Holy Paladin PvP Guide — The War Within (Season 1)

Holy Paladins are always a strong healing specialization. With powerful utility for teammates and the ability to deal large amounts of damage, they are considered one of the best healers. A strong understanding of cooldowns and when to use them is important to be good at this specialization.

Strengths

• Large amount of healing cooldowns
• Multiple defensive abilities
• Great burst healing
• Very little casting

Weaknesses

• Weak spread healing
• Easy to swap to if overextended
• Limited mobility when out of Blessing of Freedoms

• Many New talents:
  • Holy Ritual
  • Worthy Sacrifice
  • Steed of Liberty
  • Eye for an Eye
  • Stoicism
  • Wrench Evil
  • Righteous Protection
  • Light's Countenance
  • Divine Spurs
  • A Just Reward
  • Lightbearer
  • Inspired Guard
  • Holy Reprieve
  • Lead the Charge
  • Divine Reach
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Avenging Wrath: Might
  • Crusader Aura
  • Fading Light
  • Golden Path
  • Incandescence
  • Seal of Mercy
  • Seal of Order
  • Seasoned Warhorse
  • Strength of Conviction
  • Touch of Light
  • Vanguard's Momentum
• New PvP Talent: Spellbreaker – Eye for an Eye can now also trigger at 100% effectiveness from Magic damage. Eye for an Eye’s damage is increased by 150% in PvP combat.
• Wrench Evil (PvP Talent) has been removed.
• New PvP Talent: Divine Plea – After casting Aura Mastery, you restore mana over 20 seconds, but your healing and damage is decreased by 30%.

• New & Changes Paladin Class Talents:
  • Many talents have moved locations or have had their paths updated.
  • Crusader's Reprieve has been removed.
• New Holy Paladin Talents:
  • Bestow Light.
  • Light of the Martyr has been redesigned — While above 80% health, Holy Shock’s healing is increased 20%, but creates a heal absorb on you for 30% of the amount healed that prevents Beacon of Light from healing you until it has dissipated.
  • Blessing of Summer has been redesigned — Bless an ally for 30 seconds, causing 20% of all healing to be converted into damage onto a nearby enemy and 10% of all damage to be converted into healing onto an injured ally within 40 yards.
  • Divine Favor has been redesigned — Now a passive that triggers automatically after you cast Holy Prism or Barrier of Faith.
  • Extrication.
  • Liberation.
  • Truth Prevails.
  • Glimmer of Light has been removed.
  • Daybreak has been removed.
• Beacon of Light now transfers 15% of healing done (was 25%).
• Barrier of Faith now transfers 20% of healing into its absorb (was 25%).
• Word of Glory healing increased by 25%.
• Light of Dawn healing increased by 20%.
• Holy Shock healing increased by 20%.
• Tyr's Deliverance healing decreased by 15%.
• Blessing of Sacrifice now transfers 30% of damage taken (was 20%).
• Infusion of Light now increases the healing of Holy Light (was grants Holy Power).
• Inflorescence of the Sunwell now increases the additional healing from Infusion of Light for Holy Light (was grants Holy Power).