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Lay on Hands

Spell

Lay on Hands

Holy

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Instant castShort Range

Heals an ally for an amount equal to the caster's maximum health.

Lay on Hands

Tooltip

Heals an ally for an amount equal to the caster's maximum health. Drains all of the caster's remaining mana when used.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Heal to Max Health (effect type 67).

What it does

Lay on Hands is a Holy spell with an instant cast and a range of 20 yards. When cast it heals to full health.

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
Range20 yards (Short Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Heal to Max Health (67)

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

Lay on Hands sounds

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

Precast Holy LowSoundKit 740

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

Lay on HandsSoundKit 1431

  1. Layonhands Low Chest3.1s · ID 568145 · 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 16 separate Spell records named "Lay on Hands". This page is record #17233. 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
#633used by: Talent: Paladin; effect types: Heal to Max Health, Energize; different tooltip textA different owner
#9257subtext: Rank 2; effect types: Heal to Max Health, EnergizeA different rank or variant
#53778effect types: noneA different effect setup
#150743effect types: noneA different effect setup
#176094effect types: noneA different effect setup
#176254effect types: noneA different effect setup
#179483used by: Cast by Lay on Hands; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#179484effect types: noneA different effect setup
#179485effect types: noneA different effect setup
#234320effect types: noneA different effect setup
#283630effect types: noneA different effect setup
#348503effect 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

Comments

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