Paladin in WoW Forever

What's different from Classic

• Judgement. Changed: it no longer eats your seal. 10 yd range, 10 sec cooldown. Judging Seal of Fury taunts for 3 sec since the launch realms' hotfix of 30 Oct.
• Seal of Fury. The tank seal: every hit adds Holy damage, and with a shield up an absorb worth half of it. Level 10, ranks to 58.
• Holy Strike. Baseline Ret strike, 10 sec cooldown: weapon damage plus Holy. Level 6, ranks to 60. Several talents build on it.
• Blessing of Kings and Consecration. Both trainable now, not talents. Consecration at level 20.

Talent-by-talent: 20 new, 23 changed, 6 moved and 2 unchanged. Spellbook: 8 new spells and 27 with changed ranks or numbers. Full detail on the Paladin changes page.

New Paladin talents

• Reverence (Holy row 2, 2 ranks): Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
• Purifying Power (Holy row 2, 2 ranks): Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 20% and reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 33%.
• Holy Conduit (Holy row 3, 2 ranks): Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 40%.
• Divine Precision (Holy row 4, 2 ranks): Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 8%, and reduces the duration of Silence effects on you by 20%.
• Infusion of Light (Holy row 4, 2 ranks): Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 1.0 sec.
• Oath of Light (Holy row 4, 1 rank): Swear an Oath to protect target ally for 5 min, increasing the healing of your Holy Light on them by up to 400, your Flash of Light by up to 115, and your Holy Shock by up to 230. Only one Oath of Light may be sworn by the Paladin at any one time.
• Consecrated Ground (Holy row 5, 2 ranks): Gives your Holy spells 10% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.
• Boundless Light (Holy row 5, 2 ranks): Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock spell by 30% when cast on allies not affected by your Oath of Light.
• Light's Vigil (Holy row 7, 1 rank): Applies Light's Vigil to a friendly target for 30 sec. The caster's next Holy Shock on the target incurs no cooldown and heals the target and their party for 325 to 343. Only one Vigil per Paladin may be active in each party.
• Sacred Duty (Protection row 2, 2 ranks): Reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec, and reduces the duration of Forbearance by 10 sec.
• Templar's Bulwark (Protection row 3, 1 rank): When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
• Swift Judgement (Protection row 4, 1 rank): Unleash the energy of a Seal spell upon an enemy. Does not consume the Seal. Refer to individual Seals for Judgement effect. Does not share a cooldown with your Judgement ability.
• Stoicism (Protection row 5, 2 ranks): Reduces the duration of Stun and Charm effects on you by 20%.
• Iron Creed (Protection row 6, 3 ranks): Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 30%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 6% for 6 sec.
• Shieldsworn (Protection row 7, 1 rank): Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 sec. Additionally, Holy Strike now strikes with your shield, triggering your active Holy Shield and Shield Specialization talents without consuming their charges or triggering their cooldowns, and allowing you to Block spells for 6 sec.
• Sanctified Judgement (Retribution row 2, 3 ranks): Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
• Sacred Arbiter (Retribution row 4, 1 rank): Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
• Turn Evil (Retribution row 5, 2 ranks): Reduces the cast time of your Turn Undead spell by 1.0 sec, its cooldown by 10 sec, and allows it to affect Demons.
• Champion of the Light (Retribution row 6, 5 ranks): Increases your spell damage by up to 60% of your Intellect, and reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 1.0 sec.
• Unsealed Wrath (Retribution row 7, 1 rank): Your melee attacks store a copy of your active Seal for 15 sec, stacking up to 3 times. Landing an attack with a different Seal consumes all stacks, giving the stored Seal its normal chance to activate once per stack.

31-point talents

• Light's Vigil (Holy): Applies Light's Vigil to a friendly target for 30 sec. The caster's next Holy Shock on the target incurs no cooldown and heals the target and their party for 325 to 343. Only one Vigil per Paladin may be active in each party. · 730 Mana | 40 yd range | 1.5 sec cast | 6 sec cooldown
• Shieldsworn (Protection): Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 sec. Additionally, Holy Strike now strikes with your shield, triggering your active Holy Shield and Shield Specialization talents without consuming their charges or triggering their cooldowns, and allowing you to Block spells for 6 sec.
• Unsealed Wrath (Retribution): Your melee attacks store a copy of your active Seal for 15 sec, stacking up to 3 times. Landing an attack with a different Seal consumes all stacks, giving the stored Seal its normal chance to activate once per stack.

New spells in the Paladin book

• Holy Shock (Learned at level 30): Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally.
• Light's Vigil (Learned at level 40): Applies Light's Vigil to a friendly target for 30 sec. The caster's next Holy Shock on the target incurs no cooldown and heals the target and their party for 325 to 343. Only one Vigil per Paladin may be active in each party.
• Oath of Light (Learned at level 25): Swear an Oath to protect target ally for 5 min, increasing the healing of your Holy Light on them by up to 400, your Flash of Light by up to 115, and your Holy Shock by up to 230. Only one Oath of Light may be sworn by the Paladin at any one time.
• Voice of Truth (Learned at level 20): Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects for 6 sec.
• Seal of Fury (Learned at level 10): Fills you with divine fury for 30 sec, causing melee attacks to deal an additional 6 Holy damage. While a shield is equipped, each attack also grants an absorb shield equal to 50% of the Holy damage dealt. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Unleashing this Seal's energy inflicts 32 to 34 Holy damage to an enemy and taunts the target to attack you for 3 sec.
• Swift Judgement (Learned at level 25): Unleash the energy of a Seal spell upon an enemy. Does not consume the Seal. Refer to individual Seals for Judgement effect. Does not share a cooldown with your Judgement ability.
• Templar's Bulwark (Learned at level 20): When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
• Holy Strike (Learned at level 6): An instant strike that causes 25% weapon damage plus an additional 2 to 4 as Holy damage.