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Enhancements for Healers

The advice on this page is for healers:

It is directed primarily to people with characters at or near level 70. All or nearly all of the recommended enhancements are exclusive to the Burning Crusade expansion.

Permanent Enhancements

Permanent enhancements are exclusive. You can have a glyph on your helm, an inscription on your shoulders, and an enchantment on your gloves, for instance, but only one enhancement (glyph, inscription, enchantment, leg armor, or armor kit) can be applied to each slot. You can change enhancements, but any new enhancement will overwrite any previous enhancement in that slot.

Slots are shown in their usual order. Alternatives are shown in order of preference, with the best choice given first. Your preferences may vary; your circumstances may differ; and in some cases the best choice may be unavailable or too expensive. It's your character, and you can do what you want. I'm just trying to help.

Suggested Enhancements (Permanent) for Healers

Slot Enhancement Source Cost or Materials
Type Name Item Pattern
Head Glyph Glyph of Renewal Thrallmar QM
(Revered)
- 100g (nominal)
85g at Revered
Glyph Glyph of the
Gladiator
(PvP) [1]
SSO QM
(Revered)
- 100g (nominal)
85g at Revered
Armor Kit Heavy Knothide
Armor Kit
Leatherworker
(350)
Trainer Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Shoulders Inscription Greater Inscription
of Faith
Aldor vendor
(Exalted)
- Holy Dust x8
Inscription Greater Inscription
of the Oracle
Scryer vendor
(Exalted)
- Arcane Runes x8
Inscription Inscription
of Faith
Aldor vendor
(Honored)
- Holy Dust x2
Inscription Inscription
of the Oracle
Scryer vendor
(Honored)
- Arcane Runes x2
Armor Kit Heavy Knothide
Armor Kit
Leatherworker
(350)
Trainer Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Back Enchantment Subtlety
(PvE) [2]
Enchanter
(300)
Thrallmar QM
(Exalted)
Sm Prismatic Shard x4
Grtr Planar Essence x2
Primal Shadow x8
Enchantment Major Armor Enchanter
(310)
Trainer Arcane Dust x8
Chest Enchantment Major Spirit
[3]
Enchanter (320) Trainer Grtr Planar Essence x2
Enchantment Restore Mana Prime Enchanter
(300)
Trainer Lsr Planar Essence x2
Arcane Dust x2
Enchantment Major Resilience
(PvP) [1]
Enchanter
(345)
World drop Grtr Planar Essence x4
Arcane Dust x10
Enchantment Exceptional Stats Enchanter
(345)
Thrallmar QM
(Revered)
Lg Prismatic Shard x4
Grtr Planar Essence x4
Arcane Dust x4
Enchantment Exceptional Health Enchanter
(315)
Trainer Lg Brilliant Shard x2
Major Healing Potn x4
Arcane Dust x8
Armor Kit Heavy Knothide
Armor Kit
Leatherworker
(350)
Trainer Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Armor Kit Magister's Armor Kit [4] Leatherworker
(325)
Scryer QM
(Revered)
Primal Mana
Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Wrist Enchantment Superior Healing Enchanter
(325)
Thrallmar QM
(Friendly)
Grtr Planar Essence x4
Primal Life x4
Enchantment Restore Mana Prime Enchanter
(335)
World drop Grtr Planar Essence x8
Enchantment Major Intellect Enchanter
(305)
Trainer Lsr Planar Essence x3
Hands Enchantment Major Healing Enchanter
(350)
Sha'tar QM
(Honored)
Lg Prismatic Shard x6
Grtr Planar Essence x6
Primal Life x6
Enchantment Blasting Enchanter
(305)
Trainer Lsr Planar Essence
Arcane Dust x4
Armor Kit Heavy Knothide
Armor Kit
Leatherworker
(350)
Trainer Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Armor Kit Magister's Armor Kit [4] Leatherworker
(325)
Scryer QM
(Revered)
Primal Mana
Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Legs Thread Golden Spellthread Tailor
(375)
Aldor QM
(Exalted)
Primal Nether
Primal Life x10
Rune Thread
Thread Silver Spellthread Tailor
(335)
Aldor QM
(Honored)
Primal Life x5
Rune Thread
Armor Kit Heavy Knothide
Armor Kit
Leatherworker
(350)
Trainer Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Armor Kit Magister's Armor Kit [4] Leatherworker
(325)
Scryer QM
(Revered)
Primal Mana
Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Feet Enchantment Vitality Enchanter
(305)
World drop Arcane Dust x6
Major Healing Potn x4
Major Mana Potion x4
Enchantment Fortitude Enchanter
(320)
Ethereal Priest
(Mana-Tombs) (BoP)
Arcane Dust x12
Armor Kit Heavy Knothide
Armor Kit
Leatherworker
(350)
Trainer Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Armor Kit Magister's Armor Kit [4] Leatherworker
(325)
Scryer QM
(Revered)
Primal Mana
Hvy Knothide Leather x3
Weapon Enchantment Major Healing Enchanter
(350)
Sha'tar QM
(Honored)
Lg Prismatic Shard x8
Primal Life x6
Primal Water x6
Enchantment Healing Power Enchanter
(300)
Bosses
(Molten Core)
(BoP)
Lg Brilliant Shard x4
Grtr Eternal Essence x8
Living Essence x6
Essence of Water x6
Righteous Orb
Enchantment Major Spellpower Enchanter
(350)
Ba'shir
Spell Thief
(BoP)
Lg Prismatic Shard x8
Grtr Planar Essence x8
Enchantment Major Intellect Enchanter
(340)
Sunfury
Researcher
(BoP)
Lg Prismatic Shard x2
Grtr Planar Essence x10
Enchantment Spellsurge
[5]
Enchanter
(360)
World drop Lg Prismatic Shard x12
Grtr Planar Essence x10
Arcane Dust x20
Shield Enchant. Resilience
(PvP) [1]
Enchanter
(330)
Trainer Lg Prismatic Shard
Lsr Planar Essence x4
Enchant. Major Stamina
[6]
Enchanter
(325)
Madame Ruby
Shattrath vendor
Arcane Dust x15
Enchant. Intellect Enchanter
(325)
Aged Dalaran Wizard
Vendor (OHB)
Grtr Planar Essence x4

Notes:

  1. Resilience enhancements are for hardcore PvPers only.
  2. Subtlety is only useful in PvE play. If you PvP a lot, get Major Armor and/or a second cloak.
  3. For Priests and Tree-form Druids, Major Spirit is probably better than Restore Mana Prime. For Shamans, the reverse is true.
  4. If you are considering an armor kit, mana regeneration is more directly related to the process of healing than extra stamina is. On the other hand, a dead healer doesn't heal much. If you run out of mana far more often than you take damage, take a Magister's Armor Kit. If your mana regeneration seems adequate, you're tired of being one-shotted, or you PvP, you get more bang for your buck with the less expensive Heavy Knothide Armor Kit.
  5. Over time, on average, Spellsurge seems roughly equivalent to about 5 mp5 (mana per 5 seconds) for everyone in the group. In a group with two other casters (or even a caster and a Hunter), this would be better for the group than Major Intellect or Major Spellpower (which isn't really intended for healers, anyway). If you are playing solo or in a group with meleers, this little-used and rather expensive enchantment doesn't measure up to the alternatives.
  6. The note above on armor kits applies here, too. Take Major Stamina for more health or Intellect for more mana.

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