Judgment

Judgment
	Judgment; Level 3 paladin ability; 30 yd range; 2.4% of base mana; 12 sec cooldown; Instant; Judges the target, dealing (57.06% of Spell power) Holy damage.; ; Generates 1 Holy Power.; Rank 2: Damage increased 50%.;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	12 sec
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], [Highlord's Judgment], [Improved Judgment], [Judge, Jury and Executioner], [Judgment of Justice], [Judgment of Light], [Judgments of the Pure], [Lawbringer], [Power of the Silver Hand], [Righteous Judgment], [Seal of Alacrity], [Swift Justice], [Veneration], [Zealot's Paragon]

For the Classic spell, see [Judgement].

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

Patch changes

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 Judgment.
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, as replacement for [Judgement of Justice], [Judgement of Light] and [Judgement of Wisdom].
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.