Blessed Hammer

Blessed Hammer
	Blessed Hammer; Row 3 Protection paladin talent; Replaces [Crusader Strike]; 6 sec recharge; Instant; Throws a Blessed Hammer that spirals outward, dealing (14.3% of Attack power) Holy damage to enemies and reducing the next damage they deal to you by (30% of Attack power).; ; Generates 1 Holy Power.; Max 3 Charges;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Charges	3
Recharge	6 seconds
Talents
Talent required	[Holy Shield]
Improvements	[Crusader's Reprieve], [Grand Crusader], [Seal of Reprisal]
Related debuff
	; Blessed Hammer ; Damage against the paladin reduced by (30% of Attack power). ; Duration: 10 seconds ;

For the pet battle ability, see [Blessed Hammer].

Blessed Hammer is a Protection paladin talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Hammer of the Righteous].

Patch changes

Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Blessed Hammer and [Hammer of the Righteous] have switched places with [Holy Shield] (was row 2).
Hotfix (2023-02-06): Damage increased by 30%.
Hotfix (2022-11-28): Fixed an issue where Blessed Hammer's damage reduction was not applying correctly.
Hotfix (2022-11-21): Damage increased by 10%.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Protection talent (was a level 15 Protection talent). Replaces [Crusader Strike] instead of [Hammer of the Righteous].
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now has a 6 second recharge (was 4.5 seconds), generates 1 Holy Power, and reduces the enemies next damage they deal to you.
Previously reduced next auto attack damage by 12%.
Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Damage increased by 8%.
Hotfix (2017-07-24): Increased the damage done by Blessed Hammer by 4%.
Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now reduces auto attack damage by 12% (was 15%).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.