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Holy Nova, a Holy Priest talent in WoW Forever

Holy Nova is an active talent in row 3 of the Holy tree. It needs 10 points in Holy, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It has changed since Classic Era.

Holy Nova

1 rank

  • 185 Mana
  • Instant
  • Requires 10 points in Holy

Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 26 to 30 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 49 to 57. These effects cause no threat.

Every rank of Holy Nova

RankText
Rank 1Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 26 to 30 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 49 to 57. These effects cause no threat.

Where it sits in the Holy tree

Twilight FocusImproved RenewHoly SpecializationSpell WardingDivine FuryHoly NovaBlessed RecoveryInspirationHoly ReachImproved HealingSearing LightBinding HealLitany of LightSpirit of RedemptionSpiritual GuidanceSpiritual HealingPrayer of Mending
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 2)
Row below (row 4)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Holy Nova.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 29 to 33 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 54 to 62. These effects cause no threat.

WoW Forever

Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 26 to 30 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 49 to 57. These effects cause no threat.

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All Holy talents

  1. Twilight Focus
  2. Improved Renew
  3. Holy Specialization
  4. Spell Warding
  5. Divine Fury
  6. Holy Nova
  7. Blessed Recovery
  8. Inspiration
  9. Holy Reach
  10. Improved Healing
  11. Searing Light
  12. Binding Heal
  13. Litany of Light
  14. Spirit of Redemption
  15. Spiritual Guidance
  16. Spiritual Healing
  17. Prayer of Mending

The other Priest trees: Discipline and Shadow. Everything that changed for the Priest 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.