Holy Bolt

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 it is compensated by completely ignoring enemies' resistances). 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.

Synergies

 * Gives Synergy to :
 * +15% Magic Damage Per Level
 * Receives Synergy from :
 * +50% Magic Damage Per Level
 * Prayer: +20% Life Healed Per Level

Trivia

 * Greater Mummies hurl black Unholy Bolts similar to Holy Bolt which deal damage to living enemies.
 * In Warcraft III, Paladins have a Holy Light spell with exact same functionality: healing allies and damaging hostile undead.