Awakening

Not to be confused with  [45] Awakenings.

Awakening
Awakening Row 9 Holy paladin talent Passive While in combat, your Holy Power spenders generate 1 stack of Awakening. At 15 stacks of Awakening, your next Judgment deals 40% increased damage, will critically strike, and activates Avenging Wrath for 12 sec.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Talents
Talent required	[Veneration] or [Avenging Wrath: Might]/ [Avenging Crusader]
Related buffs
Awakening Upon reaching 12 stacks, your next Judgment deals 30% increased damage and will critically strike. In addition, it activates Avenging Wrath for 12 sec. Duration: 1 minute Awakening Your next Judgment deals 40% increased damage and will critically strike. In addition, it activates Avenging Wrath for 12 sec. Duration: 30 seconds

Awakening is a Holy paladin talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Sanctified Wrath].

Notes

• This talent's original effect was based on the equip effect of  [The Topless Tower], a Legion legendary item for paladins.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Now requires 15 stacks to activate (was 12) and increases the damage of [Judgment] by 40% (was 30%).
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Moved to row 9 (was row 10).
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Redesigned – While in combat, your Holy Power spenders generate 1 stack of Awakening. At 12 stacks of Awakening, your next [Judgment] deals 30% increased damage, will critically strike, and activates [Avenging Wrath] for 12 seconds. Moved to row 10 (was row 9) and is now a choice node with [Sanctified Wrath].

  Old: [Word of Glory] and [Light of Dawn] have a 7/15% chance to grant you Avenging Wrath for 8 sec.
  

• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 9 Holy talent (was a level 45 Holy ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now also procs from Word of Glory. Now requires level 45 (was 90).
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added.
  

External links

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