Holy Bolt Class: Paladin Required Level: 6 Skill Tree: Combat Skills Active Cost: 2 Mana A bolt of divine energy that damages demons and undead or heals allies Damage Type: Magic Synergies: Fist of the Heavens, Prayer Other Stats: Only damages Undead and Demon enemies; Does not harm allies; pierces targets |
Holy Bolt is a Paladin Skill in Diablo II.
Lore[]
The Paladin can learn to summon bolts formed of pure, righteous energies. These projectiles are vessels of life, bane to the undead, and succor to the faithful. At the battle of Taelohn Bridge, the villagers feared the day was lost when an army of the walking dead besieged them. Just as the battered militia was about to be overwhelmed, a small band of Paladins appeared. Wading through the rotting carcasses of the living dead and hurling spheres of pure Light that expelled the evil controlling the battling corpses while renewing the strength of the remaining villagers.
General Information[]
Holy Bolt is unique in that it is both a healing tool and a damaging skill. This is an improvement over the original spell, which could only do damage.
Unfortunately, its power is effective only against enemies of the Undead and Demon subtype. While there is no shortage of Undead or Demon enemies on which this skill can be unleashed, it does not possess the raw damage potential of other skills (although this is compensated by completely ignoring enemies' resistances). However, it is effective if you can get enemies lined up or you utilize chokepoints. As a healing power, Holy Bolt is still a sometimes useful utility skill, and can heal several hundred Life points per second if specialized accordingly.
Holy Bolt was buffed in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.
Holy Bolt does not heal Undead minions or allies, but it doesn't hurt them, either. The healing effect, however, works on hirelings, Golems, and party members.
Holy Bolt pierces targets, both hostile and friendly.
Despite what D2R patch v2.4 notes say, the damage was not increased by 50% while the Blessed Hammer synergy was removed[1] [2].
Synergies[]
- Gives Synergy to :
- Fist of the Heavens: +15% Magic Damage Per Level
- Receives Synergy from :
- Fist of the Heavens: +50% Magic Damage Per Level
- Prayer: +20% Life Healed Per Level
Skill Progression[]
Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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Mana Cost | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Life Healed | 1–6 | 3–10 | 5–14 | 7–18 | 9–22 | 11–26 | 13–30 | 15–34 | 17–38 | 19–42 | 21–46 | 23–50 | 25–54 | 27–58 | 29–62 | 31–66 | 33–70 | 35–74 | 37–78 | 39–82 |
Magic Damage | 8-16 | 16-24 | 24-32 | 32-40 | 40-48 | 48-56 | 56-64 | 64-72 | 74-83 | 84-94 | 94-105 | 104-116 | 114-127 | 124-138 | 134-149 | 144-160 | 157-175 | 170-190 | 183-205 | 196-220 |
Level | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
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Mana Cost | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Life Healed | 41-86 | 43-90 | 45-94 | 47-98 | 49-102 | 51-106 | 53-110 | 55-114 | 57-118 | 59-122 | 61-126 | 63-130 | 65-134 | 67-138 | 69-142 | 71-146 | 73-150 | 75-154 | 77-158 | 79-162 |
Magic Damage | 209-235 | 222-250 | 238-268 | 254-286 | 270-304 | 286-322 | 302-340 | 318-358 | 338-381 | 358-404 | 378-427 | 398-450 | 418-473 | 438-496 | 458-519 | 478-542 | 498-565 | 518-588 | 538-611 | 558-634 |
Level | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
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Mana Cost | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
Life Healed | 81-166 | 83-170 | 85-174 | 87-178 | 89-182 | 91-186 | 93-190 | 95-194 | 97-198 | 99-202 | 101-206 | 103-210 | 105-214 | 107-218 | 109-222 | 111-226 | 113-230 | 115-234 | 117-238 | 119-242 |
Magic Damage | 578-657 | 598-680 | 618-703 | 638-726 | 658-749 | 678-772 | 698-795 | 718-818 | 738-841 | 758-864 | 778-887 | 798-910 | 818-933 | 838-956 | 858-979 | 878-1002 | 898-1025 | 918-1048 | 938-1071 | 958-1094 |
Trivia[]
- Greater Mummies hurl black Unholy Bolts similar to Holy Bolt which deal damage to living enemies and heal undead in their path.
- In Warcraft III, Paladins have a Holy Light spell with exact same functionality: healing allies and damaging hostile undead.
Combat Skills — Sacrifice • Smite • Holy Bolt • Zeal • Charge • Vengeance • Blessed Hammer • Conversion • Holy Shield • Fist of the Heavens
Defensive Auras — Prayer • Resist Fire • Resist Cold • Resist Lightning • Defiance • Cleansing • Vigor • Meditation • Redemption • Salvation
Offensive Auras — Might • Holy Fire • Thorns • Blessed Aim • Concentration • Holy Freeze • Holy Shock • Sanctuary • Fanaticism • Conviction