Introduction
In this article, we will explore the optimal talent build for Holy Priests in the Dragonflight PvP scenario. It is important to note that adapting your talent choices to the specific situation is crucial for success. Your build should be tailored to the composition of your team and the challenges you are facing.
Efficient and Versatile Healing
The recommended build focuses on efficient casted heals that provide excellent output while still offering the necessary crowd control abilities to secure kills on the enemy team. When you have the freedom to cast spells without interruption, this build’s single-target healing output is unmatched.
Defensive and Offensive Utility
Certain talents, such as Dispel Magic, Mass Dispel, Leap of Faith, Shadow Word: Death, and Power Infusion, are essential for your defensive and offensive utility and should be selected.
Key Healing Spells
Power Word: Life, a powerful healing spell with a short cooldown, is crucial for keeping your team alive. Surge of Light, on the other hand, is a talent that can proc instant Flash Heal free of cost, significantly aiding sustained healing.
Improved Mobility and Crowd Control
Phantasm is a spell that provides much-needed mobility for Priests by removing snares upon using Fade. Psychic Voice reduces the cooldown of your Psychic Scream, which is your best crowd control ability, by 15 seconds.
Offense and Defense
Mind Control is a solid choice as it provides a powerful crowd control option that can be used both offensively and defensively. Mindgames, on the other hand, is a major offensive cooldown that significantly boosts your team’s ability to secure kills.
Recovery and Damage Amplification
Twist of Fate is a great talent that allows you to recover when a member of your team is low on health. It also amplifies damage to the target when it is low on health. Void Tendrils, on the other hand, allows you to mass root enemies, providing more crowd control options and making it easier to survive against melee DPS.
Defensive Cooldowns and Mana Management
Guardian Spirit is your main defensive external cooldown, and its value is increased by Guardian Angel, which lowers its cooldown to 60 seconds if the Guardian Spirit does not trigger. Symbol of Hope shortens the cooldown of a defensive cooldown by 60 seconds for all party members. It also restores a certain amount of mana for everyone.
Crowd Control and Burst Healing
Holy Word: Chastise gives you instant crowd control, allowing you to set up a crowd control chain by using Holy Word: Chastise into Psychic Scream. Apotheosis, on the other hand, greatly enhances your burst healing by reducing the cooldown reductions to your Holy Words by 300% and making them cost-free.
Increased Healing Throughput
Miracle Worker significantly increases your healing throughput by providing an additional charge of Holy Word: Sanctify and Holy Word: Serenity. Holy Word: Serenity is particularly powerful as a single-target instant healing cooldown.
Mana Regeneration and Cooldown Reduction
Enlightenment increases your mana regeneration by 10%, allowing you to play longer games without running out of mana too quickly. Harmonious Apparatus is a great way to reduce the cooldowns of important Holy Words by using their respective spells.
Additional Healing Cooldowns
Lightwell is an instant healing cooldown that heals party members within a certain range when their health falls below 50%. Censure converts your Holy Word: Chastise into a stun, providing additional crowd control options for your team.
Answered Prayers and Resonant Words
Answered Prayers gives you the effect of Apotheosis for 8 seconds after your Prayer of Mending has bounced a total of 50 times. Keeping track of your stacks of Answered Prayers is crucial for estimating when it will proc and preparing your healing accordingly. Resonant Words increases the healing of Heal or Flash Heal after using a Holy Word, significantly boosting your single-target healing output.
Channeled Healing and Healing Buffs
Divine Hymn is a channeled healing cooldown that heals your party within a certain range over 8 seconds. Each heal applies a stacking healing buff on party members, further enhancing their survivability.
PvP Talents
You can choose 3 PvP talents from a selection of options. While the top three choices are the most useful, other talents can be substituted depending on your team’s strategy and goals.
Spirit of the Redeemer
Spirit of the Redeemer allows you to enter a spirit form that enables you to freely cast heals on your team for 8 seconds. However, you cannot heal yourself in spirit form, and if you die, you will not enter spirit form.
Seraphic Crescendo
Seraphic Crescendo reduces the cooldown of Divine Hymn by 60 seconds, makes it channel 50% faster, and extends its healing bonus duration, making it an excellent choice for enhancing your healing capabilities.
Phase Shift
Phase Shift grants you immunity against attacks and spells for 1 second, providing a brief respite from damage.
Ray of Hope
Ray of Hope is a powerful defensive cooldown that delays all incoming damage and healing taken by the target for 6 seconds. It also increases healing received by 50% during this time.
Holy Ward
Holy Ward protects a friendly target against the next loss of control effect, making it difficult for enemy teams to impose crowd control on you. Use this talent strategically against teams with multiple Purge or Spellsteal effects.
Catharsis
Catharsis offers a unique trade-off between survivability and damage. By accumulating enough damage with the initial application of Shadow Word: Pain, you can unleash a powerful instant damage attack on the enemy. However, be cautious with this talent choice, as it may not provide value if you expect minimal damage.
Purification
Purification grants Purify up to two charges and provides your target with a small absorb shield. This talent is crucial against teams that employ spammable, dispellable crowd control like Polymorph or Fear. Dispel your teammates multiple times to increase their uptime and prevent the enemy team from controlling the pace of the game.
Absolute Faith
Absolute Faith enhances Leap of Faith by giving you and your allies an absorption shield, further bolstering your defensive capabilities.
Divine Ascension
Divine Ascension is an excellent talent against melee opponents when you anticipate being focused. It allows you to ascend into the air, providing increased spell range and the ability to freely cast spells.
Thoughtsteal
Thoughtsteal is an exciting talent that allows you to steal an ability from an enemy, rendering them unable to use it for 20 seconds. The stolen abilities vary depending on the enemy’s class and specialization, giving you access to new strategic options.
Precognition
Precognition grants you 15% haste and makes you immune to interrupts and crowd control for 4 seconds when you successfully fake an interrupt. If you are confident in your ability to fake interrupts reliably, this talent is a solid choice.
Conclusion
When choosing PvP talents for Holy Priests in Dragonflight, it is crucial to consider your team’s strategy and adapt to the challenges you face. By selecting the right talents and employing them effectively, you can maximize your healing output, survivability, and overall contribution to the team’s success.
