I'm not sure why but wowhead, thottbot, and allakhazam all say flash of light heals for 448-502, but the tooltip in game says 458-513. Even with no talents and no armor on it says 458-513, so I changed the wiki entry to reflect that.
- This is because when you learn the spell at level 66, your base healing is 448 to 502. For the first few levels after you learn the spell, the base increases, and at level 70 it is 458 to 513. For example, Flash of Light Rank 1 heals 67 to 77 at level 70, despite having learned it level 20 when it was 62 to 72. So, WoWHead, Thottbot, and Allakhazam are all correct, but only for the level the spell is trained at. I don't know if there is a formula to this or if it's arbitrary, but it *is* important, because the last level a spell increases in base value affects +healing for downranked spells. Roncli 23:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
The most useless heal
Well the heading says it all... I think this is the most useless heal in the game (and everyone takes paladins for healers for what ?? - holy light, flash of light and holy shock (with it's 30 sec cd)) i am not buying this. Shaman's weakest heals are ten thousand times better than the ones for paladins. Can anyone explain to my as to why this spell is so widely used? It has a low cast time or what (1,5 secs). I don't see how can this spell get any better without any crazy healing gear and that still wouldn't be enough to top a shaman (if he is on restoration). Someone care to explain, because i am extremely puzzled :/ ! (and don't try to give me the "divine favor" critical - it's ten times better to get a critical from holy light). Also lesser healing wave's cast time is 1,5 secs as well and it heals far more !!! I simply can't get it ....
- Combine this with Blessing of Light on target, Blessing of Wisdom on yourself, and a full range of holy talents, and you can effectively spam flash of light around various targets for next to no mana cost. It's lovely. ----
Varghedin talk / contribs 18:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- It is because critical Holy Light in 90% cases is overheal. Besides, Flash of Light has one of the largest HpM (Healing per Mana) stat. A paladin under the Blessing of Wisdom can spam FoL for a really long time, casting Holy Light once a 15 secs for Lights Grace proc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Unlogic (talk · contr).
Hmm.... Well those things are nice and i admit holy light overheals a lot, but maybe i wrote the heading wrong. Perhaps i should have called it "the most useless PvP heal". Fact is without the blessing of light and the holy talents this heal has the smallest heal amount of all spells isn't that true ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grievous (talk · contr).
Well, as I'm not a PvPer, I'm not sure of the theory for that, though I'd imagine burst healing would come more in handy in PvP, so yes, I suppose the mana efficiency from Flash of Light isn't as useful as in most PvP fights, which can last up to ten minutes or more. However, it still has its purposes. Like in most PvP cases, in PvP it can provide a string of mana efficient heals until a big heal is needed (HL). --CommonsNat (talk) 21:26, 8 October 2008 (UTC)