I’ve been playing Holy Priest since Vanilla.
I’ve adapted to every expansion, every meta, every redesign.
But the last two expansions — especially in Mythic+ — have been the worst Holy has ever felt.
Not because Holy is impossible to play.
But because everything around it pushes us to the back of the line.
I get declined for +12 / +13 keys that I can easily heal.
Not because of score.
Not because of experience.
Just because the spec icon says Holy.
For players like me without a fixed Mythic+ group, this is even worse.
Not everyone has a premade. Some of us just play and rely on group finder.
In that situation, getting invited as Holy Priest is often impossible.
As a result, I struggled to even reach 3k Mythic+ rating —
not because I couldn’t heal the content,
but because getting invited was harder than the keys themselves.
“Too squishy.”
“Not meta.”
“Why not Disc?”
And that’s the point:
I don’t want to play Discipline. I want to play HOLY.
What makes it worse right now
- High HPS is no longer the defining factor going into Midnight
- Other healers bring:
- more damage
- more utility
- more survivability
- And damage matters — a lot — in Mythic+
Even if High HPS isn’t supposed to be the main topic anymore,
Holy still ends up:
- doing less damage
- feeling more fragile
- and offering less visible value to groups
That combination is exactly why Holy gets pushed aside.
About the recent changes
Yes, Blizzard increased Holy healing in 12.0.1:
- +12% to core spells
- Acknowledged that Holy fell behind
And that’s appreciated.
But let’s be honest:
More healing alone does not fix Holy’s Mythic+ problem.
Because the problem isn’t just numbers.
It’s viability + perception + role expectations.
What Holy players are actually asking for
Not dominance.
Not top meta.
Just this:
- Make Holy clearly viable before Midnight
- Not only for raids — we play other content
- Give Holy a reason to be picked that isn’t:
“Well… it can heal, I guess”
Holy should be:
- trusted
- accepted
- and playable without being forced into Disc
I’ve stayed Holy for years.
I’ll stay Holy.
I just want the game — and the community — to stop treating Holy like a bad choice when it clearly doesn’t have to be.
Any other long-time Holy players feeling this?
wir sind hier im DACH-Forum, da solltest Deutsch schreiben (ja ich kann das gut lesen aber gibt viele die das eben nicht können), für das englische gibt es das EN-Forum 
