Hand (spell)

Paladin Hand spells were short-term paladin spells that gave their target a powerful effect before fading shortly after.

History
Hand spells were implemented in patch 3.0.2. They were made up of many of the former Blessing spells. Many of the Hand spells were Blessings that acted as a short-term utility rather than standard raid buff, including the former Blessing of Freedom, Blessing of Protection, and Blessing of Sacrifice spells. In addition, Blessing of Salvation was converted into a hand spell from a long term Blessing. These spells were from then on known as Hand of Freedom, Hand of Protection, Hand of Sacrifice, and Hand of Salvation.

Available hands
There are numerous hands available to Paladins. The available hands are as follows:

Improving hands with talents
All Hands (except Hand of Purity) could be improved with Clemency. Clemency gave each of these Hand spells two "charges", that could be used in quick succession. However these "charges" were not on independent or parallel cooldowns, but cooldown sequentially.