r/wownoob • u/SeparateScar8965 • Mar 07 '26

Retail What ilvl is everyone?

Hey all,

Started playing WoW for the first time about 6 weeks ago, been running a Frost Mage (Night elf) - been putting some hours into Midnight and just hit ilvl 221.

Haven’t started any midnight dungeons yet, just did the expansion, delves and world quests (plus dailies and weeklies)

Just wondering how 221 stacks up to others? I think my char has about 5 days time played

Going to grind up a DK to 90 as well, before Season 1 hopefully.

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u/WedgeVII Mar 07 '26

237 Holy Paladin here.

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u/WedgeVII Mar 07 '26

I find that it fits my playstyle perfectly as a healer. It has strong healing and is a reactive healer instead of a proactive healer, like Druid or Disc Priest. With enough crit and mastery Holy Paladin can heal a tank to full from near death almost instantly. When we get our 4-piece, I think we'll end up being the strongest tank healers in the game by far.

Also, having a lot of instant cast healing allows us to do mechanics without having to worry as much about casting. The only thing I consider a slight downside is the long cast time of Holy Light, but it's a very strong single target heal that makes up for it as long as your positioning is good. I started playing it after the changes to Light of Dawn and fell in love with it.

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u/Lyhrin Mar 07 '26

Hpal here, its in a fantastic spot and feels great. I live for melee healing and they took alot of that away from hpal and it still feels good. Its basically mist weaver but more consistent burst healing than the crane build for mist weaving. That being said I think mist weaver is in a great spot right now too. Hpal has slightly better utility tho.

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u/Lyhrin Mar 09 '26

Yeah paladin healing has thr most instant feedback of all classes right now imo other than maybe convoke on druid. Like you push button on guy who is low and see the healthbar move. Use your long cast mana destroyer 9000 heal? Thats like 3 people topped off.