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Holy Word: Serenity

Holy Word: Serenity

1.782% of base mana	40 yd range

Instant	10 sec cooldown

Requires Priest
Requires level 20

Instantly heals the target for (415.294% of Spell power), and increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells on the target by 25% for 6 sec.

Buff

Holy Word: Serenity

Critical effect chance of heals from the Priest increased by 25%.
6 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

6 seconds

School

Holy

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

1.782% of base mana

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

10 seconds

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Heal
Value: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Mod Critical Strike %
Value: 25%
Affected Spells:

Flash Heal	Holy Word: Serenity	Prayer of Mending
Divine Star	Halo	Cascade
Cascade	Divine Star	Halo
Circle of Healing	Renew	Heal
Prayer of Healing	Binding Heal

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Healing Priest Guide (Disc/Holy)

Warlords of Draenor
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Comment by Ketho

* Updated for PTR 4.1.0.13875 -- 2011.04.12 + / Heal / Flash Heal / Binding Heal = Chakra: Serenity
+ Prayer of Mending / Prayer of Healing = Chakra: Sanctuary
+ Smite / Mind Spike = Chakra: Chastise--
Holy Word: Chastise + Chakra: Serenity = Holy Word: Serenity
Holy Word: Chastise + Chakra: Sanctuary = Holy Word: Sanctuary

Comment by Shrikesnest

A very potent, often-overlooked little spell. Actually costs less than a regular Heal, but heals for more. On top of that, it's instant cast and has a powerful buff on it as well. The cooldown on it is very short (especially talented), so it can basically be used at will. Some uses for it:

It's weaker than Flash Heal, but significantly cheaper and faster to cast, plus it buffs the crit chance of any heals you cast after it, so it's a very good "Oh Crap!" spell.
Cast immediately before or after a Heal spell to increase output, netting you healing close to a Greater Heal in roughly the same timeframe, but for a fraction of the mana.
Remember that your HoTs can crit, too, so casting this on your tank on cooldown to improve the buff's uptime can vastly improve your preventative healing through Renew.
Pound-for-pound the cheapest healing spell you've got. If you're having trouble with your mana efficiency in Heroics, you probably aren't using this spell enough.

Overall, I'd say this is one of the more powerful additions to the Holy Priest's toolbox. A much better instant heal than Empowered Touch, if nothing else.

Comment by SkiRed

For those using Vuhdo, simply put Holy Word: Chastise in the spell box.

When you're in Chakra, it will automatically use the correct Holy Word Spell for your state.

i.e. when in Chakra: Serenity it will cast Holy Word: Serenity.

Comment by SoulFire54

Anyone else notice that the icon is a hand holding a sword? I may be completely wrong, but I do not associate swords with serenity.

Comment by Leviticusce

Sword = Serenity. Peace through superior weaponry!

Comment by sylancer

Holy Word: Serenity increases the critical effect chance of the Priest's healing spells on the target by 25% for 6 sec.

enter reduce mana cost of Holy Word: Serenity by 15%.
Holy Word: Chastise automatically changed by switching Chakra:

Chakra: Sanctuary transforms Holy Words to Holy Word: Sanctuary, reduce Circle of Healing's CD by 2 sec, and increase healing of these spells by 25%:

Chakra: Serenity transforms Holy Words to Holy Word: Serenity, increase healing of these spells by 25%, and cause these spells and Cascade to refresh the duration of Renew:

Chakra: Chastise transforms Holy Words back to Holy Word: Chastise, grants Smite a 10% chance to reset the CD of Holy Word: Chastise, reduces the mana cost of Smite and Holy Fire by 90%, and increase damage of these spells by 50%:

Priest PvP Healing 2P Bonus Holy Spark cause Prayer of Mending trigger Holy Spark on the initial target, increase healing received from the Priest's next Holy Word: Serenity within 10 sec by 50%.

Comment by BlizzardCS

Hello guys,

Just wanted to let you know that there’s a bug at the moment with Holy Word: Serenity that prevents it from working with mouseover macros. It’s not an interface or addon issue, but a bug on the game, so you don’t have to reset your interface or redo your macros because of this. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused and hope it will be fixed as soon as it’s possible.

Comment by Borgthor

Was just awarded this spell (6.0.2), Holy Word: Serenity at level 20 on a priest.

Unfortunately, Chakra: Serenity isn't awarded until level 56.

So... I can't use this spell, and it doesn't even show up in my spell book.

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