Consecration

Consecration
	Consecration; Level 6 paladin ability; 9 sec cooldown; Instant; Consecrates the land beneath you, causing [(5% of Attack power) * ceil(12)] Holy damage over 12 sec to enemies who enter the area. Limit 1.; Rank 2: Cooldown reduced by 50%.;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	9 seconds
Other information
Level learned	6
Rank levels	23 (rank 2)
Improvements	[Burning Crusade], [Consecrated Ground], [Consecration in Flame], [Golden Path], [Hallowed Ground], [Incandescence], [Sanctuary]

"My church is the field of battle."
— Uther Lightbringer^[1]

Consecration is a level 6 paladin ability.

Trivia

Technically, this ability has a rank 3 for Protection but no rank 2.
Consecration is a basic Paladin spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Consecrated ground glows with Holy energy. But it smells a little, too."

Patch changes

Hotfix (2024-01-22): Damage increased by 30%.
Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Fixed an issue causing misalignment between Consecration and [Mastery: Divine Bulwark].
Hotfix (2023-08-07):
- Holy: Damage reduced by 25%. This change will also affect PvP combat.
- Retribution: Damage increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Tooltip now correctly updates when [Burning Crusade] is talented.
Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Fixed an issue that was causing the Consecration debuff to fade from targets prematurely.
Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 removed.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
- Now learned at level 6 for all paladins (was 15 for Retribution and 32 for Holy and Protection).
- Rank 2 added for Protection at level 18: Damage taken is reduced by 5% while inside your Consecration.
- Rank 3 added for Protection at level 23: Cooldown reduced by 50%.
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Damage increased by 20%.
Hotfix (2018-07-20): Fixed an issue where [Consecration] occasionally failed to provide its self-buff.
Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Retribution now gains a +100% damage bonus to Consecration.
Hotfix (2016-07-25): Fixed a bug that was interrupting player loot windows when Consecration was active.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available to all specializations. Mana cost removed.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Base damage increased by 789%, and now scales less efficiently with attack power by approximately 11%.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a Protection specialization ability. Duration reduced from 10 to 9 seconds.
Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Now displays different visuals for hostile and friendly players.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Consecrate now lasts 10 seconds but has a 30-second cooldown, and works with Holy Power instead of spell power. Major talent-tree revamps have eliminated many of the talents that formerly improved Consecration's performance. Many of the items that used to affect Consecration no longer have those attributes.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now scales with attack power and spell power.
Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Now properly hits large creatures.
Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Corrected a tooltip typo. Low ranks of this ability being cast by high-level players are now being properly penalized.
Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): No longer a talent in the Holy tree. Consecration is now available to all paladins to train starting at level 20. Additionally, the bonus damage coefficient has been increased on all ranks.
Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Fixed problem where occasionally repeated casts of Consecration will not deal damage.
Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Consecration has been relocated to the Holy tree and is now a tier-3 talent (was in the Retribution tree as a tier-6 talent). Spell ranks have been updated accordingly. No longer displays a debuff icon on targets in the area of effect.
Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13):
- Fixed a bug where area of effect periodic damage spells were being resisted more frequently than they should have been when casting lower level ranks of the spell (affected spells were [Blizzard], Consecration, [Explosive Trap], [Flamestrike], [Hurricane], [Rain of Fire] and [Volley]).
- Consecration and other similar spells can no longer be used by non-PvP flagged players to damage PvP flagged enemies.
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): No longer resets weapon timer when cast.