Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants for Holy Paladins in The War Within 11.2.0

All sections for Holy Paladin PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Holy Paladins in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Holy Paladin Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants in The War Within.

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Stat Priority
PvP Gear
Embellishments
Enchants
Gems

Holy Paladin Stat Priority

Versatility (25%) > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike

Versatility will be our most important stat. You want to focus on getting as much of it as you can, up to at least 25%. This will happen automatically through PvP gearing, as most of the items you will end up using will have Versatility on them.

After that, you’ll be focusing on Mastery, as this is your best stat to buff your healing throughput.

Followed by Mastery, we have Haste. Haste isn’t as impactful as Mastery in most scenarios but can be prioritized over Mastery in 2v2 if Denounce is played. This could result in some quick gimmicky kills you couldn’t achieve as easily in other brackets. Additionally Haste increases our DoT ticks, primarily for Sun Sear, in order to make Blessing of An’she proc more often.

Lastly we have Critical Strike. After the most recent changes to Infusion of Light, this ability isn’t reliant on Critical Strike to proc and is now a 10% chance from Holy Shock. You’ll be avoiding this stat at all costs while you gear.

BiS Holy Paladin PvP Gear

Main Pieces

Head: Lightmane of the Lucent Battalion
Shoulders: Chargers of the Lucent Battalion
Chest: Algari Competitor’s Plate Breastplate with Mastery / Versatility
Gloves: Protectors of the Lucent Battalion
Legs: Cuisses of the Lucent Battalion

Off-Pieces

Back: Reshii Wraps
Belt: Astral Gladiator’s Plate Girdle or Algari Competitor’s Plate Waistguard with Mastery / Versatility
Bracers: Astral Gladiator’s Plate Wristguards or Algari Competitor’s Plate Armguards with Mastery / Versatility
Boots: Algari Competitor’s Plate Sabatons with Mastery / Versatility

Jewelry

Neck: Algari Competitor’s Amulet with Mastery / Versatility, otherwise Astral Gladiator’s Amulet for more tankiness.
Ring 1: Algari Competitor’s Signet with Mastery / Versatility
Ring 2: Algari Competitor’s Signet with Mastery / Versatility

Weapons

Main Hand: Astral Gladiator’s Scepter or Algari Competitor’s Scepter with Versatility / Mastery
Shield: Astral Gladiator’s Bulwark or Algari Competitor’s Shield with Versatility / Mastery

Trinkets

Trinket 1: Astral Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity
Trinket 2: Astral Gladiator’s Medallion

When it comes to trinkets, we highly suggest using Astral Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity. It has an extremely high proc chance, and with our frequent access to huge instant cast burst healing, this becomes our best option.

You will then need an Astral Gladiator’s Medallion to break out of CC every 1 minute and 30 seconds.

An alternative trinket from Astral Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity is Astral Gladiator’s Emblem, as this will assist us with surviving massive burst windows if you find yourself being the kill target in particular matchups.

Best Holy Paladin Embellishments

Item 1: Energy Redistribution Beacon on any crafted piece.
Item 2: Energy Redistribution Beacon on any crafted piece.

Best Holy Paladin Gems

Core Gems: Cognitive Bloodstone + Versatile Onyx
Core Fiber: Pure Energizing Fiber

In The War Within, you will use a Vicious Jeweler’s Setting to add sockets to your Helmet, Neck, Bracers, Belt and Rings. Two sockets can be added to the Neck and Rings.

As Versatility and Mastery are your best secondary stats, you will want to both gem and enchant it wherever possible. For your new unique PvP-specific gem, we highly recommend the Cognitive Bloodstone, which acts almost identical to the Precognition Embellishment from Dragonflight.

For all gem slots, we will use Versatile Onyx. This will provide us a hefty amount of Mastery, while weaving in some Versatility to make us slightly tankier.

As of now, we notice a majority of players currently using the new Reshii Wraps cloak introduced from the 11.2.0 patch. This new piece of gear requires a fiber socket to which we suggest opting for the Pure Energizing Fiber to best suit our stat priority.