Inspired Guard
Ardent Defender increases healing taken by 15% for its duration.
Tree position
In the Holy Paladin talent tree, Inspired Guard sits in the Paladin class talents, row 14 of 16. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 23 points are spent in Class Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Inspired Guard from Improved Blessing of Protection and Unbreakable Spirit.
Improved Blessing of ProtectionReduces the cooldown of Blessing of Protection and Blessing of Spellwarding by 60 sec.
Unbreakable SpiritReduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Shield of Vengeance, Ardent Defender, and Lay on Hands by 30%.
Connected below
Inspired Guard leads on to Vengeful Wrath, Eye for an Eye and Golden Path or Selfless Healer.
Vengeful Wrath2 ranksHammer of Wrath deals up to 50% additional damage based on its target's health. Lower health targets receive more damage.
Eye for an EyeMelee and ranged attackers receive (35% of Spell Power) Holy damage each time they strike you during Ardent Defender and Divine Shield.
Golden PathConsecration heals you and 5 allies within it every 1 sec.
Selfless HealerFlash of Light and Holy Light are 30% more effective on your allies and 40% of the healing done also heals you.
Same row
Also on this row: Lightforged Blessing, Lightforged Blessing, Lead the Charge, Worthy Sacrifice or Righteous Protection, Holy Ritual, Blessed Calling and Light's Revocation.
Lightforged BlessingDenounce heals you and up to 2 nearby allies for (125% of Attack Power).
Lightforged BlessingDenounce heals you and up to 2 nearby allies for (125% of Attack Power).
Lead the ChargeDivine Steed reduces the cooldown of 4 nearby ally's major movement ability by 3.1 sec. Your movement speed is increased by 3%.
Worthy SacrificeYou automatically cast Blessing of Sacrifice onto an ally within 40 yds when they are below 35% health and you are not in a loss of control effect. This effect activates 100% of Blessing of Sacrifice's cooldown.
Righteous ProtectionBlessing of Sacrifice now removes and prevents all Poison and Disease effects.
Holy RitualAllies are healed for (2000% of Spell Power) when you cast Blessing of Protection or Blessing of Sacrifice on them.
Blessed CallingAllies affected by your Blessings have 15% increased movement speed.
Light's RevocationRemoving harmful effects with Divine Shield heals you for 10% for each effect removed. This heal cannot exceed 30% of your maximum health. Divine Shield may now be cast while Forbearance is active.
Talent trees
Inspired Guard is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Paladin: Holy (Healer), Protection (Tank), Retribution (DPS).
Inspired Guard Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)