Holy Nova

This is one of several client rows named Holy Nova, not the player ability. Looking for the spell you cast? See Holy Nova →

Holy Nova, a Priest Holy ability, shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed a value the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 1 effect (235 to 271 to 221 to 255). The client does not say what that changes in play. Instant cast, requires level 52.

Holy Nova tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Holy Nova

Rank 5 · Holy school

Instant

Requires level 52

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Holy Nova

Rank 5 · Holy school

Instant

Requires level 52

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 234, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 37, "effect": 10, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.8, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 238, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 10, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.8, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.1422925 } ]

Holy Nova changes between Forever builds

Same tooltip as Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Holy Nova

Talents that affect Holy Nova

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Holy Nova

Did Holy Nova change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Holy Nova shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed a value the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 1 effect (235 to 271 to 221 to 255).

Which class gets Holy Nova in WoW Forever?

Holy Nova is a Priest ability in WoW Forever, in the Holy spellbook tab.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value