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| − | ''"A Paladin's healing power need not be relegated solely to great restoration. Sometimes a swift, judicious mending can make all the difference."'' |
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|name=Flash of Light |
|name=Flash of Light |
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+ | |image=spell_holy_flashheal |
| − | |description= |
+ | |description=Expends a large amount of mana to quickly heal a friendly target for (168% of Spell power). |
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+ | |class=Paladin |
| − | |type= |
+ | |type=Healing |
|school=Holy |
|school=Holy |
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| + | |cost=22% of base mana |
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|cast_time=1.5 sec |
|cast_time=1.5 sec |
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| + | |improvements=[[Divine Favor]], [[Fervent Martyr]], [[Guarded by the Light (paladin PvP talent)]] |
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| − | |cooldown=Global |
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| + | |level=4 |
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| − | |improvement=[[Spiritual Focus]], [[Healing Light]], [[Illumination]], [[Divine Favor]], [[Holy Power]], [[Holy Guidance]] |
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| − | |ranks=7 |
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| − | |cost=Mana |
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| + | '''Flash of Light''' is a level 4 [[paladin]] ability, designed to be the Holy Paladin's quick cast heal. It is considerably faster than [[Holy Light]], but is the least efficient of the two spells. A Holy Paladin who casts Flash of Light too much risks running out of mana. |
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| − | 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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| − | == |
+ | ==Improvements== |
| + | *[[Divine Favor]] (Holy honor talent) |
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| + | *[[Fervent Martyr]] (Holy talent) |
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| + | *[[Guarded by the Light (paladin PvP talent)]] (Protection PvP talent) |
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| − | ! Rank || Level || Base mana cost || Heal Amt || Cost to learn |
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| − | ! 1 |
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| − | | 20 || 8% || 81 - 93 || {{Cost||40}} |
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| − | |- class="alt" |
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| − | ! 2 |
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| − | | 26 || 8% || 124 - 144 || {{Cost||60}} |
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| − | ! 3 |
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| − | | 34 || 8% || 189 - 211 || {{Cost|1|17}} |
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| − | |- class="alt" |
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| − | ! 4 |
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| − | | 42 || 8% || 256 - 288 || {{Cost|1|89}} |
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| − | |- |
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| − | ! 5 |
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| − | | 50 || 8% || 346 - 390 || {{Cost|2|52}} |
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| − | |- class="alt" |
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| − | ! 6 |
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| − | | 58 || 8% || 445 - 499 || {{Cost|3|96}} |
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| − | |- |
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| − | ! 7 |
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| − | | 66 || 7% || 588 - 658 || {{Cost|7|47}} |
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| − | |- class="alt" |
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| − | ! 8 |
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| − | | 74 || 7% || 682 - 764 || {{cost|20}} |
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| − | |- |
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| − | ! 9 |
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| − | | 79 || 7% || 785 - 879 || {{cost|20}} |
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| − | == |
+ | ==Tips and tricks== |
| + | Flash of Light is a fast but expensive heal. It should only be used when speed is the most important consideration (ie someone is about to die, and won't live long enough for Holy Light to go off) and when [[Holy Shock]] is not available. |
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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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| + | ==Gallery== |
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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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| + | ;Official |
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| + | <gallery> |
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| + | File:Flash of Light TCG.jpg|Flash of Light in the [[TCG]]. |
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| + | File:Flash of Light HS.jpg|{{HS|Flash of Light}} in ''[[Hearthstone (game)|Hearthstone]]''. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ;Fan art |
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| − | 100% of your [[spell power]] is added to your Flash of Light spell. |
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| + | <gallery> |
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| + | File:Flash of Light by Gino Whitehall.jpg|Flash of Light by [[Gino Whitehall]]. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ==Patches and hotfixes== |
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| − | == Improvements == |
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| + | *{{Hotfix|date=2017-03-31|bluenote=Flash of Light now heals for 35% more in PvP situations.|link=http://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20653889/}} |
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| − | === Talents and spells === |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[The Art of War]]|image=Ability Paladin ArtofWar|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 <nowiki>[is reduced by 0.75 sec]/[spell becomes instant cast]</nowiki>.}} |
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| + | **Now heals 450% of spell power (was 425%) and costs 18% of base mana (was 16%). |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Beacon of Light]]|image=Ability Paladin BeaconofLight|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.}} |
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| + | **Now learned at level 5 (was 8).}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Conviction]]|image=Spell Holy RetributionAura|Increases your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1-5%.}} |
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| + | *{{Patch 7.0.3|note=Healing increased by 41.67%.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Divine Favor]]|image=Spell Holy Heal|When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.}} |
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| + | *{{Patch 4.2.0|note=Mana cost has been increased to 31% of base mana, up from 27%.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Divine Illumination]]|image=Spell Holy DivineIllumination|Reduces the mana cost of all spells by 50% for 15 sec.}} |
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| + | *{{Patch 3.3.0|note=This spell no longer causes a heal-over-time effect unless the player has the [[Infusion of Light]] talent.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Divinity]]|image=Spell Holy BlindingHeal|Increases all healing done by you and all healing effects on you by 1-5%.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Healing Light]]|image=Spell Holy HolyBolt|Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light and Flash of Light by 4-12%.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Holy Guidance]]|image=Spell Holy HolyGuidance|Increases your spell damage and healing by 4-20% of your total Intellect.}} |
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| ⚫ | **[[The Art of War (paladin ability)]]: Now only applies to melee critical hits, but will make your next Flash of Light or [[Exorcism]] instant.|comment="{{text|blizz|[[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.}}" ([http://blue.mmo-champion.com/5/17899680710-upcoming-paladin-changes.html source])}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Holy Power]]|image=Spell Holy Power|Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 1-5%.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Illumination]]|image=Spell Holy GreaterHeal|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.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Infusion of Light]]|image=Ability Paladin InfusionofLight|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%.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Judgements of the Pure]]|image=Ability Paladin JudgementofthePure|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.}} |
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| + | *{{Patch 1.1.0|note=Added.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Sheath of Light]]|image=Ability Paladin SheathofLight|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.}} |
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| − | * {{abilities|[[Spiritual Focus]]|image=Spell Arcane Blink|Gives your Holy Light and Flash of Light spells a 14%-70% chance not to lose casting time when you take damage.}} |
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| − | == |
+ | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Flash of Light (Servants of the Betrayer)]], TCG card |
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| − | ; Spell power |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Furious Gladiator's Libram of Justice}} - Increases spell power of Flash of Light by 320. |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Libram of Souls Redeemed}} - Increases spell power of Flash of Light by 89. |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Libram of Light}} (no longer obtainable) - Increases healing done by Flash of Light by up to 83. |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Blessed Book of Nagrand}} - Increases healing done by Flash of Light by up to 79. |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Libram of Divinity}} - Increases healing done by Flash of Light by up to 53. |
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| − | ; Resilience |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Brutal Gladiator's Libram of Justice}} - Causes your Flash of Light to increase the target's Resilience rating by 39 for 6 sec. |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Vengeful Gladiator's Libram of Justice}} - Causes your Flash of Light to increase the target's Resilience rating by 34 for 6 sec. |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Merciless Gladiator's Libram of Justice}} (no longer obtainable) - Equip: Causes your Flash of Light to increase the target's Resilience rating by 31 for 6 sec. |
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| − | *{{item|icon=|Gladiator's Libram of Justice}} (no longer obtainable) - Causes your Flash of Light to increase the target's Resilience rating by 26 for 6 sec. |
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| − | ; Sets |
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| − | *Both {{loot|epic|Gladiator's Lamellar Gauntlets}} and {{loot|epic|Gladiator's Ornamented Gloves}} ([[Arena PvP System|Arena]] class rewards) increase the critical effect chance of Flash of Light by 2%. |
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| − | *The [[Tier 3]] Paladin Set, [[Redemption Armor]], includes a 6-piece set bonus of "Your Flash of Light and [[Holy Light (paladin ability)|Holy Light]] spells have a chance to imbue your target with [[Holy Power (set bonus)|Holy Power]]." |
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| − | *The Holy-centric [[Tier 6]] Paladin Armor Set [[Lightbringer Armor|Lightbringer Raiment]] includes a 4-set bonus that increases the healing from your Flash of Light ability by 5%. |
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| − | === Glyphs === |
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| − | |Glyph of Flash of Light |
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| − | |Glyph of Seal of Light |
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| − | |Glyph of Seal of Wisdom}} |
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| − | == Patch changes == |
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| ⚫ | **[[The Art of War]]: Now only applies to melee critical hits, but will make your next Flash of Light or [[Exorcism]] instant.|comment="{{text|blizz|[[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.}}" ([http://blue.mmo-champion.com/5/17899680710-upcoming-paladin-changes.html source])}} |
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| − | === Patch 3.2.0 notes === |
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| − | 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. |
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| − | ; The cons |
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| − | * [[Illumination]] is taking a ''50% nerf,'' from 60% mana returned to 30% |
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| − | * All sources of [[Replenishment]] are also taking a 20% hit plus its tick was converted to [[mp5]], so it will no longer tick every second |
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| − | ; The pros |
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| − | * Most [[mp5]] items are getting 25% boost to their mp5 stat |
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| − | * [[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. |
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| − | To summarize, each [[Holy Light (paladin ability)|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 [[oom]], so Flash of Light will have to be used more often and effectively to keep from running out of mana. |
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Revision as of 19:14, 6 June 2021
| Flash of Light | |
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| Properties | |
| Class | Paladin |
| School | Holy |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
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| Level learned | 4 |
| Improvements |
 [Divine Favor],  [Fervent Martyr],  [Guarded by the Light] |
Flash of Light is a level 4 paladin ability, designed to be the Holy Paladin's quick cast heal. It is considerably faster than 
[Holy Light], but is the least efficient of the two spells. A Holy Paladin who casts Flash of Light too much risks running out of mana.
Improvements
[Divine Favor] (Holy honor talent)- [Fervent Martyr] (Holy talent)
- [Guarded by the Light] (Protection PvP talent)
Tips and tricks
Flash of Light is a fast but expensive heal. It should only be used when speed is the most important consideration (ie someone is about to die, and won't live long enough for Holy Light to go off) and when 
[Holy Shock] is not available.
Gallery
- Official
Flash of Light in the TCG.
- Fan art
Flash of Light by Gino Whitehall.
Patches and hotfixes
- Hotfix (2017-03-31): Flash of Light now heals for 35% more in PvP situations.
- Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
- Now heals 450% of spell power (was 425%) and costs 18% of base mana (was 16%).
- Now learned at level 5 (was 8).
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Healing increased by 41.67%.
- Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Mana cost has been increased to 31% of base mana, up from 27%.
- Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This spell no longer causes a heal-over-time effect unless the player has the [Infusion of Light] talent.
- Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
- [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 [Exorcism] instant.
- " [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)
- Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): [Infusion of Light] now affects Flash of Light too, reducing its cast time down to zero and can be used while moving.
- Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): Flash of Light and Holy Light (old) will now work properly with
castsequencemacros. - Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): [Blessing of Light]: Lower ranks of Flash of Light and Holy Light (old) are now properly penalized when used with this Blessing.
- Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Added.
See also
- Flash of Light, TCG card
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