Playstyle & Rotation
General Rotation
Damage Rotation
Doing Damage as Holy Paladin isn’t the hardest since most of the spells are in our normal healing rotation to gain Holy Power.
- You want to make sure to keep Consecration on the ground.
- Cast Hammer of Wrath off cooldown if the target is in execute range or you have Wings up.
- Cast Judgment off cooldown.
- You can also commit Holy Shock offensive to do damage when no healing is needed and do it off cooldown.
- Use Crusader Strike to generate Holy Power whenever Hammer of Wrath and Holy Shock is on cooldown.
- If you play Awakening, you want to spend the Holy Power into Light of Dawn or Word of Glory to fish for Avenging Wrath procs and get more access to Hammer of Wrath, which is more damage overall than using Shield of the Righteous.
- If you play Light’s Hammer, you can also commit it for offensive damage (in Mythic+ or a multi-target raid fight).
Playstyle
Glimmer Build
- If you play with Beacon of Light / Beacon of Faith, make sure it’s up before the fight starts.
- Use Holy Shock on cooldown.
- Try to prioritize your Hammer of Wrath over Crusader Strike during Avenging Wrath.
- Cast Crusader Strike to generate Holy Power.
- Make sure you proc Blessing of Dawn before spending Holy Power as it buffs your next spender by 30%.
- Spend Holy Power on Light of Dawn or Word of Glory if someone’s in critical danger.
- Fill empty GCDs with Consecration and Judgment.
Avenging Crusader Build
If you play with Beacon of Light / Beacon of Faith, make sure it’s up before the fight starts.
Make sure you proc Blessing of Dawn before spending Holy Power as it buffs your next spender by 30%.
If Avenging Crusader (Active):
- Cast Judgment on cooldown.
- Keep one charge of Crusader Strike on cooldown.
- Cast Holy Shock whenever Judgment is on cooldown and one charge of Crusader Strike.
- Spend Holy Power on Light of Dawn or Word of Glory if someone’s in critical danger of dying.
- Fill gaps with Hammer of Wrath.
If Avenging Crusader (Not Active):
- Cast Holy Shock on cooldown.
- Cast Crusader Strike to generate Holy Power or Hammer of Wrath if in execute range.
- Spend Holy Power on Light of Dawn or Word of Glory if someone’s in critical danger of dying.
- Fill empty GCDs with Consecration or Judgment.
Holy Paladin Cooldowns
Avenging Wrath is very unique since it is a healing and damage cooldown. You basically want to use it on cooldown and only delay it when you have an Awakening proc or if it’s assigned to a specific event in the Boss fight by your Raid Leader or Healing Officer. For Mythic+, you need your own timing where you and/or your group need extra healing throughput or want to use it for damage.
Divine Toll is on a 1 min cooldown and generates 5 Holy Power. You don’t want to overheal a lot with Divine Toll and don’t want to overcap your Holy Power. It’s also important that you don’t hold it for too long since it’s on a short cooldown and spreads Glimmer of Light.
Aura Mastery is mainly assigned to specific points in the fight by your raid leader or healing officer. If that’s not the case, use it when you know big raid-wide damage is incoming.