Flash of Light
Flash of Light 40 yd  range 37.8% of base mana 1.5 sec cast A quick, expensive heal that heals a friendly target for X.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Holy
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	14
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• Flash of Light
• 40 yd  range
• 37.8% of base mana
• 1.5 sec cast
• A quick, expensive heal that heals a friendly target for X.

Flash of Light is a core paladin ability learned at level 14. It quickly heals a friendly target for a small amount. While most Holy spec paladins utilize Flash of Light to some extent, there is considerable debate between paladins that use Flash of Light as their core PvE healing spell, and those who prefer [Holy Light].

Modified by

• [Selfless Healer] (talent)
• [Supplication] (core ability)
• [Mastery: Illuminated Healing] ( holy spec ability)
• [Sword of Light] ( retribution spec ability)

2020

• Glyph of Flash of Light
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Paladin
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  When you Flash of Light a target, it increases your next heal done to that target within 7 sec by 10%.
• Sell Price: 1

Tips & Tricks

During the Burning Crusade expansion, "Flash of Light spam" was a popular style of healing for holy paladins in PvE. During the early phases of Wrath of the Lich King Flash spam fell out of fashion due to the nearly unlimited mana made possible by Divine Plea and Illumination. As the expansion progressed, there were several nerfs to Paladin mana regeneration. With the mana nerfs, the increased availability of high spell power gear, and increased availability of sockets allowing further spell power increases, Flash of Light spamming re-emerged in PvE healing. There is considerable disagreement over whether Flash of Light spamming is sufficient for the tank healing niche of Holy Paladins in raids, but it appears some paladins are using it successfully.

112% of your spell power is added to your Flash of Light spell.

Item improvements

Spell power

•  [Wrathful Gladiator's Libram of Justice] - Increases spell power of Flash of Light by 510.
•  [Furious Gladiator's Libram of Justice] - Increases spell power of Flash of Light by 320.
•  [Libram of Souls Redeemed] - Increases spell power of Flash of Light by 89.
•  [Libram of Light] (no longer obtainable) - Increases healing done by Flash of Light by up to 83.
•  [Blessed Book of Nagrand] - Increases healing done by Flash of Light by up to 79.
•  [Libram of Divinity] - Increases healing done by Flash of Light by up to 53.

Resilience

•  [Brutal Gladiator's Libram of Justice] - Causes your Flash of Light to increase the target's Resilience rating by 39 for 6 sec.
•  [Vengeful Gladiator's Libram of Justice] - Causes your Flash of Light to increase the target's Resilience rating by 34 for 6 sec.
•  [Merciless Gladiator's Libram of Justice] (no longer obtainable) - Equip: Causes your Flash of Light to increase the target's Resilience rating by 31 for 6 sec.
•  [Gladiator's Libram of Justice] (no longer obtainable) - Causes your Flash of Light to increase the target's Resilience rating by 26 for 6 sec.

Sets

• Both [Gladiator's Lamellar Gauntlets] and [Gladiator's Ornamented Gloves] (Arena class rewards) increase the critical effect chance of Flash of Light by 2%.
• The Tier 3 Paladin Set, Redemption Armor, includes a 6-piece set bonus of "Your Flash of Light and Holy Light spells have a chance to imbue your target with Holy Power."
• The Holy-centric Tier 6 Paladin Armor Set Lightbringer Raiment includes a 4-set bonus that increases the healing from your Flash of Light ability by 5%.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.2.0 (28-Jun-2011): Flash of Light mana cost has been increased to 31% of base mana, up from 27%. 
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Flash of Light mana cost has been increased by approximately 10%. 
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): This spell no longer causes a heal-over-time effect unless the player has the Infusion of Light talent. 
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Sacred Shield: When a paladin casts Flash of Light on a target with this buff, they also now place a heal over time effect on the target, healing that target for 100% of the Flash of Light amount over 12 seconds. The Art of War: Now only applies to melee critical hits, but will make your next Flash of Light or Exorcism instant. Exorcism has a cast time of 1.5 seconds but can be used on players again. ...we are changing The Art of War to make not only Flash of Light instant, but also Exorcism. Choose healing or damage. (source) 
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (04-Nov-2008): Infusion of Light now affects Flash of Light too, reducing its cast time down to zero and can be used while moving. 
  
• Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): Flash of Light and Holy Light will now work properly with castsequence macros. 
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): Blessing of Light: Lower ranks of Flash of Light and Holy Light are now properly penalized when used with this Blessing. 
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (07-Nov-2004): Added. 
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

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