Holy Blade

In the Retribution Paladin talent tree, Holy Blade sits in the Retribution specialization talents, row 4 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Choice node

Holy Blade shares its node with Improved Blade of Justice. A character takes one of the two.

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  Improved Blade of Justice

  Blade of Justice now has 2 charges.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Holy Blade from Avenging Wrath, Swift Justice or Light of Justice and Judgment of Justice.

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  Avenging Wrath

  Each Holy Power spent increases Haste by an additional 2%, up to 20%.

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  Swift Justice

  Reduces the cooldown of Judgment by 2 sec and Crusader Strike by 2 sec.

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  Light of Justice

  Reduces the cooldown of Blade of Justice by 2 sec.

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  Judgment of Justice

  Judgment deals 10% increased damage and increases your movement speed by 10% for 5 sec. If you have Greater Judgment, Judgment slows enemies by 30% for 8 sec.

Connected below

Holy Blade leads on to Tempest of the Lightbringer, Rush of Light and Sanctify.

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  Tempest of the Lightbringer

  Divine Storm projects an additional wave of light, striking all enemies up to 20 yds in front of you for 20% of Divine Storm's damage.

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  Rush of Light

  The critical strikes of your Holy Power generating abilities grant you 5% Haste for 10 sec.

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  Sanctify

  Enemies hit by Divine Storm take 20% more damage from Consecration and Divine Hammers for 12 sec.

Same row

Also on this row: Final Verdict and Righteous Cause or Art of War.

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  Final Verdict

  Unleashes a powerful weapon strike that deals (465.1% of Attack Power) Holy damage to an enemy target, Has a 15% chance to reset the cooldown of Judgment.

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  Righteous Cause

  Each Holy Power spent has a 6% chance to reset the cooldown of Blade of Justice and increase the damage of its next cast.

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  Art of War

  Your auto attacks have a 15% chance to reset the cooldown of Blade of Justice and increase the damage of its next cast. Critical strikes increase the chance by an additional 10%.