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Improved Hammer of Justice, a Protection Paladin talent in WoW Forever

Improved Hammer of Justice is a passive talent in row 4 of the Protection tree. It needs 15 points in Protection, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It moved since Classic Era, from row 4, column 2 to row 4, column 3 of the Protection tree.

Improved Hammer of Justice

3 ranks

  • Requires 15 points in Protection

Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 5 sec.

Every rank of Improved Hammer of Justice

RankText
Rank 1Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 5 sec.
Rank 2Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 10 sec.
Rank 3Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 15 sec.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Protection tree

ToughnessRedoubtPrecisionGuardian's FavorAnticipationImproved Seal of FuryImproved Righteous FuryShield SpecializationSacred DutySwift JudgementOne-Handed Weapon SpecializationImproved Hammer of JusticeTemplar's BulwarkReckoningIron CreedHoly Shield
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 3)
Row below (row 5)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Improved Hammer of Justice.

Compared with Classic Era

Improved Hammer of Justice moved from row 4, column 2 to row 4, column 3 of the Protection tree.

Position

Classic Era

Protection, row 4, column 2

WoW Forever

Protection, row 4, column 3

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All Protection talents

  1. Toughness
  2. Redoubt
  3. Precision
  4. Guardian's Favor
  5. Anticipation
  6. Improved Seal of Fury
  7. Improved Righteous Fury
  8. Shield Specialization
  9. Sacred Duty
  10. Swift Judgement
  11. One-Handed Weapon Specialization
  12. Improved Hammer of Justice
  13. Templar's Bulwark
  14. Reckoning
  15. Iron Creed
  16. Holy Shield

The other Paladin trees: Holy and Retribution. Everything that changed for the Paladin since Classic is on the changes page.

Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.