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General

  • Holy damage is a damage type caused by some Monk and Dervish skills, and many monk weapons.
  • A few Monk and Dervish skills convert weapon damage to Holy damage.
  • Skills causing Holy damage often ignore armor.
  • Weapons causing Holy damage do not ignore armor.
  • Holy damage is neither physical nor elemental damage.
  • Nothing protects specifically against Holy damage.
  • The Necromancer's Tormentor's insignia takes additional damage from holy damage.
  • Holy damage deals double damage to undead creatures, such as minions. It also deals double damage to a few non-undead creatures, such as the Phantoms in the Ring of Fire Islands.

Related Skills

For a list of Holy damage skills, see Holy damage skills quick reference.


Damage types
Physical damage: Blunt damageSlashing damagePiercing damage
Elemental damage: Cold damageEarth damageFire damageLightning damage
Others: Chaos damageDark damageHoly damageShadow damage
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