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For the Diablo I spell of the same name, see Holy Bolt (Diablo I).
Holy Bolt
Holybolt

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
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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[]

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Casting animation of Holy Bolt

Skill Progression[]

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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
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
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[]

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  • 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.
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