Illumination (Classic)

Illumination
Illumination (5 ranks) After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a X% chance to gain Mana equal to 30% of the base cost of your spell.
Requirements
Class	Paladin
Properties
Affects	Holy Light, [Flash of Light], [Holy Shock]

For the epic staff, see  [Illumination].

Rank table

Rank	Mana gain chance
1	20%
2	40%
3	60%
4	80%
5	100%

Talent overview

• After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a chance to gain Mana equal to 30% of the base cost of the spell.
• Illumination is a talent in the Holy tree, you will need to spend 15 points in Holy to max it.

Affected abilities

• Holy Light
• [Holy Shock]
• [Flash of Light]

Notes

Prior to Patch 2.1.0, Illumination granted a 100% mana gain after a related crit. While 2.1 was being tested on the PTR, the "new" Illumination talent was initially 50% before being adjusted to 60% for release. This resulted in many Holy-specced Paladins who had been focusing on spell critical strike gear to change their focus to equipment that provided more mana per 5 seconds.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): This talent now returns 30% of the mana cost of the spell instead of 60%.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): This talent now only gives 50% of the mana cost of the critical heal. It also now returns the correct amount of mana when used with ranks 4 and 5 of Holy Shock.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB