Holy Shock

Holy Shock1 point

Triggers a burst of Light on the target, dealing (216% of Spell Power) Holy damage to an enemy, or (1117% of Spell Power) healing to an ally. Has an additional 10% critical strike chance. Generates 1 Holy Power.

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TypeTalent

Ranks1 point

ClassPaladin

Specializations3

Tree sectionHoly specialization talents

Row1 of 17

Game build12.1.5

Tree position

In the Holy Paladin talent tree, Holy Shock sits in the Holy specialization talents, row 1 of 17. It is a single-point node.

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Holy Shock leads on to Light of Dawn and Infusion of Light.

Light of Dawn
Unleashes Holy energy, healing up to 5 injured allies within a yd radius around you for (506.7% of Spell Power).
Infusion of Light
Your Holy Shocks have a 10% chance to empower your next spell cast: : healing increased by 200% and becomes instant cast. : Greater Judgment prevents an additional 150% damage dealt by the target and generates 1 additional Holy Power.

Talent trees

Holy Shock is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Paladin: Holy (Healer), Protection (Tank), Retribution (DPS).

Holy Shock Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532 - this talent's spell appears in the beta client's legacy talent data

Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this talent's spell is in the Classic Era client's legacy talent data too

Rank spells sighted1 rank spells in the beta client's legacy talent data

Tree placement sightedtab 382, tier 6 in the beta client's legacy talent layout

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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