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Holy Priest BiS — Phase 3

Black Temple / Hyjal

Holy Priest is TBC's raid-healing workhorse: Circle of Healing spam on melee stacks, Prayer of Mending bouncing on cooldown, Renew weaving between. Throughput is never the problem — mana is, and this gear list is built around spirit regen as much as raw +healing. This Phase 3 snapshot aggregates 270 top healing parses from Black Temple and Mount Hyjal; the highest-consensus pick is Gloves of the Avatar at 93% usage.

Usage percentages: share of surveyed Holy Priests equipping each item (n=270). Click a row to expand alternatives. Hover any item for its full tooltip.

Holy Priest stat priority (Phase 3 PvE)

  1. Bonus Healing
  2. >Spirit
  3. >Intellect
  4. >MP5
  5. >Haste

Circle of Healing costs nothing to aim and everything to sustain — spirit-based regen with Holy Concentration procs is what lets holy priests chain-cast through entire raid-damage phases.

Holy Priest PvE FAQ

Where does Holy Priest Phase 3 BiS come from?

From the gear worn by 270 top-ranked Holy Priest healing parses on Warcraft Logs during Phase 3 (Black Temple and Mount Hyjal), aggregated per slot — what high parsers actually equip, not a spreadsheet ideal.

What are the highest-consensus Holy Priest items in Phase 3?

Gloves of the Avatar (93%), Mantle of the Avatar (87%), Vestments of the Avatar (85%). When an item sits above ~70% among top parsers, treat it as the priority drop to chase.

Should I follow this list exactly for Phase 3?

Use it as a loot-priority guide, not a checklist — expand each slot's alternatives, because second-choice items are often within a few percent and drop from entirely different bosses in Black Temple and Mount Hyjal.