WORLD OF WARCRAFT: FOREVER · TALENT TREES
Paladin Talents
Every talent compared with Classic: gold border = new, blue = changed, purple = moved, grey = unchanged. Click a talent for rank-by-rank tooltips and the Classic text.
Showing Paladin data for Beta 1.60.1.70425: Holy, Protection, Retribution, with 50 talents (18 marked new). Inspect each node for rank effects and prerequisites.
Final-row talents include Holy: Light's Vigil; Protection: Holy Shield; Retribution: Twist of Light. See the spellbook for learning levels. Racials reflect the October 15 notes. Beta details remain subject to change.
- Lv 10
Benediction1/5 - Lv 11
Benediction2/5 - Lv 12
Benediction3/5 - Lv 13
Benediction4/5 - Lv 14
Benediction5/5 - Lv 15
Improved Judgement1/2 - Lv 16
Improved Judgement2/2 - Lv 17
Conviction1/3 - Lv 18
Conviction2/3 - Lv 19
Conviction3/3 - Lv 20
Seal of Command1/1 - Lv 21
Sanctified Judgement1/3 - Lv 22
Sanctified Judgement2/3 - Lv 23
Sanctified Judgement3/3 - Lv 24
Pursuit of Justice1/2 - Lv 25
Pursuit of Justice2/2 - Lv 26
Deflection1/5 - Lv 27
Deflection2/5 - Lv 28
Deflection3/5 - Lv 29
Deflection4/5 - Lv 30
Vengeance1/3 - Lv 31
Vengeance2/3 - Lv 32
Vengeance3/3 - Lv 33
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization1/3 - Lv 34
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization2/3 - Lv 35
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization3/3 - Lv 36
Repentance1/1 - Lv 37
Vindication1/3 - Lv 38
Vindication2/3 - Lv 39
Vindication3/3 - Lv 40
Champion of the Light1/5 - Lv 41
Champion of the Light2/5 - Lv 42
Champion of the Light3/5 - Lv 43
Sacred Arbiter1/1 - Lv 44
Spiritual Focus1/5 - Lv 45
Spiritual Focus2/5 - Lv 46
Spiritual Focus3/5 - Lv 47
Spiritual Focus4/5 - Lv 48
Spiritual Focus5/5 - Lv 49
Divine Strength1/5 - Lv 50
Divine Strength2/5 - Lv 51
Divine Strength3/5 - Lv 52
Divine Strength4/5 - Lv 53
Divine Strength5/5 - Lv 54
Holy Conduit1/2 - Lv 55
Holy Conduit2/2 - Lv 56
Improved Seals1/5 - Lv 57
Improved Seals2/5 - Lv 58
Improved Seals3/5 - Lv 59
Divine Intellect1/5 - Lv 60
Divine Intellect2/5
New talents 20 · not in Classic
Holy 9
Allows 15% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 10% and reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 17%.
Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 20%.
Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 4%, and reduces the duration of Silence effects on you by 10%.
Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 0.5 sec.
Swear an Oath to protect target ally for 5 min, increasing the healing of your Holy Light on them by up to 0, your Flash of Light by up to 0, and your Holy Shock by up to 0. Only one Oath of Light may be sworn by the Paladin at any one time.
Gives your Holy spells 5% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.
Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock spell by 15% when cast on allies not affected by your Oath of Light.
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 324. Only one Vigil per Paladin may be active in each party.
Protection 6
Reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 30 sec, and reduces the duration of Forbearance by 5 sec.
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.
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.
Reduces the duration of Stun and Charm effects on you by 10%.
Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 10%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 2% for 6 sec.
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.
Retribution 5
Gives your Judgement ability a 33% chance to return 20% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
Reduces the cast time of your Turn Undead spell by 0.5 sec, its cooldown by 5 sec, and allows it to affect Demons.
Increases your spell damage by up to 12% of your Intellect, and reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 0.2 sec.
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.
Capstones row 7 · 30 points
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 324. Only one Vigil per Paladin may be active in each party.
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.
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.
Baseline ability changes trainable · 4
Changed: it no longer eats your seal. 10 yd range, 10 sec cooldown. Judging Seal of Fury taunts for 4 sec.
The tank seal: every hit adds Holy damage, and with a shield up an absorb worth half of it. Level 10, ranks to 58.
Baseline Ret strike, 10 sec cooldown: weapon damage plus Holy. Level 6, ranks to 60. Several talents build on it.
Both trainable now, not talents. Consecration at level 20.
Who can play a Paladin 3 races · gold = new combo · click for racials
Tier 1 sets Mount Hyjal · 3 sets
Justice Armor Healer · Holy
2p +10 Spirit · 3p Blessing of Protection · 4p +26 healing / +9 damage · 5p Holy Shock
Justice Battleplate Tank · Protection
2p +7 Defense · 3p Turn Undead · 4p -1.2% dodge/parry · 5p Forbearance
Justice Battlegear DPS · Retribution
2p 1% haste · 3p Hammer of Justice · 4p AP vs Demons · 5p Judgement
Row 1 needs 0 points · each row unlocks per 5 points · row 7 = the 30-point capstone · some rank values are estimates until launch
Data source (CC BY 4.0), read from the WoW: Forever launch client 1.60.1.70790. · source · Chinese names are provisional