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Holy Smite

Spell

Holy Smite

Holy

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2.5 secMedium Range

Smites an enemy, inflicting Holy damage.

Holy Smite

Tooltip

Smites an enemy, inflicting Holy damage.

How it works

Each cast of Holy Smite costs 220 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 877.046. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Holy Smite is a Holy spell with a 2.5 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Holy damage (base value 877.046).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolHoly
Cost220 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 877.046
Spell power coefficient: 1

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Holy Smite sounds

The sounds the game plays when Holy Smite is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

Holy BoltSoundKit 44

  1. Holybolt3.2s · ID 569402 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Precast Holy LowSoundKit 740

  1. Precastholymagiclow5.0s · ID 568915 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Holy CastSoundKit 2562

  1. Holycast0.9s · ID 569763 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 56 separate Spell records named "Holy Smite". This page is record #9481. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#9734effect values: 292.35 (this record: 877.05)Different tuning
#13519cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 30 (this record: 877.05); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15238no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#15498effect values: 438.52 (this record: 877.05)Different tuning
#20695cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 1500 (this record: 877.05); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20696cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 1500 (this record: 877.05); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20820effect values: 380.05 (this record: 877.05)Different tuning
#25054effect values: 584.7 (this record: 877.05)Different tuning
#31740effect types: noneA different effect setup
#36176effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38582effect types: noneA different effect setup
#41370effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

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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