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Judgment

Judgment

5% of base mana	30 yd range

Instant	6 sec cooldown

Requires Paladin
Requires level 5

Causes (48% of Spell power + 58% of Attack power) Holy damage

Protection (Level 28)
and generates 1 Holy Power

Retribution (Level 10)
and generates 1 Holy Power

Requires an active Seal to cast.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Holy

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

5% of base mana

Range

30 yards (Medium)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

6 seconds

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect

School Damage (Holy)
Value: 1

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Holy Paladin Guide

Overview of
Tanking and
All Tank Specs

Protection Paladin Guide

Retribution Paladin Guide

Warlords of Draenor
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Comments

Comment by CKaz

Still need a Seal to Judge - and that Seal will still effect Judging damage, just not the utility

Comment by Felborn

Doesn't eat the seal anymore. :)

Comment by palademon

I don't know if any of you mentioned this, the damage caused by the Judgements is changed depending on the seal used.

Comment by Htipiti

In patch 4.0.1 the differing Judgements (Light, Wisdom, Justice) have been removed and once again there is just a single Judgement (as it used to be in the beginning). However one of the major changes to Judgement is that it no longer places a "heal-on-hit" debuff on the target.

You never noticed how much that was healing you during your quest farming until it's gone.

Comment by Verdick

Am I missing something and/or being dumb? Judging now does not put any kind of debuff on the target, at least for Holy, correct? So, why does the T8/9 holy 2-piece bonus still increase the duration of our judgments?

Comment by guatafu

Unlike most spells you don't need to be facing the target to cast this.

Comment by Metaxo

Anyone else surprised by the questionable spelling choice? 'Judgement' is a valid spelling, but only in UK and Australian English; and even in the UK, formal or traditional texts continue to use 'judgment' (e.g., Bible, legal docs). The spelling is always 'judgment' in US English and most often in Canadian English as well. Since the game seems to be in US English, and in US English 'judgement' is a straight-up misspelling (yeah, you could probably find examples of it, but it definitely wouldn't slip past any self-respecting newspaper editor), this seems like a mistake to me, unless Blizzard is into mixing US and UK English haphazardly, wikipedia style.

Okay, I realize no one cares. If I were a stronger person, I would have been able to fight the urge to post about a typo in a video game.

Comment by Tontel

I'm just going to leave this here for a while.

English is English. My nickname is Grey, and I'm an American.

Edit: As for the reason I came here, does this still use melee hit%? I saw no real confirmation, post-cata.
Oh, dear. Brackets are hard.

Edit2: Testing commencing...

We all have weaknesses - mine appears to be oversimiplication (and generalization!).

Comment by Metaxo

I like the video, Tontel. I'm acquainted with the concepts of hyper-correction and descriptive rather than prescriptive language. I prefer descriptive lexicography, like most people do today. But my case was descriptive -- Blizzard's use is anomalous in context. That may change with time, if their spelling takes off in American English (I don't quite agree with the oversimplification 'English is English,' although I think you're making a fair point). I can deal with it, I just couldn't resist mentioning it, and hopefully you can forgive me.

As for your real question ... I don't know anything about wow :(

Comment by Ellearan

I have a question about this spell post cata... does judgement really give mana back anymore? I know it USED to, however if I go by the spell details, it now only does damage with no mana regen mentioned. If it does still give mana back, can someone tell me WHERE it says this? Thank you.

Comment by CrusaderFelbane

Blizz, how could you spell judgment wrong...
Thanks for the correction, Serf. I always thought it could only be spelled one way, at least that what MS Word thinks...
Instead of downrating the comment that led to a little bit of learning, I've decided to uprate your comment! I mean, who would've thought of something like that!

Comment by Badunkadunk

I believe in 4.2 Blizzard changed attacks to auto target and to begin harming... which hurts if you spam judgement cause you're now grabbing far off mobs in dungeons by accident. I know that just means spammers need to be cautious.

But more so, does anyone know of a successful macro that can eliminate something like /startattack which seems to be on our attacks now, without clearing your current target?

Comment by Species3259

I just had a conversation with a GM regarding this 'spell' because i noticed that i could actually miss with my Judgement although i have the passive Sheath of Light as a retri.

It seems that mechanical wise the 'ranged' melee hit cap is used for this spell.
The same mechanic applies to the ability Hammer of Wrath.

So apparently only Exorcism, Holy Wrath and Consecration make use of the spell hit cap.

Comment by Helvira

In response to Metaxo's comment, "In patch 4.0.1 the differing Judgements (Light, Wisdom, Justice) have been removed and once again there is just a single Judgement (as it used to be in the beginning). However one of the major changes to Judgement is that it no longer places a "heal-on-hit" debuff on the target."

Just to let you know though, it's not gone, you just have to use Seal of Insight, as it gives you hp AND mana back.

Comment by Ronark

Looks as if the name was nerfed in Mists of Pandaria.

Comment by Efstratia

it's level 5 now

Why people downrated? you obtain it at level 5, not 3 as wowhead says.

Comment by Shredsmore

Am I missing something here? Why does it say on the paladin class changes and on the "Core abilities" tab in the spellbook that judgment generates a charge of holy power, when, at least for me, it does not?

Comment by Lordplatypus

Probably the most modified spell.

Comment by Bogdanov89

Just to point out that having any seal active on yourself is required to cast Judgment, but it's effects/damage are always the same regardless of what seal you have active.

So you get the same Judgment no matter which seal you use.

Comment by herumor

Using this will apply one stack of Censure to the target, even from range, while using Seal of Truth.

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