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Patch notes

1.60.1.70753
  • Righteous Fury can be trained at level 10 (was 16). It now gives +33% to all threat and an extra 90% threat from Holy damage, and is free through the Legacy talent The Quick and the Dead.
  • Salvation, Mass Salvation, Revoke and Blessing of Light are removed.
  • Judgement of Fury lasts 3 seconds (was 4).
  • Holy:
    • Spiritual Focus is a 5-point row 1 talent, Improved Seals a 5-point talent, Reverence a 2-point row 2 talent (maximum effect unchanged). Purifying Power moves to row 2; Divine Favor and Illumination to row 3.
    • Unyielding Faith moves to Retribution, Holy Conduit moves, Voice of Truth is removed.
    • Divine Precision moves to row 4 as a 2-point talent with 4/8% Holy hit chance (was 6/12/18%) and now also shortens Silence on you by 10/20%.
    • New talent Oath of Light (row 4): 40 yard range, 8% of base mana, 5 minute oath on an ally that increases Holy Light, Flash of Light and Holy Shock healing, scaling with level.
    • New talent Boundless Light (row 5): +15/30% Holy Shock critical chance on allies without your Oath of Light.
    • Holy Power now raises the critical healing bonus of Holy spells by 10 to 50%.
    • Light’s Vigil only works on friendly targets and lost its offensive effect.
  • Protection:
    • Reckoning performs the right number of attacks per stack and no longer gains stacks while sitting.
    • Divine Intellect moves to row 1 of Protection. Sacred Duty moves to row 2, no longer gives Stamina, and now shortens Forbearance by 5/10 seconds.
    • Templar’s Bulwark moves to row 3 and is now a dispellable Magic effect. Holy Shield moves to row 5.
    • Improved Righteous Fury reduces damage by 3/6/9% (was 2/4/6%). Shield Specialization is a 2-point talent (15/30% block value); Toughness moves to row 3, Anticipation to row 4.
    • Swift Judgement now instantly releases your active Seal without sharing Judgement’s cooldown.
    • Iron Creed becomes a 3-point talent (10/20/30% Holy Strike threat, 2/4/6% damage reduction for 6 seconds).
    • One-Handed Weapon Specialization and Improved Seal of Fury are removed.
    • New talents: Stoicism (row 5, 10/20% shorter Stun and Charm) and Shieldsworn (row 7, Holy Strike cooldown -4 seconds, strikes with the shield, triggers block talents without using charges, and lets you block spells for 6 seconds).
  • Retribution:
    • Conviction (row 2) now gives 2/4/6% critical chance to all spells and attacks. Sanctified Judgement moves to row 2.
    • Vindication no longer raises attack power.
    • Two-Handed Weapon Specialization (row 4) now raises Holy and Physical damage by 2/4/6% and lowers threat by 7/14/20% with a two-handed weapon.
    • Champion of the Light raises spell damage by up to 60% of Intellect and shortens Hammer of Wrath’s cast by up to 1 second.
    • Vengeance stacks to 5 and now requires Seal of Command.
    • Instrument of Law and Twist of Light are removed. New row 5 talent Turn Evil shortens Turn Undead’s cast and cooldown and lets it affect Demons.
    • Unsealed Wrath is the new 31-point talent: melee attacks store your active Seal for 15 seconds (up to 3 stacks); landing a different Seal consumes the stacks, triggering the stored Seal once per stack. It requires Repentance.
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1.60.1.70707
  • Holy:
    • Holy Power now increases the critical healing bonus of Holy spells by 50% at max rank (it used to raise critical strike chance).
    • Light’s Vigil now has a 40 yard range and only works on allies; its damage effect is gone.
    • Holy Precision (Divine Precision) is down to 2 ranks and now also shortens Silence on you.
    • New talents: Oath of Light and Boundless Light. Voice of Truth, Blessing of Light and Greater Blessing of Light are removed.
    • Spiritual Focus, Improved Seals and Reverence change rank counts, and several talents move rows; Holy Conduit moves from Retribution to Holy.
  • Protection:
    • Righteous Fury now raises all your threat by 33% and Holy threat by a further 90%.
    • Holy Shield drops to level 50 and 195 mana in the comparison. Swift Judgement now releases the Seal without sharing the Judgement cooldown.
    • Sacred Duty no longer grants Stamina. Iron Creed drops from 5 to 3 ranks, and Shield Specialization from 3 to 2.
    • New talents: Shieldsworn and Stoicism. One-Handed Weapon Specialization and Improved Seal of Fury are removed.
  • Retribution:
    • Conviction now gives critical chance to all spells and attacks. Vindication no longer raises attack power.
    • Two-Handed Weapon Specialization now also lowers threat while you wield a two-handed weapon.
    • Champion of the Light goes to 5 ranks and shortens Hammer of Wrath’s cast. Instrument of Law is removed.
    • New talents: Turn Evil and Unsealed Wrath (stored Seal copies, up to 3 stacks). Vengeance now requires Seal of Command.
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1.60.1.70634
  • Righteous Fury: the level requirement was raised to 16 in build 70630 and set back to 10 in build 70634, so it is unchanged.
  • Retribution:
    • Champion of the Light now lists 60% (was 30%).
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1.60.1.70291
  • Retribution Aura now uses the casting Paladin’s spell power rather than the struck target’s, and its values were returned to Vanilla baselines.
  • Protection: Reckoning now has a 1.5-second internal cooldown. Seal of Fury and Shield Specialization no longer generate threat when restoring Mana.
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1.60.1.70170
  • Protection: Redoubt block chance changed to 4%–20% (was 6%–30%). Holy Shield block chance increased to 30% (was 20%).
  • Retribution: Champion of the Light Intellect to Spell Damage ratio adjusted to 20%/40%/60%.
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