Paladin Heroic Gear Prep List

Gear for a healadin is a fairly easy when compared to many of the other Paladin build types. You're main concerns should be +Healing, Intelligence, Stamina, Spell Crit and +mana per 5 seconds (+mp5). Luckily all of these come in at least pairs on most healing items you will find.

Intelligence and +Healing are by far the most important stats as they will allow you to cast more effective heals over a longer time that the other stats. To be truly effective you should aim to have at least a mana pool of 6000 and +400 healing by level 60 and 9000 mana and +1000 healing by level 70. If you focus on these stats you will also gain enough of the other stats as they are common on all the gear that has the other stats. While stamina is important so that you can take a hit, you will likely get enough while focusing on the other abilities that you will not have to hunt it out on your own.. While stats will vary from player to player due to individual preferences, the following is a minimum that I would aim for before attempting to heal either heroics or the early bosses (pre Curator) in Karazhan.

Stat	Heroic / Karazhan Min. Value (Unbuffed)
Health	8,000
Mana	9,000
+Mana per 5 seconds	70
Holy spell critical cast	15%
+Healing	1000

I have compiled a suggested gear list of items available pre-Heroic to get you close to those numbers. There are several pieces that are better, that could be added but are very difficult to get or create, but this list will get you ready for heroics and / or Karazhan and you can then fine tune with other gear to get raid ready. An excellent option once attuned to heroics is to collect the badges that drop from heroic bosses and the heroic daily quest to turn in for the amazing badge reward items. Several of the reward items are some of the best per slot items you can get short of the very hardest Burning Crusade raids.

Heroic Gear Prep List

Level 70 Pre-Heroic / Raid Gear Wish List
Slot	Name	Drop Location
Head	Mask of Penance	Mekgineer in the Steamvault
Neck	Sethekk Oracle's Focus Natasha's Guardian Cord	Quest reward from "Brother Against Brother" in Sethekk Halls Quest reward from "The Hound Master" in Blade's Edge
Shoulders	Truth Bearer Shoulderguards	Swamplord Musel'ek in Underbog
Chest	Breastplate of Many Graces	Vorpal in the Shadow Labyrinth
Waist	Anything with +Healing of +Spell Damage	No really great pieces available before heroics or Karazhan
Back	Mantle of Vivification (or Vicar's Cloak for Horde Players) Cloak of Whispering Shells	Quest reward for Shattered Halls Hydromancer Thespia in the Steamvaults
Wrists	Primal Surge Bracers (Mail, but decent)	Black Morass
Hands	Faith Bearer's Gauntlets	Pandemonius in the Mana Tombs
Finger 1	Ring of Covalescence	Honor Hold Revered Reputation
Finger 2	Cosmic Lifeband	Nethermancer Sepethrea in Mechanar
Legs	Consortium Plated Legguards	Quest in Mana Tombs
Feet	Ornate Boots of the Sanctified	Hellmaw in the Shadow Labyrinth
Trinket 1	Lower City Prayerbook	Lower City Revered Reputation
Trinket 2	Scarab of the Infinite Cycle	Aeonus in the Black Morass
Shield	Silvermoon Crest Shield Crystal Pulse Shield	Murmur in Shadow Labyrinth World Drop (Purchase in the Auction House)
Weapon	Lightsworn Hammer Hammer of the Penitent Gavel of Pure Light	Warchief Kargath Bladefist in the Shattered Halls Mechano-Lord Capacitus in the Mechanar Exhalted reputation with the Sha'tar