Divine Purpose
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| Class | Paladin |
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| Talent required |
 [Blessing of Sacrifice] or  [Blessing of Protection] |
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Divine Purpose is a paladin class talent.
It is an exclusive choice node with 
[Sacred Strength].
Trivia
- Divine Purpose is Yrel's trait in Heroes of the Storm.
Patch changes
Hotfix (2025-03-07): Fixed an issue causing Divine Purpose to grant too much cooldown reduction to 
[Lay on Hands]. - Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Moved to row 7 (was row 8). Now a choice node with [Sacred Strength].
Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Fixed an issue causing unintentional proc consumption. - Hotfix (2023-03-28): Fixed an issue causing Divine Purpose to sometimes be incorrectly consumed by an
[Afterimage] trigger. - Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21):
- No longer interacts with
[Execution Sentence] as Execution Sentence no longer costs Holy Power. - Proc chance reduced to 10% (was 15%) and bonus damage reduced to 10% for Retribution Paladin only (was 15%).
- No longer interacts with
- Hotfix (2022-12-15): Fixed an issue that prevented Divine Purpose from being gained from
[Radiant Decree] casts. - Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 8 class talent (was a level 40 talent).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available to all specializations at level 40 (was a level 75 Holy and level 100 Retribution talent). Redesigned – Holy Power abilities have a 15% chance to make your next Holy Power ability free and deal 20% increased damage and healing.
- Previous effects:
Holy: Light of Dawn and Holy Shock have a 15% chance to not start their cooldown, and make their next cast free.
Retribution: Your Holy Power spending abilities have a 20% chance to make your next Holy Power spending ability free.
- Previous effects:
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Retribution: Fixed a bug that prevented consecutive Divine Purpose procs. To compensate, Divine Purpose damage and healing increased reduced to 20% (was 30%). - Hotfix (2018-08-10): Increases damage and healing by 20% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 30%).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned as a level 75 Holy and level 100 Retribution talent (was level 75 for all paladins). Holy: Light of Dawn and Holy Shock have a 15% chance to not start their cooldown, and make their next cast free. Retribution: Your Holy Power spending abilities have a 20% chance to make your next Holy Power spending ability free.
- Old: Abilities that cost Holy Power have a 20% chance to cause the Divine Purpose effect. Your next Holy Power ability will consume no Holy Power and cast as if 3 Holy Power were consumed.
- Old: Abilities that cost Holy Power have a 20% chance to cause the Divine Purpose effect. Your next Holy Power ability will consume no Holy Power and cast as if 3 Holy Power were consumed.
Hotfix (2013-10-03): Corrected an issue where Divine Purpose and the Battlegear of Winged Triumph 4-piece bonus were not interacting properly with each other. - Hotfix (2013-03-27): Fixed an issue where
[Word of Glory] or Eternal Flame did not work when both Divine Purpose and Tier-15 Protection Paladin 2-piece set bonus was present. - Hotfix (2013-03-15): Divine Purpose should no longer activate from unsuccessful attempts to cast
[Inquisition]. - Hotfix (2012-09-12): Divine Purpose should only have one chance to activate once per finisher (which must land on at least one target).
- Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 75 talent for all specializations (was a tier 4 Retribution talent) and triggers from all abilities that cost Holy Power instead of a selection of abilities. Proc chance increased from 7% to 20%.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): The chance for applicable abilities to generate Holy Power has been reduced to 7/15%, down from 20/40%, but instead of generating 1 Holy Power, the next applicable ability used consumes no Holy Power and acts as if the paladin has 3 Holy Power.
- Functionality implemented from previous version of Hand of Light.
- Functionality implemented from previous version of Hand of Light.
- Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Now also affects
[Hammer of Wrath]. - Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Redesigned. The following attacks have a 7/15% chance to cause your next Holy Power ability to consume no Holy Power and to cast as if 3 Holy Power were consumed: Judgement, Exorcism, Templar's Verdict, Divine Storm, Inquisition, Holy Wrath, Hammer of Wrath. Moved from tier 6 to tier 4.
- Old: Reduces your chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2/4% and gives your Hand of Freedom spell a 50/100% chance to remove any Stun effects on the target.
- Old: Reduces your chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2/4% and gives your Hand of Freedom spell a 50/100% chance to remove any Stun effects on the target.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Moved to Improved Retribution Aura's position (was tier 7). - Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Rank 1 of this ability will now correctly determine its chance of remove stun.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now reduces chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 1/2/3%.
Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Added.
Other versions
BC Classic
Divine Purpose 
- Divine Purpose (3 ranks)
- Tier 7 Retribution paladin talent
- Passive
- Melee and ranged critical strikes against you cause 4/7/10% less damage.
Properties Class Paladin Wrath Classic
Divine Purpose - Divine Purpose (2 ranks)
- Tier 6 Retribution paladin talent
- Passive
- Reduces your chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2/4% and gives your Hand of Freedom spell a 50/100% chance to remove any Stun effects on the target.
Properties Class Paladin Other information Affects 
[Hand of Freedom]Cataclysm Classic
Divine Purpose - Divine Purpose (2 ranks)
- Tier 5 Retribution paladin talent
- Passive
- The following attacks have a 7/15% chance to cause your next Holy Power ability to consume no Holy Power and to cast as if 3 Holy Power were consumed:
- Judgement
- Exorcism
- Templar's Verdict
- Divine Storm
- Inquisition
- Holy Wrath
- Hammer of Wrath
Properties Class Paladin Other information Affects 
[Divine Storm], 
[Exorcism], 
[Hammer of Wrath], 
[Holy Wrath], [Inquisition], 
[Judgement], 
[Templar's Verdict]MoP Classic
Divine Purpose - Divine Purpose
- Level 75 Paladin talent
- Passive
- Abilities that cost Holy Power have a 25% chance to cause the Divine Purpose effect.
Divine Purpose
Your next Holy Power ability will consume no Holy Power and will cast as if 3 Holy Power were consumed. Lasts 8 sec.
Properties Class Paladin Other information Level available 75 Related buff 
- Divine Purpose
- Your next Holy Power ability will consume no Holy Power and will cast as if 3 Holy Power were consumed.
- Duration: 8 seconds
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