WoW Forever Paladin
Holy, Protection, Retribution · Alliance and Horde
Paladin was the class Blizzard used on stage to explain the whole philosophy, and it is the second most changed class in the demo build with 20 new talents and 12 removed. Holy Strike is a baseline melee attack from level 6, Judgement no longer consumes your seal, and Blessings last an hour.
- Specs simmed
- 5
- New spells
- 2
- New talents
- 3
- Removed
- 1
- Playable races
- 3
What changes for Paladin
Seal of Fury is new and built for tanking: its damage does not scale with weapon speed, it applies a small absorb, and judging it taunts at ten yards. All three capstones are new as well: Light's Vigil marks a target so the next Holy Shock on it triggers party healing or extra damage, Templar's Bulwark absorbs 100% of maximum health for eight seconds, and Twist of Light gives Retribution an Echo when a seal is replaced so the next melee attack applies the old seal's effect.
Undead Paladins are new in Forever. Forsaken join Humans and Dwarves as playable Paladins, giving the Horde its first Paladins outside of a Blood Elf timeline.
Demo build census: 20 new talents, 12 removed.
Specs
Holy PaladinHealerBlessing of Kings is baseline and Blessings last an hour, so the healer no longer burns points and cast time on upkeep.
Capstone: Light's Vigil
Protection PaladinTankSeal of Fury is a purpose-built tank seal with weapon-speed-independent damage, a small absorb and a judgement that taunts.
Capstone: Templar's Bulwark
Retribution PaladinDPSHoly Strike from level 6, plus seals that survive Judgement, mean Retribution finally has a rotation to play.
Capstone: Twist of Light
Simmed reference builds
Each saved board sims a fixed Paladin reference character at level 60, against a raid-boss target for two minutes, full raid buffs and consumables, no world buffs. The DPS is the spec's trinket board baseline (both trinket slots empty) and the rank is its place on the Forever DPS tier list.
- Protection Paladin451dps
8/33/10 talents · Curated dungeon and crafted gear · Undead
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Talents 8/33/10View tree
Holy 8
Divine Strength 5/5
Improved Seals 3/3
Protection 33
Redoubt 5/5
Precision 3/3
Anticipation 2/5
Improved Seal of Fury 1/1
Improved Righteous Fury 3/3
Shield Specialization 3/3
Swift Judgement 1/1
One-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3
Templar's Bulwark 1/1
Reckoning 5/5
Iron Creed 5/5
Holy Shield 1/1
Retribution 10
Deflection 5/5
Improved Judgement 2/2
Conviction 3/5
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Ret-prot Paladin · Ret-prot hybrid tank 0/21/30 (Experimental) build499dps0/21/30 talents · Curated dungeon and crafted gear · Undead
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Talents 0/21/30View tree
Holy 0
No points
Protection 21
- Redoubt 5/5
- Precision 3/3
- Anticipation 2/5
- Improved Seal of Fury 1/1
- Improved Righteous Fury 3/3
- Shield Specialization 3/3
- Swift Judgement 1/1
- One-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3
Retribution 30
Benediction 5/5- Improved Judgement 2/2
Holy Conduit 2/2- Conviction 5/5
Vindication 3/3
Sanctified Judgement 3/3
Seal of Command 1/1
Sacred Arbiter 1/1
Vengeance 3/3
Champion of the Light 3/3
Instrument of Law 2/2
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Holy-prot Paladin · Holy-prot hybrid tank 30/21/0 (Experimental) build470dps30/21/0 talents · Curated dungeon and crafted gear · Undead
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Talents 30/21/0View tree
Holy 30
- Divine Strength 5/5
Divine Intellect 5/5- Improved Seals 3/3
Reverence 3/3
Illumination 3/5
Divine Favor 1/1
Divine Precision 2/3
Holy Shock 1/1
Consecrated Ground 2/2
Holy Power 5/5
Protection 21
- Redoubt 5/5
- Precision 3/3
- Anticipation 2/5
- Improved Seal of Fury 1/1
- Improved Righteous Fury 3/3
- Shield Specialization 3/3
- Swift Judgement 1/1
- One-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3
Retribution 0
No points
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- Shockadin Paladin · Shockadin hybrid 23/0/28 (Experimental) build754dps
23/0/28 talents · Dungeon and crafted gear searched for the Shockadin build · Human · #3 of 23 DPS specs
Show talents
Talents 23/0/28View tree
Holy 23
- Divine Strength 5/5
- Divine Intellect 5/5
- Improved Seals 3/3
Unyielding Faith 1/2- Reverence 3/3
Purifying Power 2/2- Divine Favor 1/1
- Holy Shock 1/1
- Consecrated Ground 2/2
Protection 0
No points
Retribution 28
- Benediction 5/5
- Improved Judgement 2/2
- Holy Conduit 2/2
- Conviction 5/5
- Vindication 2/3
- Sanctified Judgement 3/3
- Sacred Arbiter 1/1
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization 2/3- Vengeance 3/3
- Champion of the Light 3/3
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- Retribution Paladin700dps
10/8/33 talents · Curated dungeon and crafted gear · Human · #5 of 23 DPS specs
Show talents
Talents 10/8/33View tree
Holy 10
- Divine Strength 5/5
- Divine Intellect 2/5
- Improved Seals 3/3
Protection 8
Toughness 5/5- Precision 3/3
Retribution 33
- Benediction 5/5
- Improved Judgement 2/2
- Holy Conduit 2/2
- Conviction 5/5
- Vindication 2/3
- Sanctified Judgement 3/3
- Seal of Command 1/1
- Sacred Arbiter 1/1
- Two-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3
- Vengeance 3/3
- Champion of the Light 3/3
- Instrument of Law 2/2
Twist of Light 1/1
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Engine build 931ae38, simmed 1 October 2026. Boards are re-simmed after engine updates.
Reference builds are a work in progress and will keep improving through the beta (see the changelog). Got a build you want simmed? Post it in the MythicSim Discord and we'll sim it. Any feedback is much appreciated.
New spells and talents
New spells
- Holy Strike
- Seal of Fury
New talents
- Light's Vigil
- Templar's Bulwark
- Twist of Light
Removed
- Blessing of Kings (now baseline)
From the BlizzCon 2026 demo build via the community talent calculators. Beta will change some of this; the page is updated as it does.
Races
Human
Dwarf
UndeadNew
Human, Dwarf, Undead. Undead Paladin is new to Forever. The Skyborne cannot be Paladins. Racials are rebuilt so no two races share a passive, and weapon skill racials are gone. Race choice now changes your DPS in the sim.
What the Paladin sim has to model
Beyond the engine-wide changes (unified hit and crit, Expertise, bonus healing as spell damage, periodic crits), these are the Paladin-specific pieces the Forever engine has to get right.
- A Retribution rotation with Holy Strike as a filler and seals that persist through Judgement.
- Seal of Fury threat and absorb for Protection, including its taunt-on-judgement.
- Blessing of Kings as an always-on baseline buff rather than a talent decision.
Paladin trinket boards
One board per spec, ranking every trinket a Paladin can equip at 60 by simmed DPS gain, with where each one drops.
Other Forever classes
Warrior
Hunter
Rogue
Priest
Shaman
Mage
Warlock
DruidCommon questions
Is there a WoW Forever Paladin sim?
Yes, at /wow-forever/sim. Export your character with the MythicSim addon, paste it and you get a DPS number for your Paladin on the new talent trees. It runs on a MythicSim-maintained fork of ElliotWood/Forever, built on wowsims/classic (both MIT licensed).
What new spells does Paladin get in WoW Forever?
Holy Strike, Seal of Fury. New talents include Light's Vigil, Templar's Bulwark, Twist of Light.
Which races can be a Paladin in WoW Forever?
Paladin can be played by Human, Dwarf, Undead in World of Warcraft: Forever. Undead Paladin is new in Forever. The Skyborne cannot be Paladins.
What are the Paladin specs in WoW Forever?
Holy (Healer), Protection (Tank), Retribution (DPS). Forever keeps the three Classic trees for every class and reworks their contents; there are no new specs.
Do I need a /simc string to sim a Forever Paladin?
No. Install MythicSim addon 0.3.0 or newer in Forever, click its minimap button or type /msim, then paste the JSON on the Forever sim page. Retail /simc strings use a different format.