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How the 38/13/0 build works
Holy to Light's Vigil, Forever's new 31-point talent, through Illumination, Divine Favor, Holy Shock and Holy Power. It takes most of Forever's new Holy talents on the way: Voice of Truth, Reverence, Purifying Power, Infusion of Light and Divine Precision.
Thirteen points in Protection buy Toughness, Precision and Guardian's Favor, with three in Anticipation. The alternative build swaps three Holy points for a deeper Protection side.
Leveling a Holy Paladin
We don't give Holy its own leveling route: most players level as another Paladin spec and switch at 60. Level with one of these, one talent point a level from 10, then respec into the build above:
Every talent in the Holy Paladin build
Each talent with its Forever tooltip at the rank the build takes.
Holy· 38 points
Divine Strength 2/5
Increases your Strength by 4%.
Divine Intellect 5/5
Increases your total Intellect by 10%.
Healing Light 3/3
Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 12%.
Spiritual Focus 2/2
Gives your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Light's Vigil spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Unyielding Faith 2/2
Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 30%.
Voice of Truth 1/1New in Forever
Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects for 6 sec.
Reverence 3/3New in Forever
Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Purifying Power 2/2New in Forever
Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 20% and reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 33%.
Infusion of Light 2/2New in Forever
Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 1.0 sec.
Illumination 5/5
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.
Divine Favor 1/1
When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.
Divine Precision 3/3New in Forever
Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%.
Holy Shock 1/1
Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 134 Holy damage to an enemy, or 114 healing to an ally.
Holy Power 5/5
Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 15%, and all other spells by 5%.
Light's Vigil 1/1New in Forever
Applies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes enemy targets to suffer 182 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost, or allied targets to heal their party for 324. You may only have one Light's Vigil active per party.
Protection· 13 points
Toughness 5/5
Increases your armor value from items by 10%.
Precision 3/3
Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
Guardian's Favor 2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.
Anticipation 3/5
Increases your Defense Skill by 12.
New Holy talents in WoW Forever
The 8 talents in Forever's Holy tree that Classic does not have, shown at full rank. Another 5 carry over from Classic with different ranks, positions or numbers.
Improved Seals · row 2, 3 ranks
Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 15%.
Voice of Truth · row 3, 1 rank
Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects for 6 sec.
Reverence · row 3, 3 ranks
Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Purifying Power · row 3, 2 ranks
Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 20% and reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 33%.
Infusion of Light · row 4, 2 ranks
Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 1.0 sec.
Divine Precision · row 5, 3 ranks
Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%.
Consecrated Ground · row 5, 2 ranks
Gives your Holy spells 10% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.
Light's Vigil · row 7, 1 rank
Applies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes enemy targets to suffer 182 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost, or allied targets to heal their party for 324. You may only have one Light's Vigil active per party.
Questions
What are the best Holy Paladin talents in WoW Forever?
Our recommended Holy Paladin build is 38/13/0: Holy to Light's Vigil, Guardian's Favor from Protection. It is one of the Forever sim's preset builds. Nobody has played a level 60 yet, so treat it as a starting point until launch on 4 November.
Are WoW Forever's Holy talents the same as Classic's?
No. Forever's Holy tree has 17 talents, and 8 of them do not exist in Classic: Improved Seals, Voice of Truth, Reverence, Purifying Power, Infusion of Light, Divine Precision, Consecrated Ground and Light's Vigil. Another 5 have different ranks, positions or numbers. The tree is still seven rows deep, and each row still needs five points spent above it.
What is the Holy 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
Light's Vigil, which is new in Forever. Applies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes enemy targets to suffer 182 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost, or allied targets to heal their party for 324. You may only have one Light's Vigil active per party.
How should I level a Holy Paladin in WoW Forever?
Level as Retribution Paladin, then respec to Holy at 60. Few players level as Holy, so we give the leveling routes on those pages: one talent point a level from 10, with no respec on the way.
How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?
51 at level 60, one per level from level 10, as in Classic. The Legacy perk Talented starts them at level 5 instead, which matters for alts while levelling.
Where does this talent data come from?
From the WoW Forever beta client's own talent tables (build 1.60.1.70338), not from Classic. Every tooltip on this page is rendered from the client's spell data, and we checked them against the numbers the beta's own tooltips show. The trees can still change before launch.
