst

The entire Holy Paladin Talent tree is a lackbuster now.

Why do shatter something that was working as intended?

Tune the numbers instead. World of Glory is great but you need more "Range" generation of spells for it to work. Let's be honest here keep Paladin too long in melee range in pvp he can't keep up not with the current build. It might work "Okay" perhaps even good in the late expansion for PVE but that's how far will it go. Borrowed power better make the spec work for really enjoying a melee healer. As for now Holy Paladin spec is as worse as it get's. I literally tested Disc Priest and Hpal while leveling through battlegrounds the difference is just beyond me. While Disc Excels fluently and Hpal feels completely as being in wheelchair and I can play both now imagine how many Rookies will get rejections in a game who are going "First time on Hpal". There just isn't a reason to take Hpal expect World 1st race for "Devo Aura". Sorta the same as DH for the range buff but we speak about a Healer here.

How to Play a Holy Paladin in the Shadowlands Pre-patch

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