Flash of Light

Flash of Light
Flash of Light Level 14 paladin ability 40 yd range 37.8% of base mana 1.5 sec cast A quick, expensive heal that heals a friendly target for (X + 112% of spell power).
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Holy
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	14
Modified by	[Glyph of Flash of Light]
Improvements	[Tower of Radiance]

Flash of Light is designed to be the Holy Paladin's quick cast heal. It is considerably faster than [Holy Light] or [Divine Light], and is more powerful than [Holy Light], but is the least efficient of the three spells. A Holy Paladin who casts Flash of Light too much risks running out of mana.

It is learned at level 14.

Tips & 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 Divine Light or Holy Light to go off) and when [Holy Shock] is not available.

Improvements

• [Tower of Radiance]

• Glyph of Flash of Light
• Major Glyph
• 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%.
• Classes: Paladin
• Requires Level 25
• Sell Price: 1

Patch changes

• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Mana cost has been increased to 31% of base mana, up from 27%.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This spell no longer causes a heal-over-time effect unless the player has the [Infusion of Light] talent.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
  • [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 (2008-11-04): [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 (2007-11-13): [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 (2004-11-07): Added.
  

External links

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• WoWDB