Paladin: Forever against Classic

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New in Forever

Talents with no counterpart in Classic 1.12.

Holy	Reverence Lets part of your mana regeneration continue while casting.
Holy	Improved Seals Increases the damage of all Seals and Judgements.
Holy	Purifying Power Cleanse and Purify cost less, Exorcism and Holy Wrath come back sooner.
Holy	Holy Conduit Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism and Hammer of Wrath cost less mana.
Holy	Divine Precision Increases the chance for your Holy spells to hit and shortens silence effects on you.
Holy	Infusion of Light Critical Holy Shocks and Flashes of Light shorten your next Holy Light.
Holy	Oath of Light An oath on one ally for five minutes: Holy Light, Flash of Light and Holy Shock heal them for more. Only one oath at a time.
Holy	Consecrated Ground Holy spells hit the first four enemies in your Consecration harder.
Holy	Boundless Light Holy Shock crits more often on allies without your Oath of Light.
Holy	Light's Vigil Marks an ally: your next Holy Shock on them triggers no cooldown and heals their whole party.
Protection	Sacred Duty Shortens protective cooldowns and the duration of Forbearance.
Protection	Templar's Bulwark A shield absorbs damage equal to your maximum health for a few seconds; causes Forbearance.
Protection	Swift Judgement Unleashes a Seal on an enemy without consuming it, on its own cooldown separate from Judgement.
Protection	Stoicism Shortens stun and charm effects on you.
Protection	Iron Creed Holy Strike generates more threat and, under Righteous Fury, reduces damage taken.
Protection	Shieldsworn Holy Strike comes back sooner and strikes with your shield, triggering Holy Shield and Shield Specialization without spending charges, and briefly lets you block spells.
Retribution	Sanctified Judgement Judgement refunds part of its cost.
Retribution	Sacred Arbiter Holy Strike hits harder and refreshes all Judgements on the target.
Retribution	Turn Evil Turn Undead casts faster, comes back sooner and also affects demons.
Retribution	Champion of the Light Adds part of your Intellect to your spell damage and makes Hammer of Wrath cast faster.
Retribution	Unsealed Wrath Melee hits store copies of your active Seal, up to three. A hit with a different Seal sets the stored copies off.

Gone from Classic

Talents that existed in Classic and are not in the Forever client. The text below each one is the Classic tooltip, not our summary.

Holy	Improved Seal of Righteousness Increases the damage done by your Seal of Righteousness and Judgement of Righteousness by 3%.
Holy	Consecration Consecrates the land beneath Paladin, doing 64 Holy damage over 8 sec to enemies who enter the area.
Holy	Improved Lay on Hands Gives the target of your Lay on Hands spell a 15% bonus to their armor value from items for 2 min. In addition, the cooldown for your Lay on Hands spell is reduced by 10 min.
Holy	Improved Blessing of Wisdom Increases the effect of your Blessing of Wisdom spell by 10%.
Holy	Lasting Judgement Increases the duration of your Judgement of Light and Judgement of Wisdom by 10 sec.
Protection	Improved Devotion Aura Increases the armor bonus of your Devotion Aura by 5%.
Protection	Blessing of Kings Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing total stats by 10% for 5 min. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.
Protection	Improved Concentration Aura Increases the effect of your Concentration Aura by an additional 5% and gives all group members affected by the aura an additional 5% chance to resist Silence and Interrupt effects.
Protection	Blessing of Sanctuary Places a Blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage dealt from all sources by up to 10 for 5 min. In addition, when the target blocks a melee attack the attacker will take 14 Holy damage. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.
Protection	One-Handed Weapon Specialization Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 2%.
Retribution	Improved Blessing of Might Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 4%.
Retribution	Improved Seal of the Crusader Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Seal of the Crusader and the Holy damage increase of your Judgement of the Crusader by 5%.
Retribution	Improved Retribution Aura Increases the damage done by your Retribution Aura by 25%.
Retribution	Sanctity Aura Increases Holy damage done by party members within 30 yards by 10%. Players may only have one Aura on them per Paladin at any one time.

Moved to another tree

The talent is still there, in a different tree - which means different points and often a different build.

Protection	Divine Intellect from Holy to Protection
Retribution	Unyielding Faith from Holy to Retribution

Moved within its tree

Same tree, different row. A row is a price: from row 2 to row 5 the talent costs 25 points in the tree instead of 10.

Holy	Divine Strength a different column in the same row - the price stays at 0 points
Holy	Spiritual Focus from 5 points in the tree to 0
Holy	Healing Light from 10 points in the tree to 5
Holy	Illumination from 15 points in the tree to 10
Holy	Divine Favor from 20 points in the tree to 10
Holy	Holy Shock from 30 points in the tree to 20
Protection	Toughness from 5 points in the tree to 10
Protection	Improved Righteous Fury from 10 points in the tree to 15
Protection	Anticipation from 10 points in the tree to 15
Protection	Improved Hammer of Justice from 15 points in the tree to 10
Protection	Holy Shield from 30 points in the tree to 20
Retribution	Deflection from 5 points in the tree to 0
Retribution	Conviction from 10 points in the tree to 5
Retribution	Two-Handed Weapon Specialization from 20 points in the tree to 15
Retribution	Vengeance from 25 points in the tree to 20
Retribution	Repentance from 30 points in the tree to 20

A different number of ranks

The talent exists in both, with a different number of ranks.

Protection	Shield Specialization 3 ranks in Classic, 2 in Forever
Retribution	Conviction 5 ranks in Classic, 3 in Forever
Retribution	Vengeance 5 ranks in Classic, 3 in Forever

What changed since BlizzCon

51 changes between the trees shown at BlizzCon and the launch client.

gone	Holy	Improved Holy Strike Increases the damage of Holy Strike.
gone	Holy	Voice of Truth Briefly makes you immune to silence and interrupts.
gone	Protection	Improved Seal of Fury Returns mana whenever a Seal of Fury shield is used up.
gone	Protection	One-Handed Weapon Specialization Increases damage dealt with one-handed weapons.
gone	Retribution	Crusade Increases damage dealt against all creature types.
gone	Retribution	Instrument of Law Hammer of Wrath casts faster, and you generate less threat without Righteous Fury.
new	Holy	Oath of Light An oath on one ally for five minutes: Holy Light, Flash of Light and Holy Shock heal them for more. Only one oath at a time.
new	Holy	Boundless Light Holy Shock crits more often on allies without your Oath of Light.
new	Protection	Stoicism Shortens stun and charm effects on you.
new	Protection	Shieldsworn Holy Strike comes back sooner and strikes with your shield, triggering Holy Shield and Shield Specialization without spending charges, and briefly lets you block spells.
new	Retribution	Turn Evil Turn Undead casts faster, comes back sooner and also affects demons.
replaced	Retribution	Twist of Light → Unsealed Wrath Melee hits store copies of your active Seal, up to three. A hit with a different Seal sets the stored copies off.
moved	Holy	Divine Strength Increases Strength.
moved	Holy	Spiritual Focus Healing spells are interrupted less often.
moved	Holy	Reverence Lets part of your mana regeneration continue while casting.
moved	Holy	Purifying Power Cleanse and Purify cost less, Exorcism and Holy Wrath come back sooner.
moved	Holy	Infusion of Light Critical Holy Shocks and Flashes of Light shorten your next Holy Light.
moved	Holy	Illumination Critical heals return mana.
moved	Holy	Divine Favor Your next healing spell is a guaranteed critical.
moved	Holy	Divine Precision Increases the chance for your Holy spells to hit and shortens silence effects on you.
moved	Holy	Consecrated Ground Holy spells hit the first four enemies in your Consecration harder.
moved	Protection	Toughness Increases armor gained from items.
moved	Protection	Anticipation Increases defense skill.
moved	Protection	Improved Righteous Fury Righteous Fury reduces damage taken.
moved	Protection	Sacred Duty Shortens protective cooldowns and the duration of Forbearance.
moved	Protection	Improved Hammer of Justice Reduces the cooldown of Hammer of Justice.
moved	Protection	Templar's Bulwark A shield absorbs damage equal to your maximum health for a few seconds; causes Forbearance.
moved	Protection	Holy Shield Blocks additional attacks and deals damage.
moved	Retribution	Conviction Increases the critical strike chance of all spells and attacks.
moved	Retribution	Sanctified Judgement Judgement refunds part of its cost.
moved	Retribution	Sacred Arbiter Holy Strike hits harder and refreshes all Judgements on the target.
moved	Retribution	Two-Handed Weapon Specialization With a two-handed weapon, more physical and Holy damage and less threat.
moved	Retribution	Vengeance Critical strikes raise your physical and Holy damage for 30 seconds, stacking up to five times.
moved	Retribution	Repentance Incapacitates the target.
moved	Retribution	Champion of the Light Adds part of your Intellect to your spell damage and makes Hammer of Wrath cast faster.
site.betabuilds.diff.retree	Protection	Divine Intellect Increases Intellect.
site.betabuilds.diff.retree	Retribution	Unyielding Faith Shortens fear and disorient effects on you.
site.betabuilds.diff.retree	Holy	Holy Conduit Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism and Hammer of Wrath cost less mana.
ranks	Holy	Spiritual Focus Healing spells are interrupted less often.
ranks	Holy	Improved Seals Increases the damage of all Seals and Judgements.
ranks	Holy	Reverence Lets part of your mana regeneration continue while casting.
ranks	Holy	Divine Precision Increases the chance for your Holy spells to hit and shortens silence effects on you.
ranks	Protection	Shield Specialization Your shield absorbs more, and blocks can restore mana.
ranks	Protection	Iron Creed Holy Strike generates more threat and, under Righteous Fury, reduces damage taken.
ranks	Retribution	Conviction Increases the critical strike chance of all spells and attacks.
ranks	Retribution	Champion of the Light Adds part of your Intellect to your spell damage and makes Hammer of Wrath cast faster.
reworded	Holy	Holy Power Critical heals from Holy spells heal for more.
reworded	Holy	Light's Vigil Marks an ally: your next Holy Shock on them triggers no cooldown and heals their whole party.
reworded	Protection	Swift Judgement Unleashes a Seal on an enemy without consuming it, on its own cooldown separate from Judgement.
reworded	Protection	Reckoning Blocking or taking a critical strike stores up to four extra attacks, released by your next swing.
reworded	Retribution	Vindication Melee hits can lower the target’s attack power.

Two independent Classic 1.12 talent datasets, compared against each other: maladr0it/classic-talent-calculator and hseager/Classic-WoW-Talent-Planner. All 431 talents they share sit at identical positions in both. Names and positions are taken from the second, which is the complete one; the first is missing Faerie Fire (Feral).