Exorcism

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Exorcism
Exorcism (Racial) Instant cast 30 yd range 8% of base mana Causes X to Y Holy damage to a non-player enemy target. If the target is Undead or Demon, it will always critically hit.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Race	All
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Holy
Cooldown	15 sec
Talents
Improvement talents	Holy Power, Purifying Power, Vengeance
Other information
Ranks	9

Exorcism is a Holy direct damage paladin spell that always crits on an Undead or Demonic target.

Rank table

Rank	Level	Base Mana Cost	Damage	Cost
1	20	10%	84 - 96	40
2	28	10%	152 - 172	90
3	36	10%	217 - 245	1 40
4	44	10%	304 - 342	2 20
5	52	10%	393 - 439	3 40
6	60	10%	505 - 563	4 60
7	68	8%	619 - 691	10
8	73	8%	787 - 877	20
9	79	8%	1028 - 1146	20

Spell Improvement

Purifying Power(Holy) increases the critical strike chance by 20%.
Holy Power(Holy) increases the critical effect chance of all Holy spells by 5%.
Glyph of Exorcism increases damage done by 20%.

Tips and tricks

Amount of damage dealt by Exorcism is increased by 15% of your attack power and 15% of your Spell power.
Exorcism is one of the few ranged attacks available to Paladins.

Patch Changes

Patch 3.1.1a (2009-04-28): "..fix[ed] the tooltip to display the appropriate text; it also displays an error message when a player tries to use it against other players."
Patch 3.1.1 (2009-04-21): "..the paladin ability Exorcism cannot damage other players, but the player game client does not display this change properly."
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Exorcism: Now can be used on any target and has a 100% chance to be a critical strike when used on Undead and Demons.

This is to ensure that paladins do not see a drop in their dps when progressing from Naxxramas (which is full of undead) to Ulduar and beyond (not as much undead). Due to this change, [Glyph of Exorcism] was changed to 20% bonus damage.

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