Consecration

Consecration
Consecration Level 6 paladin ability 9 sec cooldown Instant Consecrates the land beneath you, causing (45% of Attack power) Holy damage over 12 sec to enemies who enter the area. Limit 1. Rank 2 (Level 18): Damage taken is reduced by 5% while inside your Consecration. Rank 3 (Level 23): Cooldown reduced by 50%.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
School	Holy
Cooldown	9 seconds
Other information
Level learned	6
Improvements	[Hallowed Ground]

"My church is the field of battle."
— Uther Lightbringer

Consecration is a level 6 paladin ability.

Notes

• For Protection, Consecration improves certain spells while standing in it:
  • [Hammer of the Righteous]: also causes a wave of light that hits all other targets within 8 yds for Holy damage.
  • [Light of the Protector]: increases healing by 20%.
  • [Shield of the Righteous]: effects increased by 20%.
• As an AoE damage spell, the DPS aefficiency of Consecrate is greatly increased for every enemy within the area. It is also a great way to deal damage to multiple enemies. Both of these factors make it an excellent spell for tanking.

Improvements

• [Hallowed Ground] (Holy/Protection PvP talent)

Equipment sets

• Lightbringer Armor 4-piece bonus increases the damage dealt by Consecration by 10%.

Trivia

• Consecration is a basic Paladin spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Consecrated ground glows with Holy energy. But it smells a little, too."

Patches and hotfixes

• Hotfix (2016-07-25): Fixed a bug that was interrupting player loot windows when Consecration was active.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available to all specializations. Mana cost removed.
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Base damage increased by 789%, and now scales less efficiently with attack power by approximately 11%.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a Protection specialization ability. Duration reduced from 10 to 9 seconds.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Consecrate now lasts 10 seconds but has a 30-second cooldown, and works with Holy Power instead of spell power. Major talent-tree revamps have eliminated many of the talents that formerly improved Consecration's performance. Many of the items that used to affect Consecration no longer have those attributes.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now scales with attack power and spell power.
  
• Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Now properly hits large creatures.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Corrected a tooltip typo. Low ranks of this ability being cast by high-level players are now being properly penalized.
  
• Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28):
  • Fixed problem where occasionally repeated casts of Consecration will not deal damage.
  • The charges from the  [Zandalarian Hero Charm] will now be consumed by melee and ranged abilities and spells which do non-physical damage. This includes: [Hammer of Wrath], Judgement of Righteousness, [Seal of Command], Judgement of Command, [Volley], and [Arcane Shot]. The trinket will also now burn charges from each casting of a damage over time spell, heal over time spell, and area aura spells such as [Blizzard] and Consecration. Only one charge will be burned per area spell cast, rather than multiple charges per target hit as was previously the case.
    
• Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): No longer displays a debuff icon on targets in the area of effect.
  
• Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13):
  • Fixed a bug where area of effect periodic damage spells were being resisted more frequently than they should have been when casting lower level ranks of the spell (affected spells were [Blizzard], Consecration, [Explosive Trap], [Flamestrike], [Hurricane], [Rain of Fire] and [Volley]).
  • Consecration and other similar spells can no longer be used by non-PvP flagged players to damage PvP flagged enemies.
    
• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): No longer resets weapon timer when cast.
  

See also

• Consecration, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB