Renew

Renew
Renew Row 1 priest talent 40 yd range 8% of base mana Instant Fill the target with faith in the light, healing for (160% of Spell power) over 15 sec.
Properties
Class	Priest
School	Holy
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Improvements	[Atonement], [Empowered Renew], [Preemptive Care], [Prismatic Echoes], [Renewed Faith]
Related buff
Magic Renew Healing (32% of spell power) health every 3 sec. Duration: 15 seconds

The warrior's wounds closed as quickly as they appeared

Renew is a priest class talent. It is automatically learned for Discipline and Holy priests.

Renew is a Heal over Time (HoT) spell that heals the target for a reasonable amount over 15 seconds. Multiple priests can place Renew on a single target, and a single priest can place Renew on multiple targets.

Notes

Initially, the healing from Renew ticks every 3 seconds, but haste will shorten the gap between haste ticks. By hitting 12.5% haste, Renew will gain a 5th tick over its uptime. Crossing this threshold will dramatically increase the healing done by Renew, and is often referred to the "renew haste softcap". By hitting 37.5% haste, a 6th tick will be added. It is possible to obtain extra ticks for every 25% of additional haste from that point on, but largely only via stacking multiple temporary haste buffs. Renew's speed, output and efficiency are increased by 25% for each tick added, allowing high-haste periods to transform the spell from a slow and often inefficient heal to a potent and extremely efficient spammable HoT. Renew cannot tick faster than every 1 sec.

Ticks from Renew can crit. The crit for each tick is calculated individually based on the crit levels of the priest at the time the spell was cast.

Tips

Renew is generally one of the most efficient healing options, and has the bonus of being instant cast. Its main down-side is its slow and relatively insubstantial healing. Using Renew preemptively or on non-critical targets is a good way to make the most of its efficient healing, as well as insuring them (in a small way) against incoming damage. However, Renew's efficiency and desirability is significantly determined by the priest's haste.

Renew has advantages besides its efficiency. As an instant heal it can be useful in PvP when interrupts would prevent a cast-time heal. It can be cast while running and can be placed on multiple targets very quickly. As an HoT it is also a useful way of insuring against silence effects and stuns. Renew can be used whenever incoming damage is slow enough to allow for its use, saving mana otherwise spent on more expensive heals. On the downside, as a magical buff, Renew has the disadvantage of being dispellable.

The concept of putting Renew up on as many targets as possible is known as "renew blanketing", which is a very potent form of healing, but also very tough on the manapool.

Gallery

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  Renew in the TCG.
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  Renew in Hearthstone.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-03-25): Healing increased by 60%.
  
• Hotfix (2024-10-29): Healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-24): Now costs 8% of base mana (was 4%).
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Now costs 4% of base mana (was 1.8%).
  
• Hotfix (2023-05-15): Healing increased by 34% in PvP Combat (was 22%).
  
• Hotfix (2023-04-10):
  • Now costs 2.4% of base mana for Discipline (was 2.7%).
  • Fixed a bug causing Renew to not have its healing increased by 25% for Discipline as intended.
    
• Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Healing is now increased by 22% in PvP combat (was 15%).
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Healing increased by 25%.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-01): Healing reduced by 5%.
  
• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): No longer increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 12 Holy ability).
  
• Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): No longer instantly heals, healing over time increased by 33%.
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Overall healing increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Healing changed to 20% Spell Power instantly, 100% Spell Power over time, Mana Cost reduced to 1.8% Mana.
  
• Hotfix (2018-01-30): Renew heals for an additional 75% in PvP situations (was an additional 100%).
  
• Hotfix (2017-06-13): Renew's periodic healing has been increased by 100% in PvP situations.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
  • Healing increased to 62% of spell power (was 55%).
  • Now learned at level 12 (was 10).
    
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Duration increased from 12 seconds to 15, healing per tick increased by 25%. Now also instantly heals when applied. Now learned at level 10 (was 26).
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now only available to Holy priests.
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Amount of healing done reduced by 20%. However, the re-introduction of [Spiritual Healing] means that for Discipline and Holy priests, there is no decrease to the amount of healing done.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now learned at level 26 (was 8).
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Mana cost reduced by 24%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Duration reduced, spell power coefficient reduced, manacost increased and base healing value massively reduced.
  
• Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Rank 10 can now be purchased from trainers at level 60.
  
• Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Rank 10 added, learned from  [Codex of Renew X].
  

See also

• Renew, TCG card

Other versions

• Classic

  Renew
  Renew (10 ranks) Level 8 priest ability 40 yd range 30 Mana Instant Heals the target of 45 damage over 15 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Priest
  School	Holy
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Renew]
  Related buff
  Magic Renew Healing 9 damage every 3 seconds. Duration: 15 seconds

• BC Classic

  Renew
  Renew (12 ranks) Level 8 priest ability 40 yd range 30 Mana Instant Heals the target of 45 damage over 15 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Priest
  School	Holy
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Renew]
  Related buff
  Magic Renew Healing 9 damage every 3 seconds. Duration: 15 seconds

• Wrath Classic

  Renew
  Renew (14 ranks) Level 8 priest ability 40 yd range 17% of base mana Instant Heals the target of 45 damage over 15 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Priest
  School	Holy
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Renew]
  Related buff
  Magic Renew Healing 9 damage every 3 seconds. Duration: 15 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Renew
  Renew Level 8 priest ability 40 yd range 17% of base mana Instant Heals the target for 1333 every 3 sec for 12 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Priest
  School	Holy
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Renew]
  Related buff
  Magic Renew Healing 1333 health every 3 sec. Duration: 12 seconds

External links

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