Penance
Penance 40 yd  range 9 sec cooldown 3.1% of base mana Channeled Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing X Holy damage to an enemy, or X healing to an ally instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
Usable by
Class	Priest
Properties
Type	Offensive, Utility
School	Holy
Cooldown	9 sec (GCD 1.5 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Discipline
Level required	10
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• Penance
• 40 yd  range
• 3.1% of base mana
• Channeled
• Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing X Holy damage to an enemy, or X healing to an ally instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

Those who have wronged will pay dearly. (TCG)

Penance is a priest ability learned at level 10 for those with the Discipline specialization. While channeled, it deals damage to an enemy or heals a friendly target.

Modified by

• [Power Infusion] (talent)
• [Divine Fury] ( discipline or holy spec ability)
• [Evangelism] ( discipline or holy spec ability)
• [Atonement] ( discipline spec ability)
• [Grace] ( discipline spec ability)
• [Train of Thought] ( discipline spec ability)

2020

• Glyph of Penance
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Priest (Discipline)
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Increases the mana cost of Penance by 20% but allows Penance to be cast while moving.
• Sell Price: 1

Notes

• Contrary to what the tooltip seems to imply, it actually heals or damages three times, the first tick occurring instantly upon cast.
• Each heal from Penance receives 63.5% of the priest's spell power. In total, this gives penance of spell power coefficient similar to that of a three second cast rather than a two second cast.
• Due to its mana efficiency and healing speed, it is generally the primary direct heal used by Discipline priests.
• [Power Word: Shield] prevents pushbacks and ensures that the effect of Penance is fully used.
• Even if a pushback prevents the final tick from landing, this is still a more mana efficient heal than [Greater Heal], and will still heal more than [Flash Heal]. Pushback can only prevent one tick, as it can only cancel 50% of a channeled spell.
• The instant first tick of this spell can save party members who would otherwise die while waiting for [Flash Heal] to cast.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.2.0 (5-Mar-2013): Evangelism's stacking effect now also increases the healing of Penance.; Penance damage and healing has been increased by 20%, now a cooldown of 9 seconds (was 10 seconds), and has a range of 40 yards for both friendly and hostile targets (was 40 yards for friendly and 30 yards for hostile targets). 
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Penance mana cost has been increased by 7%, but healing has been increased by 20%. 
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Cooldown increased to 12 seconds, up from 10 seconds. 
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Penance can now be cast on the priest himself and the damage has been increased. 
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Added. 
  

External links

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• Thottbot
• WoWDB

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