Hand of Sacrifice

Hand of Sacrifice
	Hand of Sacrifice; Level 80 paladin ability; 40 yd range; 6% of base mana; 2 min cooldown; Instant; Places a Hand on the party or raid member, transferring 30% damage taken to the caster. Lasts 12 sec or until the caster has transferred 100% of their maximum health. Players may only have one Hand on them per Paladin at any one time.;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	2 minutes
Other information
Level learned	80
Improvements	[Acts of Sacrifice], [Paragon of Virtue]
Related buff
	Magic ; Hand of Sacrifice ; Transfers 30% damage taken to the paladin. ; Duration: 12 seconds ;

Hand of Sacrifice
	Hand of Sacrifice; Level 46 paladin ability; 40 yd range; 6% of base mana; 2 min cooldown; Instant; Places a Hand on the party or raid member, transfering 30% damage taken to the caster. Lasts 12 sec or until the caster has transfered 100% of their maximum health. Players may only have one Hand on them per Paladin at any one time.;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	2 minutes
Other information
Level learned	46
Improvements	[Blessed Hands]
Related buff
	Magic ; Hand of Sacrifice ; Transfers 30% damage taken to the paladin. ; Duration: 12 seconds ;

A true hero is willing to bear the burdens of others.^[1]

Hand of Sacrifice is a paladin ability.

Tips and tactics

Hand of Sacrifice can be used to avoid being the victim of Crowd Control in PvP. Bless a person who is quite likely to draw enemy fire. This way, if you're afflicted by [Polymorph], [Sap], [Repentance] or any other of incapacitating effect, the damage transferred to you would break Crowd Control.
Note that using Hand of Sacrifice may make it difficult for the healer to heal. Normally, the healer would only need to heal one target. Under Hand of Sacrifice, both you and the player you blessed would take damage. Be sure to communicate this to the main healer, and do try to heal yourself from your own mana pool if it is feasible.

Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Renamed to [Blessing of Sacrifice].
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now off global-cooldown.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Range increased from 30 to 40 yards.
Hotfix (2010-12-21): Damage dealt to the paladin by Hand of Sacrifice correctly breaks all forms of a mage's Polymorph.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 80 (was 46).
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Casting this spell on a target with Divine Sacrifice active will now generate an error message instead of wasting the cooldown.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Renamed from Blessing of Sacrifice.
Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Now has a 30-second cooldown.
Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): This Blessing can no longer be used to prevent the death of a target that is supposed to die for a spell effect (e.g.: [Sacrifice], [Demonic Sacrifice], [Divine Intervention], [Ritual of Doom]).
Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Blessing of Sacrifice no longer shares damage with dead Paladins (You can no longer kill Paladin Ghosts).
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Blessing of Sacrifice is no longer cancelled when you enter an instance, but will not have any effect unless the caster is in the instance with you.
Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Blessing of Sacrifice only transfers the damage dealt, up to the maximum listed in the tooltip.
Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Now castable on all raid targets.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Moved to level 46, now transfers a flat amount of damage per hit, and has replacements.

Hand of Sacrifice
Hand of Sacrifice Level 46 paladin ability 40 yd range 6% of base mana 2 min cooldown Instant Places a Hand on the party or raid member, transfering 30% damage taken to the caster. Lasts 12 sec or until the caster has transfered 100% of their maximum health. Players may only have one Hand on them per Paladin at any one time.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	2 minutes
Other information
Level learned	46
Improvements	[Blessed Hands]
Related buff
Magic Hand of Sacrifice Transfers 30% damage taken to the paladin. Duration: 12 seconds

Hand of Sacrifice
Hand of Sacrifice Level 80 paladin ability 40 yd range 6% of base mana 2 min cooldown Instant Places a Hand on the party or raid member, transferring 30% damage taken to the caster. Lasts 12 sec or until the caster has transferred 100% of their maximum health. Players may only have one Hand on them per Paladin at any one time.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	2 minutes
Other information
Level learned	80
Improvements	[Acts of Sacrifice], [Paragon of Virtue]
Related buff
Magic Hand of Sacrifice Transfers 30% damage taken to the paladin. Duration: 12 seconds