Welcome to Season 2 of The War Within, where healers face rapid bursts, punishing crowd control, and ever-rising dampening. The recent patch 11.1 introduced a wave of talent updates and balance tweaks that shaped the new meta, especially in solo shuffle (our primary focus today), while also touching on 3v3 and RBG trends.
This guide aims to break down the current state of healers in TWW Season 2, ranking each specialization based on their performance at this stage of the Season 2’s meta.
Before diving into the tier list itself, let's first make clear what all these A, B and Cs actually represent:
Although Holy Priests and Mistweaver Monks are clearly lagging behind right now, the overall difference between the top and bottom healers is quite smaller than in some seasons of Dragonflight, which is certainly a positive trend that hopefully continues further!
There’s a reason Discipline Priests have maintained a spot at the top of the PvP ladder for so long. They are, in a word, versatile. Disciplines are the definition of a healer who doesn’t just sit back and passively restores health, but instead, they actively engage in the battle, mainly healing through their own damage. This playstyle sets them apart from other healers who primarily focus on keeping their teammates alive.
Disc Priest really ascends to the top in Season 2 thanks to a rework that removed Rapture and made shields stronger as a baseline, drastically simplifying their preemptive style. By combining sturdy absorption effects, respectable damage, and potent healing through Atonement, Discipline outclasses other healers in most solo shuffle lobbies.
Thanks to two schools of magic (Shadow and Holy), a Disc can bait interrupts and continue healing under pressure, all while contributing meaningful DPS through Penance, Schism, and Smite. The spec’s design makes it excel in uncoordinated shuffles, where self-reliance and proactive shielding can single-handedly carry rounds. In coordinated 3v3 arenas, Disc remains sought after for comps like RMP, offering PS, and offensive follow-up with crowd control.
Restoration Shaman's extensive changes in 11.1 revitalized their toolkit, giving them more accessible talents, better defensive totems, and improved single-target burst heals.
Their Mastery scales well in deep dampening, letting them deliver big healing surges when allies are critically low. In solo shuffle, they shine by neutralizing chaotic kill attempts with well-timed totems, interrupting dangerous casts, and stabilizing teammates who overextend.
The spec’s main vulnerability is reliance on casting: if hammered by CC or interrupts, they can fall behind quickly, and they can’t always match the raw damage absorption Disc offers. Still, Resto Shaman suits players who relish juggling utility, dropping crucial groundings, and coordinating big cooldowns with a team. In larger-scale PvP, they’re valued for Spirit Link’s game-saving potential and Purge spam against buff-heavy teams, making them a strong A tier choice for any bracket.
Preservation Evoker retains its high-octane, burst-oriented style, blending massive AoE healing with strong mobility. The Chronowarden talent tree offers bigger Echo combos, quick Dream Breath, and a touch of teamwide offense, allowing skilled Evokers to decimate enemies while topping teammates. They thrive in hectic or fast-paced matches, where explosive healing can outpace incoming damage before dampening sets in.
Coupled with spells like Rewind and Time Dilation, Pres often salvages health bars from near-certain death. However, short cast ranges and susceptibility to being locked out make them risky, especially if melee can pin them down. In disorganized shuffle rounds, Evokers can struggle when teammates run far out of range or fail to peel. Regardless, their powerful "save the day" tools, respectable personal damage, and synergy with aggressive comps keep them comfortably in A tier.
Holy Paladin's melee healing style took some hard hits this season, leaving them more reactive and less threatening. Avenging Crusader still has utility — turning damage into healing — but it no longer grants the sheer burst it once did. Nonetheless, Paladins remain cooldown powerhouses, with Blessing of Protection, Sacrifice and Lay on Hands (albeit nerfed in PvP) all capable of nullifying lethal setups.
In shuffle, they can keep a chaotic team alive by rotating these lifesavers, but they lack the proactive barrier Disc has or the wide-area healing Shaman can provide. Mobility is also a drawback: a Paladin caught behind a pillar or stuck in a stun may burn through cooldowns rapidly. Coordinated 3v3 teams sometimes prefer Holy’s aura mastery and potent single-target bombs, but ongoing nerfs to throughput and damage have sadly dropped them below more flexible healers.
Restoration Druid thrives when it can spread HoTs, preempt damage, and weave CC with Cyclone. Patch 11.1 granted them a fortified Ancient of Lore and stronger Mastery, making sustained healing more potent, especially if the Druid has time to stack multiple HoTs. Their hallmark mobility and ability to slip into stealth can frustrate unprepared opponents, and few spells rival a well-timed Cyclone that denies incoming or outgoing healing!
Even so, the current bursts and dampenings often push Resto Druids to the edge: if allies drop too fast to let HoTs tick, or if the Druid is forced to cast Regrowth under pressure, they risk interrupts and quick deaths. In solo shuffle, it can be an uphill battle to keep pace with Disc or Shaman’s direct answers to lethal combos, though a well-played Druid can outlast teams if they manage to survive the opener. In coordinated arenas, they still excel with wizard cleaves and longer fights, combining cross-CC to stifle enemy healers. And in RBGs, Druid mobility remains superb, whether playing as a teamfight healer or supporting a flag carrier. Overall, Resto sits in B tier for Season 2, heavily reliant on planning, timing, and safe positioning to mitigate their weaker emergency heals.
Mistweaver Monks endure yet another challenging season, even after the notable 11.1 buff to Sheilun’s Gift (now a massive single-target instant heal). Despite improvements on paper, Mistweaver lacks the defensive layering, damage mitigation, or synergy that define top-tier healers. Though they have some of the highest raw healing potential if left untouched, the reality is they’re almost always prime kill targets.
Leather armor, one primary school of healing (Nature), and a reliance on casted spells leave them susceptible to shutdowns. Fistweaving, which lets them heal by attacking, can increase overall pressure but demands exposing themselves in melee range. In solo shuffle, they often struggle to survive relentless focus and can’t easily swing momentum in their favor.
Holy Priest feels overshadowed by Discipline, sharing much of the Priest core but lacking the preemptive shielding or high-impact mitigation that make Disc so potent. Patch 11.1’s rework bolstered Holy’s raw healing and introduced new talents for all Holy Words and Renew. These changes improved their PvE performance, but Holy remains fragile in PvP, with fewer defensive cooldowns and no strong personal immunity beyond Greater Fade or Guardian Spirit (which can be purged and doesn’t stop damage).
Though they bring valuable crowd control with Chastise and Mind Control, it’s harder to leverage in the face of high burst and frequent CC trades. In solo shuffle, Holy Priests rarely match Disc’s results because they can’t mitigate incoming damage as effectively, nor do they add the extra kill threat from Penance or Schism. It’s the classic reactive healer that simply can’t keep pace with other healers damage and utility, leaving it rooted in C tier, at least for now.
In the high-stakes environment of PvP Season 2, Discipline Priest stands at the top, blending powerful shielding with impactful damage to outpace every other healer. Restoration Shaman and Preservation Evoker follow closely, earning their spots through versatile utility and explosive, tempo-driven healing. Holy Paladin and Restoration Druid remain dependable choices, though more situational — each demanding precise timing and a proactive, finesse-driven playstyle to reach their potential. At the bottom, Mistweaver Monk and Holy Priest continue to struggle, offering strong burst healing or cooldowns but lacking in damage mitigation and overall survivability.
Still, no tier list is absolute. A skilled player who understands their spec inside and out can thrive — even on the underdogs — by playing to their strengths and covering for their weaknesses. That said, in a meta where early damage prevention and aggressive pressure reign supreme, the top tier healers offer a much smoother climb through solo shuffle or high rated 3v3 arena play. As balance changes roll in, the landscape may shift — but for now, Discipline sets the pace, and the rest are working to catch up.
Good luck in the queues — and remember: one well-timed cooldown can mean the difference between defeat and domination.
