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<div class="fw-notice">'''Preview guide · reviewed 16 September 2026.''' This page explains the recorded demo, not a tested launch build. Talent articles distinguish source-confirmed ranks from estimates and missing text.</div><br />
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'''Paladin''' — The Paladin preview combines Mana, weapon attacks, Holy damage, healing, and shield tools. Its Holy, Protection, and Retribution trees share several abilities, so a tree name alone does not describe every supported interaction.<ref name="preview">Chris Baldwin, [https://talentsforever.com/paladin Talents Forever], [https://talentsforever.com/data.json CC BY 4.0 data export], snapshot 16 September 2026. Community transcription of BlizzCon demo footage and slides; checked 16 September 2026. Adapted and summarized for this guide. See [[Project:Talent data]] for evidence labels and attribution.</ref><br />
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Browse [[Paladin talents|all 52 Paladin talents]] with icons, ranks, prerequisites, and individual source notes.<br />
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== Choose a reading path ==<br />
The following is an editorial route through the preview, not a recommended point allocation.<ref name="preview" /><br />
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! Talent tree !! What to compare !! Start with<br />
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| Holy || Healing and spell support, with Holy Strike and Holy Shock also represented. Inspect what each talent affects before treating it as a healing-only choice. || [[Healing Light]], [[Reverence]], [[Holy Shock]], [[Light's Vigil]]<br />
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| Protection || Seals, shields, Holy Strike threat, and defensive cooldowns. Read the active-condition text, especially requirements involving Righteous Fury. || [[Improved Seal of Fury]], [[Sacred Duty]], [[Templar's Bulwark]], [[Iron Creed]], [[Holy Shield]]<br />
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| Retribution || Melee attacks, Seals, Judgement, and Holy spell interactions. Mana costs and the timing of Seal effects are part of the comparison. || [[Vindication]], [[Sanctified Judgement]], [[Sacred Arbiter]], [[Champion of the Light]], [[Twist of Light]]<br />
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== Abilities and changes worth checking ==<br />
These are summarized from the pinned community demo transcription. Baseline spells and talents are identified separately where the source supports that distinction.<ref name="preview" /><br />
* '''Judgement and Seal of Fury.''' The preview transcription says Judgement leaves the active Seal in place; judging Seal of Fury supplies the taunt. Read these together when planning how to recover an enemy attacking an ally.<br />
* '''Holy Strike.''' Recorded as a baseline weapon strike with a Holy component. Different trees then modify its cooldown, threat, or interaction with other effects.<br />
* '''Blessing of Kings and Consecration.''' Both appear as trainable abilities in the preview export rather than purchases in these talent trees.<br />
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== Plan a first beta session ==<br />
These are suggested checks for learning the class and collecting useful evidence; they are not claims about the strongest build.<br />
* For tanking, check the Seal, Judgement, shield, and Righteous Fury requirements as a sequence; do not assume a single modern-WoW taunt button.<br />
* For a melee and spell hybrid, compare which talents modify weapon attacks, spell damage, healing, or Mana. They are not interchangeable bonuses.<br />
* For healing, record spell rank and target conditions when testing efficiency; a preview tooltip alone cannot establish a final healing rotation.<br />
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== Race choice ==<br />
Use [[Race and class combinations#Paladin|the Paladin race list]] to separate officially announced additions from the broader preview roster. Follow the linked [[Races|race guides]] for recorded racials; a racial tooltip does not establish a universal best choice.<br />
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== What remains unresolved ==<br />
There is a source conflict to resolve: Blizzard’s Deep Dive prose calls the talent Instrument of the Law and describes an instant Holy Wrath; the pinned [[Instrument of Law]] tooltip instead modifies Hammer of Wrath. This guide does not silently merge those descriptions.<ref>Blizzard Entertainment, [https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24303313 World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap], 13 September 2026. Checked 16 September 2026; compare the Paladin section with the pinned preview.</ref><br />
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For corrections, record the game build, character level, spell or talent rank, and the observed interaction. Follow [[Project:Data policy]] and compare against [[Paladin talents]] before replacing preview information.<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
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