Holy Shock, a WoW Forever Paladin ability

In the Holy tab of the Paladin spellbook. Every rank: Enemy: 20 yd range, Friendly: 40 yd range, Instant, 10 sec cooldown. Holy school. Scales with 42.9% of spell power (direct), 42.9% of spell power (heal).

What Holy Shock does, rank by rank 4 ranks

Level	Rank and what it does
30	Rank 1 (with the talent) new Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally. 160 Mana.
40	Rank 2 changed Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 175 to 189 Holy damage to an enemy, or 150 to 162 healing to an ally. 225 Mana. Classic: Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 204 to 220 Holy damage to an enemy, or 204 to 220 healing to an ally. 20 yd range, 30 sec cooldown.
48	Rank 3 changed Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 248 to 268 Holy damage to an enemy, or 221 to 239 healing to an ally. 275 Mana. Classic: Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 279 to 301 Holy damage to an enemy, or 279 to 301 healing to an ally. 20 yd range, 30 sec cooldown.
56	Rank 4 changed Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 334 to 362 Holy damage to an enemy, or 307 to 333 healing to an ally. 325 Mana. Classic: Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 365 to 395 Holy damage to an enemy, or 365 to 395 healing to an ally. 20 yd range, 30 sec cooldown.

What changed from Classic

Rank 1 is new, ranks 2 to 4 changed. New in Forever. A new low rank. Classic's Holy Shock began at level 40, which is Forever's rank 2.

Talents that change Holy Shock 6

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  Healing LightHoly row 2 (level 15), 3 ranks. At 3/3: Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 12%.
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  Infusion of LightHoly row 4 (level 25), 2 ranks. At 2/2: Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 1.0 sec.
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  IlluminationHoly row 4 (level 25), 5 ranks. At 5/5: After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.
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  Divine FavorHoly row 4 (level 25), 1 rank. When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.
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  Holy PowerHoly row 6 (level 35), 5 ranks. At 5/5: Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 15%, and all other spells by 5%.
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  Light's VigilHoly row 7 (level 40), 1 rank. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes enemy targets to suffer 175 to 189 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost, or allied targets to heal their party for 325 to 343.

Questions

What level do you get Holy Shock in WoW Forever?

With the Holy Shock talent: Holy row 5 opens at 20 points, level 30 at the earliest; later ranks are trained at 40, 48 and 56 (beta client spellbook, build 70291).

Is Holy Shock a talent in WoW Forever?

Yes: the Holy Shock talent (Holy row 5, 1 rank) teaches rank 1, and a trainer the later ranks.

Did Holy Shock change from Classic?

Yes: rank 1 is new, ranks 2 to 4 changed. Rank 4 now reads "Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 334 to 362 Holy damage to an enemy, or 307 to 333 healing to an ally." where Classic read "Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 365 to 395 Holy damage to an enemy, or 365 to 395 healing to an ally."

What is the cast time and cooldown of Holy Shock?

Instant at every rank; cooldown 10 sec (Classic: 30 sec). From the beta client's tooltip, build 70291.

Last checked against beta build 1.60.1.70291 on 8 Oct 2026. Classic's text from the Classic client.

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