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		<title>The eight myths of Holy damage, debunked</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holy damage is considered useful for a wide variety of reasons, and yet is only available to smite priests and paladins. Here&#8217;s eight reasons you might&#8217;ve heard why Holy damage is considered a great asset in any DPS situation&#8211;and whether it&#8217;s true or not!

There&#8217;s no resistance to Holy damage. This is true. Races and classes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_295" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 288px"><img class="size-full wp-image-295 " title="Respecing" src="http://johannah.kourtnie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/joh_respecing.jpg" alt="Your PvP dual spec might benefit from holy damage :)" width="278" height="283" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Your PvP dual spec might benefit from holy damage <img src='http://johannah.kourtnie.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></div>
<p>Holy damage is considered useful for a wide variety of reasons, and yet is only available to <a title="Lvl 80 smite priest guide" href="http://johannah.kourtnie.net/smite-priest-guide/" target="_blank">smite priests</a> and paladins. Here&#8217;s eight reasons you might&#8217;ve heard why Holy damage is considered a great asset in any DPS situation&#8211;and whether it&#8217;s true or not!</p>
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<li><strong>There&#8217;s no resistance to Holy damage. </strong>This is true. Races and classes reliant on resistance as part of their makeup will find no solace against Holy damage, making it ideal in PvP.</li>
<li><strong> Holy damage bypasses resistance. </strong>I&#8217;ve yet to be able to confirm this, but rumors still float around about how Holy is unaffected by Resilience. I intend on testing this tomorrow. I know for quite some time in <em>Burning Crusade, </em>this rumor had a ring of truth to it.</li>
<li><strong>Holy damage hits undead  creatures harder. </strong>While some paladin Holy spells are designed specifically to thwart demons and undead, it&#8217;s not a general rule that Holy hits an undead mob any harder than anything else. You&#8217;re thinking too much like <em>Final Fantasy </em>here. <img src='http://johannah.kourtnie.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li><strong>A Retribution paladin can boost a Holy priest&#8217;s damage. </strong>In <em>Burning Crusade, </em>Retribution paladins could use <a title="Seal of Righteousness" href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=21084" target="_blank">Seal of Righteousness</a> to improve Holy damage. Unfortunately, this mechanic was changed in <em>Wrath of the Lich King </em>and no longer benefits Holy priests.</li>
<li><strong>There are no abilities that reduce Holy damage. </strong>Mages have the means to reduce/absorb Fire and Frost damage; mobs everywhere can avoid Nature and Shadow. But are there any that spite Holy? Believe it or not, a few mobs in <em>World of Warcraft </em>have <a title="Damage Reduction: Holy" href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=34336" target="_blank">Damage Reduction: Holy</a>; check out which ones are able to thwart your spells!</li>
<li><strong>There are mobs that are vulnerable to Holy damage. </strong>Just like how there are a few random mobs that reduce Holy damage, there&#8217;s a few that take increased Holy damage&#8211;and they&#8217;re not necessarily undead! A good example is <a title="Vek'nilash, Twin Emperors" href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Twin_Emperors" target="_blank">Vek&#8217;nilash</a>. Nice and random.</li>
<li><strong>There will be a Holy form released some day that benefits Holy as much as Shadow benefits from Shadowform. </strong>In Sunwell Plateau, there were priests that could use <a title="Holyform" href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=46565#comments" target="_blank">Holyform</a> and started a speculation pre-WotLK. Talk about the new expansion seems to stir this up here-and-there again. Unfortunately, even if Holyform was released, it would more than likely only affect healing spells. Holy damage isn&#8217;t going to see anything useful here.</li>
<li><strong>There&#8217;s only one wand in the game that does Holy damage. </strong>In vanilla WoW, this was true, and it was the <a title="Wand of Eternal Light" href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=22254" target="_blank">Wand of Eternal Light</a> specifically. You can find all kinds of random forum posts from the ancient days about it. Now, <a title="Six Holy damage wands" href="http://www.wowhead.com/?items=2.19&amp;filter=cr=35;crs=1;crv=0" target="_blank">there are six of them</a>, including <a title="Nurturing Touch" href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45713" target="_blank">Nurturing Touch</a> from 10M Auriaya and <a title="Fading Glow" href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40245" target="_blank">Fading Glow</a> from 25M Loatheb.</li>
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<p>Do you know any random trivia that may be a real benefit&#8211;or a debunked myth?&#8211;to Holy damage? Feel free to share! <img src='http://johannah.kourtnie.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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