Holy Shock

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Holy Shock, a Paladin Holy ability, was buffed in WoW Forever: range increased from 20 yd to 40 yd, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip text added: "Healed for 320.", rank text Rank 3 to Rank 4. Now 40 yd range, instant cast, requires level 56. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Holy Shock 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 Shock

Rank 3 · Holy school

20 yd range · Instant

Requires level 56

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Holy Shock

Rank 4 · Holy school

40 yd range · Instant

Requires level 56

Healed for 320.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: maxLevel (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
description	none	Healed for $s1.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 364, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 31, "effect": 10, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 320, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 10, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.07894737 } ]
maxLevel	0	60
rangeIndex	3	5
rangeMaxYards	20	40
subtext	Rank 3	Rank 4

Holy Shock changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Holy Shock

Talents that affect Holy Shock

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Questions about Holy Shock

Was Holy Shock nerfed in WoW Forever?

No. Holy Shock was buffed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: range increased from 20 yd to 40 yd, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip text added: "Healed for 320.", rank text Rank 3 to Rank 4.

What changed for Holy Shock in WoW Forever?

Range increased from 20 yd to 40 yd, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip text added: "Healed for 320.", rank text Rank 3 to Rank 4. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Holy Shock in WoW Forever?

Holy Shock is a Paladin 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