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Paladin · Protection · row 2

Guardian's Favor

Same as Classic2 ranks

Guardian's Favor

Rank 2/2Protection

Requires 5 points in Protection Talents

Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.

Every rank of Guardian's Favor

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 1 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 3 sec.	client
2	Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Protection, row 2, column 2. Needs 5 points in Protection first. The earliest you can finish all 2 ranks is level 16 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Precision, Sacred Duty in the same row.

Classic comparison

	Classic 1.12	WoW Forever
Name	Guardian's Favor	Guardian's Favor
Position	Protection row 2, col 2	Protection row 2, col 2
Ranks	2	2
Rank 1 text	Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 60 sec and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 3 sec.	Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 1 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 3 sec.

Spells this talent affects

Blessing of Freedom · 1 rank
Blessing of Protection · 3 ranks, learned at 10

Builds that take Guardian's Favor

Holy Paladin raid healing build (31/20/0) · 2/2
Retribution Paladin endgame PvE build (0/20/31) · 2/2
Holy Paladin PvP build (31/20/0) · 2/2

Questions players ask

Where is Guardian's Favor in the Paladin talent tree?

Protection tree, row 2, column 2. You need 5 points spent in Protection before you can learn it.

Is Guardian's Favor new in WoW Forever?

No. Guardian's Favor works the same as in Classic 1.12, where it was in Protection row 2 with 2 ranks.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.