An Overview of Paladin Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.1

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• Seal of the Crusader healing reduced by 50%.
• Lightforged Blessing now heals 1% of health (was 2%).
• A Just Reward now has a more just reward, its healing increased by 140%.
• Blinding Light and Repentance now break on a damage threshold instead of breaking on any damage.
• Hero Talents — Herald of the Sun:
  • Dawnlight now prefers player targets over creatures/summons.
• Hero Talents — Lightsmith:
  • Tempered in Battle — Sacred Weapon’s health redistribution may only occur once per cast.
• Hero Talents — Templar:
  • Empyrean Hammer now prefers player targets over creatures/summons.
  • The implementation of Hammer of Light has been revamped to resolve issues such as casting delays, tuning difficulties, and the limited scalability of its infrastructure.
  • Hammer of Light now displays the correct amount of damage done by its secondary target damage effect for Retribution Paladin.
  • Hammerfall internal cooldown reduced to 0.1 second.
  • Fixed an issue causing Hammerfall to not proc Empyrean Hammer on overlapping procs.

• New Talent: Unbound Freedom — Blessing of Freedom increases movement speed by 30%, and you gain Blessing of Freedom when cast on a friendly target.
• Unending Light has been redesigned — Now causes Holy Power spent on Word of Glory to increase the healing of Light of Dawn.
• All healing done increased by 4%.
• Flash of Light mana cost reduced to 0.6% base mana (was 1.8%).
• Flash of Light healing decreased by 25%.
• Holy Light healing increased by 128% and now costs 7% base mana (was 6.4%).
• Truth Prevails healing decreased by 20%.
• Greater Judgment’s absorb reduced by 25%.
• Holy Prism healing increased by 20%.
• Holy Shock damage increased by 100%.
• Holy Shock healing increased by 40%.
• Light of Dawn healing increased by 29%.
• Word of Glory healing increased by 15%.
• Hammer and Anvil healing decreased by 33%.
• Infusion of Light now increases the healing of Holy Light by 30% (was 100%).
• Infusion of Light now increases the healing of Flash of Light by 30% (was reduced mana cost).
• Inflorescence of the Sunwell now increases Infusion of Light’s healing boost to Flash of Light by an additional 15%.
• Inflorescence of the Sunwell now increases the healing of Holy Light by an additional 15% (was 50%).
• Light's Conviction now additionally causes Holy Shock to refund half its mana cost when cast offensively.
• Echoing Blessings now increases movement speed during Blessing of Freedom by 30% (was 15%).
• Commanding Light now increases the healing transfer of Beacon of Light by 5% (was 10%).
• Divine Favor now increases healing done by Holy Light or Flash of Light by up to 20% (was 40%).
• Beacon of Virtue now costs 4.5% base mana (was 5%).
• Hero Talents — Herald of the Sun:
  • Fixed an issue that caused Second Sunrise to sometimes decrease the healing of Holy Shock from Rising Sunlight.
• Hero Talents — Lightsmith:
  • Hammer and Anvil healing decreased by 20%.
  • Blessed Assurance now increases the damage of Crusader Strike by 20% (was 180%).

• All ability damage increased by 15%.
• Strength in Adversity reduced to 3% parry per enemy struck (was 5%).
• Strength in Adversity now displays with stacks.
• Cooldown reduction from Uther's Counsel reduced to 15% (was 30%).
• Refining Fire damage reduced by 30%.
• Hero Talents — Templar:
  • Undisputed Ruling has been updated — Hammer of Light grants Shield of the Righteous, erupts a Consecration beneath its target, and increases your Haste by 12% for 6 seconds.
  • Additionally, Eye of Tyr grants 3 Holy Power.

• Divine Hammer has been redesigned — Divine Hammers spin around you, striking enemies nearby for Holy damage every 2 seconds for 8 seconds. While active, each Holy Power spent increases the duration of Divine Hammer by 0.5 seconds. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Costs 3 Holy Power and has a 1-minute cooldown.
• All ability damage increased by 5%.
• Final Reckoning damage increased by 75%.
• Flash of Light healing increased by 35%.
• Word of Glory’s mana cost has been increased to 15% (was 10%).
• Healing Hands now only functions to increase Word of Glory’s healing on the Paladin themselves (was increased healing on allies).
• Divine Toll will now cast Judgment at units near your main target, even if you’re not in combat with them.
• Crusade will now consistently display the correct spell visual when Glyph of Winged Vengeance is being used.
• Hero Talents — Herald of the Sun:
  • Second Sunrise has been updated — Divine Storm and Hammer of Wrath have a 20% chance to cast again at 50% effectiveness (was 15% chance at 30% effectiveness).
  • Sun's Avatar damage increased by 50%.
• Hero Talents — Templar:
  • Empyrean Hammer damage reduced by 30%.
  • Hammer of Light now benefits from Undisputed Ruling Judgment.
  • Hammer of Light now benefits from the stacks it adds to Crusade.

• New PvP Talent: Shining Revelation — The light reveals all enemies in stealth or invisible to you while under the effects of Divine Shield. This effect lingers for 20 seconds after Divine Shield fades.
• Luminescence (PvP Talent) has been redesigned — Lightbearer’s healing transfer is increased by up to 200% based on your current health. Lower health heals allies for more. Now available to Holy Paladins.
• New PvP Talent: Blessing of Spellwarding — Blesses a party or raid member, granting immunity to magical damage and harmful effects for 10 seconds. Cannot be used on a target with Forbearance. Causes Forbearance for 30 seconds. Shares a cooldown with Blessing of Protection.
• The following PvP talents have been removed:
  • Blessed Hands
  • Judgments of the Pure
  • Aura of Reckoning
  • Lawbringer

You can find other Patch 11.1 class changes linked below.