Classic WoW: Holy Paladin Leveling Guide - Alternative Build

Also if you are leveling with a 2 hander you use seal of the crusader which gives you 40% attack speed which is insane, while seal of righteousness has the same dps regardless of weapon used.
AKA, a tank seal.
This simple fact seems so elude pretty much every retri paladin out there.

Pursuit of justice is big until lvl40, you will be on your foot most of the time.

To level in holy was a standard just like the end build of 26-25-0 was a standard in Vanilla.
Consecration for low level dungeons is invaluable to save time on looking for a tank
and to save time on looking for a healer. You can do all 3 roles in the entire leveling content. Instantly and for free, saving on that scarce gold. For soloing in BRD use the fire resist aura and preferably the holy/reck build which is more powerful vs several mobs. For dps in raids there is only 1 viable spec which ( unfortunately ) turns healing and tanking in challenging 5 mans into crap unless you have full epic gear for all roles.

You are always going to have people eager to group quest with you as a holy Paladin, because you all will almost never wipe and it greatly cuts down on the time spent eating and drinking. That is where Holy Paladin’s money will be made in leveling

“Manor regeneration”

Are you able to heal dungeons as paladin without spec-ing into Holy? How does one level decently while also able to do dungeons? Even if not healing spec, will I need healing gear set? I'd like more detail into that.

Do you have a leveling guide for Druid yet? If you do I can't find it :(

that morrowind music <3

What's the name of your addon who's shows mana cost on the bottom of the spell icon please ?

Way back in yee olden days, there was a guide on 2h Holy leveling guide that argued a fairly even spread between Holy and Ret allowed for minimal downtime with acceptable, consistent, solo damage. I used it. It was good. I wish I could find it again. This is pretty close.

'Gonna take ages for people to get to 60' first level 60 took 4 days in classic 🤣

Whats the addon for the stats on the spells, like HPS or Crit?

Not dying and doing fine damage is more efficient than dpsing yourself to death

what are the macros you use?

whats the name of that weapon you're using?

So I’ve been testing this out now at around level 15 plus, the nice thing about this build as I’m going along is that I have insane sustain. It’s working well actually, but I think things will really start to take off once I get illumination.

Healing question. Is it more efficient to use Holy Light on a tank when they are at about 60% or so and wait utilizing 5x5 or is it better to spam Flash of Light in dungeons? Flash of light DOES have slightly better efficiency mana wise, sure, but you need to cast more often. If I cast 1 Holy Light spell and sit for 10 seconds I can recover more mana than casting flash of light every 3-6 seconds ... or at least that 's how I saw it.


I recently got kicked from a Stockades run because I'd go oom after 2 minutes of constant fighting .. where mind you our Hunter and Pally (dps) were out of mana 30 seconds into the fight and basically just doing white damage. The tank would either pull more or the mobs would run and pull more so it was a nightmare for me and they just blamed me for not healing enough. I didn't say it, since they just suddenly kicked me, but I kinda thought it was a dps problem because they didn't seem to have any focus fire and all mobs were on the tank for like 2 minutes straight before any of them started to die, making my job all the harder.


This is coming from a holy specc'd pally leveling. I'm committed, although I've never leveled a pally before. Only time I healed was Resto Druid in Legion, so I am fairly new to all this. I even have a leather/clothy set for when healing for all that Int and Spirit.

Hey there! Interesting stuff but I think the video you showed from the start is rather misleading. It took me a second to realize that you were on a 5 man scales server meaning those mobs die quickly and you don’t take damage, making this build look like it does more damage than it actually does. For a new player joining in and looking they might think this is something that it’s not. Also 5% less damage then Ret is definitely not correct. Anyways don’t mean to be negative just want to clear things up so people aren’t mislead! Cheers!

I recognize that morrowind ost anywhere. Oh the nostalgia is overwhelming, and that's coming from someone researching videos about wow classic.

and what is the main stat and what kind of weapon is needed (speed)

Interesting build but I think everyone plays retribution while leveling because we are forced into holy during the later phases of the game anyways

I'd rather skill 'Healing Light' than full 'Spiritual Focus' and probably get some points into Lasting Judgement.
Very in inspiringing video though!

This literally should've been a 5 second video that says "Spec ret".

You need to get +3% hit chance talent from protection tree. Without enough hit chance with 2h weapon, DPS lost is quite big.

100% crusader + 100% deus vult

I've been doing this build with a little variation, and it's been great. Easily solos, and good to heal dungeons in! I feel like I spend more time dpsing than healing most dungeons, barring certain boss fights. Thanks for the vid!

Have you thought of SOC recharge SOR USE Devine favor cast holy shock By now the target is more than half dead Unless it's elet. Quickly charge up SOF To stop the humanoid from running in fear. Then proceed with a another SOR AND SHOCK Again. By then the target is dead and you probably only had to use Flash of light About 3 times. Also I level holy and in full cloth Intel spirit gear. Full intell and spirit gear Allows you to have A huge man a pool. Also a lot of my holy spells crit because of Intel. However I do use a heavy hitting 2 hander weapon.

Where is the link to the talent tree? C'mon man...

Holly talents are just not useful for leveling. Only Holly Shock spell is actually. Percent bonuses you are getting from talents are so low. I prefer utility talents from Ret and Prot, and with the right gear, you can Heal, Tank or DPS whole leveling process anyway. 8% movement speed in Ret is so OP btw, better than any holly talent :)

a cheeky seal of the crusader xD

Asoo how did it work out on classic?

Go farm boars in EF with that build...

I'm leveling as holy paladin in classic, with my brother playing prot warrior, just to go full on archetypes. I went for SoC and speed and spent the rest in holy. I must say, Spiritual Focus helps a lot in sticky situations. I can't play without it anymore. Illumination on the other hand wasn't a huge game changer due to low crit chance. But, when you get Divine Favor, it changes a lot - epic free holy light crit nukes are very live saving.

I don't know how much more DPS full ret tree adds, but I know for sure I had to do much less corpse runs. It feels like I'm getting all I need from ret in those 13 points. I must say though that judging into prot warrior stuns increases my dps, so solo it might be slower.

Now I'm getting 5% spell crit talent, Illumination stars saving more mana, which feels awesome.

So all in all, I feel like holy tree is awesome. It allows me to have fun in dungeons. And it's just way tankier without much loss of power. You still wear str and two hander when solo. Even if it's weaker, I'd much rather prefer slower solo experience if it means more comfortable dungeon runs.

I'm gonna give it a go and see how it works.

What spells do you take?

Sry that run speed before 40 and seal at 20 25 with your blue level 20 hammer that's like 10 or 15 free levels.

Thanks bro great vid, I love how often you use elder scroll music too. Big fan if Jeremy Soule

I like this build but what about consecration for farming gold in DM?

fortnite funny

I tested out some builds, alot of gold spended. I recommend to stay ret whit slowest possible 2h soc til You get a nice str/Int gear. Just save gold.

Can you update this for TBC? Any changes? For leveling

I spec divine favor ASAP. Then 11 points for kings after for group support.

is there any build that's Holy damage build like a caster almost? like pump Holy Shock and other holy dmg spells all day long?

Playing on era right now and ive basically been told that no one will group with you if youre ret at 60. I always level ret but went prot during classic to tank the dungeons for pre bis. This build might be a good alternative to get into groups as a healer but also be able to solo

Where is the Protection Paladin video?? Amazing content btw

Did I just watch a Whitemane private server ad?
Those guys are ballsy.

What I find absolutely mind blowing is how no one talks about the parry talent in Ret. I meen clearly people are just new or something. The absolutely greatest thing you can have for solo questing as melee is parry just ask riposte rogues lol

Investing in art at low lvls is a waste. It doesn’t scale like int and stamina do at all

OH GOD MORROWIND IS SUCH A BORING SHIT GAME ITS MUSIC NAM FLASHBACKS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WASNTEVENINNAM.PNG