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Divine Sacrifice
Spell holy powerwordbarrier
  • Divine Sacrifice (1 rank)
  • Paladin talent
  • 2 min cooldown
  • Instant
  • 30% of all damage taken by party members within 30 yards is redirected to the Paladin (up to a maximum of 40% of the Paladin's health times the number of party members). Damage which reduces the Paladin below 20% health will break the effect. Lasts 10 sec.
Properties
Class Paladin
School Physical
Cooldown 2 minutes
Talents
Talent tree Protection
Talent required None
Improvements Spell holy powerwordbarrier [Divine Guardian]
Related buff
Spell holy powerwordbarrier
  • Magic
  • Divine Sacrifice
  • 30% of all damage taken by party members redirected to the Paladin.
  • Duration: 10 seconds

Divine Sacrifice was a former Paladin spell. You needed to spend 11 points in Protection to get it. This spell was party-only. The damage transferred was subject to the Paladin's damage mitigation, such as armor, shield, absorb etc., therefore the Paladin might have taken significantly smaller damage than the sum of what the party members might have taken without this spell.

This ability was most useful when cast immediately following Spell holy divineshield [Divine Shield]. Since it made the Paladin invulnerable, this cast sequence was a net %30 reduction in party damage, and could be useful in certain boss encounters where the boss caused massive party-wide damage in a short time.

Patch changes[]

  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Removed from game. Replaced by Spell holy powerwordbarrier [Divine Guardian] (which previously was an improvement for Divine Shield) as an active spell used to reduce damage taken by nearby players.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Redesigned. The effect of Divine Sacrifice is now party-only and the maximum damage which can be transferred is now limited to 40% of the paladin's health multiplied by the number of party members. Finally, the bug which allowed Divine Sacrifice to sometimes persist despite reaching its maximum damage has been fixed. Divine Sacrifice will now cancel as soon as its maximum damage value is exceeded in all cases.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.2 (2009-05-19): Damage done to the Paladin while this is active will no longer cause the effect to break early, and if it is dispelled or canceled early, the damage counter will reset correctly the next time the spell is cast.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Added.

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