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Repentance
Spell holy prayerofhealing
  • Repentance
  • Row 4 paladin talent
  • 30 yd range
  • 6% of base mana
  • 15 sec cooldown
  • 1.7 sec cast
  • Forces an enemy target to meditate, incapacitating them for 1 min.

    Usable against Humanoids, Demons, Undead, Dragonkin, and Giants.
Properties
Class Paladin
School Holy
Cooldown 15 seconds
Talents
Talent required Spell holy purify [Improved Cleanse] or Spell holy renew [Cleanse Toxins] or Spell holy fistofjustice [Fist of Justice]
Related debuff
Spell holy prayerofhealing
  • Magic
  • Repentance
  • Incapacitated.
  • Duration: 1 minute

Repentance is a paladin class talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with Ability paladin blindinglight [Blinding Light].

Notes[]

  • Any damage taken by the target will break the effect. This includes direct damage, AoE attacks, damage over time and other effects such as Spell holy sealofsacrifice [Hand of Sacrifice]. However, damage from the Censure debuff - caused by Spell holy sealofvengeance [Seal of Truth] - will not break the effect.
  • Repentance is very useful in both PvE and PvP:
    • In PvE it can serve as an excellent form of crowd control, with its 1 minute duration and 1 minute cooldown allowing paladins to keep a single target incapacitated indefinitely. It can also be used in emergencies or in order to allow the healer to catch up on damage. Unlike some forms of crowd control it works with many races - Humanoids, Demons, Dragonkins, Giants and Undead - but bear in mind that many mobs (such as Bosses) are immune to effects such as Repentance.
    • In PvP Repentance is particularly useful. It can be used as a basic stun/interrupt, halting important casts or giving you time to heal. Its 30yd range means it can be useful against ranged types, allowing you to get close to them while also stopping their attacks. It can also be used along with Spell holy sealofmight [Hammer of Justice] to allow the paladin to stun/incapacitate two targets at the same time. Since it breaks on damage, Repentance is perhaps most useful for incapacitating a secondary target (or healer) while focusing on another target, or in order to give you a chance to self-heal.
  • Warriors can use Spell nature ancestralguardian [Berserker Rage] to break out of Repentance.
  • Mages cannot Spell arcane blink [Blink] out of Repentance.
  • As a magic effect, Repentance can be dispelled.
  • Repentance is the second crowd control ability available to Paladins (after Spell holy sealofmight [Hammer of Justice]).

Trivia[]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Duration decreased to 6 seconds in PvP combat (was 8 seconds).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Moved to row 4 (was row 3).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 3 class talent (was a level 30 talent).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 30 (was 45).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Mana cost reduced by 40%.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Repentance no longer deals damage.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now also deals damage of up to 25% of the target's max health over 1 minute. Now available at level 45 (was 30).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now has a cast time of 1.7 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-10-04): Both Repentance and Hammer of Justice can now be applied to the same target.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now available to all specializations as a level 30 talent (was a tier 5 Retribution talent). Cooldown reduced from 1 min to 15 sec.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Many crowd control abilities no longer cause creatures to attack players when they are cast, including Repentance.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): No longer broken from damage done by Censure (Spell holy sealofvengeance [Seal of Truth]).
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Moved to tier 5 (was tier 7).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): This ability now clears Ability paladin righteousvengeance [Righteous Vengeance] from its target when cast.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This crowd control effect will no longer break early from the damage done by Righteous Vengeance.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): No longer resets the Paladin's melee swing timer.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Spell holy avengersshield [Avenger's Shield] no longer breaks Repentance, but unfortunately, Spell holy sealofvengeance [Seal of Vengeance] and Spell holy sealofvengeance [Seal of Corruption] damage will break it again. This will be corrected in a future patch.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): PvP duration reduced to 6 sec.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Mana cost changed to 9% of base, duration increased to 1 minute (10 second PvP duration), now usable against Demons, Dragonkin, Giants, Humanoids and Undead.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Now considered an Incapacitate effect.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Duration changed from 6 seconds to up to 6 seconds.

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