WoW Forever Paladin Talent Calculator & Build Planner

How to use the Paladin talent calculator

Use the planner to test a build before you spend gold or commit to a leveling, dungeon, raid or PvP role. You can explore every tree without creating an account.

Who should play Paladin in WoW Forever?

Players who want one character that can switch between damage, healing and tanking.Retribution can feel slower while leveling, but the ability to fill a missing group role is a major advantage.

Class roles: Healer · Tank · Melee DPS

What changed from Classic for Paladin?

The calculator uses the current Forever beta snapshot rather than assuming the Classic tree is unchanged. For Paladin, the current data contains 18 new talents, 23 changed talents and 4 movedtalents.

• NEW means the talent was not present in the Classic comparison tree.
• CHANGED means the name or position may look familiar, but its effect or rank wording differs.
• MOVED means the talent is in a different row or location, which can change how quickly you reach it.

Turn on Compare to Classic in the calculator for a quick check, then open the Paladin class changes page for the broader explanation.

Inside the Paladin trees

Every Paladin talent, in tree order. A rank is one level of a talent, and each rank makes the effect stronger. Click any talent for the full rank-by-rank wording, straight from the beta client.

✦ Holy (17 talents)

Plate-wearing healer for single targets and raid-wide damage. Hard to kill, harder to replace. Key picks: Voice of Truth, Divine Favor, Holy Shock, Light's Vigil. New in Forever: Voice of Truth, Reverence, Purifying Power, Infusion of Light, Divine Precision, Consecrated Ground, Light's Vigil.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Divine Strength	5	1	Increases your Strength by 10%.
✦ Divine Intellect	5	1	Increases your total Intellect by 10%.
✦ Healing LightCHANGED	3	2	Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 12%.
✦ Spiritual FocusCHANGED	2	2	Gives your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Light's Vigil spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
✦ Improved SealsCHANGED	3	2	Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 15%.
✦ Unyielding FaithCHANGED	2	2	Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 30%.
✦ Voice of TruthNEW	1	3	Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects for 6 sec.
✦ ReverenceNEW	3	3	Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
✦ Purifying PowerNEW	2	3	Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 20% and reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 33%.
✦ Infusion of LightNEW	2	4	Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 1.0 sec.
✦ IlluminationCHANGED	5	4	After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.
✦ Divine FavorCHANGED	1	4	When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.
✦ Divine PrecisionNEW	3	5	Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%.
✦ Holy ShockCHANGED	1	5	Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally.
✦ Consecrated GroundNEW	2	5	Gives your Holy spells 10% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.
✦ Holy PowerCHANGED	5	6	Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 15%, and all other spells by 5%.
✦ Light's VigilNEW	1	7	Applies 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 325 to 343. You may only have one Light's Vigil active per party.

✦ Protection (16 talents)

Tanking built on blessings, seals and controlling the pull. Key picks: Improved Seal of Fury, Swift Judgement, Templar's Bulwark, Holy Shield. New in Forever: Improved Seal of Fury, Sacred Duty, Swift Judgement, Templar's Bulwark, Iron Creed.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ ToughnessMOVED	5	1	Increases your armor value from items by 10%.
✦ RedoubtCHANGED	5	1	Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 20%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.
✦ PrecisionCHANGED	3	2	Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
✦ Guardian's Favor	2	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.
✦ AnticipationCHANGED	5	2	Increases your Defense Skill by 20.
✦ Improved Seal of FuryNEW	1	3	When Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed, restore 60 Mana, increased by 15% per level the attacker is above you, up to 45%.
✦ Improved Righteous FuryCHANGED	3	3	While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 6%.
✦ Shield SpecializationCHANGED	3	3	Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%, and gives your blocks a 100% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec.
✦ Sacred DutyNEW	2	3	Increases your total Stamina by 4% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec.
✦ Swift JudgementNEW	1	4	Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%.
✦ One-Handed Weapon SpecializationCHANGED	3	4	Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 10%.
✦ Improved Hammer of JusticeMOVED	3	4	Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 15 sec.
✦ Templar's BulwarkNEW	1	5	When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
✦ ReckoningCHANGED	5	5	Gives you a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 100% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.
✦ Iron CreedNEW	5	6	Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 25%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 10% for 6 sec.
✦ Holy ShieldCHANGED	1	7	Increases 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 (17 talents)

Steady seal-driven damage with auras that support the party. Key picks: Seal of Command, Sacred Arbiter, Repentance, Twist of Light. New in Forever: Holy Conduit, Sanctified Judgement, Sacred Arbiter, Champion of the Light, Instrument of Law, Twist of Light.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ DeflectionMOVED	5	1	Increases your Parry chance by 5%.
✦ BenedictionCHANGED	5	1	Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%.
✦ Improved JudgementCHANGED	2	2	Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 2 sec.
✦ Holy ConduitNEW	2	2	Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 40%.
✦ ConvictionCHANGED	5	2	Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.
✦ VindicationCHANGED	3	3	Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 204, and increase your Attack Power by 3% for 30 sec.
✦ Sanctified JudgementNEW	3	3	Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
✦ Seal of Command	1	3	Gives the Paladin a chance to deal additional Holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 sec. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing 68 to 73 Holy damage, 137 to 145 if the target is stunned or incapacitated.
✦ Pursuit of JusticeCHANGED	2	3	Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
✦ Eye for an EyeCHANGED	2	4	All critical strikes against you cause 10% of the damage taken to the attacker as well. The damage caused by Eye for an Eye will not exceed 50% of the Paladin's total health.
✦ Sacred ArbiterNEW	1	4	Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
✦ Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	3	5	Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 6%.
✦ VengeanceCHANGED	3	5	Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 3% for 30 sec after landing a non-periodic critical strike. Stacks up to 3 times.
✦ RepentanceMOVED	1	5	Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.
✦ Champion of the LightNEW	3	6	Increases your spell damage by up to 60% of your Intellect.
✦ Instrument of LawNEW	2	6	Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 1.0 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 20% while Righteous Fury is not active.
✦ Twist of LightNEW	1	7	Reduces 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.

Want the exact numbers? The full Paladin talent reference lists every rank word-for-word from the beta client. And if you're wondering what Blizzard shuffled, every Paladin change vs Classic sits on one page.

Talents are only half the picture. Browse all Paladin spells in WoW Forever, with every rank, the level you learn each one, and what changed from Classic.

Best races for Paladin

Human · Dwarf · Undead (new in Forever) · Skyborne

Undead Paladins are new in Forever. Check what each racial does on the races page before you pick. Compare every racial passive side by side on the races page.