WoW Forever Paladin Talent Calculator & Build Planner

How to use this Paladin talent calculator

Use the planner to test a build before you spend gold or commit to a leveling, dungeon, raid or PvP role. You can explore every tree without creating an account.

Is Paladin a good fit for you?

Players who want one character that can switch between damage, healing and tanking. Retribution can feel slower while leveling, but the ability to fill a missing group role is a major advantage.

What changed from Classic for Paladin?

This calculator uses the current Forever beta snapshot rather than assuming the Classic tree is unchanged. For Paladin, the current data contains 20 new talents, 25 changed talents and 4 moved talents.

• NEW means the talent was not present in the Classic comparison tree.
• CHANGED means the name or position may look familiar, but its effect or rank wording differs.
• MOVED means the talent is in a different row or location, which can change how quickly you reach it.

Turn on Compare to Classic in the calculator for a quick check, then open the Paladin class changes page for the broader explanation.

Inside the Paladin trees

Every Paladin talent, in tree order. A rank is one level of a talent, and each rank makes the effect stronger. Click any talent for the full rank-by-rank wording, straight from the beta client.

✦ Holy (18 talents)

Plate-wearing healer for single targets and raid-wide damage. Hard to kill, harder to replace. Key picks: Voice of Truth, Divine Favor, Holy Shock, Light's Vigil. New in Forever: Improved Holy Strike, Voice of Truth, Reverence, Purifying Power, Infusion of Light, Divine Precision, Consecrated Ground, Light's Vigil.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Improved Holy Strike NEW	2	1	Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 2 sec.
✦ Divine Strength	5	1	Increases your Strength by 10%.
✦ Divine Intellect	5	1	Increases your total Intellect by 10%.
✦ Healing Light CHANGED	3	2	Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 12%.
✦ Spiritual Focus CHANGED	2	2	Gives your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Light's Vigil spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
✦ Improved Seals CHANGED	3	2	Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 15%.
✦ Unyielding Faith CHANGED	2	2	Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 30%.
✦ Voice of Truth NEW	1	3	Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects. Lasts 6 sec.
✦ Reverence NEW	3	3	Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
✦ Purifying Power NEW	2	3	Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 20% and reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 33%.
✦ Infusion of Light NEW	2	4	Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 1 sec.
✦ Illumination CHANGED	5	4	After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.
✦ Divine Favor MOVED	1	4	When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.
✦ Divine Precision NEW	3	5	Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%.
✦ Holy Shock CHANGED	1	5	Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally.
✦ Consecrated Ground NEW	2	5	Gives your Holy spells 10% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.
✦ Holy Power CHANGED	5	6	Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock spell by 15%, and all other spells by 5%.
✦ Light's Vigil NEW	1	7	Applies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes friendly targets to heal their party for 325 to 343, or enemy targets to suffer 175 to 189 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost. You may only have 1 Light's Vigil active per Paladin, per party.

✦ Protection (16 talents)

Tanking built on blessings, seals, and pull control. If the group pulls for you, they are doing it wrong. Key picks: Improved Seal of Fury, Swift Judgement, Templar's Bulwark, Holy Shield. New in Forever: Improved Seal of Fury, Sacred Duty, Swift Judgement, Templar's Bulwark, Iron Creed.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Toughness MOVED	5	1	Increases your armor value from items by 10%.
✦ Redoubt CHANGED	5	1	Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 30%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.
✦ Precision CHANGED	3	2	Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
✦ Guardian's Favor CHANGED	2	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.
✦ Anticipation CHANGED	5	2	Increases your Defense Skill by 20.
✦ Improved Seal of Fury NEW	1	3	When Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed, restore 60 Mana, increased by 15% per level the attacker is above you, up to 45%.
✦ Improved Righteous Fury CHANGED	3	3	While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 6%.
✦ Shield Specialization CHANGED	3	3	Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%, and gives your blocks a 100% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec.
✦ Sacred Duty NEW	2	3	Increases your total Stamina by 4% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec.
✦ Swift Judgement NEW	1	4	Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%.
✦ One-Handed Weapon Specialization CHANGED	3	4	Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 10%.
✦ Improved Hammer of Justice	3	4	Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 15 sec.
✦ Templar's Bulwark NEW	1	5	When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
✦ Reckoning CHANGED	5	5	Gives you a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 100% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike.
✦ Iron Creed NEW	5	6	Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability 25%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 10% for 6 sec.
✦ Holy Shield CHANGED	1	7	Increases chance to block by 20% for 10 sec, and deals 110 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.

✦ Retribution (18 talents)

Slow, heavy hits with auras that lift the whole party. The full crusader fantasy, front to back. Key picks: Seal of Command, Sacred Arbiter, Repentance, Twist of Light. New in Forever: Holy Conduit, Sanctified Judgement, Sacred Arbiter, Crusade, Champion of the Light, Instrument of Law, Twist of Light.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Deflection MOVED	5	1	Increases your Parry chance by 5%.
✦ Benediction CHANGED	5	1	Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%.
✦ Improved Judgement CHANGED	2	2	Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 2 sec.
✦ Holy Conduit NEW	2	2	Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 40%.
✦ Conviction CHANGED	5	2	Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.
✦ Vindication CHANGED	3	3	Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 200, and increase your Attack Power by 3% for 30 sec.
✦ Sanctified Judgement NEW	3	3	Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
✦ Seal of Command CHANGED	1	3	Gives the Paladin a chance to deal additional Holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 sec. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing 68 to 73 Holy damage, 137 to 145 if the target is stunned or incapacitated.
✦ Pursuit of Justice CHANGED	2	3	Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
✦ Eye for an Eye CHANGED	2	4	All critical strikes against you cause 10% of the damage taken to the attacker as well. The damage caused by Eye for an Eye will not exceed 50% of the Paladin's total health.
✦ Sacred Arbiter NEW	1	4	Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 10% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
✦ Crusade NEW	2	4	Increases all damage dealt by 2%. Increased by an additional 2% against Demon and Undead targets.
✦ Two-Handed Weapon Specialization CHANGED	3	5	Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 9%.
✦ Vengeance CHANGED	3	5	Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 3% for 30 sec after landing a critical strike. Stacks up to 5 times.
✦ Repentance MOVED	1	5	Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.
✦ Champion of the Light NEW	3	6	Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 100% of your Intellect.
✦ Instrument of Law NEW	2	6	Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 1 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 20% while Righteous Fury is not active.
✦ Twist of Light NEW	1	7	When you replace your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Fury, or Seal of Justice with a different Seal, gain an Echo. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo.

Want the exact numbers? The full Paladin talent reference lists every rank word-for-word from the beta client. And if you're wondering what Blizzard shuffled, every Paladin change vs Classic sits on one page.

Quick checklist before you lock in points

• Check the level slider before judging a build. A deep talent may be a level-60 plan, not a level-20 plan.
• Read the prerequisite path, not just the final talent. Five points in a tree unlock the next row.
• Use the class guide to compare roles, then use build comparison when two versions look similar.
• Save or copy the link after testing. The current snapshot page explains how shared links behave when beta data changes.

Best races for Paladin

Human · Dwarf · Undead (new in Forever) · Skyborne

Undead Paladins are new in Forever. Check what each racial does on the races page before you pick. Compare every racial passive side by side on the races page.