Ye i know this seems like an odd question but judging you need to do world stuff and and don’t want to change specs or add that damage in a m+ to help the team, which healing spec packs more punch?
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Holy.
Pally or Priest, it don’t matter.
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Holy priest mindgames (16k+), chastise (15k), spammable smite (3-5k), holy fire (overpowered) will destroy anything in the world
Hpal vanq hammer (30k-40k), hammer of wrath (6k), holy shock (3k), judgment (6k-10k), crusader strike (2k), consecration (800) with wings is also good
No idea what rsham numbers look like but dwayne the earth ele and instant lava bursts are not okay
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no shaman then? 
Shamans decent. Probably in 3rd place.
It’s my favorite healer, both the healing and their “DPS rotation”.
MW and Disc are the two to avoid.
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if we are looking at pure class power, i’d say Paladins have the most dps potential. 
That changes a bit when you start adding covenant combos & trinkets though - I’ve seen holy priests with the Resovoir trinket (from SotFO raid) doing massive numbers close to like 15k before on some pulls…
I think holy priest have a higher theoritical highest dps but overall i see shamans with the highest avgerage dps in keys in pugs but its hard to put a number on how much dps power infusion brings
Ok, its shaman then (it isn’t but i’m sold i guess)
I’ve seen a resto shaman burst for 30k on some pulls in mythic+ but no idea what they look like in open world. I doubt shaman is a bad choice by any measure.
Currently its holy priest and shaman for AoE due to earth ele and kyrian for preiests. Holy paladin due to vanq’s hammer does a lot of ST however, yet overall a priest or shaman will do higher DPS.
It’s certainly not resto druid. Catweaving is fun but WOW the DPS numbers suck.
Healer damage is too low across the board. Holy Paladins were in a good spot in BFA and at the start of the expansion. They should’ve brought other healers up to their level, but instead, Holy Paladins have been nerfed continuously.
I can do 3k ez in 240 gear with 20% crit n haste as holy priest.
6k burst.
It’s pretty fun in ez content.
I agree tho with the poster above.
Let healers burst 12k this expac.
Single target.
Obviously AoE numbers r better.
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The problem with Holy Priest damage is that their AoE rotation is HORRIBLE. It’s just spamming Holy Nova (which doesn’t even do halfway-respectable damage).
EDIT: Also, while they have decent single target, the rotation just doesn’t feel fun. The CD on Holy Fire and Chastise is too long, and it involves way too much smite spam. Compare this to how Disc worked back before Legion (honestly, Penance is what made Disc damage fun)
Compare this to Holy Paladins and Resto Druids who actually have a fun rotation… just the numbers they pull are crap.
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As kyrian and LF i got boon and spacebeem cooldowns which is fun.
But yeah. It’s just spam sw pain. Holyfire. Nova a bunch. Divine Star. Maybe fear serenity, sanctify and fol a little to top off.
Chastise n smite r great fun with apotheosis, PI and the teir sets weaving in sanct, serenity for even more CD reductions. Probably OP in pvp with censure. Finish with SW:death. I got a nice set of heal harm macros that make this ez pz.
Im getting away with pulling bigger packs in ZM at least.
In 25 man LFR im usually in the 16-22 spot for dps and don’t even take divine star.
Have not been tempted to go into shadow.
A holy version of mindflay that procced holyfires would be sick XD
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to me, questing is all about pulling lots of mobs and blasting aoe. druid can run around pulling a whole area with sunfire, moonfire as they move in, then go cat and swipe til they’re dead. loot the pile, and move on to the next thing
paly can ground mount and ride around grabbing mobs, but their base abilities aren’t great for aoe. and the problem with pulling this way is it’s easier for them to start leashing. sunfire has more range which most likely = more mobs. shaman is kinda same deal with pulling since flame shock has a cd, and frost shock slows them, but their aoe dmg is better. hpriest can pull with swp, and boon cd is short enough that it’ll usually be up for the next pull
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Rsham was fun for as much as I tried it out for the spicy meatballs! Lavaburst! Check out Marcellianonline lol. It’s just not my cup if tea.
I think most healers can get by OK in world content these days. A few elites r very challenging to kill in holy priest mode.
If you want to impress ur raids, holy paly is still pretty solid.
Disc needs better burst potential. Penance would be the way to do that imo. They can sustain dmg better tho while light, moderate dmg is incoming.
Definitely don’t neglect trinkets! They can really add a lot of DPS.
Highest dps in keys is resto shaman. The dps is so good and without breaking a sweat to optimize it. Next best is holy priest, especially with urh + ascended nova. The meters will place them lower, but they’re right up there with rsham if you count how much dps their power infusion adds to the warlock. Third best is hpal and fourth best is necro rdruid catweaving. Disc is extremely weak. MW dps is low on the meters but mystic touch can be useful depending on the comp.
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Rsham and Hpriest. Both have high DPS currently, but if you mostly do world content, I would suggest Hpriest.
Second Hpriest and Rsham. They’re very strong healers in general right now, damage included.
Right now both the Rshammy and Holy Priest are powerful for various reasons, including their usefulness (because everyone wants PI and Lust), in turn also because of the legendaries that support a lot of dps (at least for the Rshammy) and finally the covenant (which are supported by covenant legendaries) who are literally very strong compared to other healers.
Another thing to note is that… well if it weren’t for the aoe cap (for Rdruid, Hpally and MW) I think they could compete with them (or at least do decent dps along with their fun rotation) but as many mentioned here, the dps numbers they do suck.