Blessing
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A blessing is a powerful single-target short term buff that can be applied to friendly players and some non-player characters (NPC's). Blessings are unique to the Paladin class and along with Auras and Seals provide the main utility of the Paladin class.
Blessings can be applied to most friendly targets (some blessings may only be applied to players in the same party or raid), drastically increasing their combat abilities. Almost all blessings last for 10 minutes, though there are three short-term blessings as well that only persist for a short amount of time. There can only be one blessing per paladin per person at a time, meaning a single paladin can only cast one type of blessing on another player. The same blessing from multiple does not stack.
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Available blessings
There are numerous blessings available to Paladins. The available blessings are as follows:
| Blessing name | Description | To acquire | School | Ranks | |
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| Blessing of Might | Places a blessing on the friendly target, increasing attack power by 20/35/55/85/115/155/185/220 for 10 min. | Level 4 | Retribution | 8 |
| Blessing of Protection | A targeted party member is protected from all physical attacks for 6/8/10 sec, but during that time they cannot attack or use physical abilities. | Level 10 | Protection | 3 |
| Blessing of Wisdom | Places a blessing on the friendly target, restoring 10/15/20/25/30/33/41 mana every 5 seconds for 10 min. | Level 14 | Holy | 7 |
| Blessing of Freedom | Places a blessing on the friendly target, granting immunity to movement impairing effects for 10 sec. | Level 18 | Protection | 1 |
| Blessing of Kings | Places a blessing on the friendly target, increasing total stats by 10% for 10 min. | Talent | Protection | 1 |
| Blessing of Salvation | Places a blessing on the party member, reducing the amount of all threat generated by 30% for 10 min. | Level 26 | Protection | 1 |
| Blessing of Sanctuary | Places a blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage dealt from all sources by up to 10/14/19/24/80 for 10 min. In addition, when the target blocks a melee attack the attacker will take 14/21/28/35/46 Holy damage. | Talent | Protection | 4 |
| Blessing of Light | Places a blessing on the friendly target, increasing the effects of Holy Light spells used on the target by up to 210/300/400/580 and the effects of Flash of Light spells used on the target by up to 60/85/115/185. | Level 40 | Holy | 4 |
| Blessing of Sacrifice | Places a blessing on the party member, transfering 45/55/81/104 damage taken per hit to the caster. Lasts 30 sec. | Level 46 | Protection | 4 |
Greater blessings
Greater blessings are longer-lasting versions of normal blessings. Greater blessings last for 30 minutes and will buff all same-class members of your raid or group as your target. Requires 1 [Symbol of Kings] per each blessing cast and requires the corresponding rank of the normal blessing in order to be trained. (Greater Blessing of Might rank 1 requires Blessing of Might rank 6 to have been learned.) For example, if you target a rogue and cast Greater Blessing of Salvation, all rogues within range will receive Greater Blessing of Salvation.
Line of sight is irrelevant when casting this other than with your specific target. If another rogue was around a corner you would not be able to target it as a receiver of your buff, but he will receive the buff if you target another of the same class that is within your line of sight.
Usage
Different classes tend to favor certain blessings. Tanks will usually prefer Blessing of Kings for the additional health while healers will request Blessing of Wisdom for the additional mana regeneration. Most DPS classes will prefer Blessing of Salvation to give additional threat reduction. In a raid it is common to have multiple Paladins, allowing the use of more than one Blessing on each class. It is important to coordinate with the other Paladins to determine the best Blessings for each member of the group.
The short term blessings (Freedom, Protection and Sacrifice) all have strong situational use. Blessing of Freedom is very powerful in PvP, allowing a flag carrier in Warsong Gulch to move unobstructed or free yourself from snares such as Hamstring or Frost Nova. Blessing of Protection allows you to protect weaker party members from enemy aggro as casting the spell on them will make most enemies uninterested in the player for the duration. Blessing of Sacrifice can be used to reduce damage taken by a target or break Crowd control effects on the paladin that break on damage, such as polymorph.
Improving blessings with talents
Blessings can be improved with the following talents:
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| Improved Blessing of Wisdom
Holy Tier 4 | Increases the effect of your Blessing of Wisdom spell by 10/20%. |
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| Guardian's Favor
Protection Tier 2 | Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 60/120 sec and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 2/4 sec. |
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| Improved Blessing of Might
Retribution Tier 1 | Increases the attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 4/8/12/16/20%. |
Wrath of the Lich King
- See also Hand (spell).
In Wrath of the Lich King, blessings have been significantly reworked. Blessing of Light has been removed altogether, while Blessing of Salvation has been folded into a category of short-term blessings known as Hand spells, which also includes the spells formerly known as Blessing of Freedom, Blessing of Protection and Blessing of Sacrifice. As such, paladins' buffing assignments have been significantly simplified since the number of blessings to be assigned is smaller in addition to not needing to worry about overwriting one's assigned buff when giving a target one of these temporary spells.
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