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Talents / Paladin / Illumination
Talent · Paladin · Holy changed

Illumination

Illumination was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.", now requires Reverence. Paladin Holy talent, 5 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 5 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Illumination rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Illumination
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.

WoW Forever
Illumination
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

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2 points spent changed

Illumination rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Illumination
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 40% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.

WoW Forever
Illumination
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 40% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

of 5
3 points spent changed

Illumination rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Illumination
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 60% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.

WoW Forever
Illumination
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 60% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

of 5
4 points spent changed

Illumination rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Illumination
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 80% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.

WoW Forever
Illumination
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 80% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

of 5
5 points spent changed

Illumination rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Illumination
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.

WoW Forever
Illumination
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

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Illumination changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
prereqTalent [] [ 137869 ]
rankTexts [ "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.", "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 40% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.", "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 60% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.", "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 80% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.", "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell." ] [ "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.", "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 40% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.", "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 60% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.", "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 80% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.", "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell." ]
rankValues [ [ 20 ], [ 40 ], [ 60 ], [ 80 ], [ 100 ] ] [ [ 20, 50 ], [ 40, 50 ], [ 60, 50 ], [ 80, 50 ], [ 100, 50 ] ]

Questions about Illumination

Was Illumination nerfed in WoW Forever?

Illumination is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: rank 1 reworked: "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.", now requires Reverence.

What changed for Illumination in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.", now requires Reverence. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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