Protection Paladin

Protection changes

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  NewTemplar’s Bulwark

  21-point talent. Instant 8-second absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health, 5-minute cooldown. Applies Forbearance. Holy Shield now requires it.

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  NewSwift Judgement

  16-point talent. Free, 1-minute cooldown: ends Judgement’s cooldown at once and makes the next Judgement free.

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  NewImproved Seal of Fury

  11-point talent. Restores mana when a Seal of Fury shield is fully used, more against higher-level attackers.

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  NewSacred Duty

  Up to 4% Stamina and up to 1 minute off Divine Shield, Divine Protection and Templar’s Bulwark.

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  NewIron Creed

  Up to 15% more Holy Strike threat; with Righteous Fury on, Holy Strike gives up to 10% damage reduction for 6 seconds.

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  ChangedImproved Righteous Fury

  No more extra threat: up to 6% less damage taken while Righteous Fury is active.

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  ChangedRedoubt

  No longer needs a critical hit: a 10% chance when hit to raise Block chance, up to 20% (was 30%).

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  ChangedShield Specialization

  Blocks can restore 6% of maximum mana, once every 3 seconds.

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  ChangedReckoning

  Can also trigger from blocks (up to 40%), still up to 100% from crits taken, at most once every 1.5 seconds.

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  ChangedAnticipation, Precision, One-Handed Weapon Specialization

  Anticipation gives up to 20 Defense (was 10); Precision covers spells too; One-Handed Weapon Specialization moves to row 4 and needs 3 points instead of 5.

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  RemovedBlessing of Sanctuary and Improved Concentration Aura

  Removed from the tree.

Baseline changes — every Paladin

These apply to Protection too, regardless of where talent points go.

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  NewHoly Strike

  Level 6. Instant Holy damage equal to 50% of weapon damage plus a bonus that grows with each rank.

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  NewSeal of Fury

  Level 10. Every swing adds flat Holy damage (best with fast weapons) and an absorb shield worth half of it; shields do not stack. Its Judgement deals extra Holy damage and taunts at 10 yards.

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  ChangedJudgement

  No longer consumes your active Seal.

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  ChangedConsecration

  Every Paladin learns it at level 20 instead of it being a Holy talent. Moderate damage to the first four enemies, very low damage to the rest.

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  ChangedLay on Hands

  Cooldown 20 minutes instead of 1 hour.

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  ChangedSalvation and Mass Salvation

  Salvation is no longer a Blessing, so it sits alongside another Blessing. The raid version for a whole class is renamed Mass Salvation (not live in the beta yet).

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  ChangedResistance Auras

  Fire, Frost and Shadow Resistance Auras cover the whole raid within 30 yards.

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  ChangedRighteous Fury

  Smaller threat bonus.

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  ChangedBlessing of Kings, Improved Blessing of Wisdom, Lasting Judgement

  Now baseline instead of talents.

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  RemovedSeal Twisting

  No longer works baseline. It returns only through the Retribution 31-point talent Twist of Light.