What changed for the Paladin in WoW TBC — WoW TBC
The Paladin's spells and talents in WoW TBC, compared with WoW Classic: what's new, what changed and what's gone.
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Spells
New (13)
Changed (44)
Holy Light
Seal of Righteousness
Purify
Lay on Hands
Redemption
Blessing of Wisdom
Consecration
Exorcism
Flash of Light
Turn Undead
Divine Favor
Seal of Light
Summon Warhorse
Seal of Wisdom
Blessing of Light
Holy Shock
Cleanse
Hammer of Wrath
Holy Wrath
Greater Blessing of Wisdom
Greater Blessing of Light
Summon Charger
Devotion Aura
Blessing of Protection
Righteous Fury
Blessing of Freedom
Blessing of Kings
Seal of Justice
Blessing of Salvation
Shadow Resistance Aura
Blessing of Sanctuary
Frost Resistance Aura
Fire Resistance Aura
Holy Shield
Blessing of Sacrifice
Greater Blessing of Kings
Greater Blessing of Salvation
Greater Blessing of Sanctuary
Blessing of Might
Judgement
Seal of the Crusader
Retribution Aura
Seal of Command
Greater Blessing of Might
Talents
New (22)

Aura Mastery · Holy
Increases the radius of your Auras to 40 yards.

Pure of Heart · Holy
Increases your resistance to Curse and Disease effects by 15%.

Sanctified Light · Holy
Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy Light spell by 6%.

Purifying Power · Holy
Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse, Purify and Consecration spells by 10% and increases the critical strike chance of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 20%.

Light's Grace · Holy
Gives your Holy Light spell a 100% chance to reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light spell by 0.5 sec. This effect lasts 15 sec.

Blessed Life · Holy
All attacks against you have a 10% chance to cause half damage.

Holy Guidance · Holy
Increases your spell damage and healing by 35% of your total Intellect.

Divine Illumination · Holy
Reduces the mana cost of all spells by 50% for 15 sec.

Stoicism · Protection
Increases your resistance to Stun effects by an additional 10% and reduces the chance your spells will be dispelled by an additional 30%.

Spell Warding · Protection
All spell damage taken is reduced by 4%.

Sacred Duty · Protection
Increases your total Stamina by 6%, reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield spell by 60 sec and reduces the attack speed penalty by 100%.

Improved Holy Shield · Protection
Increases damage caused by your Holy Shield by 20% and increases the number of charges of your Holy Shield by 4.

Ardent Defender · Protection
When you have less than 35% health, all damage taken is reduced by 30%.

Combat Expertise · Protection
Increases your expertise by 5 and your total Stamina by 10%.

Avenger's Shield · Protection
Hurls a holy shield at the enemy, dealing 270 to 330 Holy damage, Dazing them and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Affects 3 total targets. Lasts 6 sec.

Crusade · Retribution
Increases all damage caused against Humanoids, Demons, Undead and Elementals by 3%.

Improved Sanctity Aura · Retribution
The amount of damage caused by targets affected by Sanctity Aura is increased by 2%.

Sanctified Judgement · Retribution
Gives your Judgement spell a 100% chance to return 80% of the mana cost of the judged seal.

Sanctified Seals · Retribution
Increases your chance to critically hit with all spells and melee attacks by 3% and reduces the chance your Seals will be dispelled by 100%.

Divine Purpose · Retribution
Melee and ranged critical strikes against you cause 10% less damage.

Fanaticism · Retribution
Increases the critical strike chance of all Judgements capable of a critical hit by 15% and reduces threat caused by all actions by 30% except when under the effects of Righteous Fury.

Crusader Strike · Retribution
An instant strike that causes 110% weapon damage and refreshes all Judgements on the target.
Changed (21)

Divine Strength · Holy
- In WoW Classic
- Increases your Strength by 10%.
- Now
- Increases your total Strength by 10%.

Illumination · Holy
- In WoW Classic
- After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.
- Now
- After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 100% chance to gain mana equal to 60% of the base cost of the spell.

Holy Shock · Holy
- In WoW Classic
- Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 204 to 220 Holy damage to an enemy, or 204 to 220 healing to an ally.
- Now
- Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 277 to 299 Holy damage to an enemy, or 351 to 379 healing to an ally.

Improved Devotion Aura · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the armor bonus of your Devotion Aura by 25%.
- Now
- Increases the armor bonus of your Devotion Aura by 40%.

Redoubt · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Increases your chance to block attacks with your shield by 30% after being the victim of a critical strike. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.
- Now
- Damaging melee and ranged attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 30%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.

Precision · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 3%.
- Now
- Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons and spells by 3%.

Guardian's Favor · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 120 sec and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.
- Now
- Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 120 sec and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 4 sec.

Blessing of Kings · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- 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.
- Now
- Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing total stats by 10% for 10 min. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.

Improved Righteous Fury · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the amount of threat generated by your Righteous Fury spell by 50%.
- Now
- While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 6% and increases the amount of threat generated by your Righteous Fury spell by 50%.

Anticipation · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Increases your Defense skill by 10.
- Now
- Increases your Defense skill by 20.

Improved Concentration Aura · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the effect of your Concentration Aura by an additional 15% and gives all group members affected by the aura an additional 15% chance to resist Silence and Interrupt effects.
- Now
- Increases the effect of your Concentration Aura by an additional 15% and reduces the duration of any Silence or Interrupt effect used against an affected group member by 30%. The duration reduction does not stack with any other effects.

Blessing of Sanctuary · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- 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.
- Now
- Places a Blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage dealt from all sources by up to 10 for 10 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.

Reckoning · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Gives you a 100% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a critical strike.
- Now
- Gives you a 10% chance after being hit by any damaging attack that the next 4 weapon swings within 8 sec will generate an additional attack.

One-Handed Weapon Specialization · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 10%.
- Now
- Increases all damage you deal when a one-handed melee weapon is equipped by 5%.

Holy Shield · Protection
- In WoW Classic
- 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.
- Now
- Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec and deals 59 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 35% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.

Improved Blessing of Might · Retribution
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 20%.
- Now
- Increases the attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 20%.

Benediction · Retribution
- In WoW Classic
- Reduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 15%.
- Now
- Reduces the mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 15%.

Improved Seal of the Crusader · Retribution
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Seal of the Crusader and the Holy damage increase of your Judgement of the Crusader by 15%.
- Now
- In addition to the normal effect, your Judgement of the Crusader spell will also increase the critical strike chance of all attacks made against that target by an additional 3%.

Vindication · Retribution
- In WoW Classic
- Gives the Paladin's damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Strength and Agility by 15%10 sec.
- Now
- Gives the Paladin's damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's attributes by 15% for 15 sec.

Pursuit of Justice · Retribution
Ranks: 2 → 3
- In WoW Classic
- Increases movement and mounted movement speed by 8%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
- Now
- Reduces the chance you'll be hit by spells by 3% and increases movement and mounted movement speed by 15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.

Vengeance · Retribution
- In WoW Classic
- Gives you a 15% bonus to Physical and Holy damage you deal for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike from a weapon swing, spell, or ability.
- Now
- Gives you a 5% bonus to Physical and Holy damage you deal for 30 sec after dealing a critical strike from a weapon swing, spell, or ability. This effect stacks up to 3 times.
Removed (2)

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

Lasting Judgement · Holy
Increases the duration of your Judgement of Light and Judgement of Wisdom by 30 sec.
