An Overview of Paladin Class Changes in the War Within Pre-Patch

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• Sanctified Plates now grants 3% Avoidance (was 5%).
• All talent trees have had many talents move locations or have had their pathing updated.
• Multiple applications of Greater Judgment may overlap. This also functions with Retribution's multiple stack application.
• Glyph of the Luminous Charger now only works while Crusader Aura is active.
• Incandescence now functions with Divine Hammer for Retribution.
• The following talents have been removed:
• Crusader's Reprieve
• Retribution Aura

• New Talent: Bestow Light — Light of the Martyr's health threshold is reduced to 70% and increases Holy Shock's healing by an additional 5% for every 5 seconds Light of the Martyr is active, stacking up to 3 times. While below 70% health, the light urgently heals you every 1 second.
• New Talent: Extrication — Word of Glory and Light of Dawn gain up to 30% additional chance to critically strike, based on their target’s current health. Lower health targets are more likely to be critically struck.
• New Talent: Liberation — Word of Glory and Light of Dawn have a chance equal to your Haste to reduce the cost of your next Holy Light, Crusader Strike, or Judgment.
• New Talent: Truth Prevails — Judgment heals you and its mana cost is reduced by 30%. 50% of overhealing from this effect is transferred onto 2 allies within 40 yards.
• Glistening Radiance has been redesigned — Spending Holy Power has a 25% chance to trigger Saved by the Light's absorb effect at 30% effectiveness without activating its cooldown.
• Light's Protection has been redesigned — Allies with Beacon of Light receive 5% less damage.
• Overflowing Light has been redesigned — 15% of Holy Shock's overhealing is converted into an absorb shield. The shield amount cannot exceed 10% of your max health.
• Rising Sunlight has been redesigned — After casting Avenging Wrath, your next 2 Holy Shocks cast 2 additional times. After casting Divine Toll, your next 2 Holy Shocks cast 2 additional times.
• Glorious Dawn has been redesigned — Holy Shock has a 12% chance to refund a charge when cast and its healing is increased by 10%.
• Light of the Martyr has been redesigned — While above 80% health, Holy Shock's healing is increased 20%, but creates a heal absorb on you for 30% of the amount healed that prevents Beacon of Light from healing you until it has dissipated.
• Blessing of Summer has been redesigned — Bless an ally for 30 seconds, causing 20% of all healing to be converted into damage onto a nearby enemy and 10% of all damage to be converted into healing onto an injured ally within 40 yards.
• Holy Light cast time reduced to 2 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
• Word of Glory healing increased by 25%.
• Light of Dawn healing increased by 20%.
• Holy Shock healing increased by 20%.
• Tyr's Deliverance healing decreased by 15%.
• Beacon of Light now transfers 15% of healing done (was 25%).
• Barrier of Faith now transfers 20% of healing into its absorb (was 25%).
• Sacrifice of the Just now reduces the cooldown of Blessing of Sacrifice by 15 seconds (was 60 seconds).
• Blessing of Sacrifice now transfers 30% of damage taken (was 20%).
• Avenging Crusader no longer costs Holy Power, grants an additional charge of Crusader Strike for its duration, and its duration is increased by 3 seconds.
• Crusader's Might now additionally reduces the cooldown of Judgment.
• Infusion of Light now increases the healing of Holy Light (was grants Holy Power).
• Inflorescence of the Sunwell now increases the additional healing from Infusion of Light for Holy Light (was grants Holy Power).
• Fixed an issue that caused Tyr's Deliverance's healing to not be affected by some modifiers, such as Avenging Wrath.
• The following talents have been removed:
• Light's Hammer
• Glimmer of Light
• Daybreak

• Bastion of Light has been redesigned — Your next 5 casts of Judgment generate 2 additional Holy Power.
• Sanctuary has been redesigned — Consecration's benefit persists for 4 seconds after you leave it.
• Crusader's Resolve has been redesigned — Targets struck by Avenger's Shield deal 10% reduced melee damage to you for 10 seconds.
• Strength in Adversity now grants 5% Parry per target (was 2%).
• Light of the Titans is now a 1-point talent. Healing over time is now a percentage of original value, rather than attack power based.
• Bulwark of Order is now a 1-point talent.

• New Talent: Burn to Ash — When Truth's Wake critically strikes, its duration is extended by 2 seconds. Your other damage over time effects deal 30% increased damage to targets affected by Truth's Wake.
• New Talent: Radiant Glory — Crusade/ Avenging Wrath is replaced with Radiant Glory. Radiant Glory: Wake of Ashes activates Avenging Wrath/Crusade for 8/10 seconds. Each Holy Power spent has a chance to activate Avenging Wrath/Crusade for 4/5 seconds.
• Righteous Cause has been redesigned — Each Holy Power spent has a 6% chance to reset the cooldown of Blade of Justice.
• Art of War has been redesigned — Your auto attacks have a 20% chance to reset the cooldown of Blade of Justice. Critical strikes increase this chance by an additional 10%.
• Divine Hammer has been redesigned — Divine Hammers spin around you, consuming a Holy Power to strike enemies within 8 yards for Radiant damage every 2.2 seconds. While active, your Holy Power generating abilities recharge 75% faster, and increase the rate at which Divine Hammer strikes by 15% when they are cast. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Now a 2 minute cooldown and damage increased by 300%. Divine Hammer base periodic decreased to 2.2 seconds and scales with Haste (was 3 seconds).
• Final Reckoning has been redesigned — Now increases the damage taken from your single target Holy Power spenders by 30%. Increases the damage taken from your other Holy Power spenders by 15%.
• Vengeful Wrath has been redesigned — Hammer of Wrath deals 50% increased damage to enemies below 35% health.
• Mastery: Hand of Light has been renamed to Mastery: Highlord's Judgment — Now also causes Judgment to have a chance to blast the target with the Light, dealing Holy damage.
• Highlord's Judgment has been renamed to Highlord's Wrath.
• Highlord's Wrath has been redesigned — Mastery: Highlord's Judgment is 50/100% more effective on Judgment and Hammer of Wrath. Judgment applies an additional stack of Greater Judgment if it is known.
• Adjudication has been redesigned — Critical Strike damage of your abilities increased by 5% and Hammer of Wrath also has a chance to cast Highlord's Judgment.
• Blades of Light has been redesigned — Crusader Strike, Judgment, Hammer of Wrath, and damaging single target Holy Power abilities now deal Holystrike damage and your abilities that deal Holystrike damage deal 5% increased damage.
• Divine Arbiter now has an additional effect — Mastery: Highlord's Judgment and Holystrike damage abilities grant you a stack of Divine Arbiter.
• Searing Light now has an additional effect — Mastery: Highlord's Judgment and Radiant damage abilities have a chance to call down and explosion of Holy Fire.
• Judge, Jury and Executioner has been redesigned — Holy Power generating abilities have a 15% chance to cause your next Templar's Verdict to hit an additional 3 enemies at 100% effectiveness.
• Judge, Jury and Executioner no longer highlights Templar’s Verdict but instead has a UI overlay.
• Templar Strikes has been redesigned — Crusader Strike becomes a 2 part combo. Templar Strike slashes an enemy for Holystrike/Radiant damage and gets replaced by Templar Slash for 5 seconds. Templar Slash strikes an enemy for Holystrike/Radiant damage, and burns the enemy for 50% of the damage dealt over 4 seconds.
• Templar Strikes now only has 1 charge (was 2 charges).
• Templar Slash damage over time effect now rolls over the remaining damage value when reapplied.
• Truth's Wake effect is now added to Wake of Ashes.
• Blessed Hammer from Adjudication now spawns from the target of your Hammer of Wrath.
• Execution Sentence now causes the enemy to suffer 20% of the damage dealt during its time after it expires (was 30%).
• Execution Sentence damage no longer counts as a damage over time effect.
• Aegis of Protection now only increases the effectiveness of Divine Protection by 20% (was 10% and was also affecting Shield of Vengeance).
• Expurgation now lasts 9 seconds (was 6 seconds).
• Expurgation now rolls over the remaining damage value when reapplied.
• Boundless Judgment now additionally increases the chances of your Judgments chances to trigger Highlord's Judgment by 50%.
• Wake of Ashes now sends its cone attacks (including Seething Flames) towards where your camera is facing rather than where your character is facing.
• The following talents have been removed:
• Truth's Wake

• New PvP Talent: Wrench Evil — Turn Evil’s cast time is reduced by 100%.
• Judgments of the Pure (PvP Talent) has been removed.
• Barrier of Faith is now 50% more effective in PvP combat (was 100%).

You can find other War Within Pre-Patch class changes linked below.