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'''Flash of Light''' quickly heals a friendly target for a small amount. When combined with [[Illumination]] and [[Sacred Shield]], this is a very mana efficient spell, although it will not provide nearly the heals per second that [[Holy Light (paladin ability)|Holy Light]] spam provides, at least in [[Patch 3.1.0]]. Thus in [[PvE]] it generally considered an inferior spell. See [[#Patch changes|patch changes]] below for more details about upcoming changes to paladin healing.
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'''Flash of Light''' quickly heals a friendly target for a small amount. When combined with [[Illumination]] and [[Sacred Shield]], this is a very mana efficient spell. While most Holy Paladins utilize Flash of Light to some extent; there is considerable debate between paladins that use Flash of Light as their core PvE healing spell, and those who prefer [[Holy Light (paladin ability)|Holy Light]].
   
 
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== Tips & Tricks ==
  
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During the [[Burning Crusade]] expansion, "Flash of Light spam" was a popular style of healing for holy paladins in [[PvE]], but since [[Wrath of the Lich King]] was released, this style has fallen largely out of fashion and for good reason. The specialty niche for paladins as healers has always been single-target healing (heal the main tank), and Flash of Light is just not powerful enough to do the job. A geared paladin who can skillfully time cooldowns can effectively ''spam'' [[Holy Shock]] and [[Holy Light (paladin ability)|Holy Light]] without too much of a mana problem, reducing the need to hardly ever use the more mana efficient Flash of Light spell. It remains to be seen, however, whether this will continue with the release of patch 3.2, and the 50% reduction in mana return from healing spell criticals due to [[Illumination]]
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During the [[Burning Crusade]] expansion, "Flash of Light spam" was a popular style of healing for holy paladins in [[PvE]]. During the early phases of [[Wrath of the Lich King]] Flash spam fell out of fasion due to the nearly unlimited mana made possible by [[Divine Plea]] and [[Illumination]]. As the expansion has progressed, there have been several nerfs to Paladin mana regeneration. With the mana nerfs, the increased availability of high spell power gear, and increased availability of sockets allowing further spell power increases, Flash of Light spamming has re-emerged in PvE healing. There is considerable disagreement over whether Flash of Light spamming is sufficiant for the tank healing niche of Holy Paladins in raids, but it appears some paladins are using it sucsessfully.
   
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However, this spell is popular in [[PvP]], for both holy and retribution specs. [[The Art of War]] (deep in the retribution tree) or 2/2 [[Infusion of Light]] (deep in the holy tree) give procs that make Flash of Light an instant cast spell. Especially for players who have a high enough rating to purchase the {{item|icon=|Furious Gladiator's Libram of Justice}}, this is a very powerful spell.
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This spell is popular in [[PvP]], for both holy and retribution specs. [[The Art of War]] (deep in the retribution tree) or 2/2 [[Infusion of Light]] (deep in the holy tree) give procs that make Flash of Light an instant cast spell. Especially for players who have a high enough rating to purchase the {{item|icon=|Furious Gladiator's Libram of Justice}}, this is a very powerful spell.
   
 
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Flash of Light
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  • Flash of Light (9 ranks)
  • Paladin ability
  • 40 yards yd range
  • 7% of base mana
  • global cooldown
  • 1.5 sec cast
  • Heals a friendly target for X.
Properties
Class Paladin
School Holy
Cooldown Global
Improvements Spell nature giftofthewild [Spiritual Focus], Spell holy holybolt [Healing Light], Ability priest cascade [Illumination], Spell holy heal [Divine Favor], Holy Power, Spell holy prayerofhealing02 [Holy Guidance]

[[Category:paladin abilities]][[Category:paladin abilities]]

Flash of Light quickly heals a friendly target for a small amount. When combined with Ability priest cascade [Illumination] and Ability paladin blessedmending [Sacred Shield], this is a very mana efficient spell. While most Holy Paladins utilize Flash of Light to some extent; there is considerable debate between paladins that use Flash of Light as their core PvE healing spell, and those who prefer Holy Light.

Rank table

Rank Level Healing Cost to learn
1 20 81 - 93 40s
2 26 124 - 144 60s
3 34 189 - 211 1g 17s
4 42 256 - 288 1g 89s
5 50 346 - 390 2g 52s
6 58 445 - 499 3g 96s
7 66 588 - 658 7g 47s
8 74 682 - 764 20g
9 79 785 - 879 20g

Tips & Tricks

During the Burning Crusade expansion, "Flash of Light spam" was a popular style of healing for holy paladins in PvE. During the early phases of Wrath of the Lich King Flash spam fell out of fasion due to the nearly unlimited mana made possible by Inv glove plate raidpaladinmythic q 01 [Divine Plea] and Ability priest cascade [Illumination]. As the expansion has progressed, there have been several nerfs to Paladin mana regeneration. With the mana nerfs, the increased availability of high spell power gear, and increased availability of sockets allowing further spell power increases, Flash of Light spamming has re-emerged in PvE healing. There is considerable disagreement over whether Flash of Light spamming is sufficiant for the tank healing niche of Holy Paladins in raids, but it appears some paladins are using it sucsessfully.

This spell is popular in PvP, for both holy and retribution specs. The Art of War (deep in the retribution tree) or 2/2 Ability paladin infusionoflight [Infusion of Light] (deep in the holy tree) give procs that make Flash of Light an instant cast spell. Especially for players who have a high enough rating to purchase the [Furious Gladiator's Libram of Justice], this is a very powerful spell.

100% of your spell power is added to your Flash of Light spell.

Improvements

Talents and spells

  • Ability paladin artofwar The Art of War — Increases the damage of your Judgement, Crusader Strike and Divine Storm abilities by 5-10% and when these abilities critically hit the cast time of your next Flash of Light [is reduced by 0.75 sec]/[spell becomes instant cast].
  • Ability paladin beaconoflight Ability paladin beaconoflight [Beacon of Light] — The target becomes a Beacon of Light to all targets within a 40 yard radius. Any heals you cast on those targets will also heal the Beacon for 100% of the amount healed. Only one target can be the Beacon of Light at a time. Lasts 1 min.
  • Spell holy retributionaura Ability paladin conviction [Conviction] — Increases your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1-5%.
  • Spell holy heal Spell holy heal [Divine Favor] — When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.
  • Spell holy divineillumination Spell holy divineillumination [Divine Illumination] — Reduces the mana cost of all spells by 50% for 15 sec.
  • Spell holy blindingheal Ability priest ascendance [Divinity] — Increases all healing done by you and all healing effects on you by 1-5%.
  • Spell holy holybolt Spell holy holybolt [Healing Light] — Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light and Flash of Light by 4-12%.
  • Spell holy holyguidance Spell holy prayerofhealing02 [Holy Guidance] — Increases your spell damage and healing by 4-20% of your total Intellect.
  • Spell holy power Holy Power — Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 1-5%.
  • Spell holy greaterheal Ability priest cascade [Illumination] — After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives a 20%-100% chance to gain Mana equal to 30% of the base cost of your spell.
  • Ability paladin infusionoflight Ability paladin infusionoflight [Infusion of Light] — Your Holy Shock critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Flash of Light by 0.75/1.5 sec or increase the critical chance of your next Holy Light by 10%/20%. In addition, causes your Flash of Light to heal targets with Sacred Shield for an additional 50%/100% over 12 sec.
  • Ability paladin judgementofthepure Ability paladin judgementofthepure [Judgements of the Pure] — Increases the damage done by your Seal and Judgement spells by 5-25%, and your Judgement spells increase your casting and melee haste by 3-15% for 1 min.
  • Ability paladin sheathoflight Ability paladin sheathoflight [Sheath of Light] — Increases your spell power by an amount equal to 10-30% of your attack power and your critical healing spells heal the target for 20-60% of the healed amount over 12 seconds.
  • Spell arcane blink Spell nature giftofthewild [Spiritual Focus] — Gives your Holy Light and Flash of Light spells a 14%-70% chance not to lose casting time when you take damage.

Items

Spell power
Resilience
Sets

Glyphs

Patch changes

  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This spell no longer causes a heal-over-time effect unless the player has the Ability paladin infusionoflight [Infusion of Light] talent.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
    • Ability paladin blessedmending [Sacred Shield]: When a paladin casts Flash of Light on a target with this buff, they also now place a heal over time effect on the target, healing that target for 100% of the Flash of Light amount over 12 seconds.
    • The Art of War: Now only applies to melee critical hits, but will make your next Flash of Light or Spell holy excorcism 02 [Exorcism] instant.
    "Spell holy excorcism 02 [Exorcism] has a cast time of 1.5 seconds but can be used on players again. ...we are changing The Art of War to make not only Flash of Light instant, but also Exorcism. Choose healing or damage." (source)
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Ability paladin infusionoflight [Infusion of Light] now affects Flash of Light too, reducing its cast time down to zero and can be used while moving.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): Flash of Light and Holy Light will now work properly with castsequence macros.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Spell holy prayerofhealing02 [Blessing of Light]: Lower ranks of Flash of Light and Holy Light are now properly penalized when used with this Blessing.
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Patch 3.2.0 notes

In Patch 3.2.0, you really have to see the full picture of healing changes in order to really understand how dramatically Flash of Light is changing, in terms of its effectiveness and usefullness.

The cons
  • Ability priest cascade [Illumination] is taking a 50% nerf, from 60% mana returned to 30%
  • All sources of Spell magic managain [Replenishment] are also taking a 20% hit plus its tick was converted to mp5, so it will no longer tick every second
The pros
  • Most mp5 items are getting 25% boost to their mp5 stat
  • Ability paladin beaconoflight [Beacon of Light] is getting a huge buff. Overheals will now heal the beaconed target, the radius will be increased 50% (to 60 yards), and a single target can be affected by multiple beacons.

To summarize, each Holy Light cast by a skilled player may actually be more effective than before the patch, but at a higher cost when you look at the whole mana picture. This will make paladins who continue to spam Holy Light to run out of mana faster, so Flash of Light will have to be used more often and effectively to keep from running out of mana.

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