Seal of Truth

Seal of Truth
Seal of Truth (1 rank) Paladin ability 14% of Base Mana global cooldown Instant Fills the Paladin with holy power, causing single target attacks to Censure the target, which deals [0.013*holy power0.025*AP*5] additional Holy damage over 15 sec. Censure can stack up to 5 times. Once stacked to 5 times, each of the Paladin's attacks also deals 16% weapon damage as additional Holy damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 min. Unleashing this Seal's energy will deal [1+0.22*holy power+0.14*AP] Holy damage to an enemy, increased by 10% for each application of Censure on the target.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	Global
Related buff
Seal of Truth Melee attacks cause Holy damage over 15 sec. Duration: 30 minutes
Related debuff
Magic Censure Holy damage every 3 sec. Duration: 15 seconds

[[Category:paladin abilities]][[Category:paladin abilities]]

Seal of Truth is a Paladin seal obtained at level 44 for 1 95. It is nicknamed "Seal of DoT", as its purpose is to apply and maintain a damage over time stack. It is thus suitable for long sustained fights, such as boss encounters.

Functionality

While activated, the Paladin's melee swings apply a debuff on the target called Censure. This debuff causes holy damage every 3 seconds for 15 seconds. The DoT stacks up to 5 times, with subsequent swings granting a damage bonus of direct holy damage and continuing to refresh the stack's duration. Furthermore, for every stack of Censure on the target, Judgement's damage is increased by 10% (up to 50%).

Note that only normal melee swings can apply the debuff. Attacks like [Divine Storm], [Crusader Strike], and [Hammer of the Righteous] will not apply or refresh Censure, though they do gain the direct holy damage bonus if Censure has 5 stacks.

The application of an additional stack of Censure (or the refreshing of the Censure stack) on the target is resolved as its own melee attack, separate from the normal melee swing that caused it. Even if the normal melee swing connects, Censure can still miss, be dodged, be parried, or be blocked.

Seal of Truth is considered the primary seal for tankadins. This is because the DoT causes a constant threat-generation which keeps mobs stuck to the tank, preventing them from attacking more fragile players in the group/raid. This is an important feature in situations where various effects may temporarily put the tank out of action (such as a stun), create distance between the mobs and the tank, or even wipe all aggro. The DoT will keep on ticking whatever happens, generating threat without the tank having to do anything (until the debuff expires).

Improvements

Talents

Holy

• [Conviction] gives you a 1/2/3% bonus to damage and healing for 15 sec after causing a critical effect from a weapon swing, spell, or ability. This effect stacks up to 3 times.

Protection

• [Seals of the Pure] increases the damage done by you Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Truth, and Seal of Justice by 6/12%.

Retribution

• [Seals of Command] causes your Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Truth and Seal of Justice to also deal 7% weapon damage each time you swing.
• [Inquiry of Faith] increases the periodic damage done by your Seal of Truth by 10/20/30%.

Glyphs

•  [Glyph of Truth] (Minor Glyph) reduces the mana cost of Seal of Truth by 50%.
•  [Glyph of Seal of Truth] (Prime Glyph) causes your Seal of Truth to also grant 10 expertise while active.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Periodic damage from Censure reduced by 25%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added. Replaces [Seal of Vengeance] / [Seal of Corruption].
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB