Hand of Reckoning

For the sword, see  [Reckoning]. For the old talent, see [Reckoning].

Reckoning
Reckoning Level 14 paladin ability 30 yd range 3.5% of base mana 8 sec cooldown Instant Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	8 seconds
Other information
Level learned	14
Related debuff
Reckoning Taunted. Duration: 3 seconds

"Arthas! The blood of your father, of your people, demands justice! Come forth, coward, and answer for your crimes!"

— Bolvar Fordragon

Reckoning is a paladin ability, available at level 14. It is a taunt with a 30-yard range.

Notes

• Not affected by the global cooldown.
• Reckoning is a spell; it can't be cast when silenced. Prior to Patch 4.0.1, it had a 17% chance to miss raid bosses (in contrast to the 8% chance to miss boss mobs for melee attacks). Prior to Patch 4.0.1, even if you were melee hit-capped (263 hit rating at level 80), Hand of Reckoning's chance to miss was still 7.0%.
• Before its introduction, this taunt was widely-requested due to the somewhat complicated use of [Righteous Defense] at that time.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Hand of Reckoning renamed Reckoning.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer deals damage. Removed miss chance of this effect. (Untested, based of testing on [Growl] and [Dark Command])
  
• Hotfix (2009-08-08): Hand of Reckoning is no longer able to be used on targets that are immune to taunt, including players.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Redesigned. Now does damage only when the target does not currently have the caster targeted, but damage done increased to 50% of attack power, occurring after the taunt effect is applied.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Now affected by Benediction.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Added.
  

External links

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