Repentance

Repentance
	Repentance; Row 4 paladin talent; 30 yd range; 6% of base mana; 15 sec cooldown; 1.7 sec cast; Forces an enemy target to meditate, incapacitating them for 1 min.; ; Usable against Humanoids, Demons, Undead, Dragonkin, and Giants.;
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	15 seconds
Talents
Talent required	[Improved Cleanse] or [Cleanse Toxins] or [Fist of Justice]
Related debuff
	Magic ; Repentance ; Incapacitated. ; Duration: 1 minute ;

Repentance is a paladin class talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Blinding Light].

Notes

Any damage taken by the target will break the effect. This includes direct damage, AoE attacks, damage over time and other effects such as [Hand of Sacrifice]. However, damage from the Censure debuff - caused by [Seal of Truth] - will not break the effect.
Repentance is very useful in both PvE and PvP:
- In PvE it can serve as an excellent form of crowd control, with its 1 minute duration and 1 minute cooldown allowing paladins to keep a single target incapacitated indefinitely. It can also be used in emergencies or in order to allow the healer to catch up on damage. Unlike some forms of crowd control it works with many races - Humanoids, Demons, Dragonkins, Giants and Undead - but bear in mind that many mobs (such as Bosses) are immune to effects such as Repentance.
- In PvP Repentance is particularly useful. It can be used as a basic stun/interrupt, halting important casts or giving you time to heal. Its 30yd range means it can be useful against ranged types, allowing you to get close to them while also stopping their attacks. It can also be used along with [Hammer of Justice] to allow the paladin to stun/incapacitate two targets at the same time. Since it breaks on damage, Repentance is perhaps most useful for incapacitating a secondary target (or healer) while focusing on another target, or in order to give you a chance to self-heal.
Warriors can use [Berserker Rage] to break out of Repentance.
Mages cannot [Blink] out of Repentance.
As a magic effect, Repentance can be dispelled.
Repentance is the second crowd control ability available to Paladins (after [Hammer of Justice]).

Trivia

Repentance is a common Paladin spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Repentance often comes in the moment before obliteration. Curious."

Patch changes

Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Duration decreased to 6 seconds in PvP combat (was 8 seconds).
Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Moved to row 4 (was row 3).
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 3 class talent (was a level 30 talent).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 30 (was 45).
Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Mana cost reduced by 40%.
Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Repentance no longer deals damage.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now also deals damage of up to 25% of the target's max health over 1 minute. Now available at level 45 (was 30).
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now has a cast time of 1.7 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).
Hotfix (2012-10-04): Both Repentance and Hammer of Justice can now be applied to the same target.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now available to all specializations as a level 30 talent (was a tier 5 Retribution talent). Cooldown reduced from 1 min to 15 sec.
Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Many crowd control abilities no longer cause creatures to attack players when they are cast, including Repentance.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): No longer broken from damage done by Censure ( [Seal of Truth]).
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Moved to tier 5 (was tier 7).
Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): This ability now clears [Righteous Vengeance] from its target when cast.
Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This crowd control effect will no longer break early from the damage done by Righteous Vengeance.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): No longer resets the Paladin's melee swing timer.
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): [Avenger's Shield] no longer breaks Repentance, but unfortunately, [Seal of Vengeance] and [Seal of Corruption] damage will break it again. This will be corrected in a future patch.
Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): PvP duration reduced to 6 sec.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Mana cost changed to 9% of base, duration increased to 1 minute (10 second PvP duration), now usable against Demons, Dragonkin, Giants, Humanoids and Undead.
Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Now considered an Incapacitate effect. Moved to the Retribution tree (was a tier 7 Protection talent).
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Duration changed from 6 seconds to up to 6 seconds.