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Holy Paladin Healing Gems, Enchants, Professions, and Consumables (MoP 5.4.8)

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General Information

On this page, we present you with the best gems and enchants fora Holy Paladin in World of Warcraft MoP 5.4.We also list the best consumables (food, flasks, and potions) andprofession-specific perks.

Make sure to check our GearOptimisation Guide, which serves as a support guide for this page.

The other pages of our Holy Paladin guide can be accessedfrom the table of contents on the right.

 

1. Gems↑top

As a Holy Paladin, it is important to obtain the Haste Rating soft cap(of 25.03%). However, given a reasonable gear level, this cap is attainablewithout the need to gem for it (simply through innate stats andreforging), so we do not mention these gems in the table below.

Sockets Gems
Meta Socket Revitalizing Primal Diamond Icon Revitalizing Primal Diamond or Courageous Primal Diamond Icon Courageous Primal Diamond (better)
Blue Socket Prismatic Socket Purified Imperial Amethyst Icon Purified Imperial Amethyst/Perfect Purified Roguestone Icon Perfect Purified Roguestone
Yellow Socket
Red Socket

2. Enchants↑top

Slot Main Enchantments Extra Enchantments
Shoulders  
Back  
Chest Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats Icon Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats  
Wrists Socket Bracer Icon Socket Bracer (Blacksmithing)
Hands Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery Icon Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery
Waist   Living Steel Belt Buckle Icon Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs  
Feet Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step Icon Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step  
Rings Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect Icon Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect (Enchanting)  
Weapon Enchant Weapon - Jade Spirit Icon Enchant Weapon - Jade Spirit  
Off-Hand Enchant Off-Hand - Major Intellect Icon Enchant Off-Hand - Major Intellect  

Note that Extra Enchantments can be applied to an item in addition to aMain Enchantment.

3. Consumables↑top

3.1. Food

If you are comfortable with your mana regeneration, you should eatfood that gives you Intellect. You will be granted:

If you are not comfortable with your mana regeneration, you should eatfood that gives you Spirit. You will be granted:

3.2. Flask

If you are comfortable with your mana regeneration,your flask should be a Flask of the Warm Sun Icon Flask of the Warm Sun.

If you are not comfortable with your mana regeneration,your flask should be a Flask of Falling Leaves Icon Flask of Falling Leaves.

3.3. Potion

During the encounter, your best choice for a potion will beMaster Mana Potion Icon Master Mana Potion, which instant grants you 30,000 mana, orPotion of Focus Icon Potion of Focus, which grants you 45,000 mana over 10 seconds(provided you do not need to perform any action during this time).

4. Summing-up Profession Perks↑top

Choosing a profession for your Holy Paladin can impact your raidperformance. As a rule, you should shy away from gathering professions (withthe exception of Herbalism), which leaves the following viable professions forraiding:

Profession Perks
Tailoring Provides a gain of approximately 320 Intellect through Lightweave Embroidery Icon Lightweave Embroidery or a gain of approximately 750 Spirit through Darkglow Embroidery Icon Darkglow Embroidery, instead of +180 Intellect from Enchant Cloak - Superior Intellect Icon Enchant Cloak - Superior Intellect. It also provides Sanctified Spellthread Icon Sanctified Spellthread, a much cheaper equivalent of Greater Pearlescent Spellthread Icon Greater Pearlescent Spellthread, the usual leg enchant.
Blacksmithing Provides a 320 Intellect gain through two extra sockets, Socket Bracer Icon Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves Icon Socket Gloves, in which you can fit 2 Brilliant Primordial Ruby Icon Brilliant Primordial Ruby.
Jewelcrafting Provides a 320 Intellect gain through the ability of using 2 Brilliant Serpent's Eye Icon Brilliant Serpent's Eye.
Alchemy Provides an 320 Intellect gain to your flask through Mixology Icon Mixology.
Enchanting Provides a 320 Intellect gain through Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect Icon Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect.
Engineering Provides +1,920 Intellect for 10 seconds every minute through Synapse Springs Icon Synapse Springs (the overall gain is +320 Intellect).
Inscription Provides a 320 Intellect gain through Secret Crane Wing Inscription Icon Secret Crane Wing Inscription.
Leatherworking Provides a 320 Intellect gain through Fur Lining - Intellect Icon Fur Lining - Intellect.
Herbalism Provides a 480 Haste Rating gain in average through Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood.

Blacksmithing is the best profession for Holy Paladins, since itprovides a higher secondary stat increase than any other profession.

5. Changelog↑top

  • 14 Jan. 2014: Updated the gem suggestions (switching away fromSpirit gemming, as it is no longer viable at this stage of the expansion).Replaced the default hand enchant with Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery Icon Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery.
  • 10 Sep. 2013: Patch 5.4: removed Frag Belt Icon Frag Belt, following its nerf.
  • 20 May 2013: Patch 5.3 update: nothing to change.
  • 05 May 2013: Added a mention that Blacksmithing is the bestsecondary profession.
  • 24 Apr. 2013: Added legendary meta-gem.
  • 02 Apr. 2013: Removed green-quality gems.



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