Lay on Hands

Lay on Hands
Lay on Hands Row 1 paladin talent 40 yd range 10 min cooldown Instant Heals a friendly target for an amount equal to 100% your maximum health. Cannot be used on a target with Forbearance. Causes Forbearance for 30 sec.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	10 minutes
Improvements	[Empyreal Ward], [Healing Hands], [Tirion's Devotion], [Unbreakable Spirit], [Uther's Counsel]
Related debuff
Forbearance Cannot be affected by Divine Shield, Hand of Protection or Lay on Hands. Duration: 30 seconds

Take all my strength into you and be whole once more!

Paladins, I've heard you have many lives. Show me. - Nefarian

Lay on Hands is a Holy-based paladin ability that instantly fills your target with life. It is considered an "emergency" ability, in that due to its long cooldown it should only be used when it's really needed. Lay on Hands causes [Forbearance]. As it allows a paladin to "live twice" by using it, the spell is somewhat famous.

Lay on Hands is automatically learned by Holy and Protection paladins.

Notes

• Not affected by the global cooldown.
• Tankadins can consider this as a long cooldown "oh s**t button". Turn on the auto-self cast option or create a macro. When your health is dangerously low, use it immediately to heal yourself back to full health.
• This ability is completely independent of the amount of Healing the caster has. It always heals the target for the amount of health the caster has.
• This ability cannot crit.

Trivia

• Lay on Hands is an epic Paladin spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "A grammatically awkward life saver."

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 14 ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Now learned at level 14 (was 9).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 9 (was 22).
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Lay on Hands received a new visual effect.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now learned at level 22 (was 16).
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Can no longer crit. Now causes Forbearance on any target it is cast on.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Lay on Hands no longer grants mana to the target.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Cooldown reduced down from 20 minutes. No longer uses spell ranks, nor affected by any Lay on Hands-specific talents.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Tooltip clarified to better explain this ability's interactions with Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Hand of Protection.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This ability will place Forbearance on the paladin if used on his or herself. It will not place Forbearance on others.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Does not drain all of the player's mana anymore. Cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
  
• Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Range increased.
  

See also

• Lay on Hands, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB