Avenging Wrath

Avenging Wrath
	Avenging Wrath; Row 5 paladin talent; 2 min cooldown; Instant; Call upon the Light and become an avatar of retribution, increasing your damage and healing done by 15%/20% for 20 sec, and allow Hammer of wrath to be cast on any target.; ; Combines with other Avenging Wrath abilities, granting all known Avenging Wrath effects while active.;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	2 minutes
Talents
Talent required	[Divine Steed] or [Cavalier] or [Seasoned Warhorse]
Improvements	[Avenging Wrath: Might], [Divine Wrath], [Righteous Protector], [Sanctified Wrath], [Sentinel]
Related buff
	; Avenging Wrath ; Damage, healing, and critical strike chance increased by 20%. ; Duration: 20 seconds ;

"Evil shows no mercy, nor is it shown any by the Light."^[1]

Lady Liadrin using Avenging Wrath against the Lich King, in the cinematic trailer of Hearthstone: March of the Lich King.

Avenging Wrath is a paladin class talent.

Notes

Not affected by the global cooldown.

Tips and tactics

This ability essentially places the Paladin at a higher DPS bracket for the duration. It suits Retribution Paladins best due to their already relatively heightened damage abilities, but is useful in PvP and PvE alike as a way of causing huge burst damage in a small amount of time. This spell itself does not trigger the Global Cooldown, but unlike Judgement, is affected by it.
Avenging Wrath is dispellable and easily recognized by enemy players due to the giant golden wings protruding from the Paladin's back, and thus should be used with caution around Shamans ( [Purge]), Priests ( [Dispel Magic] or even [Mass Dispel]), Warlock's Felhunters ( [Devour Magic]), Hunters [Tranquilizing Shot], and worst of all, Mages (whose [Spellsteal] can give them the great benefits of this spell, making them even more powerful). Therefore, think before you use this spell, and time it correctly. If you are fighting a Shaman, Mage or Priest one-on-one, make sure you cast it the right time (could be when the target is affected by [Hammer of Justice] or [Fist of Justice]). Make sure the target has used any stunbreaking cooldowns or trinkets etc. The result, when timed right, can be deadly.
Because of its powerful boost and well-known visual effect, Avenging Wrath is often simply referred to as a paladin's "wings". For example; "he used his wings, so the other guy was killed in two seconds".

Trivia

Avenging Wrath is an epic Paladin spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham!"
Avenging Wrath is one of Yrel's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.

Patch changes

Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Now increases healing and damage by 15% for Holy (was 20%).
Hotfix (2023-04-10): Now increases damage and healing by 10% in PvP Combat (was 15%).
Hotfix (2023-03-27): Fixed an issue that caused Avenging Wrath's 75% PvP multiplier to not function for Retribution Paladins.
Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Fixed an issue where Avenging Wrath's damage increase was not affecting [Eye of Tyr] or [Tyr's Enforcer].
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 5 class talent (was a level 37 ability). Ranks 2 and 3 removed.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
- Now learned at level 37 (was 72). No longer has a global cooldown.
- Rank 2 added at level 43: Cooldown reduced by 60 sec.
- Rank 3 added at level 48: Effects increased 10%.
Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Avenging Wrath now causes your next [Holy Shock], [Light of the Protector], [Templar's Verdict], or [Divine Storm] to critically strike.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available to all specializations and can no longer be dispelled. Healing bonus for Holy reduced from 100% to 35%, and no longer increases haste or damage. Damage and healing bonus for Retribution and Protection increased from 20% to 35%.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
- No longer available to Protection paladins.
- Now also increases all of the paladin's healing by 20% for its duration.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now has a cooldown of 2 minutes for Retribution Paladins (was 3 minutes). The cooldown remains unchanged for Holy and Protection Paladins.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Mana cost removed.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 72 (was 70).
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): [Divine Shield], [Divine Protection], and Avenging Wrath cannot be used within 30 seconds of each other anymore. [Forbearance] removed from Avenging Wrath.
Hotfix (2008-10-31): Once more causes Forbearance.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): No longer causes Forbearance, damage increase reduced to 20% (from 30), now increases healing done by 20%.