Iron Creed, a Protection Paladin talent in WoW Forever

Iron Creed is a passive talent in row 6 of the Protection tree. It needs 25 points in Protection, so the earliest you can take it is level 35 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.

Iron Creed

5 ranks

• Requires 25 points in Protection

Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 5%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 2% for 6 sec.

Every rank of Iron Creed

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 5%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 2% for 6 sec.
Rank 2	Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 10%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 4% for 6 sec.
Rank 3	Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 15%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 6% for 6 sec.
Rank 4	Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 20%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 8% for 6 sec.
Rank 5	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.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Protection tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

None

Row above (row 5)

• Templar's Bulwark
• Reckoning

Row below (row 7)

• Holy Shield

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Iron Creed.

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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.