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Hammer of Wrath

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Hammer of Wrath
  • Hammer of Wrath (Racial)
  • Instant cast
  • 30 yds. range
  • Hurls a hammer that strikes an enemy for [X + 0.15 * SPH + 0.15 * AP] to [Y + 0.15 * SPH + 0.15 * AP] Holy damage. Only usable on enemies that have 20% or less health.
Usable by
ClassPaladin
RaceAll
Properties
TypeOffensive
SchoolRetribution
Cooldown6 secs.
Other information
Ranks6
You cannot run from the divine hand of justice.TCGDP 58

Hammer of Wrath is a Holy direct damage paladin spell that flings a hammer crackling with holy power at a wounded enemy.

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Rank table

Rank Level Mana Cost Bottom Damage Peak Damage Cost
1 44 14% of base mana 351 387 1g 98s
2 52 14% of base mana 459 507 3g 6s
3 60 14% of base mana 570 628 4g 14s
4 TBC 68 12% of base mana 733 809 9g
5 WotLK 74 12% of base mana 878 970 8g 50s
6 WotLK 80 12% of base mana 1139 1257 8g 50s

Glyphs

2020
2020
  • Glyph of Avenging Wrath
  • Major Glyph
  • Classes: Paladin
  • Requires Level 70
  • Item Level 70Disenchants into:
    Not disenchantable
  • Use: Reduces the cooldown of your Hammer of Wrath spell by 50% while Avenging Wrath is active.

Tips & tricks

  • Nothing is as devastating as running away with a few hundred health only to be tagged with a paladin's Hammer from long range. Paladins may make full use of the Hammer on fleeing targets, as well as mobs and bosses who are in their death throes.
  • There is no minimum range on the Hammer; it can be used at point-blank distance.
  • The attack is resolved as a ranged special-attack that does non-physical damage, similar to a Hunter's Arcane Shot. It can miss, it can be blocked (if the target is facing you), and it does double damage on a crit. Hit Rating and Crit Rating improve your chances of hitting and critting, respectively.

Related equipment

  • The Retribution-centric Tier 6 Paladin Armor Set Lightbringer Battlegear includes a 4-piece set ability that increases the damage dealt by your Hammer of Wrath ability by 10%.

Patch changes

  • Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Now can't be used until the target is below 20% health.
Tooltip has not been updated accordingly.
  • Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Hammer of Wrath is now considered a Retribution spell, moved from Holy, mana cost reduced, now instant cast, global cooldown increased to 1.5, missile speed increased, now usable on targets below 35% health and now scales with attack power and spell power.
  • Patch 2.3 (2007-11-13): Hammer of Wrath mana cost reduced.
  • Patch 2.2 (2007-09-25): Hammer of Wrath cast time reduced to .5 seconds, global cooldown reduced to .5 seconds.
  • Patch 2.1 (2007-05-22): Hammer of Wrath: Rank 4, damage increased.
  • Patch 1.7 (2005-09-22): New Spell: Hammer of Wrath (Level 44) - Hurls a hammer that strikes an enemy for Holy damage. Only usable on a wounded target.

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