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Paladins are getting a major overhaul in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. The biggest change is to the Seal/Judgement mechanics. Here is a brief explanation of the changes.

Revised Judgement System

Judgements

Judgement has been replaced with three seperate Judgement spells that places a Debuff on the target regardless of the seal being used. Melee Swings still refresh Judgments Debuffs. There is only one Rank of each judgement and they will scale with the paladin's Attack and Spell Power.

• Judgement of Light: (Available at level 4) Each Melee attack on the target has a chance to restore Health to the Attacker.
• Judgement of Wisdom: (Available at level 12) Each attack or spell on the target has a chance to restore mana to the Attacker.
• Judgement of Justice: (Available at level 28) Unleashes the energy of a Seal spell to judge an enemy for 20 sec, preventing them from fleeing and limiting their movement speed.

Judging a target will no longer consume the seal. Every time you cast a judgement holy damage will be inflicted based off the seal currently being used.

Seals

All Seals will only have one rank and will scale based on the paladin's Spell and Attack power. All seals now last 2 minutes before fading.

• Seal of Righteousness
• Seal of Light
• Seal of Wisdom
• Seal of Justice
• Seal of Command
• Seal of Vengeance(A)/Seal of Corruption(H)
• Seal of Blood(H)/Seal of the Martyr(A)

Seal of Blood/Martyr will scale based on weapon damage. (Indirectly scales from Attack power)

All seals do some base level of damage when Judged.

• This includes Seal of Justice, Seal of Wisdom, Seal of Light, and Seal of Vengeance/Corruption ( even when the target has no stack of Debuffs).
• The same Seals that do damage in live when judged (Seal of Righteousness and Seal of Command) still do more damage than Seal of Justice, Seal of Wisdom, Seal of Light in the beta.

Example Scenarios

Example 1:
The Paladin runs up to mob and starts attacking with melee weapon.
All 3 Judgement spells are greyed out and unable to be cast.
The Paladin cast Seal of Light.
Seal of Light buff is now active on the Paladin & ALL THREE JUDGEMENTS (Light/Wisdom/Justice) are now available to be cast.
The Paladin chooses to cast Judgement of WISDOM - three things happen:
1) Seal of LIGHT stays active on the Paladin.
2) Judgement of WISDOM DEBUFF is put on the mob.
3) Mob takes base Holy damage from Judgement spell.

End result: Paladin has Seal of Light's health-regen-on-attack buff, and the mob has Judgement of Wisdom's mana-regen-on-attack Debuff. (Meaning the Paladin is receiving both health and mana back on attack.)

Example 2:
The Paladin runs up to mob and starts attacking with melee weapon.
All 3 Judgement spells are greyed out and unable to be cast.
The Paladin cast Seal of Vengeance/Corruption.
Seal of Vengeance/Corruption buff is now active on the Paladin & ALL THREE JUDGEMENTS (Light/Wisdom/Justice) are now available to be cast.
STACKING SoV/C DEBUFF is placed on the mob next swing doing holy damage over time.
The Paladin chooses to cast Judgement of WISDOM - three things happen:
1) Seal of Vengeance/Corruption stays active on the Paladin.
2) Judgement of WISDOM DEBUFF is put on the mob IN ADDITION TO THE STACKING SoV/C DEBUFF.
3) Mob takes Holy damage from Judgement spell, which is INCREASED by the Seal having an "on Judgement" damage modifier.

End result: The mob now has Seal of Vengeance/Corruption's stacking Holy DoT AND Judgement of Wisdom's mana-regen-on-attack Debuff. (This is NOT a bug as the Seals and Judgements are now separate spells and have their own Debuffs.)

Note: Seal of Vengeance/Corruption are now 100% proc on swing, not "chance on swing".

Here is a useful video demo of the system. (Be sure to read the description on the video's page!)

Notes on listed Abilities/Talents: Abilities and Talent description may not match WoWHead tooltips. All information listed here is based on the very latest updates to Blizzard's official talent calculators and patch notes, which are more up-to-date than the in-game builds from which WoWHead draws its data. We are not responsible for discrepancies in WoWHead's database.

New Trained Abilities

	Ability	Rank	Level	School	Description
	Divine Plea	Rank 01	71	Holy	You gain 25% of your total mana over 15 sec, but the amount healed by your spells is reduced by 20%. (Instant, 1 Minute Cooldown)
	Sacred Shield	Rank 01	80	Holy	Each time the target takes damage they gain a Sacred Shield, absorbing 500 damage and increasing the paladin's chance to critically hit with Flash of Light by 50% for up to 6 sec. They cannot gain this effect more than once every 6 sec. Lasts 30 sec. (12% of base mana, Instant, 40 yd Range)
	Shield of Righteousness	Rank 01	75	Protection	Slam the target with your shield, causing Holy damage equal to your block value plus 300. This spell causes a high amount of threat. (6% of base mana, Instant, 5 yd range, 6 sec cooldown, Requires Shields)
	Seal of Corruption	Rank 01	66	Retribution	Fills the Paladin with holy power, causing attacks to apply Blood Corruption, which deals [(0.013 * SPH + 0.025 * AP) * 6] additional Holy damage over 15 sec. Blood Corruption can stack up to 5 times. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 2 min. Unleashing this Seal's energy will deal [1 + 0.22 * SPH + 0.14 * AP] Holy damage to an enemy, increased by 10% for each application of Blood Corruption on the target. (14% of base mana, Instant Cast, Horde Only)
	Seal of the Martyr	Rank 01	66	Retribution	All melee attacks deal [0.22 * mw] to [0.22 * MW] additional Holy damage, but the Paladin loses health equal to 10% of the total damage inflicted. Lasts 2 min. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing [0.36 * mw + 0.16 * AP + 0.25 * SPH] to [0.36 * MW + 0.16 * AP + 0.25 * SPH] Holy damage at the cost of health equal to 33% of the damage caused. (14% of base mana, Instant Cast, Alliance Only)

New Talents

	Talent	Tier	Tree	Description
	Blessed Hands	05 (20 Pt Req)	Holy	Reduces the mana cost and increases the resistance to Dispel effects of all Hand spells by 15/30%. (2 Ranks)
	Infusion of Light	08 (35 Pt Req)	Holy	Your Holy Shock critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Flash of Light by .75/1.5 sec (instant) and your Holy Light by 0.75/1 sec. (2 Ranks)
	Sacred Cleansing	09 (40 Pt Req)	Holy	Your Cleanse spell has a 10/20/30% chance to increase the target's resistance to Disease, Magic and Poison by 30% for 10 sec. (3 Ranks)
	Enlightened Judgements	09 (40 Pt Req)	Holy	Increases the range of your Judgement spells by 15/30 yards and Increase your chance to hit by 2/4%. (2 Ranks)
	Judgements of the Pure	10 (45 Pt Req)	Holy	Your Judgement spells increase your casting and melee haste by 3/6/9/12/15% for 60 secs. (5 Ranks)
	Beacon of Light	11 (50 Pt Req)	Holy	The target becomes a Beacon of Light to all targets within a 40 yard radius. Any heals you cast on those targets will also heal the Beacon for 100% of the amount healed. Lasts 1 min. Only one target can be the Beacon of Light at a time. (1 Rank) (35% of Base Mana, 1.5 sec Cast)
	Improved Blessing of Kings	04 (15 Pt Req)	Protection	Increases the effect of your Blessing of Kings by an additional 2/4/6/8%. (4 Ranks)
	Divine Guardian	04 (15 Pt Req)	Protection	While Divine Shield is active 15/30% of all damage taken by party or raid members within 30 yards is redirected to the Paladin. (2 Ranks)
	Touched by the Light	09 (40 Pt Req)	Protection	Increases your spell power by an amount equal to 10/20/30% of your Stamina and increases the amount healed by your critical heals by 10/20/30%. (3 Ranks)
	Guarded by the Light	09 (40 Pt Req)	Protection	Reduces spell damage taken by 3/6% and reduces the mana cost of your Holy Shield, Avenger's Shield and Shield of Righteousness spells by 15/30%. (2 Ranks)
	Shield of the Templar	10 (45 Pt Req)	Protection	Reduces all damage taken by 1/2/3% and increases the damage of your Holy Shield, Avenger's Shield and Shield of Righteousness spells by 10/20/30% (up from 5/10/15%). (3 Ranks)
	Judgements of the Just	10 (45 Pt Req)	Protection	Your Judgement spells also reduce the melee attack speed of the target by 10/20%. (2 Ranks)
	Hammer of the Righteous	11 (50 Pt Req)	Protection	Hammer the current target and up to 2 additional nearby targets, causing 4 times your main hand damage per second as Holy damage. (1 Rank, 6% of Base Mana, Instant, 6 sec Cooldown, 5 yd Range, Requires One-Handed Melee Weapon))
	Heart of the Crusader	02 (05 Pt Req)	Retribution	In addition to the normal effect, your Judgement spells will also increase the critical strike chance of all attacks made against that target by 1/2/3%. (3 Ranks)
	Sanctified Retribution	05 (20 Pt Req)	Retribution	Damage caused by targets affected by Retribution Aura is increased by 3%. (1 Rank)
	Judgements of the Wise	07 (30 Pt Req)	Retribution	Your Judgement spells have a 33/66/100% chance to grant the Replenishment effect to up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 0.25% of their maximum mana per second, and to immediately grant you 15% of your base mana. (3 Ranks)
	The Art of War	07 (30 Pt Req)	Retribution	Increases the damage of your Judgement, Crusader Strike and Divine Storm abilities by 5/10% and when these abilities critically hit your next Flash of Light spell becomes instant cast. (2 Ranks)
	Sanctified Wrath	08 (35 Pt Req)	Retribution	Increases the critical strike chance of Hammer of Wrath by 25/50%, reduces the cooldown of Avenging Wrath by 30/60 secs and while affected by Avenging Wrath 25/50% of all damage caused bypasses damage reduction effects. (2 Ranks)
	Sheath of Light	09 (40 Pt Req)	Retribution	Increases your spell power by an amount equal to 10/20/30% of your attack power and your critical healing spells heal the target for 20/40/60% of the healed amount over 12 seconds. (3 Ranks)
	Swift Retribution	09 (40 Pt Req)	Retribution	Your Retribution Aura also increases casting, ranged and melee attack speeds by 1/2/3%. (3 Ranks)
	Righteous Vengeance	10 (45 Pt Req)	Retribution	When your Judgement and Divine Storm spells deal a critical strike, your target will take 8/16/24/32/40% additional damage over 8 sec from Increases critical damage bonus of your Judgement and Divine Storm spells by 5/10/15/20/25%. (5 Ranks)
	Divine Storm	11 (50 Pt Req)	Retribution	An instant weapon attack that causes damage to up to 4 enemies within 8 yards. The Divine Storm heals up to 3 party or raid members totaling 25% of the damage caused. (12% of Base Mana, Instant, 10 sec Cooldown, 5 yd Range)

General

• Forbearance (Debuff): Now lasts 3 minutes (up from 1 minute).
• All Seal spells now last 2 minutes.

Holy

Abilities

• Avenging Wrath no longer causes Forebearance, damage increase reduced to 20%, now increases healing done by 20%.
• Blessing of Light and Greater Blessing of Light REMOVED: Their effects have been folded into all relevant abilities.
• Concentration Aura reworked: Now all party or raid members within 30 yards lose 35% less casting or channeling time when damaged. (Formerly gave a % chance to resist spell pushback.)
• Divine Intervention cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
• Divine Shield Now cost 3% of base mana.
• Divine Protection Now cost 3% of base mana and reduces all damage taken by 50% for 12 seconds, but increases the time between your attacks by 100% (up from 50%).
• Hammer of Wrath is now considered a Retribution spell, moved from Holy, mana cost reduced, missile speed increased, now usable on targets below 35% health.
• Holy Shock Bonus: Now increases the effective spell power of your Holy Shock when used as a healing spell by 30% (Instead of increasing the spell power of your Holy Shock spell by 30%).
• Holy Wrath is now instant cast, causes a 3 second stun, cooldown reduced to 30 seconds, radius reduced to 10 yards.
• Judgement of Light: Melee hits no longer refresh the spell's duration. Wording changed to both "attacks and spells" instead of just "attacks".
• Judgement of Wisdom: Melee hits no longer refresh the spell's duration. Now has a chance to restore 2% (fixed value instead of based on spell power and attack power) of the attacker's (no longer triggered by spells) maximum mana.
• Lay on Hands no longer drains all mana, cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
• Seal of Light: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Seal of Righteousness: Damage and additional Holy damage done on swing reduced.
• Seal of Wisdom: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced. Now regenerates 2% of the Paladin's maximum mana instead of an amount derived from AP and SP.
• Summon Charger renamed
• Summon Warhorse renamed
• Turn Evil now granted at level 24, mana cost changed to 9% of base. Cooldown Removed. '

Talents

• Divine Intellect moved to tier 2, increases total Intellect by 3/6/9/12/15%. (Old Version: Divine Intellect)
• Divine Strength moved to tier 1 in the Protection tree. Increased effect to 3/6/9/12/15%. (Old version: Divine Strength)
• Healing Light moved to tier 2. Now affects Holy Shock. (Old Version: Healing Light)
• Holy Guidance Now increases your spell power by 4/8/12/16/20% of your total Intellect. (down from (7/14/21/28/35%).
• Holy Shock range changed to 20/40 yards when used on enemies/friends respectively, Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds. Amount healed has been increased, mana cost reduced. (Old Version: Holy Shock)
• Illumination moved to tier 3. Changed to: After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to gain mana equal to 60% of the base cost of the spell.
• Pure of Heart reduced to 2 ranks, now reduces duration of Curse and Disease effects by 25/50%. (Old Version: Pure of Heart)
• Seals of the Pure, formerly Improved Seal of Righteousness, moved to tier 1 now affects Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Vengeance and Seal of Corruption.
• Sanctified Light now also increases the critical chance of Holy Shock. (Old version: Sanctified Light)
• Spiritual Focus moved to tier 1. Now reduces the pushback suffered by 14/28/42/56/70% instead of giving you a 14/28/42/56/70% chance to avoid interruption.
• Unyielding Faith moved to tier 2.

Protection

Abilities

• Blessing of Freedom renamed Hand of Freedom. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Protection renamed Hand of Protection. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. All ranks now cost 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Sanctuary and Greater Blessing of Sanctuary changed to reduce damage taken from all sources by 3% for 30 min. In addition, when the target blocks, parries, or dodges a melee attack the target will gain 10 rage, 20 runic power, or 2% of maximum mana. (Old Version: Greater Blessing of Sanctuary)
• Blessing of Sacrifice renamed Hand of Sacrifice, is now only 1 rank and transfers 20% of the damage taken to the caster, duration reduced to 12 seconds, cooldown increased to 2 minutes. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Salvation renamed Hand of Salvation, now reduces total threat on the target by 2% per second for 10 seconds. 2 Minute Cooldown. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Greater Blessing of Salvation Removed.
• Hammer of Justice now costs 3% of base mana. All ranks now also interrupt spellcasting for 3 seconds.
• Judgement of Justice will no longer prevent Fear effects, only prevent NPCs from fleeing (e.g. at low health). Melee hits no longer refresh the spell's duration.
• Righteous Fury now increases threat caused by Holy damage by 90%.
• Seal of Justice/Judgement of Justice reduced to 1 rank with all the effects of the previous rank 2, the Judgement effect no longer makes target immune to Fear. Holy damage and damage dealt when Judged reduced.

Talents

• Anticipation moved to tier 2, now increases chance to dodge by 1/2/3/4/5%. (Old Version: Anticipation)
• Avenger's Shield cast time removed, now an instant cast. Duration increased to 10 seconds. Mana cost reduced by 70%. Base damage has been increased. (Old Version: Avenger's Shield)
• Blessing of Kings Now increasing total stats by 2% for 10 min (down from 10%) and moved to Tier 1.
• Combat Expertise Reduced from 5 to 3 points. Now also adds chance to critically hit. Now increases your expertise by 2/4/6 (was 1/2/4/5/6), total Stamina and chance to critically hit by 2/4/6/8/10%.
• Greater Blessing of Kings: now increases total stats by 2% (down from 10%)
• Holy Shield Damage caused by Holy Shield no longer causes additional threat. Charges increased from 4 to 8. Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds.
• Improved Concentration Aura moved from the Protection tree to tier 4 in the Holy tree.
• Improved Devotion Aura moved to tier 4, reduced to 3 ranks, now increases armor of Devotion Aura by 17/34/50% and increases the amount healed on any target affected by your Devotion Aura by 2/4/6% (up from 1/2/3%). (Old Version: Improved Devotion Aura)
• Improved Hammer of Justice now reduces cooldown by 10/20/30 secs. (Old Version: Improved Hammer of Justice)
• Improved Holy Shield Removed - Added to base of holy shield.
• Improved Righteous Fury threat bonus folded into base spell, talent still reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6%. (Old version: Improved Righteous Fury)
• One-handed Specialization Increased to 2/4/6/8/10% more damage while a 1h weapon equiped. (Up from 1/2/3/4/5%).
• Precision Removed
• Redoubt: Moved from Tier 3 to Tier 8. Reduced to 3 ranks with same effect and Shield Specialization combined with it.
• Shield Specialization Removed - Effect combined with Redoubt.
• Reckoning can now proc off a blocked attack.
• Righteous Defense is now a 10 sec cooldown.
• Sacred Duty now affects Divine Protection as well as Divine Shield. (Previously only affected Divine Shield)
• Stoicism moved to tier 2, now reduces duration of Stun effects by 10/20/30% and reduces chance your spells will be resisted by 10/20/30%. (Old version: Stoicism)
• Toughness moved to tier 3. Now reduces the duration of all movement slowing effects by 6/12/18/24/30% (down from 10/20/30/40/50%) in addition to its previous effect. (Previously just increased armor from items by 2/4/6/8/10%.)

Retribution

Abilities

• Blessing of Might and Greater Blessing of Might: Ranks 5+ buffed. Now grants more attack power to bring it in line with Battle Shout. (Example: Blessing of Might Rank 9 "..increasing attack power by 410...", formerly 285.)
• Hammer of Wrath: Cast time now instant.
• Retribution Aura damage increased and now gains damage based on Holy spell power. (Old Version: Retribution Aura)
• Seal of the Martyr[A]Seal of Blood[H]: Holy damage and damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Seal of Command: Holy damage and damage dealt when Judged reduced. Weapon damage lowered. Now on Judgement, "this attack will always be a critical strike if the target is stunned or incapacitated" (instead of doing extra damage to stunned or incapacitated targets).
• Seal of the Crusader has been removed. The effects of Judgement of the Crusader have been folded into all relevant abilities.
• Seal of Vengeance[A] or Seal of Corruption[H] now apply their effects on every swing instead of a chance on swing. Damage lowered for all ranks.

Talents

• Benediction Now reduces the mana cost of all instant cast spells by 2/4/6/8/10%. (Instead of reducing the mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 3/6/9/12/15%.)
• Conviction now increases critical chance with all spells and melee attacks. (Old version: Conviction)
• Crusade now increases all damage done by 1/2/3% in addition to its previous effect.
• Crusader Strike does not refresh Judgements anymore.
• Deflection: Moved from Tier 2 to Tier 1.
• Divine Purpose: Moved from Tier 7 to Tier 5 and changed to 2 ranks. It now reduces your chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2/4% and gives your Hand of Freedom spell a 50/100% chance to remove any Stun effects on the target. (Old Version: Divine Purpose)
• Eye for an Eye: All criticals (formerly only melee criticals) against you cause 10/20% of the damage taken to the attacker as well. The damage caused by Eye for an Eye will not exceed 50% of the Paladin's total health. (Old Version: Eye for an Eye)
• Fanaticism - Now increases the critical strike chance of all Judgements capable of a critical hit by 5/10/15/20/25% (up from 3/6/9/12/15%).
• Improved Blessing of Might: Moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Now increases the attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 12/25% (up from 5/10%). (Old Version: Improved Blessing of Might)
• Improved Retribution Aura: Moved from Tier 4 to Tier 6.
• Improved Seal of the Crusader renamed Heart of the Crusader and the effects now apply to ALL Judgement spells.
• Judgement of Wisdom revamped. Now unleashes the energy of a Seal spell to judge an enemy for 20 sec, granting attacks and spells used against the judged enemy a chance to restore [0.09 * SPH + 0.09 * AP] mana to the attacker. Refer to individual Seals for additional Judgement effect. Only one Judgement per Paladin can be active at any one time.
• Pursuit of Justice is now a 2 rank talent (down from 3 ranks), reducing the duration of disarm effects by 25/50% and increasing mounted movement speed by 8/15% No longer reduces chance for spells to hit you. (Old version : Pursuit of Justice)
• Repentance duration increased to 1 minute (10 second PvP duration), now usable against Demons, Dragonkin, Giants, Humanoids and Undead. (Old Version: Repentance)
• Sanctified Retribution causes all units affected by Retribution Aura to cause 2% more damage.
• Sanctified Seals moved from Tier 7 to Tier 4.
• Sanctity Aura removed.
• Vengeance Reduced to 3 Ranks. Now stacks up top 3 times. Same mechanics, just reduced to be 9% additional Damage at 3 stacks.
• Vindication is now a 2 rank talent (down from 3 ranks). Now has a chance to reduce the target's attributes by 10/20% (up from 5/10/15%) for 15 seconds. (Old Version: Vindication)

Notes on listed Abilities/Talents: Abilities and Talent description may not match WoWHead tooltips. All information listed here is based on the very latest updates to Blizzard's official talent calculators and patch notes, which are more up-to-date than the in-game builds from which WoWHead draws its data. We are not responsible for discrepancies in WoWHead's database.

New Ranks for All Abilities

	Ability	Rank	Level	School	Description
	Beacon of Light	Rank 01	60	Holy	The target becomes a Beacon of Light to all targets within a 40 yard radius. Any heals you cast on those targets will also heal the Beacon for 100% of the amount healed. Lasts 1 min. Only one target can be the Beacon of Light at a time. (Talent: Tier 11) ((35% of base mana, Instant, 40 yd range)
	Blessing of Wisdom	Rank 08	71	Holy	Places a Blessing on the friendly target, restoring 73 mana every 5 seconds for 10 min. (270 Mana, Instant, 30 yd range)
	Blessing of Wisdom	Rank 09	77	Holy	Places a Blessing on the friendly target, restoring 91 mana every 5 seconds for 10 min. (335 Mana, Instant, 30 yd range)
	Consecration	Rank 07	75	Holy	Consecrates the land beneath the Paladin, doing 576 Holy damage over 8 sec to enemies who enter the area. (1250 Mana, Instant, 8 sec Cooldown)
	Consecration	Rank 08	80	Holy	Consecrates the land beneath the Paladin, doing 672 Holy damage over 8 sec to enemies who enter the area. (1475 Mana, Instant, 8 sec Cooldown)
	Divine Plea	Rank 01	71	Holy	You gain 25% of your total mana over 15 sec, but the amount healed by your spells is reduced by 20%. (Channeled, 1 Minute Cooldown)
	Exorcism	Rank 08	73	Holy	Causes 696 to 776 Holy damage to an Undead or Demon target. (620 Mana, Instant, 15 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Exorcism	Rank 09	79	Holy	Causes 847 to 945 Holy damage to an Undead or Demon target. (765 Mana, Instant, 15 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Flash of Light	Rank 08	74	Holy	Heals a friendly target for 409 to 571. (350 Mana, 1.5 sec Cast, 40 yd Range)
	Flash of Light	Rank 09	79	Holy	Heals a friendly target for 585 to 655. (420 Mana, 1.5 sec Cast, 40 yd Range)
	Greater Blessing of Wisdom	Rank 04	71	Holy	Gives all members of the raid or group that share the same class with the target the Greater Blessing of Wisdom, restoring 73 mana every 5 seconds for 30 min. (555 Mana, Instant, 40 yd Range)
	Greater Blessing of Wisdom	Rank 05	77	Holy	Gives all members of the raid or group that share the same class with the target the Greater Blessing of Wisdom, restoring 91 mana every 5 seconds for 30 min. (695 Mana, Instant, 40 yd Range)
	Holy Light	Rank 12	75	Holy	Heals a friendly target for 3264 to 3636. (1585 Mana, 2.5 sec Cast, 40 yd Range)
	Holy Light	Rank 13	80	Holy	Heals a friendly target for 3799 to 4231. (1880 Mana, 2.5 sec Cast, 40 yd Range)
	Holy Shock	Rank 06	75	Holy	Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 820 to 888 Holy damage to an enemy, or 1239 to 1341 healing to an ally. (650 Mana, Instant, 15 sec Cooldown, 20 yd Range)
	Holy Shock	Rank 07	80	Holy	Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 967 to 1047 Holy damage to an enemy, or 1431 to 1549 healing to an ally. (650 Mana, Instant, 15 sec Cooldown, 20 yd Range)
	Holy Wrath	Rank 04	72	Holy	Sends bolts of holy power in all directions, causing [857 + 0.07 * SPH + 0.07 * AP] to [1007 + 0.07 * SPH + 0.07 * AP] Holy damage and stunning all Undead and Demon targets within 10 yds for 3 sec. (20% of Base Mana, 2 sec Cast, 1 min Cooldown)
	Holy Wrath	Rank 05	78	Holy	Sends bolts of holy power in all directions, causing [1050 + 0.07 * SPH + 0.07 * AP] to [1234 + 0.07 * SPH + 0.07 * AP] Holy damage and stunning all Undead and Demon targets within 10 yds for 3 sec. (20% of Base Mana, 2 sec Cast, 1 min Cooldown)
	Lay on Hands	Rank 05	78	Holy	Heals a friendly target for an amount equal to the Paladin's maximum health and restores 1950 of their mana. Drains all of the Paladin's remaining mana when used. (Instant, 1 hr Cooldown, 40 yd Range)
	Redemption	Rank 06	72	Holy	Brings a dead player back to life with 1400 health and 1060 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat. (64% of Base Mana, 10 sec Cast, 30 yd Range)
	Redemption	Rank 07	79	Holy	Brings a dead player back to life with 1760 health and 1320 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat. (64% of Base Mana, 10 sec Cast, 30 yd Range)
	Sacred Shield	Rank 01	80	Holy	Each time the target takes damage they gain a Sacred Shield, absorbing 500 damage and increasing the paladin's chance to critically hit with Flash of Light by 50% for up to 6 sec. They cannot gain this effect more than once every 6 sec. Lasts 30 sec. (35 Mana, Instant, 40 yd Range)
	Avenger's Shield	Rank 04	75	Protection	Hurls a holy shield at the enemy, dealing [702 + 0.07 * SPH + 0.07 * AP] to [858 + 0.07 * SPH + 0.07 * AP] Holy damage, Dazing them and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Affects 3 total targets. Lasts 10 sec. (26% of Base Mana, 0.5 sec Cast, 30 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Avenger's Shield	Rank 05	80	Protection	Hurls a holy shield at the enemy, dealing [846 + 0.07 * SPH + 0.07 * AP] to [1034 + 0.07 * SPH + 0.07 * AP] Holy damage, Dazing them and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Affects 3 total targets. Lasts 10 sec. (26% of Base Mana, 0.5 sec Cast, 30 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Devotion Aura	Rank 09	74	Protection	Gives 1015 additional armor to party members within 30 yards. (Instant)
	Devotion Aura	Rank 10	79	Protection	Gives 1205 additional armor to party members within 30 yards. (Instant)
	Fire Resistance Aura	Rank 05	78	Protection	Gives 130 additional Fire resistance to all party members within 30 yards. (Instant)
	Frost Resistance Aura	Rank 05	77	Protection	Gives 130 additional Frost resistance to all party members within 30 yards. (Instant)
	Hammer of the Righteous	Rank 01	60	Protection	Hammer the current target and up to 2 additional nearby targets, causing 4 times your main hand damage per second as Holy damage. (Talent: Tier 11) (6% of Base Mana, Instant, 6 sec Cooldown, 5 yd Range, Requires One-Handed Melee Weapon)
	Holy Shield	Rank 05	75	Protection	Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec and deals 181 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Each block expends a charge. 8 charges. (280 Mana, Instant, 10 sec Cooldown)
	Holy Shield	Rank 06	80	Protection	Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec and deals 211 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Each block expends a charge. 8 charges. (280 Mana, Instant, 10 sec Cooldown)
	Shadow Resistance Aura	Rank 05	76	Protection	Gives 130 additional Shadow resistance to all party members within 30 yards. (Instant)
	Shield of Righteousness	Rank 01	75	Protection	Slam the target with your shield, causing Holy damage equal to your block value plus 300. This spell causes a high amount of threat. (6% of base mana, Instant Cast, 5 yd range, 6 sec cooldown, Requires Shields)
	Shield of Righteousness	Rank 02	80	Protection	Slam the target with your shield, causing Holy damage equal to your block value plus 400. This spell causes a high amount of threat. (6% of base mana, Instant Cast, 5 yd range, 6 sec cooldown, Requires Shields)
	Blessing of Might	Rank 09	73	Retribution	Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing attack power by 410 for 10 min. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time. (5% of Base Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)
	Blessing of Might	Rank 10	79	Retribution	Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing attack power by 550 for 10 min. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time. (5% of Base Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)
	Divine Storm	Rank 01	60	Retribution	An instant weapon attack that causes damage to up to 4 enemies within 8 yards. The Divine Storm heals up to 3 party or raid members totaling 25% of the damage caused. (Talent: Tier 11) (12% of Base Mana, Instant, 10 sec Cooldown, 5 yd Range)
	Greater Blessing of Might	Rank 04	73	Retribution	Gives all members of the raid or group that share the same class with the target the Greater Blessing of Might, increasing attack power by 410 for 30 min. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time. (10% of Base Mana, Instant, 40 yd Range)
	Greater Blessing of Might	Rank 05	79	Retribution	Gives all members of the raid or group that share the same class with the target the Greater Blessing of Might, increasing attack power by 550 for 30 min. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time. (10% of Base Mana, Instant, 40 yd Range)
	Hammer of Wrath	Rank 05	74	Retribution	Hurls a hammer that strikes an enemy for 786 to 868 Holy damage. Only usable on enemies that have 20% or less health. (830 Mana, Instant, 6 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Hammer of Wrath	Rank 06	80	Retribution	Hurls a hammer that strikes an enemy for 957 to 1057 Holy damage. Only usable on enemies that have 20% or less health. (1020 Mana, Instant, 6 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Retribution Aura	Rank 07	76	Retribution	Causes 112 Holy damage to any creature that strikes a party or raid member within 30 yards. Players may only have one Aura on them per Paladin at any one time. (Instant)
	Seal of Corruption	Rank 01	66	Retribution	Fills the Paladin with holy power, causing attacks to apply Blood Corruption, which deals [(0.016 * SPH + 0.032 * AP) * 6] additional Holy damage over 15 sec. Blood Corruption can stack up to 5 times. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 2 min. Unleashing this Seal's energy will deal [1 + 0.28 * SPH + 0.175 * AP] Holy damage to an enemy, increased by 10% for each application of Blood Corruption on the target. (14% of base mana, Instant, Horde Only)
	Seal of the Martyr	Rank 01	66	Retribution	All melee attacks deal [0.28 * mw] to [0.28 * MW] additional Holy damage, but the Paladin loses health equal to 10% of the total damage inflicted. Lasts 2 min. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing [0.25 * mw + 0.2 * AP + 0.32 * SPH] to [0.25 * MW + 0.2 * AP + 0.32 * SPH] Holy damage at the cost of health equal to 33% of the damage caused. (14% of base mana, Instant, Alliance Only)

Ret Beta DPS

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51 Point Talents

Divine Storm

3.0.2.9138 (October 25 2008)

Holy

• Seal of Righteousness - Damage down to [MWS * 0.022 * AP + 0.044 * SPH] from [MWS * 0.028 * AP + 0.055 * SPH].
• Seal of Light - Down to [0.15 * AP + 0.15 * SPH] from [0.28 * AP + 0.28 * SPH]. Damage down to [1.0 + 0.25 * SPH + 0.16 * AP] from [1.0 + 0.32 * SPH + 0.2 * AP].
• Seal of Wisdom - Damage down to [1.0 + 0.32 * SPH + 0.2 * AP] from [1.0 + 0.25 * SPH + 0.16 * AP].

Protection

• Seal of Justice - Proc damage reduced to [1.0 + 0.25 * SPH + 0.16 * AP] from [1.0 + 0.32 * SPH + 0.2 * AP]. Judgement damage reduced to [0.24 * mw + 0.16 * AP + 0.25 * SPH] to [0.24 * MW + 0.16 * AP + 0.25 * SPH] from [0.3 * mw + 0.2 * AP + 0.32 * SPH] to [0.3 * MW + 0.2 * AP + 0.32 * SPH].

Retribution

• Judgement of Light - Reduced to [0.1 * SPH + 0.1 * AP] from [0.18 * SPH + 0.18 * AP].
• Seal of Command - Damage reduced to [0.45 * mw] to [0.45 * MW] from [0.56 * mw] to [0.56 * MW].
• Seal of Vengeance - Damage reduced to [0.013 * SPH + 0.025 * AP * 6.0] from [0.016 * SPH + 0.032 * AP * 6.0]. Judgment damage reduced to [1.0 + 0.22 * SPH + 0.14 * AP] from [1.0 + 0.28 * SPH + 0.175 * AP].
• Judgements of the Wise - Now only grants you 15% of your base mana. Down from 33%.
• Seal of Blood - Damage down to [0.22 * MW] from [0.28 * MW]. Judgement damage down to [0.36 * mw + 0.16 * AP + 0.25 * SPH] to [0.36 * MW + 0.16 * AP + 0.25 * SPH] from [0.45 * mw + 0.2 * AP + 0.32 * SPH] to [0.45 * MW + 0.2 * AP + 0.32 * SPH].
• Righteous Vengeance - Changed to When your Judgement and Divine Storm spells deal a critical strike, your target will take 8/16/24/32/40% additional damage over 8 sec from Increases critical damage bonus of your Judgement and Divine Storm spells by 5/10/15/20/25%.
• Divine Storm - No longer does holy damage. Now heals for 25% of the damage caused, up from 20%.
• Judgement of Wisdom - Now only restores 1% of max mana, down from 2%.
• The Art of War - Now increases the damage of your Judgement, Crusader Strike and Divine Storm abilities by 5/10% instead of 10/20% critical strike damage.
• Seal of the Martyr - Down to 28% damage from 22%.
• Seal of Corruption - Damage down to [0.013 * SPH + 0.025 * AP * 6.0] from [0.016 * SPH + 0.032 * AP * 6.0]. Judgement damage down to [1.0 + 0.22 * SPH + 0.14 * AP] from [1.0 + 0.28 * SPH + 0.175 * AP].

3.0.2.9095 (October 18 2008)

Holy

• Enlightened Judgements - Now increases the range of your Judgement spells by 15/30 yards. Up from 10/25.
• Infusion of Light - Now reduces the cast time of your next Flash of Light by .75/1.5 sec (instant) and your Holy Light by 0.75/1 sec.
• Judgement of Light - Wording changed to both "attacks and spells" instead of just "attacks".
• Judgements of the Pure - Now increases your casting and melee haste by 3/6/9/12/15%. Up from 2/4/6/8/10%.
• Judgement of Wisdom - Now has a chance to restore 2% (fixed value instead of based on spell power and attack power) of the attacker's (no longer triggered by spells) maximum mana.

Protection

• Shield of Righteousness - Rank 2, level 80 added. Slam the target with your shield, causing Holy damage equal to your block value plus 400. This spell causes a high amount of threat.
• Hammer of the Righteous - Now causes 4 times your main hand damage. Up from 3.
• Shield of the Templar - Now also reduces all damage taken by 1/2/3%.

Retribution

• Sanctified Retribution - Damage caused by targets affected by Retribution Aura is increased by 3%. Up from 2%.

3.0.2.9038 (October 3 2008)

Holy

• Divine Plea - You gain 25% of your total mana over 15 sec, but the amount healed by your spells is reduced by 20%. Down from 100%.

3.0.2.9014 (September 30 2008)

Holy

• Divine Plea - Now you gain 25% of your total mana over 15 sec (up from 10 sec), but the amount healed by your spells is reduced by 100% (up from 50%).
• Infusion of Light - Now your Holy Shock critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light spell by -0.50/-1 secs (down from -1.25/-2.5 sec).
• Judgements of the Pure - Now lasts 60 sec (up from 30 sec).

Retribution

• Judgements of the Wise - Now immediately grants you 33% of your base mana (instead of 20% of your maximum mana).

3.0.2.8982 (September 24 2008)

Holy

• Beacon of Light - Non working ranks fixed.
• Judgement of Light - Melee hits no longer refresh the spell's duration.
• Judgement of Wisdom - Melee hits no longer refresh the spell's duration.

Protection

• Divine Protection - Attack speed penalty increased from 50% to 100%.
• Hammer of Justice - All ranks interrupt spellcasting for 3 seconds.
• Shield of Righteousness - Changed from Holy damage equal to 240% of your block value to Holy damage equal to your block value plus 300.
• Judgement of Justice - Melee hits no longer refresh the spell's duration.

Retribution

• Seal of Vengeance - Damage Lowered. New :(19.2% of AP + 9.6% of Spell Power) Old: (23.4% of AP + 11.4% of Spell Power)
• Seal of Blood - Damage Lowered
• Seal of the Martyr - Damage Lowered New : (28% of Min. Weapon Damage. to 28% of Max Weapon Damage) Old : (35% of Min. Weapon Damage to 35% of Max Weapon Damage)
• Seal of Corruption - Damage Lowered. New :(19.2% of AP + 9.6% of Spell Power) Old: (23.4% of AP + 11.4% of Spell Power)
• Seal of Command - Weapon damage lowered. New : (56% of Min. Weapon Damage to 58% of Max Weapon Damage) Old : (70% of Min Weapon Damage to 70% of Max Weapon Damage)
• Fanaticism - Judgement critical hit chance increased to 5/10/15/20/25% up from 4/8/12/16/20%.
• 2-Handed Weapon Specialization - Now increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 2/4/6% (up from 1/2/3%).

3.0.2.8970 (September 19 2008)

Retribution

• Fanaticism - Now increases the critical strike chance of all Judgements capable of a critical hit by 4/8/12/16/20%, down from 5/10/15/20/25%.
• Two-Handed Weapon Specialization - Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 1/2/3%, down from 2/4/6%.

Holy

• Beacon of Light - Now has a 1 minute duration.
• Spiritual Focus - Reduces the pushback suffered by 14/28/42/56/70% instead of giving you a 14/28/42/56/70% chance to avoid interruption.

3.0.2.8962 (September 18 2008)

Protection

• Improved Devotion Aura: Now increases the amount healed on any target affected by your Devotion Aura by 2/4/6% (up from 1/2/3%).
• Greater Blessing of Kings: now increases total stats by 2% (down from 10%)
• Hammer of the Righteous: Now causes 3 times your main hand damage per second as Holy damage (instead of 120% weapon damage).
• Toughness: Now reduces movement impairing effect duration by 6/12/18/24/30% (down from 10/20/30/40/50%).

Retribution

• Seal of Command: Now on Judgement, "this attack will always be a critical strike if the target is stunned or incapacitated" (instead of doing extra damage to stunned or incapacitated targets).
• Judgements of the Wise: Now grants mana regeneration equal to 0.25% of maximum mana (down from .5%).
• The Art of War: Now causes "your next Flash of Light spell becomes instant cast" (instead of reducing cast time) on critical hit.

3.0.2.8926 (September 10 2008)

Holy

• Divine Plea changed so that you gain 25% of your total mana over 10 sec, but the amount healed by your spells is reduced by 50%
• Seal of Light: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Seal of Wisdom: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Holy Shock Bonus: Now increases the effective spell power of your Holy Shock when used as a healing spell by 30% (Instead of increasing the spell power of your Holy Shock spell by 30%).
• Seal of Righteousness: Additional Holy damage done on swing reduced.
• Holy Guidance now increases spell power by 4/8/12/16/20% of your intellect. (Previously was 7/14/21/28/35%)

Protection

• Anticipation: Moved to Tier 2
• One-Handed Weapon Specialization: Increased to 2/4/6/8/10% more damage while a 1h weapon equiped. (Up from 1/2/3/4/5%)
• Shield Specialization: Removed and Combined with Redoubt.
• Redoubt: Moved from Tier 3 to Tier 8. Reduced to 3 ranks but same effect but shield specialization combined with it. "Increases your block value by 30% and damaging melee and ranged attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 30%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks."
• Blessing of Kings: Moved to Tier 1. Now increasing total stats by 2% for 10 min (down from 10%).
• New Talent: Improved Blessing of Kings: Increases the effect of your Blessing of Kings by 2/4/6/8%.
• Holy Shield: Damage caused by Holy Shield no longer causes additional threat. Charges increased from 4 to 8.
• Improved Holy Shield: Removed and added to base holy shield.
• Combat Expertise: Reduced from 5 to 3 points. Now also adds chance to critically hit. Now increases your expertise by 2/4/6 (was 1/2/4/5/6), total Stamina and chance to critically hit by 2/4/6/8/10%.
• Avenger's Shield: Base Holy damage increased. Is now instant cast.
• Shield of Righteousness: Now causes Holy damage equal to 240% of your block value (up from 200%).
• Shield of the Templar: No longer reduces mana costs, but now increases the damage of your Holy Shield, Avenger's Shield and Shield of Righteousness spells by 10/20/30% (up from 5/10/15%).
• Spell Warding: Removed.
• Guarded by the Light revamped: Now reduces spell damage taken by 3/6% and reduces the mana cost of your Holy Shield, Avenger's Shield and Shield of Righteousness spells by 15/30%. (Formerly: Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath and Avenger's Shield spells by 15/30%.)
• Hammer of the Righteous: Now causes 120% weapon damage as Holy damage (up from base weapon damage), but no longer "causes a high amount of threat".
• Seal of Justice: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Righteous Defense is now a 10 sec cooldown.
• One-Handed Weapon Specialization now increases damage you deal with one handed weapons by 2/4/6/8/10%.
• Reckoning can now proc off a blocked attack.

Retribution

• Seal of Corruption: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Seal of the Martyr: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• 'Seal of Vengeance: Holy damage over time and Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Seal of Blood: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Seal of Command: Holy damage dealt when Judged reduced.
• Improved Blessing of Might: Moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Now increases the attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 12/25% (up from 5/10%).
• Vengeance: Reduced to 3 Ranks. Now stacks up top 3 times. Same mechanics, just reduced to be 9% additional Damage at 3 stacks.
• Benediction: Now reduces the mana cost of all instant cast spells by 2/4/6/8/10%. (Instead of reducing the mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 3/6/9/12/15%.)
• Judgements of the Wise: Moved from Tier 6 to Tier 7. Now grants Replenishment as well as an immediate 20% mana gain. ("Your Judgement spells have a 33/66/100% chance to grant the Replenishment effect to up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 0.5% of their maximum mana per second, and to immediately grant you 20% of your maximum mana.
• Divine Storm: mana cost reduced from 20% to 12% of base mana.
• The Art of War revamped: Moved from Tier 9 to Tier 7 and changed from 3 to 2 points. Now increases the critical strike damage of your Judgement, Crusader Strike and Divine Storm abilities by 10/20% and when these abilities critically hit the cast time of your next Flash of Light is reduced by .75/1 sec. (Fromerly: Reduces all damage taken by 1/2/3% and gives your Hand of Freedom a 33/66/100% chance to remove Stun effects.)
• Sanctified Seals moved from Tier 7 to Tier 4.
• Divine Purpose moved from Tier 7 to Tier 5 and changed to 2 ranks. It now reduces your chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2/4% and gives your Hand of Freedom spell a 50/100% chance to remove any Stun effects on the target.
• Sheath of Light: Moved from Tier 5 to Tier 9.
• Improved Retribution Aura: Moved from Tier 4 to Tier 6.
• Crusade now increases all damage done by 1/2/3% in addition to its previous effect.
• Pursuit of Justice no longer reduces chance for spells to hit you. Instead, it reduces the duration of disarm effects by 25/50%.
• Deflection: Moved from Tier 2 to Tier 1.

3.0.2.8905 (September 05 2008)

Holy

• Beacon of Light: Desciption now includes "Only one target can be the Beacon of Light at a time."
• Sacred Shield now also increases critical hit with Flash of Light by 50%.

Retribution

• Hammer of Wrath - Cast time now instant.

Talent Updates (September 04 2008)

Protection

• Shield Specialization - Now increases your block value by 10/20/30% instead of increasing the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 10/20/30%
• Toughness - Now reduces the duration of all movement slowing effects by 10/20/30/40/50% as well as increase armor from items.
• Blessing of Sanctuary - Now reduces damage taken from all sources by 3% for 10 min. In addition, when the target blocks, parries, or dodges a melee attack the target will gain 10 rage, 20 runic power, or 2% of the maximum mana.
• Avenger's Shield - Rank 4 added, 1142 Mana, 658-788 Holy Damage

Retribution

• Improved Blessing of Might - Now increases the attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 5/10/15/20/25% up from 10/20/30/40/50%.
• Vengeance - Now stacks up to 2 times, down from 3.
• Judgements of the Wise - now grants 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 0.5% of their maximum mana per second.
• Crusader Strike - No longer refreshes Judgments on the target.

3.0.2.8885 (August 29 2008)

Holy

• Holy Wrath: Description changed from 'Sends bolts of holy power in all directions, causing 495 to 605 Holy damage to all targets within [RADIUS] yds, doubling between each jump.' to 'Sends bolts of holy power in all directions, causing 900 to 1100 Holy damage to the target and other nearby enemy targets, doubling between each jump.'
• Beacon of Light (Tier 11) changed to: The target becomes a Beacon of Light to all targets within a 40 yard radius. Any heals you cast on those targets will also heal the Beacon for 100% of the amount healed.

Protection

• Blessing of Sanctuary and Greater Blessing of Sanctuary changed to reduce damage taken from all sources by 3% for 30 min. In addition, when the target blocks, parries, or dodges a melee attack the target will gain 10 rage, 20 runic power, or 2% of maximum mana.
• Shield Specialization (Tier 3) now increases shield block value by 10/20/30%. (Previously just increased damage absorbed)
• Toughness (Tier 3) now reduces the duration of all movement slowing effects by 10/20/30/40/50% in addition to its previous effect. (Previously just increased armor by 2/4/6/8/10%)

Retribution

• Blessing of Might and Greater Blessing of Might: Ranks 5+ buffed. Now grants more attack power. (Example: Blessing of Might Rank 9 "..increasing attack power by 410...", formerly 285.)
• Improved Blessing of Might (Tier 1) now increases the attack power bonus from Blessing of Might by 5/10/15/20/25%. (Previously 10/20/30/40/50%)
• Judgements of the Wise (Tier 6) changed to: Your Judgement spells have a 33/66/100% chance to grant up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 0.5% of their maximum mana per second.
• Judgement of Wisdom (Rank 1): Mana return values added. Now: "Fills the Paladin with divine wisdom for [DURATION], giving each melee attack a chance to restore 4 of the Paladin's mana. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy for [DURATION], granting attacks and spells used against the judged enemy a chance to restore 2% mana to the attacker. Your melee strikes will refresh the spell's duration. "

3.0.1.8820 (August 21 2008)

Holy

• Concentration Aura changed = All party or raid members within 30 yards lose 35% less casting or channeling time when damaged.
• Summon Charger renamed Charger.
• Summon Warhorse renamed Warhorse.

Retribution

• Seal of Corruption, Holy Vengeance, Judgement of Vengeance, and Seal of Vengeance all changed from 18 sec to 15 sec.
• Vengeance (Tier 6) stacks up to 2 times now. (Previously 3)

3.0.1.8788 (August 13 2008)

Protection

• Stoicism moved to tier 2, now reduces duration of Stun effects by 10/20/30% and reduces chance your spells will be resisted by 10/20/30%.

Talent Changes 08/07/2008

Holy

• Illumination moved to tier 3.
• Holy Guidance increases spell power by 7/14/21/28/35% of your intellect. (Previously increased spell damage and healing)

Protection

• Sacred Duty now affects Divine Protection as well as Divine Shield. (Previously only affected Divine Shield)
• Hammer of the Righteous now causes current weapon damage as holy damage. (Previously caused 100% of weapon damage)

Retribution

• Crusader Strike does not refresh judgements anymore.

Talent Changes (08/07/2008)

Protection

• Divine Guardian: Now only affects Divine Shield

3.0.1.8681 (July 28 2008)

Retribution

• Vindication: Gives the Paladin's damaging attacks a chance to reduce the target's attributes by 10/20% for 15 seconds (was only melee attacks and 3 Pts for 5/10/15%).
• Pursuit of Justice: Reduces the chance you'll be hit by spells by 1/2% and increases movement and mounted movement speed by 8/15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects (was 3 Pts for 1/2/3% reduced chance to be hit by spells and 5/10/15% speed increase).
• Eye for an Eye: All criticals against you cause 10/20% of the damage taken to the attacker as well. The damage caused by Eye for an Eye will not exceed 50% of the Paladin's total health (was 15/30% damage return for spell attacks only).
• The Art of War: Reduces all damage taken by 1/2/3% and gives your Hand of Freedom a 33/66/100% chance to remove Stun effects.
• Righteous Vengeance: Increases critical damage bonus of your Judgement and Divine Storm spells by 5/10/15/20/25% (was 3/6/9/12/15% for all damage criticals).
• Divine Storm: Mana cost changed to 20% of base mana up from 12%.

Holy

• New Spell: Divine Plea (5 Minutes cooldown, Channeled): While channeling this spell, you gain 50% of your total mana over 6 seconds.
• Reworked: Divine Protection (118 Mana, 5 Minutes cooldown): Reduces all damage taken by 50% for 12 seconds, but increases the time between your attacks by 50%. Once protected, the target cannot be made invulnerable by Divine Shield, Divine Protection or Hand of Protection again for 180 seconds.
• Forbearance: Now lasts 3 minutes.
• Seals: All seal spells now last 2 minutes.
• Holy Shock: Rank 1 mana cost reduced from 335 to 245. Healing increased from 351-379 to 481-519 (Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 314 to 340 Holy damage to an enemy, or 481 to 519 healing to an ally).
• Enlightened Judgements: Chance to hit added (Increases the range of your Judgement spells by 10/20 yards and increases your chance to hit by 2/4%).
• Beacon of Light: Mana cost reduced from 780 to 675.

Protection

• Guardian's Favor: Tooltip corrected (Blessing of Freedom renamed to Hand of Freedom).
• Divine Guardian: This talent now affects Divine Shield and Divine Protection (While Divine Shield or Divine Protection is active 15/30% of all damage taken by party or raid members within 30 yards is redirected to the Paladin.).
• Guarded by the Light: Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath and Avenger's Shield spells by 15/30% (was "Whenever you parry or dodge an attack you have a 10/20% chance to reduce the mana cost of your next Consecration, Holy Wrath or Avenger's Shield spell by 25/50%").

Talent Changes (July 25 2008)

See: MMO-Champion
See Also: Official Calculator Updates

Holy

• The amount of health point healed by Holy Shock has been increased by 66%. (eg. Rank 7 now heals for 2401-2599 instead of 1431-1549)
• Infusion of Light now reduces the cast time of your next Holy Light spell by 1.3/2.5 secs instead of 1.25/2.5 secs.

Protection

• Holy Shield will now give you 6 charges instead of 4.
• Avenger's Shield mana cost reduced by 70%, damage has been reduced. (eg. Rank 3 now deals 494-602 damage for 780 mana instead of 705-861 for 1745 mana)
• Guarded by the Light now reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath and Avenger's Shield by 15/30% (Old version : Whenever your parry or dodge an attack you have a 10% chance to reduce the mana cost of your next Consecration, Holy Wrath, or Avenger's Shield spell by 25%/50%)

Retribution

• Improved Blessing of Might now increases the attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 10/20/30/40/50% instead of 4/8/12/16/20%
• Vindication now has a chance to reduce the target's attributes by 10/20% for 15 seconds. (Old version : 5/10% reduction)
• Pursuit of Justice is now a 2 rank talents (was 3), reducing the change to be hit by spells by 1/2% and mounted movement speed by 9/15% (Old version : 1/2/3% hit and 5/10/15% mounted speed)
• Repentance now costs 395 mana instead of 9% of base mana.

3.0.1.8634 (July 17 2008)

General

• All Auras now affect all party and raid members within the area of effect.

Holy

• Avenging Wrath no longer causes Forebearance, damage increase reduced to 20%, now increases healing done by 20%.
• Blessing of Light and Greater Blessing of Light removed. Their effects have been folded into all relevant abilities.
• Divine Intellect moved to tier 2, increases total Intellect by 3/6/9/12/15%.
• Divine Intervention cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
• Divine Protection and Divine Shield now cost 3% of base mana.
• Divine Strength moved to tier 1 in the Protection tree.
• Hammer of Wrath is now considered a Retribution spell, moved from Holy, mana cost reduced, missile speed increased, now usable on targets below 35% health.
• Healing Light moved to tier 2.
• Holy Shock range changed to 20/40 yards when used on enemies/friends respectively, cooldown reduced to 6 seconds.
• Holy Wrath is now instant cast, causes a 3 second stun, cooldown reduced to 30 seconds, radius reduced to 10 yards.
• Illumination moved to tier 3.
• Improved Seal of Righteousness moved to tier 1, renamed XXX, now affects Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Vengeance and Seal of Corruption.
• Judgement of Justice will no longer prevent Fear effects, only prevent NPCs from fleeing (e.g. at low health).
• Lay on Hands no longer drains all mana, cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
• Pure of Heart reduced to 2 ranks, now reduces duration of Curse and Disease effects by 25/50%.
• Sanctified Light now also increases the critical chance of Holy Shock.
• Seal of Vengeance damage over time effect duration increased to 18 seconds.
• Spiritual Focus moved to tier 1.
• Turn Undead (ranks 1 and 2) removed. Turn Evil now granted at level 24, mana cost changed to 9% of base.
• Unyielding Faith moved to tier 2.

Protection

• Anticipation moved to tier 1, now increases chance to dodge by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Avenger's Shield cast time reduced to .5 seconds, duration increased to 10 seconds.
• Blessing of Freedom renamed Hand of Freedom. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Protection renamed Hand of Protection. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. All ranks now cost 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Sacrifice renamed Hand of Sacrifice, is now only 1 rank and transfers 20% of the damage taken to the caster, duration reduced to 12 seconds, cooldown increased to 2 minutes. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Salvation renamed Hand of Salvation, now reduces total threat on the target by 2% per second for 10 seconds while also reducing all damage and healing done by 10%. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Greater Blessing of Salvation removed.
• Hammer of Justice now costs 3% of base mana.
• Holy Shield cooldown reduced to 8 seconds.
• Improved Concentration Aura moved from the Protection tree to tier 4 in the Holy tree.
• Improved Devotion Aura moved to tier 4, reduced to 3 ranks, now increases armor of Devotion Aura by 17/34/50% and increases all healing done to units affected by Devotion Aura by 1/2/3%.
• Improved Hammer of Justice now reduces cooldwon by 10/20/30 secs.
• Improved Righteous Fury threat bonus folded into base spell, talent still reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6%.
• Redoubt moved to tier 2.
• Righteous Fury now increases threat caused by Holy damage by 90%.
• Seal of Justice/Judgement of Justice reduced to 1 rank with all the effects of the previous rank 2, the Judgement effect no longer prevents Fear.
• Stoicism moved to tier 2, now reduces duration of Stun effects by 10/20/30% and reduces chance your spells will be resisted by 10/20/30%.
• Toughness moved to tier 3.

Retribution

• Convictionnow increases critical chance with all spells and melee attacks.
• Divine Purpose now reduces chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 1/2/3%.
• Improved Sanctity Aura renamed Sanctified Retribution, now causes all units affected by Retribution Aura to cause 2% more damage.
• Improved Seal of the Crusader renamed Heart of the Crusader and the effects now apply to all Judgement spells.
• Repentance mana cost changed to 9% of base, duration increased to 1 minute (10 second PvP duration), now usable against Demons, Dragonkin, Giants, Humanoids and Undead.
• Retribution Aura damage increased and now gains damage based on Holy spell power.
• Sanctity Aura removed.
• Seal of the Crusader has been removed. The effects of Judgement of the Crusader have been folded into all relevant abilities.

Worldwide Invitational Information (June 28-29 2008)

(From WoWInsider's coverage)

• Blessing of Protection and Blessing of Freedom are being modified to no longer be blessings, meaning they will now stack with whatever blessing the paladin has already cast on the target.
• Hand of Purity: New ability that provides preemptive reactive healing on the target, similar to a single target version of Prayer of Mending.
• Retribution itemization will be further modified to require the same statistics as warrior gear.

General

• Cooldown on Turn Undead and Turn Evil removed.

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Background

The paladins are the virtuous defenders of the weak and tireless enemies of the undead. Mixing elements of the warrior and the priests of the Holy Light, the paladin is a tough melee fighter. The tradition of the Holy Light is unique to a few of the Alliance races and the blood elves of the Horde.

The paladin is a warrior of the Holy Light. He upholds all that is good and true in the world and reviles all that is evil and sinister—especially undead and the Burning Legion. He offers succor to the beleaguered and smites his enemies with holy fervor. He is particularly potent against undead, as these creatures threaten the goodly races and the Holy Light burns them terribly. The presence of any evil is reprehensible to the paladin, but he focuses his efforts on destroying undead and demons. These warriors uphold the tenets of the Holy Light and defend the Alliance from the predations of any threat to their peoples. Found in almost every corner of Azeroth fighting the forces of evil and barbarism, these stalwart warriors of faith ceaselessly uphold their vigil against demonic forces from beyond the Dark Portal. Humans, Draenei and Ironforge dwarves are the most likely to become paladins, as these races revere the Holy Light. Blood Elves known as Blood Knights bend the powers of the Light to their will, though rumour has it they have recently began to use the Light legitimately. The paladin order, also called the Knights of the Silver Hand, grew out of humanity’s culture, and its greatest heroes and fiercest proponents are humans. Ironforge dwarves possess the toughness needed to withstand the onslaught of the paladins’ many enemies. High elves rarely become paladins, though this has changed somewhat, as their Blood Elf brothers and sisters expand the Blood Knight order. The Blood Knights are a commonly mistaken for the enemy of the Knights of the Silver Hand, they are not. Paladins are the embodiment of goodliness and selfless dedication to the protection of their peoples. They help the innocent and punish the wicked. As such, all paladins are of good alignment.

The Second War

Paladins are a holy order of warriors whose purpose is to defend and shepherd the war-torn populace of Lordaeron. The Archbishop Alonsus Faol perceived that the pious Clerics of Northshire, who suffered such terrible attrition in the First War, were ill-suited for the dangers of combat. Along with many of the surviving Clerics of Northshire, he sought those of only the greatest virtue among the knighthood of Lordaeron and tutored them in the ways of magic. Led by the crusading Uther Lightbringer, it now rests upon these Paladins — christened the Knights of the Silver Hand — to heal the wounds sustained in combat and to restore faith in the promise of freedom from Orcish tyranny.

The Third War

The Knights of the Silver Hand was the original paladin order, the Silver Hand was formed in the Second War and was at its height until the time of the Plague. As paladins were immune to the Plague (and indeed all diseases), many members of the order survived the initial push of the Scourge. Unfortunately, the corrupted Arthas Menethil killed many paladins upon his return (including Uther the Lightbringer), leaving only a scattered few. The Order of the Silver Hand was decimated by prince Arthas Menethil when Uther the Lightbringer refused to aid in Arthas in destroying Stratholme.

Following the invasion of the Scourge, many of the order's paladins joined a zealous group of followers of the Light known as the Scarlet Crusade. However, many of these Paladins have become fanatical towards their ambition of destroying the Scourge, to the point that those not wearing their colors are deemed as corrupt. After leaving the Crusade, some paladins decided to join the Argent Dawn. Some Paladins have also turned from the light and joined Arthas Menethil as Death Knights.

Others fled south, to the Kingdom of Stormwind. The paladin order, still referring to themselves as the Order of the Silver Hand, now thrives under their new leadership at the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind City. Over time, the followers of the Holy Light spread their philosophy to the dwarves of Ironforge who soon adopted the tenets of the order as well. Though decimated the Knights of the Silver Hand eventually bounced back.DF 154, 155

In a World of Warcraft questline, Tirion Fordring vows to restore the original order.

The Blood Knights are a paladin order within the blood elves. The Hand of Argus is a paladin order within the draenei

Code of Conduct

A paladin must be of good alignment and loses all light abilities if he ever willingly commits an evil act. Additionally, a paladin’s code requires that he respect legitimate authority, act with honor (not lying, not cheating, not using poison and so forth), help those in need (provided they do not use their help for evil or chaotic ends), and punish those who harm or threaten innocents. While he may adventure with characters of any good or neutral alignment, a paladin will never knowingly associate with evil persons, nor will he continue an association with someone who consistently offends his moral code. A paladin may accept only henchmen, followers or cohorts who are of good alignment. A paladin who violates this code, becomes an ex-paladin, and loses all Light-given abilities and can not train further as a paladin until he atones for his violations

Paladins don't always have to work within good or neutral organizations as seen by the Scarlet Crusade and others — however, they do have to believe they working for good organizations or have faith that their cause is good and just. A paladin can be evil (as illustrated by Renault Mograine), but as long as they believe their cause to be just, the Light will continue to serve them.

Their future

With the Ashbringer in the hands of paladins once again and the Knights of the Silver Hand fully reinstated the paladins of the world stand eager to fight against their mortal enemy and former comrade Arthas the Lich King and his scourge army. With the paladins unwavering faith in the light and their increased power against the unholy forces of the undead, paladins are going to be the ones making the biggest blow against the scourge, whether through protecting their allies, healing them or unleashing the full wrath of the light in retribution against the undead. The paladins stand ready.