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Shield of Vengeance

Shield of Vengeance1 point

Divine Protection reduces damage taken by and casts Shield of Vengeance. Creates a barrier of holy light that absorbs damage for 10 sec. When the shield expires, it bursts to inflict Holy damage equal to the total amount absorbed, divided among all nearby enemies.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassPaladin
Specializations3
Tree sectionPaladin class talents
Row7 of 16
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Retribution Paladin talent tree, Shield of Vengeance sits in the Paladin class talents, row 7 of 16. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Shield of Vengeance from Guided Prayer and Afterimage or Healing Hands.

  • Guided Prayer

    When your health is brought below 25%, you instantly cast a free Word of Glory at 60% effectiveness on yourself. Cannot occur more than once.

  • Afterimage

    After you spend 20 Holy Power, your next Word of Glory echoes onto a nearby ally at 30% effectiveness.

  • Healing Hands

    The cooldown of Lay on Hands is reduced up to 60%, based on the target's missing health. Word of Glory's healing is increased by up to 100% on yourself, based on your missing health.

Connected below

Shield of Vengeance leads on to Obduracy.

  • Obduracy2 ranks

    Speed increased by 2% and damage taken from area of effect attacks reduced by 2%.

Same row

Also on this row: Holy Reprieve, Divine Spurs, Steed of Liberty or Blessing of Freedom and Rebuke.

  • Holy Reprieve

    Your Forbearance's duration is reduced by 10 sec.

  • Divine Spurs

    Divine Steed's cooldown is reduced by 20%, but its duration is reduced by 40%.

  • Steed of Liberty

    Divine Steed also grants Blessing of Freedom for 3.1 sec. : Blesses a party or raid member, granting immunity to movement impairing effects and increasing movement speed by 30% for 8 sec.

  • Blessing of Freedom

    Blesses a party or raid member, granting immunity to movement impairing effects and increasing movement speed by 30% for 8 sec.

  • Rebuke

    Interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 5 sec.

Talent trees

Shield of Vengeance is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Paladin: Holy (Healer), Protection (Tank), Retribution (DPS).

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Shield of Vengeance Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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