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Comment by Toloran

Just like to point out that this IS stealable by the mage's Spell Steal ability.

Comment by Carighan

This spell has 2 big problems:
a) It's magic.
b) It has a spellgraphic, a very unique one.

In PvE, this is kickass-awesome. In PvP, be very careful when to use it, and realize in 99% of cases it's more effective to play defensive in PvP even if you're specced/geared for damage. Hence, don't waste Forbearance on this if you know it'll just be dispelled/stolen.

Comment by Caffi

I just think its wierd how the tooltip say nothing about giving you forbearence, they should update that.

Also, they should update the tooltip on the divine shield and blessing of protection to tell you about the avenging wrath.

Plus i would really love to see the forbearence be removed like archangel said. I am going to have to test that with a warlock friend of mine :-) (Thanks for the tip archangel)

Comment by Isilien

New in stores! Paladins! Now with wings for twice the protection!

Comment by camarouge

Does this +30% apply after or before spell damage bonuses?

For example, you have 300 spell damage, and your Judgement of Command hits for a maximum of 504(stunned/incapped). With spell damage, that becomes a maximum of 633. Does AW change your maximum to 783(before spell damage) or 822(after)?

Comment by 43910

This spell looks really really cool when you are in Furbolg form ( http://www.wowhead.com/?item=5462 )

Gotta love raiding karazhan in furburger form with wings :)

Comment by Ireze

I have a question can mages spellsteal this?
-spellsteal pom pyro O_O

Comment by 124740

Great in arenas,everyones got to hate the Ret pallie in S1 gear killing you in your S2/S3 gear.
I hate how S3 holy pallies kill me with this but still great for evocation against the curator to do lots of damage!

Comment by 159774

I believe this spell is casted mostly just for look then actual use in combat. It does have a nice feature in combat for protection paladins and retribution paladins and especially helpful for a holy paladin fighting off a ganker or a mob. But, honestly, I seen more paladins cast this in cities and shout random things like 'Redbull gives you wings!' and several more dance with this. I have seen my fair share of paladins dancing naked with wings for the 'cool' look or taking screenshots.

Comment by 129231

after i geared up my retri pally and gained more survivability i have found myself to pop this more than my bubble....

in bg's i usually the <<resto druid burster>> judge with justice laugh at him as u run faster (+15%) than him in travel form and nuke his ass down

especially useful against healers like disc priest, resto shaman, and resto druid (ofc stunned in caster form)

bubble wont help u down a resto druid... with u will at least make him use his HOLY #$%^ button (nature swiftness)

Comment by 167698

i looove this..~
too bad it gives forbearance though, imagine a AW without forbearance, that would be awezume :'D

Comment by 132322

as a mage, I like to steal it and buff myself and use a damage trinket and arcane power so make a nice crit by instant pyro abuot 10k on a player.... but its a very rare chance...

Comment by 151035

Red bull gives you wiiiiiiiiings! =D

Comment by 194732

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12666303677&sid=1&pageNo=1#10

GC posted that Avenging Wrath might be buffed up in the next patch (3.1). That it will no longer cause Forbearance. Instead it will be on a shared small cooldown with Divine Shield (etc.).

Comment by 151035

Paladin red bull

"Red Bull gives you wiiiiings !" =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzXxvhk-_g&feature=related

this is even funnier xD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sJdNjN44l8&feature=related

Comment by Hadrial

I dont know if this has been said yet, but when things got super tough in hyjal and sometimes shiraz I would use

Avenging Wrath + Lay of Hands on the MT, 20-24k Heals really do save the day,

and with Wotlk and druid tanks having up to around 45k hp, this combo will see more use in raids when things go badly.

Comment by curious22

Does Avenging Wrath stack with a Shaman's Hysteria?

Comment by Ronark

Since a very nontrivial amount of our DPS is Holy and not based off of weapon damage (SoB/C notwithstanding), and Hysteria only affects physical damage. That means we would only benefit from it for our white swings (and SoB/C by proxy) as well as CS and DS.

The only forms of non-physical DPS a paladin has is Consecration and any Judgement OTHER THAN Martyr/Blood or Command; M/B and Command are treated as Physical attacks, thus why they can be parried and blocked (run Recount or a similar program for a while and you can see this trend).

Comment by 313449

Except that if you have purify or cleanse in a convenient spot like I do, poison will usually be dispelled so fast that if you blink you'll miss the green wings.

Comment by 298269

As mentioned by almost everyone, this is able to be dispelled by everyone and their brother. That being said, if you want to use this in pvp and get atleast a global or so off (hopefully) macro it in with hand of salvation or freedom. The latter is not a great idea, but the goal is to get another "trash" buff onto you so that when people spam purge/dispell/spellsteal it takes them another global or so to get your wings off.

something like

/cast Hand of Salvation
/cast Avenging Wrath

should do the trick in bgs, note that in pve applications you may want to use the non macro'd version so as to not waste a salv that may be needed later by you or a group mate.

Comment by Icehawknel

before anyone else says it

Come Cataclysym and Tauren Paladins

Red bull Gives you WINGS (cast Avenging wrath)

Comment by kellorion

#showtooltip
/cheer
/cast Avenging Wrath
/say Red Bull gives me Wings!

and in Cata, Tauren switch Red for Ret.

Comment by 00sugar

Now for DKs!

Comment by Loof42

In cata, there will be ret bull. Prepare to be spammed by this joke.

Comment by loik

Now for DKs!

Blizz should make another version of the spell when the DK uses Dark Simulacrum and unleashes Avenging Wrath, like black wings or something, because "holy wings" does not fit with the DK...

Comment by warfist

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but each of the three Paladin specs has a talent to reduce Avenging Wrath's cooldown by 60 seconds.

When I noticed this I thought of the following query:
Wouldn't it make more sense to give Avenging Wrath a baseline 2 minute cooldown if all the Paladin specs are meant to have a 2 minute cooldown by the time they learn Avenging Wrath at level 72?

In my opinion, there is no reason to have talents that reduce the cooldown of Avenging Wrath by 60 seconds if Paladin's aren't likely to experience a 3 minute cooldown by the time they learn the spell. It is far more logical to have the baseline cooldown be 2 minutes and Paladin talents ignore Avenging Wrath's cooldown altogether.

Thoughts?

Comment by 175471

It is far more logical to have the baseline cooldown be 2 minutes and Paladin talents ignore Avenging Wrath's cooldown altogether.

-warfist

While I tend to agree that currently this seems relatively redundant, the first thing to be noted is that the 60 second reduction is taken in 20/30 second increments per point for a maximum of 3/2 talent points. The second important difference is the variation of the talents. Holy (20pt req) > Prot (25pt req) > Ret (15pt req). These also, as indicated, appear at different tiers in their respective talent trees. Avenging wrath is the paladin's berserk and it's use varies under the different conditions, ie Holy paladin burst heal, prot threat gen, and ret burst DPS. It should also be observed that ONLY the ret talent changes the mechanics of Avenging Wrath by activating Hammer of Wrath above the 20% health "execution" point.

From Blizzard's standpoint, they may also have included the program line in order to tweak the mechanics later. Already the talent is effectively strongest for Holy as each point reduces the cooldown by 30 seconds, instead of 20 in the case of ret and prot.

Good observation though, I had not noticed this until reading your comment, so I uprated accordingly =D

Comment by 632154

/cast Avenging Wrath
/y ITS HAMMER TIME!

Comment by bullseyez

does this activate GCD(global cool down)?

Comment by 633245

if i use Avenging Wrath and Inquisition at the same time will these two spells' effects be added toghether? I mean if i receive the extra 20% and 30% extra holy dmg at the same time?

Comment by 780039

So the 20% increased damage, is that JUST melee? I'm asking because I love spell stealing this from paladins so just wondering if it also increases my spell damage.

PS Will it also work for Evocation?

Comment by 742164

I am surprised nobody mentioned this earlier, but here it is:
BEWARE: Dispel type: magic. Guess what that means? This spell can be Spellstolen by mages!
I personally as a frost mage love when palas pop this in arenas and give me a 20% damage buff - not to mention the look of a troll mage with a pair of wings =P.
Magez be getting ur wingz!

Comment by 798829

So, If i cast Avenging Wrath then Inquistion
and a mage casts Spell Steal
which one would get stolen?

Comment by 837515

oh how i love to speed up kill quests by using avenging wrath and several hammers of wrath to one-hit every enemy i see at my level. ain't life grand?

Comment by 620131

No longer a Magic effect in MoP. It will no longer be dispelled and spellstolen.

Comment by Skyellow

In other words, it makes you 20% cooler.
Rainbow must be proud.

Comment by Yakeshi

Imagine if this were an aura buff, rather than a burst cd. Pallies running around town with wings 24/7...

Comment by mpakakas

I just read the new changes in WoD : ''Avenging Wrath is now only available to Retribution Paladins.''

WHAAAAAAAATTT?

No more wings?That's a good reason for me to respec from prot to retri :(

A Paladin without wings...so sad...

Comment by Spexlianok

As a tauren retribution paladin i have this macroed as
/cast Avenging Wrath
/yell RETBULL GIVES YOU WINGS

Comment by GarinH

The wings effect/animation has never been updated have they?
Not saying I don’t like the wings, but I’d like to see what an updated wings would look like (WoD Yrel wings?)

Comment by Crll

For anyone stuck with the "Old Animation" Via the and unable to remove it Via Vanishing Powder:
I was running into a problem wherein the Glyph was NOT visible/removable but was still being applied to wings regardless to what talent i took.
To fix this, i bought a new glyph and applied it to Avenging Wrath and was then able to remove it from the spell.
Thus fixing it to receive the new wings animation.

Comment by LafinJack

Not sure when it happened, but this is on the GCD now.

Comment by Phasha

For PvP, this is the spell to track for Ret Pally opponents' burst, so you know when to pop defensive cooldowns. Addons like OmniBar can be configured for this (Stoopzz has a video guide on it, EASY Addons That Will Improve Your PvP Gameplay.) Ret Pally's PvP talent Aura of Reckoning, aura Retribution Aura, or Holy Pally's talent Awakening also have the same "wings" effect, but don't last as long as 20 seconds.

For PvE, Avenging Wrath, now off GCD since 9.0, can be macro'ed to make paladin's gameplay less overwhelming.

1. Prot Paladins can combine this into Avenger's Shield. For instance:
#showtooltip Avenger's Shield; Avenging Wrath
/cast Avenging Wrath
/cast Avenger's Shield

Automatically pop the wings before shield toss, but can mouse right-click to cast shield toss without the wings.
Avoid accidentally popping the wings if no target or the target is dead.

2. Ret Paladins can combine this into Templar's Verdict and Divine Storm. For instance:
#showtooltip Divine Storm; Templar's Verdict
/cast Avenging Wrath
/cast Divine Storm; Templar's Verdict

Automatically pop the wings before Verdict, but can mouse right-click to cast Verdict without the wings.
While holding Alt key, automatically pop the wings before Divine Storm, but can Alt + mouse-right-click to cast Divine Storm without the wings.

3. You can also improve your Avenging Wrath button with a safety catch:
#showtooltip Art of War; Avenging Wrath
/stopmacro
/cast Avenging Wrath

This macro prevents Avenging Wrath from being casted accidentally (such as during Arena prep). It will block the cast of the wings out of combat, if you have no target or targeting a friend. When this macro is blocking the cast, it shows the icon of Art of War instead.

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Avenging Wrath

Avenging Wrath

Instant	2 min cooldown

Call upon the Light to become an avatar of retribution, [causing Judgment to generate 1 additional Holy Power,][each Holy Power spent causing you to explode with Holy light for (13.5% of Attack power) damage to nearby enemies,][reducing Holy Shock's cooldown by 20%,][Hammer of Wrath: allowing Hammer of Wrath to be used on any target][Avenging Wrath: Might: increasing your damage, healing and critical strike chance by 0% for 20 sec]increasing your damage and healing by 0% for 20 sec.[Avenging Wrath: and activating all the effects learned for Avenging Wrath for 20 sec / increasing your critical strike chance by 0% for 20 sec.]

Buff

Avenging Wrath

[Damage, healing and critical strike chance increased by 0%.][Damage and healing increased by 0%.][Critical strike chance increased by 0%.]
20 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

20 seconds

School

Holy

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

2 minutes

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Dummy
PVP Multiplier: 1
Server-side script

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Modifies Periodic Damage/Healing Done (22)
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Flash of Light	Judgment	Crusader Strike
	Shield of the Righteous	Word of Glory	Tyr's Deliverance
	Hammer of Wrath	Avenger's Shield	Divine Storm
	Hammer of the Righteous	Eternal Flame	Merciful Auras
	Blade of Justice	Eye for an Eye	Justicar's Vengeance
	Bestow Faith	Wake of Ashes	Execution Sentence
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	Final Reckoning	Divine Toll	Divine Toll
	Final Verdict	Recompense	Recompense
	Eye of Tyr	Holy Light	Judgment
	Judgment	Shield of the Righteous	Expurgation
	Radiant Incandescence	Radiant Incandescence	Grace of the Justicar
	Glimmer of Light	Vanquisher's Hammer	Blessing of Winter
	Blessing of Winter	Holy Reverberation	Holy Reverberation

Effect #3

Apply Aura: Mod Crit Chance % - All (SP mod: 0.25)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #4

Apply Aura: Mod Auto Attack Crit Chance %
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #5

Apply Aura: Mod Auto Attack Damage %
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #6

Apply Aura: Mod Cooldown % (2179)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #7

Apply Aura: Ignore Aura State
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Hammer of Wrath

Effect #8

Apply Aura: Modifies Effect #1's Value (3)
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Judgments of the Wise		Judgment

Effect #9

Apply Aura: Mod Attack Power for every 'School' Resistance Point
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #10

Apply Aura: Mod Mastery %
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #11

Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Flash of Light	Judgment	Crusader Strike
	Shield of the Righteous	Word of Glory	Tyr's Deliverance
	Hammer of Wrath	Avenger's Shield	Divine Storm
	Hammer of the Righteous	Eternal Flame	Merciful Auras
	Blade of Justice	Eye for an Eye	Justicar's Vengeance
	Bestow Faith	Wake of Ashes	Execution Sentence
Show 21 More
	Final Reckoning	Divine Toll	Divine Toll
	Final Verdict	Recompense	Recompense
	Eye of Tyr	Holy Light	Judgment
	Judgment	Shield of the Righteous	Expurgation
	Radiant Incandescence	Radiant Incandescence	Grace of the Justicar
	Glimmer of Light	Vanquisher's Hammer	Blessing of Winter
	Blessing of Winter	Holy Reverberation	Holy Reverberation

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Do Not Sheath
Generates no threat
Aura Points On Client
Reset cooldown upon ending an encounter
Allow Class Ability Procs
Nameplate Personal Buffs/Debuffs

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