Judgment

Judgment
Judgment Level 3 paladin ability 30 yd range 0.6% of base mana 11 sec cooldown Instant Judges the target, dealing (67.1596% of Spell power) Holy damage. Generates 1 Holy Power. Rank 2: Damage increased 50%.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	11 seconds
Other information
Level learned	3
Rank levels	8 (rank 2)
Improvements	[Blades of Light], [Blessed Champion], [Boundless Judgment], [Crusader's Judgment], [Divine Glimpse], [Divine Punisher], [Empyrean Legacy], [Greater Judgment], [Hammer and Anvil], [Higher Calling], [Highlord's Wrath], [Improved Judgment], [Judgment of Justice], [Judgment of Light], [Power of the Silver Hand], [Righteous Judgment], [Sanctification], [Seal of Alacrity], [Swift Justice], [Truth Prevails], [Veneration], [Zealot's Paragon]
Glyphs	[Glyph of Fire From the Heavens]

Judgment is a level 3 paladin ranged ability. It deals Holy damage to the target.

Classic Judgements

In Classic and Burning Crusade Classic, Judgement applied different effects based on the active Seal spell.

Judgement Overview
Seal		Judgement & Effect	Hit / Crit type
	Righteousness	Judgement deals Holy damage to target.	spell / spell
	Command	Judgement deals Holy damage to enemy, double if the target is stunned.	melee / melee
	The Crusader	Judgement debuffs enemy, increasing Holy damage taken. Increases raid-wide critical strike chance when talented.	always / n/a
	Justice	Judgement debuffs enemy, preventing NPCs from fleeing, and preventing players from increasing their speed above 100%.	always / n/a
	Light	Judgement debuffs enemy, granting melee attacks a chance to heal the attacker.	~40-50% / n/a
	Wisdom	Judgement debuffs enemy, granting attacks and spells a chance to restore some of the attacker's mana.	~40-50% / n/a
	Vengeance	Judgement deals damage for every application of Holy Vengeance, which is applied by the Seal.	spell / spell
	Blood	Judgement deals Holy damage to enemy, harming the Paladin for 33% of damage dealt.	melee / melee

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-03-11): Damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-11-14): Resolved an issue causing Judgment to not be castable at totems when talented into [Blessed Champion].
  
• Hotfix (2024-10-29): damage increased 30% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22):
  • Damage increased by 10%.
  • Cooldown has been reduced by 1 second.
    
• Hotfix (2024-09-17): Damage increased by 60%.
  
• Hotfix (2024-06-05): Damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-03-12): Damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Now generates 1 Holy Power for Holy and costs 2.4% base mana (was 3%).
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-21): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Fixed an issue where Judgment had incorrect charges while [Crusader's Judgment] was selected.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25):
  • Now always generates 1 Holy Power for Protection and Retribution. Rank 3 separated into the [Greater Judgment] talent.
  • New Rank 2 (level 8): Damage increased 50%. Rank 3 removed.
    
• Patch 9.2.0 (2022-02-22): Damage reduced by 12%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now causes the target to take 25% increased damage from your next Holy Power ability and generates 1 Holy Power.
  • Holy Power generated at Rank 2 (Protection/Retribution) at level 16.
  • Increased damage effect at Rank 3 (Protection/Retribution) at level 29.
    
• Hotfix (2018-10-04): Fixed a bug causing Holy Paladins' Judgment debuff to be incorrectly consumed by other Paladins.
  
• Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29):
  • Mastery's effect on Judgment damage increased by 46%, and Mastery's effect on Judgment debuff strength increased by 17%.
  • Damage increased by 8%
    
• Hotfix (2017-07-24): Increased the damage done by Judgment by 4%
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-14): Judgment's damage on secondary targets should correctly match its damage on the primary target.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-01): The tooltip for Judgment no longer incorrectly states that it hits 2 additional targets for paladins without Greater Judgmen.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Level reduced from 5 to 3 and redesigned.
  • Rank 2 (Retribution) at level 16: Judgment strikes 1 additional target.
  • Rank 2 (Holy Protecion) at level 42: Causes the target to take additional damage from Shield of the Righteous (Protection)/Crusader Strike and Holy Shock (Holy).
  • Rank 3 (Retribution) at level 78: Causes the target to take additional damage from Holy Power spenders.

  Old: Causes Holy damage and generates 1 Holy Power. Requires an active Seal to cast.
  

• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 8%.
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Judgment is now naturally free for Holy paladins, and naturally generates 1 Holy Power for Protection (at level 28) and Retribution (at level 10) paladins.
  • The Retribution version no longer applies the  [Physical Vulnerability] effect.
  • Now costs 5% of base mana for all paladin specializations.
    
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Judgment for Holy Paladins now costs 12% of base mana to cast (up from 5% of base mana).
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now costs 5% of base mana.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Renamed from Judgement to Judgment.
  
• Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Judgement no longer automatically targets a nearby enemy when the player attempts to activate it without a hostile target selected.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Judgements are now useable while silenced.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Re-added at level 3 (was 4), replacing use-specific Judgement spells. Now always deals holy damage instead of differing effects based on the active Seal.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Removed in favor of multiple, use-specific Judgement spells.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Judgement of Light and Judgement of Wisdom will now benefit players that are immune to Holy effects (e.g. [Divine Shield]).
  
• Patch 1.1.1 (2004-11-17): Moved to level 4 (was 10).
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Added.
  

Other versions

• Classic

  Judgement
  Judgement Level 4 paladin ability 10 yd range 6% of Base Mana 10 sec cooldown Instant Unleashes the energy of a Seal spell upon an enemy. Refer to individual Seals for Judgement effect.
  Properties
  Class	Paladin
  School	Holy
  Cooldown	10 Seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	4
  Improvements	[Benediction], [Improved Judgement]

• BC Classic

  Judgement
  Judgement Level 4 paladin ability 10 yd range 5% of Base Mana 10 sec cooldown Instant Unleashes the energy of a Seal spell upon an enemy. Refer to individual Seals for Judgement effect.
  Properties
  Class	Paladin
  School	Holy
  Cooldown	10 Seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	4
  Improvements	[Benediction], [Fanaticism], [Improved Judgement], [Sanctified Judgement]

• Cataclysm Classic

  Judgement
  Judgement Level 3 paladin ability 10 yd range 5% of Base Mana 8 sec cooldown Instant Unleashes the energy of a Seal to judge an enemy for Holy damage.
  Properties
  Class	Paladin
  School	Holy
  Cooldown	8 Seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	3
  Improvements	[Arbiter of the Light], [Communion], [Divine Purpose], [Enlightened Judgements], [Improved Judgement], [Judgements of the Just], [Judgements of the Pure], [Judgements of the Wise], [Long Arm of the Law], [Sacred Duty], [Wrath of the Lightbringer]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Judgement]

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