Paladin: change history

1. Oct 1, 2026BetaWoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Oct 1, 2026)Buff 1Nerf 2Official notes ↗
   Nerf

   Protection Redoubt · Block chance

   Redoubt's chance to Block changed to 4/8/12/16/20% (was 6/12/18/24/30%).

   6/12/18/24/30%→4/8/12/16/20%

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   Redoubt's chance to Block changed to 4/8/12/16/20% (was 6/12/18/24/30%).

   Buff

   Protection Holy Shield · Block chance

   Holy Shield's chance to Block changed to 30% (was 20%).

   20%→30%

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   Holy Shield's chance to Block changed to 30% (was 20%).

   Nerf

   Retribution Champion of the Light · Intellect to Spell Damage ratio

   Champion of the Light's Intellect to Spell Damage ratio changed to 20/40/60% (was 33/66/100%).

   33/66/100%→20/40/60%

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   Champion of the Light's Intellect to Spell Damage ratio changed to 20/40/60% (Was 33/66/100%).

   • Developers' notes: Champion of the Light had a tooltip issue saying it increased Healing; it did not. This tooltip has been removed.
2. Sep 24, 2026BetaWoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Sep 24, 2026)Buff 5Nerf 2Adjust 3Removed 1Fix 3Official notes ↗
   Adjust

   Retribution Aura

   Retribution Aura will now dynamically update its values based on the caster's spell power.

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   Retribution Aura will now dynamically update its values based on the caster's spell power.

   Fix

   Flash of Light

   Fixed a bug causing the Flash of Light cast animation to not play at the end of the spell cast.

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   Fixed a bug causing the Flash of Light cast animation to not play at the end of the spell cast.

   Fix

   Consecration

   Fixed various issues with Consecration.

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   Fixed various issues with Consecration.

   • Fixed an issue where Consecration would fail to apply its increased damage effect to some targets.
   • Fixed an issue where Consecration's Z axis wasn't functioning consistently.
   • Fixed an issue where Consecration could pull targets vertically above or below the caster.
   Buff

   Holy Strike · Weapon damage per rank

   Holy Strike's weapon damage per rank is now 25%/29%/32%/36%/39%/43%/46%/50% (was 25%/25%/30%/30%/35%/35%/40%/40%).

   25%/25%/30%/30%/35%/35%/40%/40%→25%/29%/32%/36%/39%/43%/46%/50%

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   Holy Strike's % of weapon damage per rank changed to 25%/29%/32%/36%/39%/43%/46%/50% (was 25%/25%/30%/30%/35%/35%/40%/40%).

   • Developers' notes: This increases Holy Strike's damage at all points while leveling, and increases how much it contributes to your rotation. Early ranks of Holy Strike didn't always feel like an upgrade when purchasing a new rank, and we wanted to adjust that.
   Fix

   Echo of Justice

   Fixed a bug with Echo of Justice, causing it to have a higher than intended chance to activate.

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   Fixed a bug with Echo of Justice, causing it to have a higher than intended chance to activate.

   Buff

   Holy Holy Strike · Cooldown

   Holy Strike's cooldown lowered to 10 seconds (was 12 seconds).

   12s→10s

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   Holy Strike's cooldown lowered to 10 seconds (was 12 seconds).

   Removed

   Holy Improved Holy Strike

   The Improved Holy Strike talent is removed from the talent tree, and its behavior is now baseline.

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   Improved Holy Strike removed from the Talent Tree.

   • Developers' notes: Even though there are sometimes cases where talents feel 'required' by classes, like Relentless Strikes for Rogues, having one that reduces the cooldown of a core ability so early on in a healing talent tree made this feel like a talent that was required. So we've removed it and made its behavior baseline.
   Adjust

   Holy Light's Vigil

   Light's Vigil's tooltip is reorganized to make it clearer that only the damage component of the ability requires Holy Strike.

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   Light's Vigil's tooltip has been reorganized to make it more clear that the damage component is the only version that returns some of the Mana cost.

   Buff

   Holy Holy Power

   Holy Power now increases the Critical Strike chance of Holy Strike by 15% and retains all of its old effects.

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   Holy Power now increases the Critical Strike chance of Holy Strike by 15% and retains all of its old effects.

   Adjust

   Retribution Vengeance

   Vengeance now activates off of non-periodic critical strikes.

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   Vengeance now activates off of non-periodic critical strikes.

   Nerf

   Retribution Vengeance · Maximum stacks

   Vengeance's maximum stacks lowered to 3 (was 5).

   5→3

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   Vengeance's maximum stacks lowered to 3 (was 5).

   Nerf

   Retribution Two-Handed Weapon Specialization · Damage increase

   Two-Handed Weapon Specialization's damage increase reduced to 2/4/6% (was 3/6/9%).

   3/6/9%→2/4/6%

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   Two-Handed Weapon Specialization's damage increase reduced to 2/4/6% (was 3/6/9%).

   Buff

   Retribution Sacred Arbiter · Holy Strike damage

   Sacred Arbiter now increases the damage of Holy Strike by 20% (was 10%).

   10%→20%

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   Sacred Arbiter now increases the damage of Holy Strike by 20% (was 10%).

   Buff

   Retribution Twist of Light

   Twist of Light now additionally reduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%.

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   Twist of Light now additionally reduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%.

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