Searing Light

Searing Light, a Priest Holy ability, was changed in WoW Forever: 2 of 2 ranks differ from Classic Era. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Priest talent Searing Light. This is the spell it teaches; the talent's own change is on its page.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Searing Light tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Searing Light

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases the damage of your Smite and Holy Fire spells by 5%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Searing Light

Changed: Physical school

Changed: Increases your Holy damage done by 10%, and gives a 10% chance each time your Holy Fire spell deals periodic damage for your next Holy Nova to cost no Mana.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: 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
description	Increases the damage of your Smite and Holy Fire spells by $s1%.	Increases your Holy damage done by $m1%, and gives a $m2% chance each time your Holy Fire spell deals periodic damage for your next Holy Nova to cost no Mana.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 4, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 4, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 22, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 79, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 42, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 1284536, "variance": 0 } ]
procChance	101	100
subtext	Rank 1	none

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 changed

Searing Light (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 2 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 2, changes marked.

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Rank 1 Rank 2

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Searing Light

Rank 2 · Physical school

Increases the damage of your Smite and Holy Fire spells by 10%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Searing Light

Physical school

Changed: Increases your Holy damage done by 5%, and gives a 10% chance each time your Holy Fire spell deals periodic damage for your next Holy Nova to cost no Mana.

Shown at rank 2 of 2.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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What changed for Searing Light in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed effect values changed, tooltip text changed, rank text Rank 1 to none
• Rank 2 changed rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "Increases your Holy damage done by 5%, and gives a 10% chance each time your Holy Fire spell deals periodic damage for your next Holy Nova to cost no Mana."

Searing Light changes between Forever builds

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