Changes: Blessing of Sacrifice

Blessing of Sacrifice
	Blessing of Sacrifice; Level 41 paladin ability; 40 yd range; 7% of base mana; 2 min recharge; Instant; Blesses a party or raid member, reducing their damage taken by 30%, but you suffer 100% of damage prevented.; ; Last 12 sec, or until transferred damage would cause you to fall below 20% health.; ; Rank 2 (Level 47):; Reduces the damage you take from Blessing of Sacrifice by 25%.;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Recharge	2 minutes
Other information
Level learned	41
Improvements	[Blessed Hands], [Sacred Duty], [Ultimate Sacrifice]
Related buffs
	; Blessing of Sacrifice ; Taking 30% of damage taken by target ally. ; Duration: 12 seconds ; ; ; Blessing of Sacrifice ; Damage taken reduced by 30%. ; Duration: 12 seconds ;

Revision as of 18:42, 15 January 2021

A true hero is willing to bear the burdens of others.^[1]

Blessing of Sacrifice is a level 41 paladin ability.

Improvements

[Blessed Hands] (Holy honor talent)
[Sacred Duty] (Protection honor talent)
[Ultimate Sacrifice] (Holy honor talent)

Tips and tricks

Blessing of Sacrifice can be used to avoid being the victim of Crowd Control in PvP. Bless a person who is quite likely to draw enemy fire. This way, if you're afflicted by [Polymorph], [Sap], [Repentance] or any other of incapacitating effect, the damage transferred to you would break Crowd Control.
Blessing of Sacrifice can be useful in PvE when tanking mobs that fear in 5-man instances, such as the Fel Overseer in Shadow Labyrinth. If you put Blessing of Sacrifice on a party member you know will not get feared, them getting hit will break your own fear.
Blessing of Sacrifice can be very helpful when tanking Blackheart the Inciter, especially during his 'incite chaos' spell to take damage away from all party members, and also for picking him up after his 'incite chaos' spell wears off. NOTE: This will probably be less feasible with the 2.2 patch changes to Blessing of Protection.
Critical during the Maiden of Virtue fight in Karazhan, allowing paladin healers to be awake during the Maiden's Repentance. All of the paladin healers should keep Blessing of Sacrifice activated on the tank and melee DPS. Decide before the fight on who to bless whom, as it cannot be cast on the same player by two paladins.
Note that using Blessing of Sacrifice may make it difficult for the healer to heal. Normally, the healer would only need to heal one target. Under Blessing of Sacrifice, both you and the player you blessed would take damage. Be sure to communicate this to the main healer, and do try to heal yourself from your own mana pool if it is feasible.

Patch changes

Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Re-added.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Replaced with [Hand of Sacrifice].
Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Blessing of Sacrifice no longer shares damage with dead Paladins (You can no longer kill Paladin Ghosts).
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Blessing of Sacrifice is no longer cancelled when you enter an instance, but will not have any effect unless the caster is in the instance with you.
Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Blessing of Sacrifice only transfers the damage dealt, up to the maximum listed in the tooltip.
Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Now castable on all raid targets.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Moved to level 46, now transfers a flat amount of damage per hit, and has replacements.

References

^ Through the Dark Portal, Blessing of Sacrifice

External links

[1] Through the Dark Portal, Blessing of Sacrifice

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+{{#data:infobox ability
-{{Tooltip_MagicBuff|Blessing of Sacrifice|Spell_Holy_SealOfSacrifice.png|Transfers X damage taken per hit to the paladin.|30 seconds}}
+|name=Blessing of Sacrifice
-[[Image:Spell_Holy_SealOfSacrifice.png|left]]
+|image=spell_holy_sealofsacrifice
-{{Paladin Blessings}}
+|description=Blesses a party or raid member, reducing their damage taken by 30%, but you suffer 100% of damage prevented.<br/><br/>Last 12 sec, or until transferred damage would cause you to fall below 20% health.<br/><br/>{{text|limegreen|Rank 2 (Level 47):}}<br/>{{text|aqua|Reduces the damage you take from Blessing of Sacrifice by 25%.}}
-{| border="0" cellpadding="3"
+|class=Paladin
-|-bgcolor=#000080
+|type=Utility
-! Rank !! Level !! Mana cost !! Transferred
+|school=Holy
-|-
+|cost=7% of base mana
-|| 1 || 46 || 80 || 45 damage
+|range=40 yd
-|-bgcolor=black
+|cast_time=Instant
-|| 2 || 54 || 100 || 55 damage
+|recharge=2 minutes
-|-bgcolor=#000080
+|improvements=[[Blessed Hands]], [[Sacred Duty]], [[Ultimate Sacrifice]]
-|| 3 || 62 || 115 || 81 damage
+|level=41
-|-bgcolor=black
+|buff_desc=Taking 30% of damage taken by target ally.
-|| 4 || 70 || 135 || 104 damage
+|buff_dur=12 seconds
-|}
+|buff2_desc=Damage taken reduced by 30%.
+|buff2_dur=12 seconds
+}}
+{{AbilityFlavor|A true hero is willing to bear the burdens of others.|Through the Dark Portal|56}}
+'''Blessing of Sacrifice''' is a level 41 [[paladin]] ability.
-''A true hero is willing to bear the burdens of others.''
+==Improvements==
-==Spell description==
+* [[Blessed Hands]] (Holy honor talent)
-Blessing of Sacrifice is a thirty second long blessing which transfers damage from the blessed person to the [[Paladin]] that cast it.
+* [[Sacred Duty]] (Protection honor talent)
+* [[Ultimate Sacrifice]] (Holy honor talent)
-===Use===
+==Tips and tricks==
+* Blessing of Sacrifice can be used to avoid being the victim of [[Crowd Control]] in [[PvP]]. Bless a person who is quite likely to draw enemy fire. This way, if you're afflicted by [[Polymorph]], [[Sap]], [[Repentance]] or any other of incapacitating effect, the damage transferred to you would break Crowd Control.
-*Cast time: [[Instant]]
+* Blessing of Sacrifice can be useful in [[PvE]] when tanking mobs that fear in 5-man instances, such as the [[Fel Overseer]] in [[Shadow Labyrinth]]. If you put Blessing of Sacrifice on a party member you know will not get feared, them getting hit will break your own fear.
-*School: [[Holy]]
+* Blessing of Sacrifice can be very helpful when tanking [[Blackheart the Inciter]], especially during his 'incite chaos' spell to take damage away from all party members, and also for picking him up after his 'incite chaos' spell wears off. '''NOTE''': This will probably be less feasible with the 2.2 patch changes to Blessing of Protection.
-*Targets: Friendly Target
+* Critical during the [[Maiden of Virtue]] fight in [[Karazhan]], allowing paladin healers to be awake during the Maiden's Repentance. All of the paladin healers should keep Blessing of Sacrifice activated on the tank and melee DPS. Decide before the fight on who to bless whom, as it cannot be cast on the same player by two paladins.
-*Range: 30 yards
+* Note that using Blessing of Sacrifice may make it difficult for the healer to heal. Normally, the healer would only need to heal one target. Under Blessing of Sacrifice, both you and the player you blessed would take damage.  Be sure to communicate this to the main healer, and do try to heal yourself from your own mana pool if it is feasible.
-*Duration: 30 seconds
-*Cooldown: Global
-==Tips==
+==Patch changes==
+* {{Patch 7.0.3|note=Re-added.}}
-* Blessing of Sacrifice can be used to avoiding being the victim of [[Crowd Control]] in [[PvP]]. Bless a person who is quite likely to draw enemy fire. This way, if you're [[sheeped]]/[[sap|sapped]]/(Insert Debuff Here), the damage transfered to you would break Crowd Control.
+* {{Patch 3.0.2|note=Replaced with [[Hand of Sacrifice]].}}
-* Blessing of Sacrifice can be used by [[off-tank]] Paladins trying to preserve the life of a [[Priest]]/[[Mage]]/Other Squishy while the [[Warrior]] brings his bad self back to regain aggro.
+* {{Patch 1.7.0|note=Blessing of Sacrifice no longer shares damage with dead Paladins (You can no longer kill Paladin Ghosts).}}
-* Placing it on a [[Main Tank]] to transfer some damage to you. After the buff expires, heal yourself from your own mana pool.
-* Note that using Blessing of Sacrifice may make it difficult for the healer to heal. Normally, the healer would only need to heal one target. Under Blessing of Sacrifice, both you and the player you blessed would take damage.
+* {{Patch 1.6.0|note=Blessing of Sacrifice is no longer cancelled when you enter an instance, but will not have any effect unless the caster is in the instance with you.}}
+* {{Patch 1.4.0|note=Blessing of Sacrifice only transfers the damage dealt, up to the maximum listed in the tooltip.}}
-* This blessing can be used to counteract the change to Spiritual Attunement that took place in patch 2.1.0 (Overhealing will no longer trigger Spiritual Attunement's mana regen), restoring much of the synergy that takes place between a Paladin and a Shadow Priest, but at the cost of being unable to cast another blessing on the tank.  It is up to you to decide whether you want to bless the tank or have more mana.
+* {{Patch 1.3.0|note=Now castable on all raid targets.}}
+* {{Patch 1.1.0|note=Moved to level 46, now transfers a flat amount of damage per hit, and has replacements.}}
+==See also==
-{{SpellFooter|Paladin}}
+*[[Blessing of Sacrifice (Through the Dark Portal)|Blessing of Sacrifice TCG card]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
-[[Category:Paladin Abilities]]
+<!-- Please read https://wow.gamepedia.com/Wowpedia:External_links_policy before adding new links. -->
-[[Category:Holy Spells]]
+{{Elinks-spell|6940}}
+{{classfooter|Paladin}}
+[[Category:Paladin abilities]]
+[[Category:Holy spells]]

Blessing of Sacrifice
Blessing of Sacrifice Level 41 paladin ability 40 yd range 7% of base mana 2 min recharge Instant Blesses a party or raid member, reducing their damage taken by 30%, but you suffer 100% of damage prevented. Last 12 sec, or until transferred damage would cause you to fall below 20% health. Rank 2 (Level 47): Reduces the damage you take from Blessing of Sacrifice by 25%.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Recharge	2 minutes
Other information
Level learned	41
Improvements	[Blessed Hands], [Sacred Duty], [Ultimate Sacrifice]
Related buffs
Blessing of Sacrifice Taking 30% of damage taken by target ally. Duration: 12 seconds Blessing of Sacrifice Damage taken reduced by 30%. Duration: 12 seconds