Paladin: Forever against Classic

Want to see the tree rather than the list? Open the Paladin talent calculator

New in Forever

Talents with no counterpart in Classic 1.12.

Holy	Improved Seals Seals last longer and hit harder.
Holy	Voice of Truth Auras reach further and have a stronger effect.
Holy	Reverence Reduces the threat generated by your Holy spells.
Holy	Purifying Power Cleanse removes additional effects.
Holy	Infusion of Light Critical heals shorten your next healing spell.
Holy	Divine Precision Increases the chance for your Holy spells to hit.
Holy	Consecrated Ground Consecration lasts longer and hits harder.
Holy	Light's Vigil Keeps the target alive briefly at the brink of death.
Protection	Improved Seal of Fury Improves Seal of Fury.
Protection	Sacred Duty Increases Stamina and shortens protective cooldowns.
Protection	Swift Judgement Judgements can be cast more often.
Protection	Templar's Bulwark Your shield absorbs additional damage.
Protection	Iron Creed Resistance to interruption and control effects.
Retribution	Holy Conduit Part of your melee damage is dealt as Holy damage.
Retribution	Sanctified Judgement Judgement refunds part of its cost.
Retribution	Sacred Arbiter Increases the damage of your Seals and Judgements.
Retribution	Champion of the Light Increases attack power and spell damage alike.
Retribution	Instrument of Law Strengthens effects that hold enemies in place.
Retribution	Twist of Light Damage dealt heals you for part of the amount.

Gone from Classic

Talents that existed in Classic and are not in the beta 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.
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 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	Healing Light from 10 points in the tree to 5
Holy	Unyielding Faith from 10 points in the tree to 5
Holy	Divine Favor from 20 points in the tree to 15
Holy	Holy Shock from 30 points in the tree to 20
Protection	Toughness from 5 points in the tree to 0
Protection	Anticipation from 10 points in the tree to 5
Protection	Improved Hammer of Justice a different column in the same row - the price stays at 15 points
Protection	One-Handed Weapon Specialization from 25 points in the tree to 15
Retribution	Deflection from 5 points in the tree to 0
Retribution	Conviction from 10 points in the tree to 5
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.

Holy	Spiritual Focus 5 ranks in Classic, 2 in the beta
Protection	One-Handed Weapon Specialization 5 ranks in Classic, 3 in the beta
Retribution	Vengeance 5 ranks in Classic, 3 in the beta

What changed since BlizzCon

2 changes between the trees shown at BlizzCon and the current beta client.

gone	Holy	Improved Holy Strike Increases the damage of Holy Strike.
gone	Retribution	Crusade Increases damage dealt against all creature types.

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).