Holy Shock, a Holy Paladin talent in WoW Forever
Holy Shock is an active talent in row 5 of the Holy tree. It needs 20 points in Holy, so the earliest you can take it is level 30 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It has changed since Classic Era.
Holy Shock
1 rank
- 160 Mana
- Enemy: 20 yd range
- Friendly: 40 yd range
- Instant
- 10 sec cooldown
- Requires 20 points in Holy
Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally.
Every rank of Holy Shock
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally. |
Where it sits in the Holy tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- Each of these needs Holy Shock at 1/1.
- Same row
- Row above (row 4)
- Row below (row 6)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Holy Shock.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its position.
Position
Holy, row 7, column 2
Holy, row 5, column 2
Rank 1 text
Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 204 to 220 Holy damage to an enemy, or 204 to 220 healing to an ally.
Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally.
Open the Paladin talent calculator
All Holy talents
- Divine Strength
- Divine Intellect
- Healing Light
- Spiritual Focus
- Improved Seals
- Unyielding Faith
- Voice of Truth
- Reverence
- Purifying Power
- Infusion of Light
- Illumination
- Divine Favor
- Divine Precision
- Holy Shock
- Consecrated Ground
- Holy Power
- Light's Vigil
The other Paladin trees: Protection and Retribution. Everything that changed for the Paladin since Classic is on the changes page.
Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.