Divine Protection

Divine Protection
Divine Protection Level 26 Holy paladin ability Level 10 Retribution paladin ability 3.5% of base mana 1 min cooldown Instant Reduces all damage you take by 20% for 8 sec.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	1 minute
Talents
Talent required	[Holy Light] or [Light of Dawn]
Other information
Level learned	26
Improvements	[Aegis of Protection], [Unbreakable Spirit]
Related buff
Divine Protection Damage taken reduced by 20%. Duration: 8 seconds

Divine Protection is a Holy and Retribution paladin spell that reduces all damage taken by the paladin by 20% for 8 seconds. This ability is a precursor to [Divine Shield], which prevents any and all damage taken by the Paladin.

Notes

• Not affected by the global cooldown.

Patch changes

• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Now learned baseline at level 26 for Holy (was a row 3 Holy talent).
  
• Hotfix (2023-04-10): Now reduces damage taken by 10% in PvP Combat (was 20%).
  
• Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Now granted when choosing Retribution specialization (was a row 4 Retribution talent).
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Now reduces damage by 30% while in PvP combat (was 20%).
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 3 Holy and row 4 Retribution talent (was a level 26 Holy and Protection ability).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Retribution. Now reduces all damage taken by 20%, instead of 40% of magic damage.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now lasts 8 seconds (down from 10 seconds).
  
• Hotfix (2013-05-24): Divine Protection should now be usable while stunned.
  
• Hotfix (2013-05-21): Divine Protection should now be usable while stunned.
  
• Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now usable while stunned.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer reduced physical damage taken. Magical damage reduction increased from 20% to 40%. Now learned at level 26 (was 30).
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): [Rebuke], [Divine Shield] and Divine Protection have new icons.

  Divine Protection's old icon:
  

• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Divine Protection can no longer be dispelled.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Divine Protection has had its cooldown reduced to 1 minute, mitigation reduced to 20%, and no longer causes Forbearance. Now learned at level 30 (was 6).
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): The 100% attack speed penalty has been removed.
  
• Patch 1.1.1 (2004-11-17): Moved to level 6.
  
• Patch 0.8 (2004-07-07): Divine Favor renamed to Divine Protection.
  

External links

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• WoWDB