Retribution Paladin

Retribution changes

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  NewTwist of Light

  31-point talent. Seals cost 20% less, and a replaced damage Seal leaves an Echo: your next swing gets both the old and the new Seal.

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  NewSacred Arbiter

  16-point talent. Holy Strike deals 20% more and refreshes every Judgement on the target, including other Paladins’.

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  NewChampion of the Light

  Spell damage from Intellect. The article lists up to 30% of Intellect; beta values have changed more than once.

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  NewInstrument of Law

  Hammer of Wrath becomes instant; 20% less threat while Righteous Fury is off.

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  NewSanctified Judgement

  Judgement can refund up to 60% of the judged Seal’s cost.

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  NewHoly Conduit

  Consecration, Holy Wrath and Exorcism cost up to 40% less mana.

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  ChangedRepentance

  Now the 21-point talent (was 31).

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  ChangedVengeance

  Lasts 30 seconds, up to 3% damage per stack, 3 stacks (9%). Was up to 15% for 8 seconds. Requires Sanctified Judgement.

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  ChangedVindication

  Lowers the target’s Attack Power and raises yours by up to 3% for 30 seconds.

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  ChangedBenediction

  Up to 10% cheaper instant spells and abilities (was Seals and Judgement only).

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  ChangedEye for an Eye

  Works on all crits, not only spells, but reflects up to 10% instead of 30%.

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  ChangedPursuit of Justice

  Movement speed bonus 15% instead of 8%.

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  RemovedImproved Retribution Aura and Sanctity Aura

  Removed from the tree.

Baseline changes — every Paladin

These apply to Retribution 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.