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Spirit of Redemption
Inv enchant essenceeternallarge
  • Spirit of Redemption
  • Level 29 Holy priest ability
  • Passive
  • Upon death, you become the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. You cannot move, attack, be attacked, or be targeted by any spells or effects, and your healing spells cost no mana. When the effect ends, you die.
Properties
Class Priest
Other information
Level learned 29
Improvements Inv enchant essencemagiclarge [Afterlife], Inv staff 2h artifactheartofkure d 03 [Restitution]
Related buff
Inv enchant essenceeternallarge
  • Spirit of Redemption
  • You have become more powerful than anyone can possibly imagine.
  • Duration: 15 seconds
SpiritofRedemptionTCG

In the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.

How you die can say a lot about how you lived.

Spirit of Redemption is a passive level 29 Holy priest ability. Upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec, taking on the appearance of a Spirit Healer hovering above their crumpled body. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies.

Notes[]

Only pure healing spells can be cast while Spirit of Redemption is active, which means that many defensive spells (including Spell holy dispelmagic [Purify], and Spell holy resurrection [Resurrection]) are disabled, as well as Spell holy holynova [Holy Nova], which is also a damaging spell. However, there is no connection to a specific school or tree.

Spirit of Redemption does not reset any cooldowns, including those caused by interrupt effects. This is commonly considered a bug,whereas, in fact, it is not.[1]

It is possible to earn the achievement Spell shadow twistedfaith [Going Down?] using Spirit of Redemption. To earn the achievement, a player must 'fall 65 yards without dying'. By dying in mid air, the priest hits the ground in spirit form, and hence earns the achievement. Aggroing flying mobs or mobs with ranged attacks while flying at least 65 yards above the ground is probably the simplest way to achieve this.

Trivia[]

  • The related buff's description is a reference to Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi says that "if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
  • Sometimes Spirit of Redemption is jokingly referred to as "Improved Death".
  • Spirit of Redemption is sometimes referred to as "Fail Angel," implying that the priest either "failed to keep him/herself alive" or that a tank "failed to hold threat" on a mob that killed the priest.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-10): Fixed an issue where Priests in Spirit of Redemption form when a Mythic+ dungeon is completed would not be eligible to trade their Keystone, even if they met all other eligibility requirements.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Fixed an issue causing several Holy spells to not be castable while in Spirit of Redemption form.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-07-14): Fixed an issue where Spirit of Redemption was not properly resolving after Inv farm herbseed [Podtender].
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-07-13): Fixed an issue where Spirit of Redemption was not properly resolving after Garrison greenarmor [Forgeborne Reveries].
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-05-27): Spirit of Redemption will now be able to heal allies inside effects like Ability rogue smoke [Smoke Bomb] while they are also within its radius.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Spell holy symbolofhope [Symbol of Hope] can now be correctly cast while in Spirit of Redemption.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-07-30): Fixed a bug causing Spirit of Redemption to be triggered when the fatal damage should have been redirected by spells.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-07-27): Fixed a bug causing Spirit of Redemption to be triggered when the fatal damage should have been redirected by spells.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now learned at level 29 (was 30).
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-12-09): Priests should no longer be able to continue to hold onto the flag while in Spirit of Redemption form.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-11-05): Priests entering an Arena match while in Spirit of Redemption form should no longer die during the Arena Preparation phase.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Spell holy dispelmagic [Purify], Ability priest halo [Halo], Ability priest cascade shadow [Cascade], and Spell priest divinestar [Divine Star] can now be cast while in Spirit of Redemption form.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-09-16): Spirit of Redemption should no longer prevent Priests from getting the Sacrificed to Ordos debuff.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-10-08): Spirit of Redemption will no longer sometimes prevent players from rolling on items.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a specialization ability for Holy priests at level 30 (was a tier 4 Holy talent).
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-12-06): Priests under the effect of Spirit of Redemption will now receive credit for defeating Deathwing as long as they were part of the encounter.
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-12-02): A Priest with Spirit of Redemption who dies as the round is ending in Strand of the Ancients should no longer become permanently stunned for the rest of the game.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29):
    • Spirit of Redemption has been rebuilt to address a few functionality issues and make it more responsive. Spirit of Redemption otherwise remains unchanged.
    • Achievement guildperk massresurrection [Mass Resurrection] can no longer be cast by priests in Spirit of Redemption form.
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2010-12-02): Killing priests with the Spirit of Redemption talent now correctly awards Achievement legionpvptier4 [Honor], killing blows and Honorable Kills. Also, abilities that proc off of killing blows like Ability warrior devastate [Victory Rush] are now proccing properly when a priest is talented into Spirit of Redemption.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): The 5% spirit increase from Spirit of Redemption has been removed. Moved from tier 5 to tier 4.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.3a (2010-03-26): Fixed an issue in which Spirit of Redemption was being prematurely canceled upon use of other abilities.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Now works while the priest is in Spell shadow shadowform [Shadowform].
  • Bc icon Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Spirit of Redemption has been upgraded to give 5% spirit to the priest that invests in the talent as well as lasting 5 more seconds than it used to.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Fixed an issue preventing Twisting Nether from retriggering when the Spirit of Redemption effect runs out.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.11.2 (2006-07-11): Fixed an error where Priests in [Spirit of Redemption] form did not benefit from plus to healing items.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): This spell has a number of fixes: Spirit of Redemption form now has casting animations. Priests prematurely leaving battlegrounds with this aura on will now receive the Deserter debuff (as intended); Priests in Spirit of Redemption form at the completion of a battleground will have the aura removed without dying; It will now work correctly with the Inv misc ticket tarot twistingnether 01 [Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether] item, resurrecting you after Spirit of Redemption has run its course; If you should die underwater the Spirit of Redemption will no longer have a breath bar appear; the Warlock Spell shadow haunting [Drain Soul] spell will terminate producing 1 shard when the Priest switches to Spirit of Redemption form; You will no longer have to wait 30 seconds for graveyard resurrection upon your first death while using Spirit of Redemption.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Redesigned. Upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 10 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies.
    Previous effect: Upon death, summons a Spirit of Redemption that heals nearby friendly targets for 318 to 360 and another 343 over 21 seconds.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Tooltip updated to be more clear.
Classic
  • WoW Icon update Hotfix (2020-12-14): Spirit of Redemption no longer counts as two deaths on the battlegrounds scoreboard.

See also[]

References[]

 
  1. ^ Blizzard Entertainment Hortus 2007-06-05. Issues that are not bugs.. Archived from the original on 2007-06-05. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.

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