Paladin
What Forever changes
Forsaken can be Paladins and the class gains a tanking seal, Seal of Fury. Holy is built around Holy Shock and Light’s Vigil, Protection around Templar’s Bulwark and Holy Shield, and Retribution’s capstone Twist of Light turns seal swapping into a mechanic. Consecration and Blessing of Kings are trainer spells, and Holy Strike is a new baseline attack.
- 19
- new talents
- 23
- reworked
- 13
- removed
- 3
- new trainer spells
Holy
Specializations
Each tree with its role, its capstone and a build to start from.
Holy
Flash of Light, Holy Light and Holy Shock, with Light’s Vigil turning a Shock into a party heal.
Light's VigilApplies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes enemy targets to suffer 175 to 189 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost, or allied targets to heal their party for 326 to 344. You may only have one Light's Vigil active per party.
Protection
Seal of Fury, Holy Shield and a full-health absorb on Templar’s Bulwark.
Holy ShieldIncreases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 110 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.
Retribution
Two-handed seal twisting, now an actual talent in Twist of Light.
Twist of LightReduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%, and when you replace your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Fury, or Seal of Justice with a different Seal, you gain an Echo of that Seal. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo.
Trainer changes
Spells the trainer teaches differently in Forever, compared with Classic.
New spells
Holy StrikeLevel 6
Seal of FuryLevel 10- Judgement of FuryLevel 25
Former talents, now trained
Blessing of KingsLevel 20
Learned at a different level
- Holy LightLevel 1
ConsecrationLevel 20
Flash of LightLevel 20
Holy ShockLevel 40
Races
Who can be a Paladin. Marked races are new to the class in Forever.
Grimoire builds
Starting points for level 60, built on the Forever trees. Each one loads straight into the calculator.
Holy healer
33 / 0 / 18Holy Shock, Light’s Vigil and Infusion of Light form the core: prime a target, Shock it for a party heal, then land a faster Holy Light.
- Reverence keeps 30% of mana regeneration while casting, a first for paladins.
- Pursuit of Justice is in for movement speed between pulls.
Holy Shield tank
13 / 38 / 0Seal of Fury is the new tanking seal; Templar’s Bulwark is a full-health absorb on a four-minute cooldown, and Holy Shield caps the tree.
- Iron Creed raises Holy Strike threat and adds damage reduction while Righteous Fury is up.
Retribution
14 / 0 / 37Seal twisting is now a talent: Twist of Light echoes the seal you replace onto your next swing. Holy Strike keeps Judgements rolling via Sacred Arbiter.
- Champion of the Light converts Intellect into spell damage, so Exorcism and Hammer of Wrath pull their weight.
Abilities by level
Every rank the trainer teaches, with what changed in Forever marked.
- Devotion AuraRank 1
- Holy LightRank 1New level
Seal of RighteousnessRank 1
Blessing of MightRank 1
Judgement
Divine ProtectionRank 1- Holy LightRank 2New level
- Holy StrikeRank 1New spell
Seal of the CrusaderRank 1
Hammer of JusticeRank 1
Purify
Blessing of ProtectionRank 1- Devotion AuraRank 2
Lay on HandsRank 1- Seal of FuryRank 1New spell
- Seal of RighteousnessRank 2
- Blessing of MightRank 2
- Holy StrikeRank 2New spell
RedemptionRank 1- Seal of the CrusaderRank 2
Blessing of WisdomRank 1- Holy LightRank 3New level
- Retribution AuraRank 1
Righteous Fury
Blessing of Freedom- Divine ProtectionRank 2
- Seal of FuryRank 2New spell
- Seal of RighteousnessRank 3
- Blessing of KingsWas a talent
- ConsecrationRank 1New level
- Devotion AuraRank 3
ExorcismRank 1- Flash of LightRank 1New level
- Holy StrikeRank 3New spell
Sense Undead
- Blessing of MightRank 3
Concentration Aura- Holy LightRank 4New level
Seal of Justice- Seal of the CrusaderRank 3
- Blessing of ProtectionRank 2
- Blessing of WisdomRank 2
- Hammer of JusticeRank 2
- RedemptionRank 2
Turn UndeadRank 1
- Judgement of FuryRank 3New spell
- Seal of FuryRank 3New spell
Blessing of Salvation- Flash of LightRank 2New level
- Retribution AuraRank 2
- Seal of RighteousnessRank 4
- ExorcismRank 2
- Holy StrikeRank 4New spell
Shadow Resistance AuraRank 1
- ConsecrationRank 2New level
- Devotion AuraRank 4
Divine Intervention- Holy LightRank 5New level
- Lay on HandsRank 2
Seal of CommandRank 2
Seal of LightRank 1
- Blessing of MightRank 4
Frost Resistance AuraRank 1- Seal of the CrusaderRank 4
- Blessing of WisdomRank 3
Divine ShieldRank 1- Flash of LightRank 3New level
- Judgement of FuryRank 4New spell
- Seal of FuryRank 4New spell
- Seal of RighteousnessRank 5
- ExorcismRank 3
Fire Resistance AuraRank 1- Holy StrikeRank 5New spell
- RedemptionRank 3
- Retribution AuraRank 3
- Blessing of ProtectionRank 3
- Holy LightRank 6New level
Seal of WisdomRank 1- Turn UndeadRank 2
Blessing of LightRank 1- ConsecrationRank 3New level
- Devotion AuraRank 5
- Hammer of JusticeRank 3
- Holy ShockRank 2New level
- Seal of CommandRank 3
- Seal of LightRank 2
- Shadow Resistance AuraRank 2
- Blessing of MightRank 5
Cleanse- Flash of LightRank 4New level
- Judgement of FuryRank 5New spell
- Seal of FuryRank 5New spell
- Seal of RighteousnessRank 6
- Seal of the CrusaderRank 5
- Blessing of WisdomRank 4
- ExorcismRank 4
- Frost Resistance AuraRank 2
Hammer of WrathRank 1- Holy StrikeRank 6New spell
Blessing of SacrificeRank 1- Holy LightRank 7New level
- Retribution AuraRank 4
- Fire Resistance AuraRank 2
- Holy ShockRank 3New level
- RedemptionRank 4
- Seal of WisdomRank 2
- Blessing of LightRank 2
- ConsecrationRank 4New level
- Devotion AuraRank 6
- Divine ShieldRank 2
- Flash of LightRank 5New level
- Holy ShieldRank 2
Holy WrathRank 1- Judgement of FuryRank 6New spell
- Lay on HandsRank 3
- Light's VigilRank 2New spell
- Seal of CommandRank 4
- Seal of FuryRank 6New spell
- Seal of LightRank 3
- Seal of RighteousnessRank 7
- Blessing of MightRank 6
- ExorcismRank 5
Greater Blessing of MightRank 1- Hammer of WrathRank 2
- Holy StrikeRank 7New spell
- Seal of the CrusaderRank 6
- Shadow Resistance AuraRank 3
- Turn UndeadRank 3
- Blessing of SacrificeRank 2
- Blessing of WisdomRank 5
Greater Blessing of WisdomRank 1- Hammer of JusticeRank 4
- Holy LightRank 8New level
- Frost Resistance AuraRank 3
- Holy ShockRank 4New level
- Retribution AuraRank 5
- Flash of LightRank 6New level
- Judgement of FuryRank 7New spell
- Seal of FuryRank 7New spell
- Seal of RighteousnessRank 8
- Seal of WisdomRank 3
- Blessing of LightRank 3
- Blessing of MightRank 7
- Blessing of WisdomRank 6
- ConsecrationRank 5New level
- Devotion AuraRank 7
- ExorcismRank 6
- Fire Resistance AuraRank 3
Greater Blessing of Kings
Greater Blessing of Light- Greater Blessing of MightRank 2
Greater Blessing of Salvation- Greater Blessing of WisdomRank 2
- Hammer of WrathRank 3
- Holy LightRank 9New level
- Holy ShieldRank 3
- Holy StrikeRank 8New spell
- Holy WrathRank 2
- Light's VigilRank 3New spell
- RedemptionRank 5
- Seal of CommandRank 5
- Seal of LightRank 4
Holy, Protection and Retribution in World of Warcraft: Forever. Holy Strike, Seal of Fury, Light’s Vigil and Twist of Light explained, with three builds, stat priorities and leveling advice.