Smite

Smite
Smite Level 1 Discipline & Holy priest ability 40 yd range 0.5% of base mana 1.5 sec cast Discipline Smites an enemy for (225% of spell power) Holy damage and absorbs the next (225% of spell power) damage dealt by the enemy. Holy Smites an enemy for (225% of spell power) Holy damage and has a 20% chance to reset the cooldown of Holy Fire.
Usable by
Class	Priest
Properties
School	Holy
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	1
Affects	[Holy Fire]
Related debuff
Smite Next (225% of spell power) damage dealt will be absorbed. Duration: 15 seconds

Smite, originally called Holy Smite, is the first priest spell, known by all priests from level 1. Priests that specialize into Shadow will have this spell replaced with [Mind Flay].

Tips and tactics

• Smite is the staple damage spell for Holy and Discipline priests used to fill space in the rotation while other more powerful attacks are on cooldown.
• Thanks to [Atonement], Discipline priests can use Smite to heal their allies.

Trivia

• Holy Smite is a basic Priest spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "It doesn't matter how pious you are. Everyone needs a good smiting now and again."

Gallery

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  In the TCG.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13):
  • Smite damage increased by 16% for Discipline and 25% for Holy.
  • Smite now costs 0.5% of base mana (was 1.0%).
    
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Shadow. Damage increased by 162.8%.
  • Discipline: now prevents 100% of the damage dealt to be dealt by the enemy.
  • Holy: now has a 20% chance to reset the cooldown of [Holy Fire].
    
• Hotfix (2013-12-16): "Resolved an issue where [From Darkness, Comes Light] was not activating correctly from Smite."
  
• Hotfix (2013-06-04): "Smite's cast time should now be correctly reduced by [Borrowed Time]."
  
• Patch 0.12 (2004-10-11): Holy Smite has been renamed to Smite.
  
• Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17): Cast time slightly increased, damage reduced, mana cost reduced.
  
• Patch 0.6 (2004-04-13): Has been moved to levels 1, 6, 14, 22, 30 and 38.
  

See also

• Smite TCG Card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB