Leveling Holy: Some Tips from Me

Alright, here we go! It's comin' at ya hard. It's comin' at ya fast. It's!.....SENORNOCHE'S TIPS FOR HOLY LEVELING!

Ok, first thing is first. Holy paladins will not kill a target faster than a retribution paladin, but we CAN kill four or five or even 7 mobs at once faster than a lot of people can (except maybe mages, those AOE kings). If you have the right talents, and you use the correct spells/aura, then you can pull 5+ mobs and come out with full health, half your mana, and a bunch of dead things laying around you.

The talents I'm talking about? Very simple. There are two of them. First is Improved Concentration Aura. This, with 3 points invested, adds 15% to your Concentration Aura, adding up to 50% reduction to the amount of pushback. Couple this with Spiritual Focus, which gives your two healing spells a 70% reduction to the amount of pushback. So, adding those together, you have a 120% reduction to the amount of pushback from damaging attacks. Essentially, your healing spells cannot suffer any pushback whatsoever. They can still be interrupted, but not pushed back. Now, the Imp Concentration aura is actually unnecessary, because without it you still have 105%. BUT, with the Improved talent, you also get 30% reduction of the duration of any interrupts or silences.

So what does all this mean? Well, if you are pulling 5 or 6 mobs to you at once, you are getting hit a LOT. Paladins are perfect for this situation. We wear plate, we can heal ourselves, we have an AoE spell, and MOST importantly, with these talents, our healing can't be interrupted!

I have to say, I use Seal of Wisdom 100% of the time while I am leveling, and I always judge Light. Seal of Wisdom will give you mana every time you hit something, and if you judge Light on what you are hitting, you will get healed for a small amount every time you hit that mob.

Pull 4 or 5 mobs, lay down consecrate, and judge Light on the first target. Use Holy Shock, keep judging, and keep consecrate up. Heal yourself between consecrates as you need to, and before you know it, you will have 5 dead mobs laying on the ground, waiting to be looted.

Now, I am not saying Holy is the best leveling spec for a paladin. Retribution is going to kill things much faster than we normally will, but we are built (and talented) to be able to AoE grind things in this fashion. I love Holy, so I couldn't respec for the leveling. I wanted to be able to heal instances, which is what I love most. This method uses many of your abilities as a holy paladin. Use the abilities you have! Play around with them and find out which ones work best for you and the way you like to play. This uses some good abilities and paladin mechanics to help ease the pain as leveling as a healer.

Now get out there and AoE those mobs!