Seal of Righteousness
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The subject of this article was removed in patch 7.0.3 but remains in Classic Era.
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| Seal of Righteousness | |
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| Properties | |
| Class | Paladin |
| School | Holy |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
| Other information | |
| Level learned | 1 |
| Improvements |
 [Improved Seal of Righteousness] |
| Related buff | |
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- "There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you wield the Light." - Grand Marshal Goldensword[1]
Seal of Righteousness is a paladin ability. Using 
[Judgment] when Seal of Righteousness is active deals a high amount of Holy damage. A moderate amount of Holy damage is also applied on each weapon swing.
Damage
Seal of Righteousness deals additional Holy damage on every swing to a single target. Due to normalization, seal damage over time is a constant independent of weapon speed. What is means is, that a 4.00 speed weapon will deal twice as much damage per hit as a 2.00 speed weapon, but since it swings twice as often, the effective damage over time is the same.
Usage
SoR is best used with one-handed weapons, or for Retribution paladins, when fighting multiple enemies because of the cleave bonus. The threat generated by its Holy damage is enhanced by 
[Righteous Fury] and can thus be used to keep aggro.
Seal of Righteousness is appropriately used when the fight or phase is short or where targets are switched so often that applying DoT stacks again every time would be impractical. Seal of Righteousness is replaced by 
[Seal of Truth] when it comes to long boss fights.
It is good to remember that a Seal's power always depends on the situation. Skilled Paladins with good situation awareness will switch Seals to adapt to the situation, sometimes several times during a fight if necessary. Good examples of fights like this are Razorscale and Freya in Ulduar.
Patch changes
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed. 
Hotfix (2015-07-16): Should now center its damage around the Paladin once more. - Hotfix (2015-07-10): Should no longer sometimes deal more damage than intended.
- Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer available to Holy paladins.
Hotfix (2013-12-11): Should no longer be removed at the start of an arena match. - Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now causes melee attacks to deal 9% damage (was 6%) to targets in the area-of-effect.
- Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned. Fills you with Holy Light, causing melee attacks to deal 6% weapon damage to all targets within 8 yards. Now learned at level 42 (was 3).
- Old: Fills the Paladin with holy spirit for 30 min, granting each melee attack (11% of Attack power + 22% of Spell power) additional Holy damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time
- Old: Fills the Paladin with holy spirit for 30 min, granting each melee attack (11% of Attack power + 22% of Spell power) additional Holy damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time
Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Can now be activated by any melee ability, not just single target melee abilities. This adds 
[Hammer of the Righteous] (the physical component) and 
[Divine Storm] to the list of abilities that can activate this seal. In addition, Seal of Righteousness procs can now be critical effects. - Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 3 (was 1) and lasts 30 minutes (was 30 seconds). Icon updated to
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): No longer has multiple ranks. Damage is now based on a percentage of attack power and spell power. 
Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): The tooltip for this ability has been improved. It now displays a different number for one-handed weapons and two-handed weapons, and adjusts to the speed of your current weapon. It displays a single number, rather than a range of numbers for different handedness and speeds. - Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): This seal will no longer cause additional chances for weapon procs to trigger.
Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Now does holy damage on every swing. It can now proc correctly as well. The [Judgment] effect has been renamed "Judgement of Righteousness" to differentiate it from the Seal damage in the combat log. - Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Changed significantly.
See also
- Seal of Righteousness, TCG card
References
Other versions
BC Classic
Seal of Righteousness 
- Seal of Righteousness (9 ranks)
- Level 1 paladin ability
- 20 Mana
- Instant
- Fills the Paladin with holy spirit for 30 sec, granting each melee attack an additional 3 to 9 Holy damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time.
Unleashing this Seal's energy will cause 26 Holy damage to an enemy.
Properties Class Paladin School Holy Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 1 Improvements [Improved Seal of Righteousness]Related buff - Magic
- Seal of Righteousness
- Melee attacks cause an additional 3 to 9 Holy damage.
- Duration: 30 seconds
Wrath Classic
Seal of Righteousness - Seal of Righteousness
- Level 1 paladin ability
- 14% of base mana
- Instant
- Fills the Paladin with holy spirit for 30 min, granting each melee attack (22% of Attack power + 44% of Spell power) additional Holy damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time.
Unleashing this Seal's energy will cause (20% of Attack power + 32% of Spell power) Holy damage to an enemy.
Properties Class Paladin School Holy Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 1 Improvements [Seals of the Pure]Glyphs 
[Glyph of Seal of Righteousness]Related buff - Magic
- Seal of Righteousness
- Melee attacks cause an additional (22% of Attack power + 44% of Spell power) Holy damage.
- Duration: 30 minutes
Cataclysm Classic
Seal of Righteousness 
- Seal of Righteousness
- Level 3 paladin ability
- 14% of base mana
- Instant
- Fills the Paladin with holy spirit for 30 min, granting each melee attack (11% of Attack power + 22% of Spell power) additional Holy damage.
Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time
Properties Class Paladin School Holy Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 3 Improvements 
[Seals of Command], 
[Seals of the Pure]Glyphs 
[Glyph of Righteousness], 
[Glyph of Seal of Truth]Related buff - Magic
- Seal of Righteousness
- Melee attacks cause an additional (11% of Attack power + 22% of Spell power) Holy damage.
- Duration: 30 minutes
MoP Classic
Seal of Righteousness - Seal of Righteousness
- Level 42 paladin ability
- 16.4% of base mana
- Instant
- Fills you with Holy Light, causing melee attacks to deal 9% weapon damage to all targets within 8 yards.
Properties Class Paladin School Holy Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 42 Related buff - Seal of Righteousness
- Melee attacks cause Holy damage against all targets within 8 yards.
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