Flash of Light

Flash of Light
	Flash of Light; Level 4 paladin ability; 40 yd range; 10% of base mana; 1.5 sec cast; Expends a large amount of mana to quickly heal a friendly target for (263% of Spell Power).;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	4
Improvements	[Awestruck], [Boundless Salvation], [Cleanse the Weak], [Divine Revelations], [Light's Celerity], [Light's Grace], [Moment of Compassion], [Power of the Silver Hand], [Selfless Healer], [Tower of Radiance], [Veneration]

Flash of Light is a level 4 paladin ability, designed to be the Holy Paladin's quick cast heal. It is considerably faster than [Holy Light], but is the least efficient of the two spells. A Holy Paladin who casts Flash of Light too much risks running out of mana.

Tips and tricks

Flash of Light is a fast but expensive heal. It should only be used when speed is the most important consideration (ie someone is about to die, and won't live long enough for Holy Light to go off) and when [Holy Shock] is not available.

Gallery

Official

Flash of Light in the TCG.
Flash of Light in Hearthstone.

Fan art

Flash of Light by Gino Whitehall.

Patch changes

Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Healing increased by 30%.
Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
- Healing increased by 50%.
- Now costs 18% of base mana for Holy (was 22%).
- Now costs 10% of base mana for Protection/Retribution (was 24%).
- Healing increased by 30% in PvP combat (was 80%).
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02):
- Healing increased by 50% for Holy Paladins in PvP combat (was 25%).
- Healing is now reduced by 30% for Retribution Paladins in PvP combat.
Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): No longer deals increased healing in PvP combat (was 15%).
Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Hotfix (2022-04-26): Holy: Now heals for an additional 25% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 15%). Retribution and Protection Flash of Light unchanged.
Patch 9.2.0 (2022-02-22): Healing increased by 20%.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 4 (was 5).
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Healing increased by 15% in PvP.
Hotfix (2017-06-29): Flash of Light now heals for 15% more in PvP situations.
Hotfix (2017-03-31): Flash of Light now heals for 35% more in PvP situations.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
- Now heals 450% of spell power (was 425%) and costs 18% of base mana (was 16%).
- Now learned at level 5 (was 8).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Healing increased by 41.67%. Now learned at level 8 (was 14).
Hotfix (2014-12-04): Healing has been reduced by 20% for Protection and Retribution Paladins.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now learned at level 14 (was 16).
Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Mana cost has been increased to 31% of base mana, up from 27%.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Mana cost has been increased by approximately 10%.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Rank 1 is now learned at level 16 (was 20).
Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): Flash of Light will now work properly with castsequence macros.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Added.