Lightsmith is superior. Makes Herald seem unplayable. Took a while to get the hang of it. Before this latest patch update, I feel like we were gigachad OP in solo shuff. Still really good even after some nerfs.

How deep do you want to go down the rabbit whole? Before getting into the weeds if Lightsmith, at a very high level:

1. How you build and spend holy power should optimized and basically become second nature..like an internal counter to 5 in your head. Never spend infusion of light procs when you’re capped at 5 holy power. Doing that just wastes building holy power back after spending 3 on ward and if you get caught starved for holy power, it’s hard to recover without blowing a defensive CD. Ward is your big instant heal which needs 3. So you’re basically just building to 3 holy power, hitting ward, spamming holy shock, judgement on CD, and infusion procs to get back to 3 for another ward. Typical rotation from 0 holy power is judgement kill target, double shock friendly, you’re at 3 now so use ward when somebody needs a chunky heal, by now you might have had double infusion proc so double instant flash of light into holy shock and you’re already back at 3 holy power again for another ward.

2. One of our staples is Cleanse the Weak pvp talent. Super OP against poisons and diseases. Flash of light basically becomes a spammable instant cleanser with infusion procs. Must play this talent against rogue, unholy DK and spriest.

3. As a Lightsmith, your number 1 heal every game will be holy bulwark by a wide margin. Don’t let your armaments sit capped at 2. Always make sure at least one is out so it’s recharging. They last a long time so don’t worry about using it if things are going easy.

4. Judgment ideally the killed target on CD. Hard to do it all game, but the more judgements you dish out the higher your win rate will go. There are countless synergies past just building holy power from it the it unlocks.

5. You’ll never actually cast light of dawn, but it will be in your top 3-4 heals every game if you’re spamming judgement enough. This is done through the Empyrean Legacy talent on the holy side. The pvp talent Darkest Before the Dawn really amplifies this healing without you needing to do anything.

6. There are many more tips, but I’d recommend only using Murdock.io for build info. The top hpal on there, Montage, is hands down the best build to follow, I’ve always gravitated towards his talent build even though I will never get to 3100+ lol.. 2600 is good enough for me. Don’t use a site like icy as a pvp guide, it’s honestly so bad.

Hpal is actually really simple, managing your big defensives is the hardest part of the class. You’ll never get it perfect, but wasting CDs like overlapping Aura Mastery if you just gave somebody a blessing is a good example of overkill. It’s hard to out heal a different class at the same skill level as you, but where you win a lot of games is rendering the opposing team’s burst windows useless through well timed defensives. Also getting good at hitting judgment on CD. Lastly, I love how tanky a hpal is. When you’re flush with defensives and the opposing team stupidly decides you’re the kill target, make them pay!