Guardian Spirit
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- For the Brawler's Guild NPC, see Guardian Spirit (Brawler's Guild).
| Guardian Spirit | |
|---|---|
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| Properties | |
| Class | Priest |
| School | Holy |
| Cooldown | 3 minutes |
| Talents | |
| Talent required |
 [Holy Word: Serenity] |
| Other information | |
| Improvements |
 [Foreseen Circumstances],  [Guardian Angel] |
| Related buff | |
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Guardian Spirit is a Holy priest talent. It causes a friendly target to receive 40% increased healing for 10 seconds. If the target dies while under the effect of the spell, the Guardian Spirit will prevent death by sacrificing itself and restore 40% of the target's maximum health - massive amounts of damage will however not trigger this effect. Guardian Spirit can be cast while stunned.
Notes
- Any target can only benefit from Guardian Spirit once every 60 seconds (internal cooldown).
- Guardian Spirit prevents death, it will not reset a target's threat.
- Guardian Spirit is not affected by the global cooldown.
- Guardian Spirit is able to heal critically.
- Guardian Spirit won't prevent death from fall damage.
- The maximum amount that can be healed by Guardian Spirit is 200% of the maximum health of the caster. Previously, it appeared to be roughly 100,000 health.
Should the target get a fatal blow while under the effect of Guardian Spirit, the Guardian Spirit will prevent the target from dying, and in addition heal the target for 40% of their maximum health. However, as Guardian Spirit's heal is increased by effects that increases healing done (and received), in practice it will always heal for more than 40%.
Healing debuffs such as those caused by 
[Mortal Strike] and 
[Wound Poison] will reduce the healing received from Guardian Spirit by 25%.
The Holy priest mastery 
[Mastery: Echo of Light] is also procced by Guardian Spirit, providing at least an additional 10% of the total heal, over 6 seconds. Additional Mastery will of course increase this amount.
Patch changes
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Holy talent (was a level 38 Holy ability). 
Hotfix (2022-05-02): Will no longer fail to heal an ally who receives multiple fatal blows at the same time. - Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 30 (was 48).
Hotfix (2018-12-19): Should no longer activate from damage that cannot kill the target (such as a Brewmaster's 
[Stagger]). - Hotfix (2018-09-18): Can no longer heal for more than 200% of the Priest's maximum HP.
Hotfix (2017-10-03): Guardian Spirit's heal should now be more responsive when the target is being attacked from multiple sources. - Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 48 (was 54).
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now increases healing taken by 40% (down from 60%) and heals for 40% of maximum health (down from 50%), but only if the target doesn't take massive amounts. Cooldown increased from 3 minutes to 4 minutes. Now learned at level 54 (was 70).
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): 
[Glyph of Desperation] has been removed. Guardian Spirit can now always be cast while stunned. - Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 70 Holy specialization ability (was a tier 7 Holy talent).
Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Healing received while under the buff has been increased by 60%, up from 40%. - Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): The absorb/heal from this ability can now never exceed 200% of the maximum health of the caster.
- Hotfix (2010-12-20): Guardian Spirit's capped value did not rise properly from level 80-85. This has been corrected.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Moved to tier 7 (was tier 11).
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20):
- Now off the Global Cooldown.
- It is no longer possible for simultaneous killing blows to trigger the heal from this ability multiple times.
- Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): A target may now have only one Guardian Spirit active.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
Other versions
Wrath Classic
Guardian Spirit 
- Guardian Spirit
- Tier 11 Holy priest talent
- 40 yd range
- 6% of base mana
- 3 min cooldown
- Instant
- Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target. The spirit increases the healing received by the target by 40%, and also prevents the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect but heals the target of 50% of their maximum health. Lasts 10 sec.
Properties Class Priest School Holy Cooldown 3 minutes Glyphs [Glyph of Guardian Spirit]Related buff - Guardian Spirit
- Increased healing received by 40% and will prevent 1 killing blow.
- Duration: 10 seconds
Cataclysm Classic
Guardian Spirit - Guardian Spirit
- Tier 7 Holy priest talent
- 40 yd range
- 6% of base mana
- 3 min cooldown
- Instant
- Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target. The spirit increases the healing received by the target by 60%, and also prevents the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect but heals the target of 50% of their maximum health. Lasts 10 sec.
Properties Class Priest School Holy Cooldown 3 minutes Glyphs [Glyph of Desperation], 
[Glyph of Guardian Spirit]Related buff - Guardian Spirit
- Increased healing received by 60% and will prevent 1 killing blow.
- Duration: 10 seconds
MoP Classic
Guardian Spirit - Guardian Spirit
- Level 70 Holy priest ability
- 40 yd range
- 0.9% of base mana
- 3 min cooldown
- Instant
- Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target. The spirit increases the healing received by the target by 60%, and also prevents the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect but heals the target of 50% of their maximum health. Lasts 10 sec. Castable while stunned.
Properties Class Priest School Holy Cooldown 3 minutes Other information Level learned 70 Related buff - Guardian Spirit
- Increased healing received by 60% and will prevent 1 killing blow.
- Duration: 10 seconds
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