Priest Healing Best in Slot Phase 4 - WoW Classic Anniversary

The Priest Healing Phase 4 Best in Slot (BiS) list for Classic Anniversary adds ZG to the loot pool, and while considered a catch-up raid, there’s a good few items here.

Welcome to the Method Healing Priest Best-in-slot gear guide for Phase 4 of WoW Classic Anniversary. This guide aims to give you an overview of the best items you can acquire during Phase 4.

With Phase 4 being mostly a catch-up patch, adding ZG to the raid pool, we’ll still be spending a lot of our time in BWL. If you already have the best items from BWL, ZG will only add 2 or 3 new items to your kit; however, for those unlucky with loot or struggling due to the tighter phase releases, ZG is full of nice upgrades.

The list below will feature the absolute best if you plan to do all forms of PvE content.

Note: We won’t include Rank 14 PvP gear in this list; however, for priests, only the Rank 14 PVP main hand is best. We have also excluded crafted items from the main BiS list, as some of these can still set you back a lot of gold. However, we will include them in the alternative list, and explain why we omitted them.

Priest Phase 4 Best-in-slot - Ultimate Healing BiS

Bonus effects: Tier 2 8/8 - +15% spirit-based mana regeneration while casting - Chance to cast fade when struck in combat - Greater Heals now cast an equivalent HoT to a rank 5 Renew.

Notes:

• Crystal Adorned Crown is a good alternative Head item; however, due to it being a hard drop, we have omitted it.
• Hide of the Wild is the best for pure healing, but we excluded it in favour of more sustain, plus it requires a crafter.
• Truefaith Vestments are a solid alternative Chest if you have them already, but due to being crafted, we won't recommend them.
• Boots of Pure Thought have been included as our alt BiS. However, we do recommend picking them up for the long run as they are the highest +Healing boots for Priest.
• Lok'amir il Romathis is the best 1h weapon outside of PVP, however. Due to it being a damage weapon as well as healing, and due to the shorter Phase window, we have left it out, as DPS will likely get it before you. However, if you can, we suggest you get this instead.
• Lei of the Lifegiver is the only item that breaks our "must be a drop" rule, but we think it's super worth it. Do AV during an AV weekend for the extra rep, and you'll have this incredible healing off-hand in no time at all.
• Will of Arlokk is a fantastic alternative in the 2h spot. While Benediction is a great pickup, the quest chain items can set you back a few hundred gold or a few hours of farming. If you want to avoid that, look to pick up this instead. Also, if other Priests in your guild already have Benediction, Arlokk might even be a very uncontested pick-up.

Best-in-Slot Alternative items

For many reasons, we can’t always get the BiS item we want. Given Classic Anniversary has much tighter Phase turnarounds, some guilds won’t even see an item. For example, having done one BWL raid a week since release, only one Priest T2 Chest has dropped.

Here are some alternatives for each slot, along with instructions on how to obtain them.

So, yeah, there are a fair number of items you can obtain, as well as many alternative options. While ZG isn’t full of “BiS” items, it has a lot of really good upgrades. If you’re in a guild using a system like DKP, then ZG might be a good place to pick up loot not on people’s BiS list. While getting the Best-in-Slot might be ideal, it’s only an end goal; looking at the alternatives is always a good option.

The above list should give you a fair few options for every slot. One note, the Trinket slot is slightly annoying, as so many people want the drops. We would recommend making sure you grab the easy-to-obtain Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas from the Dire Maul quest (the item typically costs around 2g on AH). You can also grab the Shard of the Scale from Onyxia, while not an amazing item, the sustain can be really nice.

Best Talent Builds

There are really two options for a Priest in Classic, and it will come down to how your group is set up. If you want to pump as much as possible, then use the Holy focused build, which looks to increase + Healing numbers.

Priest Healing Talent build Phase 4

Note: One option is to swap out Healing Focus for Improved Renew, though you only really want one Priest in the guild to do that.

The alternative build is more about helping your DPS to pump via Power Infusion. Personally, I’ve stuck with the PI build so far in Classic and have had no issues keeping up with Priest using full Holy.

Priest Disc Talent build Phase 4

Either build will work; however, we recommend asking your Guild/Class Leader about what they prefer you to use. With dual-specs, it’s easy enough to just use both and then swap back and forth depending on the fight.

Best Priest Consumables for Raiding

When it comes to the best consumables for Priest Healing in Phase 4, there are two things you need to consider. Are you looking to go for more plus healing, or focus on Mana recovery in raids. Some of the below consumables are fairly expensive, so we’ve provided some alternatives that are cheaper.

For more Classic WoW content, see our Classic guides.