Paladin changes in WoW Forever
24 September 2026
- FixEcho 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.”
- BuffRetribution 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.”
- NerfRighteous Fury: Holy threat bonus 90% → 60%
- NerfVengeance (Retribution): Max stacks (now triggers from non-periodic crits) 5 → 3Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
- NerfTwo-Handed Weapon Specialization (Retribution): Damage bonus 3/6/9% → 2/4/6%Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
- BuffTwist of Light (Retribution): Now also reduces the mana cost of Seals by 20%.Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
- BuffSacred Arbiter (Retribution): Holy Strike damage bonus 10% → 20%Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
- BuffHoly 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.”
- ReworkImproved 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 - BuffHoly Strike (Holy): Cooldown 12 sec → 10 sec
- BuffHoly Power (Holy): Now also gives Holy Strike +15% critical strike chance.Patch notes · Blizzard · Beta Development Notes, Sep 24
- FixConsecration: 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
- FixHoly 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.”
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