WoW Forever Paladin Talents

Every Paladin talent in the current snapshot — rank text, grid position, source status, and Classic comparison. Rank text coverage: 138 of 138 ranks; ranks without confirmed text are marked explicitly.

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World of Warcraft: Forever reworks the Classic Paladin specialization trees: 50 talents across Holy, Protection, Retribution, with 18 brand-new talents, 24 carrying over with changed text or ranks, and 4 relocated. This page is the complete WoW Forever Paladin talents reference — every rank of every talent with its verified text and where it came from — while the Paladin talent calculator handles planning and the Changes report compares all nine classes side by side.

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Holy

17 talents · 7 new in Forever · 7 changed from Classic · 4 Classic talents removed

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Divine Strength Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your Strength by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases your Strength by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases your Strength by 6%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases your Strength by 8%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases your Strength by 10%. Client verified	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Holy, row 1 “Increases your Strength by 2%.”
Divine Intellect Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your total Intellect by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases your total Intellect by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases your total Intellect by 6%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases your total Intellect by 8%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases your total Intellect by 10%. Client verified	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Holy, row 1 “Increases your total Intellect by 2%.”
Healing Light Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 4%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 8%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 12%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Holy, row 3 “Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light and Flash of Light spells by 4%.”
Spiritual Focus Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Gives your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Light's Vigil spells a 35% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Gives your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Light's Vigil spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Holy, row 2 “Gives your Flash of Light and Holy Light spells a 14% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.”
Improved Seals Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 5%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 10%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 15%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Holy, row 2 “Increases the damage done by your Seal of Righteousness and Judgement of Righteousness by 3%.”
Unyielding Faith Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 15%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 30%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Holy, row 3 “Increases your chance to resist Fear and Disorient effects by an additional 5%.”
Voice of Truth Instant \| 3 min cooldown	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects. Lasts 6 sec. Client verified	New in Forever
Reverence Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Allows 10% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Allows 20% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. Client verified	New in Forever
Purifying Power Passive	Row 3 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — 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%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — 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%. Client verified	New in Forever
Infusion of Light Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — 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. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 1 sec. Client verified	New in Forever
Illumination Passive · Requires Reverence (rank 1)	Row 4 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — 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. Client verified Rank 2/5 — After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 40% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell. Client verified Rank 3/5 — After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 60% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell. Client verified Rank 4/5 — After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 80% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell. Client verified Rank 5/5 — After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Holy, row 4 “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.”
Divine Favor 4% of base mana \| Instant \| 2 min cooldown	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance. Client verified	Moved from Classic Classic: Holy, row 5 “When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.”
Divine Precision Passive · Requires Holy Shock (rank 1)	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 6%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 12%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%. Client verified	New in Forever
Holy Shock 160 Mana \| 40 yd range \| Instant \| 10 sec cooldown	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Holy, row 7 “Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 204 to 220 Holy damage to an enemy, or 204 to 220 healing to an ally.”
Consecrated Ground Passive	Row 5 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Gives your Holy spells 5% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Gives your Holy spells 10% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration. Client verified	New in Forever
Holy Power Passive	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 3%, and all other spells by 1%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 6%, and all other spells by 2%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 9%, and all other spells by 3%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 12%, and all other spells by 4%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 15%, and all other spells by 5%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Holy, row 6 “Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 1%.”
Light's Vigil 730 Mana \| 40 yd range \| 1.5 sec cast \| 6 sec cooldown · Requires Holy Shock (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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. The Paladin may only have one Light's Vigil active per party. Client verified	New in Forever

Removed from Classic Holy

Consecration (was row 3) — Consecrates the land beneath Paladin, doing 64 Holy damage over 8 sec to enemies who enter the area.
Improved Lay on Hands (was 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 (was row 4) — Increases the effect of your Blessing of Wisdom spell by 10%.
Lasting Judgement (was row 5) — Increases the duration of your Judgement of Light and Judgement of Wisdom by 10 sec.

Protection

16 talents · 5 new in Forever · 9 changed from Classic · 4 Classic talents removed

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Toughness Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your armor value from items by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases your armor value from items by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases your armor value from items by 6%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases your armor value from items by 8%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases your armor value from items by 10%. Client verified	Moved from Classic Classic: Protection, row 2 “Increases your armor value from items by 2%.”
Redoubt Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 6%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 12%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 18%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 24%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 30%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 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.”
Precision Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Improves your chance to hit by 1%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Improves your chance to hit by 2%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Improves your chance to hit by 3%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 2 “Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 1%.”
Guardian's Favor Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 1 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 3 sec. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 2 “Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 60 sec and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 3 sec.”
Anticipation Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 4. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 8. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 12. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 16. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 20. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 3 “Increases your Defense skill by 2.”
Improved Seal of Fury Passive	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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%. Client verified	New in Forever
Improved Righteous Fury Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 6%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 3 “Increases the amount of threat generated by your Righteous Fury spell by 16%.”
Shield Specialization Passive · Requires Redoubt (rank 1)	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — 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. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 20%, and gives your blocks a 66% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%, and gives your blocks a 100% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 3 “Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 10%.”
Sacred Duty Passive	Row 3 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases your total Stamina by 2% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 30 sec. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Increases your total Stamina by 4% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec. Client verified	New in Forever
Swift Judgement Instant \| 1 min cooldown · Requires Improved Seal of Fury (rank 1)	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%. Client verified	New in Forever
One-Handed Weapon Specialization Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 3%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 7%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 10%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 6 “Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 2%.”
Improved Hammer of Justice Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 5 sec. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 10 sec. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 15 sec. Client verified	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Protection, row 4 “Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 5 sec.”
Templar's Bulwark 110 Mana \| Instant \| 5 min cooldown	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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. Client verified	New in Forever
Reckoning Passive	Row 5 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — 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. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Gives you a 16% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Gives you a 24% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 60% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Gives you a 32% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 80% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Gives you a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 100% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 5 “Gives you a 20% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a critical strike.”
Iron Creed Passive	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability 5%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 2% for 6 sec. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability 10%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 4% for 6 sec. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability 15%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 6% for 6 sec. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability 20%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 8% for 6 sec. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability 25%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 10% for 6 sec. Client verified	New in Forever
Holy Shield 150 Mana \| Instant \| 10 sec cooldown \| Requires Shields · Requires Templar's Bulwark (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Increases chance to block by 20% 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 7 “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.”

Removed from Classic Protection

Improved Devotion Aura (was row 1) — Increases the armor bonus of your Devotion Aura by 5%.
Blessing of Kings (was row 3) — 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 (was 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 (was 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

17 talents · 6 new in Forever · 8 changed from Classic · 4 Classic talents removed

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Deflection Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 1%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 2%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 3%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 4%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 5%. Client verified	Moved from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 2 “Increases your Parry chance by 1%.”
Benediction Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 6%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 8%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 1 “Reduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 3%.”
Improved Judgement Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 1 sec. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 2 sec. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 2 “Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement spell by 1 sec.”
Holy Conduit Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 20%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 40%. Client verified	New in Forever
Conviction Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 2%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 4%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 3 “Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 1%.”
Vindication Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 67, and increase your Attack Power by 1% for 30 sec. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 133, and increase your Attack Power by 2% for 30 sec. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 200, and increase your Attack Power by 3% for 30 sec. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 3 “Gives the Paladin's damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Strength and Agility by 5%”
Sanctified Judgement Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Gives your Judgement ability a 33% chance to return 20% of the Mana cost of the judged seal. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Gives your Judgement ability a 66% chance to return 40% of the Mana cost of the judged seal. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal. Client verified	New in Forever
Seal of Command 65 Mana \| Instant	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Gives the Paladin a chance to deal additional Holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 sec. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing 68 to 73 Holy damage, 137 to 145 if the target is stunned or incapacitated. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 3 “Gives the Paladin a chance to deal additional Holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 sec.Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing 68 to 73 Holy damage, 137 to 146 if the target is stunned or incapacitated.”
Pursuit of Justice Passive	Row 3 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 8%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 3 “Increases movement and mounted movement speed by 4%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.”
Eye for an Eye Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — 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. Client verified Rank 2/2 — All critical strikes against you cause 10% 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 4 “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.”
Sacred Arbiter Passive	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target. Client verified	New in Forever
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization Passive	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 6%. Client verified	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 5 “Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 2%.”
Vengeance Passive · Requires Sanctified Judgement (rank 1)	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 1% for 30 sec after landing a non-periodic critical strike. Stacks up to 3 times. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 2% for 30 sec after landing a non-periodic critical strike. Stacks up to 3 times. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 3% for 30 sec after landing a non-periodic critical strike. Stacks up to 3 times. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 6 “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.”
Repentance 60 Mana \| 20 yd range \| Instant \| 1 min cooldown	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids. Client verified	Moved from Classic Classic: Retribution, row 7 “Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.”
Champion of the Light Passive	Row 6 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 33% of your Intellect. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 66% of your Intellect. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 100% of your Intellect. Client verified	New in Forever
Instrument of Law Passive	Row 6 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 0.5 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 10% while Righteous Fury is not active. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 1 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 20% while Righteous Fury is not active. Client verified	New in Forever
Twist of Light Passive	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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, gain an Echo of that Seal. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo. Client verified	New in Forever

Removed from Classic Retribution

Improved Blessing of Might (was row 1) — Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 4%.
Improved Seal of the Crusader (was 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 (was row 4) — Increases the damage done by your Retribution Aura by 25%.
Sanctity Aura (was 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.

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