What changed for the Paladin in WoW Forever

New talents (18)

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  Voice of Truth Holy, row 3, 1 rank

  Max rank: Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects for 6 sec.

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  Reverence Holy, row 3, 3 ranks

  Max rank: Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

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  Purifying Power Holy, row 3, 2 ranks

  Max rank: 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%.

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  Infusion of Light Holy, row 4, 2 ranks

  Max rank: 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.

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  Divine Precision Holy, row 5, 3 ranks

  Max rank: Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%.

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  Consecrated Ground Holy, row 5, 2 ranks

  Max rank: Gives your Holy spells 10% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.

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  Light's Vigil Holy, row 7, 1 rank

  Max rank: Applies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes enemy targets to suffer 175 to 189 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost, or allied targets to heal their party for 325 to 343. You may only have one Light's Vigil active per party.

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  Improved Seal of Fury Protection, row 3, 1 rank

  Max rank: When Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed, restore 60 Mana, increased by 15% per level the attacker is above you, up to 45%.

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  Sacred Duty Protection, row 3, 2 ranks

  Max rank: Increases your total Stamina by 4% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec.

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  Swift Judgement Protection, row 4, 1 rank

  Max rank: Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%.

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  Templar's Bulwark Protection, row 5, 1 rank

  Max 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.

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  Iron Creed Protection, row 6, 5 ranks

  Max rank: Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 25%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 10% for 6 sec.

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  Holy Conduit Retribution, row 2, 2 ranks

  Max rank: Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 40%.

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  Sanctified Judgement Retribution, row 3, 3 ranks

  Max rank: Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.

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  Sacred Arbiter Retribution, row 4, 1 rank

  Max rank: Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.

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  Champion of the Light Retribution, row 6, 3 ranks

  Max rank: Increases your spell damage by up to 60% of your Intellect.

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  Instrument of Law Retribution, row 6, 2 ranks

  Max rank: Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 1.0 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 20% while Righteous Fury is not active.

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  Twist of Light Retribution, row 7, 1 rank

  Max rank: Reduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%, and when you replace your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Fury, or Seal of Justice with a different Seal, you gain an Echo of that Seal. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo.

Changed talents (23)

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  Healing Light Holy, row 2

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light and Flash of Light spells by 4%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 4%.

  Position: from Holy, row 3, column 1 to Holy, row 2, column 1.

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  Spiritual Focus Holy, row 2

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Gives your Flash of Light and Holy Light spells a 14% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Gives your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Light's Vigil spells a 35% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

  Ranks: 5 in Classic, 2 in Forever.

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  Improved Seals Holy, row 2

  Called Improved Seal of Righteousness in Classic.

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases the damage done by your Seal of Righteousness and Judgement of Righteousness by 3%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 5%.

  Ranks: 5 in Classic, 3 in Forever.

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  Unyielding Faith Holy, row 2

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases your chance to resist Fear and Disorient effects by an additional 5%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 15%.

  Position: from Holy, row 3, column 4 to Holy, row 2, column 4.

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  Illumination Holy, row 4

  Classic Era, rank 1

  After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

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  Divine Favor Holy, row 4

  Rank 1 text is the same as in Classic.

  Position: from Holy, row 5, column 2 to Holy, row 4, column 3.

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  Holy Shock Holy, row 5

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 204 to 220 Holy damage to an enemy, or 204 to 220 healing to an ally.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally.

  Position: from Holy, row 7, column 2 to Holy, row 5, column 2.

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  Holy Power Holy, row 6

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 1%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 3%, and all other spells by 1%.

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  Redoubt Protection, row 1

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases your chance to block attacks with your shield by 6% after being the victim of a critical strike. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 4%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.

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  Precision Protection, row 2

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 1%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Improves your chance to hit by 1%.

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  Anticipation Protection, row 2

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases your Defense skill by 2.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases your Defense Skill by 4.

  Position: from Protection, row 3, column 4 to Protection, row 2, column 4.

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  Improved Righteous Fury Protection, row 3

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases the amount of threat generated by your Righteous Fury spell by 16%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 2%.

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  Shield Specialization Protection, row 3

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 10%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 10%, and gives your blocks a 33% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec.

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  One-Handed Weapon Specialization Protection, row 4

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 2%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 3%.

  Position: from Protection, row 6, column 3 to Protection, row 4, column 2.

  Ranks: 5 in Classic, 3 in Forever.

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  Reckoning Protection, row 5

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Gives you a 20% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a critical strike.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Gives you a 8% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 20% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.

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  Holy Shield Protection, row 7

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 65 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 110 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.

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  Benediction Retribution, row 1

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Reduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 3%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 2%.

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  Improved Judgement Retribution, row 2

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement spell by 1 sec.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 1 sec.

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  Conviction Retribution, row 2

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 1%.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.

  Position: from Retribution, row 3, column 2 to Retribution, row 2, column 3.

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  Vindication Retribution, row 3

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Gives the Paladin's damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Strength and Agility by 5% for 10 sec.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 68, and increase your Attack Power by 1% for 30 sec.

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  Pursuit of Justice Retribution, row 3

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Increases movement and mounted movement speed by 4%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 8%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.

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  Eye for an Eye Retribution, row 4

  Classic Era, rank 1

  All spell criticals against you cause 15% of the damage taken to the caster as well. The damage caused by Eye for an Eye will not exceed 50% of the Paladin's total health.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  All critical strikes against you cause 5% 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.

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  Vengeance Retribution, row 5

  Classic Era, rank 1

  Gives you a 3% bonus to Physical and Holy damage you deal for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike from a weapon swing, spell, or ability.

  WoW Forever, rank 1

  Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 1% for 30 sec after landing a non-periodic critical strike. Stacks up to 3 times.

  Position: from Retribution, row 6, column 2 to Retribution, row 5, column 2.

  Ranks: 5 in Classic, 3 in Forever.

Moved talents (4)

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  Toughness Protection, row 1

  Moved from Protection, row 2, column 4 to Protection, row 1, column 2.

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  Improved Hammer of Justice Protection, row 4

  Moved from Protection, row 4, column 2 to Protection, row 4, column 3.

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  Deflection Retribution, row 1

  Moved from Retribution, row 2, column 3 to Retribution, row 1, column 2.

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  Repentance Retribution, row 5

  Moved from Retribution, row 7, column 2 to Retribution, row 5, column 3.

Taken out of the talent trees (12)

2 of them are still in the game: the class trainer teaches them now, so they are no longer a talent pick.

Holy (4)

• Consecration 1 rank in Classic, row 3

  Now taught by the trainer from level 20: Consecration in the Paladin spellbook

  Consecrates the land beneath Paladin, doing 64 Holy damage over 8 sec to enemies who enter the area.

• Improved Lay on Hands 2 ranks in Classic, row 3

  Gives the target of your Lay on Hands spell a 15% bonus to their armor value from items for 2 min. In addition, the cooldown for your Lay on Hands spell is reduced by 10 min.

• Improved Blessing of Wisdom 2 ranks in Classic, row 4

  Increases the effect of your Blessing of Wisdom spell by 10%.

• Lasting Judgement 3 ranks in Classic, row 5

  Increases the duration of your Judgement of Light and Judgement of Wisdom by 10 sec.

Protection (4)

• Improved Devotion Aura 5 ranks in Classic, row 1

  Increases the armor bonus of your Devotion Aura by 5%.

• Blessing of Kings 1 rank in Classic, row 3

  Now taught by the trainer from level 20: Blessing of Kings in the Paladin spellbook

  Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing total stats by 10% for 5 min. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.

• Improved Concentration Aura 3 ranks in Classic, row 4

  Increases the effect of your Concentration Aura by an additional 5% and gives all group members affected by the aura an additional 5% chance to resist Silence and Interrupt effects.

• Blessing of Sanctuary 1 rank in Classic, row 5

  Places a Blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage dealt from all sources by up to 10 for 5 min. In addition, when the target blocks a melee attack the attacker will take 14 Holy damage. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.

Retribution (4)

• Improved Blessing of Might 5 ranks in Classic, row 1

  Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 4%.

• Improved Seal of the Crusader 3 ranks in Classic, row 2

  Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Seal of the Crusader and the Holy damage increase of your Judgement of the Crusader by 5%.

• Improved Retribution Aura 2 ranks in Classic, row 4

  Increases the damage done by your Retribution Aura by 25%.

• Sanctity Aura 1 rank in Classic, row 5

  Increases Holy damage done by party members within 30 yards by 10%. Players may only have one Aura on them per Paladin at any one time.

Unchanged (5)

• Divine Strength
• Divine Intellect
• Guardian's Favor
• Seal of Command
• Two-Handed Weapon Specialization

Spells and the rest

This page covers talents only. For what happened to the Paladin spells, see the Paladin abilities page. Every talent has its own page in the Paladin talent list, and you can plan a build in the Paladin talent calculator.