Spirit of Redemption


 * How you die can say a lot about how you lived.

Spirit of Redemption is a passive level 29 Holy priest ability. Upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec, taking on the appearance of a Spirit Healer hovering above their crumpled body. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies.

Improvements

 * Spirit of the Redeemer (honor talent)

Tips & tactics
While the priest is in Spirit of Redemption form, any healing spell is free of cost, which makes highly effective and expensive spells (such as AoE spells) especially useful. It is advisable to use spare time by casting preemptive spells like Renew and Prayer of Mending.

In some cases, a priest that has run out of mana can sacrifice themselves to activate the Spirit of Redemption and prevent a full wipe.

In PvP, it is almost always worthwhile (if possible) for surviving players to remain within healing range of the Spirit of Redemption while it is in effect, as the priest is capable of providing an endless amount of healing during this time. Unfortunately many ailing players seem to be unaware of the Spirit and/or its function, and stand, flee or fight just out of range, leaving the priest unable to provide healing.

Trivia

 * The related buff's description is probably a reference to Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Darth Vader that "if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine," moments before Vader's lightsaber cleaves right through him.
 * Sometimes Spirit of Redemption is jokingly referred to as "Improved Death".
 * Spirit of Redemption is sometimes referred to as "Fail Angel," implying that the priest either "failed to keep him/herself alive" or that a tank "failed to hold threat" on a mob that killed the priest.
 * Prior to Patch 4.3.0, it was possible to cast Mass Resurrection (guild perk) while in Spirit of Redemption, although this was likely not intended.