Paladin changes in WoW Forever

13 Paladin changes logged in the WoW Forever beta (6 buffs, 3 nerfs), newest first, each with its source.

24 September 2026

• Fix
  Echo of Justice: Fixed higher than intended chance to activate

  Source excerpt: “Fixed a bug with Echo of Justice, causing it to have a higher than intended chance to activate.”

  Patch notes · WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated September 24
• Buff
  Retribution Aura: Now dynamically updates values based on caster's spell power

  Source excerpt: “Retribution Aura will now dynamically update its values based on the caster's spell power.”

  Patch notes · WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated September 24
• Nerf
  Righteous Fury: Holy threat bonus 90% → 60%

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24 · Wowhead · Class tuning datamine
• Nerf
  Vengeance (Retribution): Max stacks (now triggers from non-periodic crits) 5 → 3

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
• Nerf
  Two-Handed Weapon Specialization (Retribution): Damage bonus 3/6/9% → 2/4/6%

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
• Buff
  Twist of Light (Retribution): Now also reduces the mana cost of Seals by 20%.

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
• Buff
  Sacred Arbiter (Retribution): Holy Strike damage bonus 10% → 20%

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
• Buff
  Holy Strike: Weapon damage per rank 25/25/30/30/35/35/40/40% → 25/29/32/36/39/43/46/50%

  Developers' notes: “Early ranks of Holy Strike didn't always feel like an upgrade when purchasing a new rank, and we wanted to adjust that.”

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24 · Wowhead · Class tuning datamine
• Rework
  Improved Holy Strike (Holy): Removed from the talent tree. Its effect is now baseline.

  Developers' notes: “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.”

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
• Buff
  Holy Strike (Holy): Cooldown 12 sec → 10 sec

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24 · Wowhead · Class tuning datamine
• Buff
  Holy Power (Holy): Now also gives Holy Strike +15% critical strike chance.

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
• Fix
  Consecration: Damage bonus now reaches every target. No longer pulls enemies above or below you.

  Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24

23 September 2026

• Fix
  Holy Light (Forsaken Paladins): Holy Light will actually deal damage to Forsaken Paladins during the intro quest in the next build.

  Source excerpt: “The Holy Light spell will actually deal damage to Forsaken Paladins in the next World of Warcraft: Forever build.”

  Reported · The Light Burns Forsaken Paladins – Intro Quest Will Be Updated

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