Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Item level is by far the biggest upgrade, especially early on in the tier, as it increases your intellect. After that you can balance it out more by following this priority:
- Raid: Crit > Mastery > Versatility > Haste
- M+: Haste > Versatility >= Crit > Mastery
The Mythic+ stats are aimed at improving your DPS & survivability, which are both key in dungeons. Our mastery is very powerful in raid but not so much in M+ so you’ll want to prioritise other stats.
Stat Outline
Intellect: Increases your spell power, which boosts your abilities healing and damage.
Mastery: Echo of Light - A % of your direct healing is repeated over 6 seconds. Very powerful throughput when it does not overheal. It ticks every 3 seconds, this isn’t affected by haste.
Critical Strike: Increases your chance to crit. Mastery can’t crit by itself, but since the healing is based entirely on the healing done by the spell that proc’ed it, the HoT will be stronger if the initial heal is a crit.
Versatility: Flat out increases damage and healing done, while decreasing damage taken.
Haste: Increases casting speed, reduces the global cooldown and the cooldown of Prayer of Mending.
Races
Dracthyr is the strongest option for both Alliance and Horde. It provides improved movement, which Priests always need, and adds extra crowd control.
Alternatives:
- Horde: Goblin for the extra mobility from Rocket Jump.
- Alliance: Void Elf for the extra mobility from Spatial Rift.
Healing and damage output will be very similar across all races, so the utility is what really sets them apart.
Enchants
On progress encounters where you’re in danger of getting one shot you would want to default to avoidance. Avoidance will make it safer to take big hits, while leech will help you get topped faster and provide a bit of extra throughput.
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Council's Guile
Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Chant of Leeching Fangs / Enchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace
Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Enchant Bracer - Chant Of Armored Leech / Enchant Bracer - Chant Of Armored Avoidance
Legs: Sunset Spellthread (Daybreak Spellthread, if you want a bit more mana)
Boots: Enchant Boots - Defender's March
Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Critical Strike *
* Ring enchants will be dependent on the content you do and on the rest of your gear. They are good for balancing out your stats.
Gems
Unique Gem: Elusive Blasphemite. The extra movement speed comes in handy with a class that has limited movement.
If you want to maximise your movement speed bonus from Elusive Blasphemite, then you want to get a gem from each type.
After that you follow your stat weights:
- Raiding: Masterful Ruby / Deadly Onyx
- M+: Deadly Emerald / Versatile Emerald
Consumables
Health Potion: Invigorating Healing Potion
Flask: Flask Of Tempered Aggression / Flask Of Alchemical Chaos
Food: Feasts / Beledar's Bounty
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Augment Rune: Crystallized Augment Rune or buy the reusable Etheral Augment Rune for 100k gold
Mana Potion: Algari Mana Potion (Instant Mana Potion) or Slumbering Soul Serum (Channeled Mana Potion)
Slumbering Soul Serum provides more mana than an instant potion, but it can be hard to find a window to fully channel it during high-movement fights. If you don’t need the extra mana, you can also use a Tempered Potion for more healing and damage. I’d also recommend Tempered Potion for Mythic+.