Changes: Warpwood Binding

Penance
	Penance (1 rank); Priest ability; 30 / 40 yd range; 21% of base mana; 12 sec cooldown; Channeled; Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing X to Y Holy damage to an enemy, or Z to W healing to an ally instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.;
Properties
Class	Priest
School	Holy
Cooldown	12 seconds
Talents
Talent tree	Discipline
Improvements	[Twin Disciplines], [Evangelism], Inspiration, [Grace], [Renewed Hope], [Train of Thought]

Revision as of 02:53, 9 February 2011

[[Category:priest abilities]][[Category:priest abilities]]

Penance is a priest ability available to priests at level 10 who choose the Discipline tree. While channeled, it deals damage to an enemy or heals a friendly target.

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 29.7% of the priest's spell power per tick of healing, and 45.8% of the priest spellpower per tick of damage. This is better than the alternatives both for damage dealing ( [Smite], [Mind Spike]) and healing ( [Heal], [Greater Heal]).
Due to its mana efficiency and healing speed, it is generally the primary direct heal used by Discipline priests.
Like [Holy Shock], this spell has two ranges depending on its use. When used to attack, it has a 30 yard range; when used to heal, it has a 40 yard range.
[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.

Improvements

[Twin Disciplines] increase damage and healing done
[Evangelism] stacks increase the throughput of Penance, but Penance can not be used to build Evangelism stacks.
Inspiration and [Grace] may proc from Penance
[Renewed Hope] increase the critical strike chance of Penance on targets affected by Weakened Soul
[Train of Thought] may cause [Smite] to reduce the cooldown of Penance.
[Glyph of Penance] reduce the cooldown of Penance.

Patch changes

Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Mana cost has been increased by 7%, but healing has been increased by 20%.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Mana cost reduced
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Cooldown increased to 12 seconds, up from 10 seconds.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Penance can now be cast on the priest himself and the damage has been increased.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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-'''Warpwood Binding''' is a [[rare]] quality item that drops from [[Tendris Warpwood]] in [[Dire Maul]] [[Dire Maul West|West]].
+'''Penance''' is a [[priest]] [[ability]] available to priests at level 10 who choose the [[Priest talents#Discipline|Discipline]] tree. While channeled, it [[Direct damage|deals damage]] to an enemy or [[Healing|heals]] a friendly target.
-==External links==
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+== 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 29.7% of the priest's spell power per tick of healing, and 45.8% of the priest spellpower per tick of damage. This is better than the alternatives both for damage dealing ([[Smite]], [[Mind Spike]]) and healing ([[Heal]], [[Greater Heal]]).
+* Due to its [[mana]] efficiency and healing speed, it is generally the primary direct heal used by Discipline priests.
+* Like [[Holy Shock]], this spell has two ranges depending on its use. When used to attack, it has a 30 yard range; when used to heal, it has a 40 yard range.
+* [[Power Word: Shield]] prevents [[pushback]]s 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.
+== Improvements ==
+* [[Twin Disciplines]] increase damage and healing done
+* [[Evangelism]] stacks increase the throughput of Penance, but Penance can not be used to build Evangelism stacks.
+* [[Inspiration]] and [[Grace]] may proc from Penance
+* [[Renewed Hope]] increase the critical strike chance of Penance on targets affected by Weakened Soul
+* [[Train of Thought]] may cause [[Smite]] to reduce the cooldown of Penance.
+* [[Glyph of Penance]] reduce the cooldown of Penance.
+== Patch changes ==
+* {{patch 4.0.6|note=Mana cost has been increased by 7%, but healing has been increased by 20%.}}
+* {{Patch 4.0.1|note=Mana cost reduced}}
+* {{Patch 3.2.0|note=Cooldown increased to 12 seconds, up from 10 seconds.}}
+* {{Patch 3.1.0|note=Penance can now be cast on the priest himself and the damage has been increased.}}
+* {{Patch 3.0.2|note=Added.}}
+== External links ==
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+{{Elinks-spell|47540}}
-[[Category:World of Warcraft mail waist items]]
-[[Category:World of Warcraft rare items]]
+{{Classfooter|Priest}}
-[[Category:Dire Maul items]]
+[[Category:Priest abilities]]
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+[[Category:Priest talents]]
+[[Category:Holy spells]]
+[[Category:Primary Spells]]

Penance
Penance (1 rank) Priest ability 30 / 40 yd range 21% of base mana 12 sec cooldown Channeled Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing X to Y Holy damage to an enemy, or Z to W healing to an ally instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
Properties
Class	Priest
School	Holy
Cooldown	12 seconds
Talents
Talent tree	Discipline
Improvements	[Twin Disciplines], [Evangelism], Inspiration, [Grace], [Renewed Hope], [Train of Thought]