185 Mana · Instant
Holy Nova ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 31 to 36 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 68 to 77. These effects cause no threat.
What Holy Nova does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 29 to 33 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 54 to 62. These effects cause no threat.
Where Holy Nova sits in the Holy tree
Holy Nova is a Holy talent for Priest. You need 10 points in Holy before the row it sits on opens.
- Same row: Blessed Recovery, Inspiration
How often people take Holy Nova
74 of the 180 public Priest builds saved here — 41% — put at least one point in Holy Nova. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage