Blessing of Sanctuary (Classic)

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For the retail PvP talent, see [Blessing of Sanctuary].
Blessing of Sanctuary
Spell nature lightningshield.png
  • Blessing of Sanctuary (4 ranks)
  • Tier 5 Protection paladin talent
  • 30 yd range
  • 60 Mana
  • Instant
  • Places a Blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage dealt from all sources by up to 10 for 5 min. In addition, when the target blocks a melee attack the attacker will take 14 Holy damage. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.
Properties
Class Paladin
School Holy
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Related buff
  • Magic
  • Blessing of Sanctuary
  • Damage taken reduced by up to 10 and blocked melee attacks cause 14 Holy damage to the attacker.
  • Duration: 5 minutes

Blessing of Sanctuary is a talent in the Protection tree. See [Greater Blessing of Sanctuary] for the 30 minute version of this buff.

Tips and tactics

  • This spell is most useful when faced with a number of quick hitting mobs of lower levels as it increases the amount of times you are avoiding attacks, and therefore increases mana regeneration. It is best used in conjunction with [Holy Shield] in order to increase the amount of mana returned.

Patch changes

  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Removed.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): This blessing now grants 10% strength in addition to its current effects. Also, the strength and stamina bonuses from this blessing will no longer be lost when Blessing of Kings is removed.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
    • This blessing now also increases stamina by 10%. This effect is not cumulative with [Blessing of Kings].
    • This talent and [Vigilance] will now both be able to be cast on the same target without sometimes overwriting each other.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Now only grants mana on dodge/parry/block. In addition, will only grant mana if that is the active power type of the friendly target (Bears and Cats won't gain mana).
    Old, gain 10 rage , 20 runic power, or 2% of the maximum mana
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): This spell can now overwrite a [Greater Blessing of Sanctuary] that has less than 10 minutes duration remaining.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): It is no longer possible to have both Blessing of Sanctuary and Greater Blessing of Sanctuary active on a target at the same time.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Reduced to 1 rank from 5, now reduces all damage taken by 3% and generates rage, mana or runic power when a parry/dodge/block occurs.
    Old: reduced damage taken by 80 and dealt Holy damage when blocking melee attacks.
  • WoW Icon update.png Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): New Sparkle animation added.

See also

Other versions

  • BC Classic

    Blessing of Sanctuary
    Spell nature lightningshield.png
    • Blessing of Sanctuary (5 ranks)
    • Tier 5 Protection paladin talent
    • 30 yd range
    • 60 Mana
    • Instant
    • Places a Blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage dealt from all sources by up to 10 for 10 min. In addition, when the target blocks a melee attack the attacker will take 14 Holy damage. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.
    Properties
    Class Paladin
    School Holy
    Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
    Related buff
    • Magic
    • Blessing of Sanctuary
    • Damage taken reduced by up to 10 and blocked melee attacks cause 14 Holy damage to the attacker.
    • Duration: 10 minutes
  • Wrath Classic

    Blessing of Sanctuary
    Spell nature lightningshield.png
    • Blessing of Sanctuary
    • Tier 5 Protection paladin talent
    • 30 yd range
    • 7% of base mana
    • Instant
    • Places a Blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage taken from all sources by 3% for 10 min and increasing strength and stamina by 10%. In addition, when the target blocks, parries, or dodges a melee attack the target will gain 2% of maximum displayed mana. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.
    Properties
    Class Paladin
    School Holy
    Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
    Related buff
    • Magic
    • Blessing of Sanctuary
    • Damage taken reduced by up to 3%, strength and stamina increased by 10%, and blocked, parried, and dodged melee attacks cause a gain 2% of maximum displayed mana.
    • Duration: 10 minutes

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