Seal abilities are short term self-buffs that compose one half of the baseline paladin combat system.
General information
A seal is a self-buff which temporarily boosts the paladin's power for thirty minutes. The system of interactions between the various Seals and Judgements compose the main bulk of the paladin class's combat system.
Seals cause an additional effect to occur on successful melee attacks. These effects vary greatly, from returning mana or health to causing high amounts of Holy damage. In addition, all seals have an "unleash" effect that is activated through using a Judgement ability. By unleashing a seal, the paladin can deal a large amount of Holy damage instantly to the target (the exact amount and effect depending on the active seal) as well as cause additional effects based on the Judgement.
All seals last for 30 minutes and are treated as a magic-type non-dispellable buff.
Available seals
| Icon | Seal name | Seal description | Judgement description | Level trained | School |
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 [Seal of Righteousness]
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Fills the Paladin with holy spirit, granting each melee attack additional Holy damage. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will cause Holy damage to an enemy. | - | Holy |
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 [Seal of Command]
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All melee attacks deal additional Holy damage to up to 3 targets in front of the Paladin. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing Holy damage. | Talented | Retribution |
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 [Seal of Justice]
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Fills the Paladin with the spirit of justice, giving each melee attack a chance to stun for 2 sec. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will cause Holy damage to an enemy. | 22 | Protection |
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 [Seal of Light]
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Fills the Paladin with divine light, giving each melee attack a chance to heal the Paladin. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will cause Holy damage to an enemy. | 30 | Holy |
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[Seal of Wisdom]
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Fills the Paladin with divine wisdom, giving each melee attack a chance to restore mana. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will cause Holy damage to an enemy. | 38 | Holy |
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 [Seal of Corruption] / [Seal of Vengeance]
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Fills the Paladin with holy power, causing attacks to apply Holy Vengeance, which deals additional Holy damage over 15 sec. Holy Vengeance can stack up to 5 times. Once stacked to 5 each weapon swing from the Paladin will deal additional Holy damage. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing Holy damage to an enemy, increased for each application of Holy Vengeance on the target. | 66/64 | Retribution |
[Seal of Vengeance] and [Seal of Corruption] are in fact the same spell. For flavor reasons, Alliance players will train Vengeance while Horde players use Corruption.
Removed Seals
| Icon | Seal name | Seal description | Judgement description | School | Removed |
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 [Seal of Fury]
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Fills the Paladin with divine fury, allowing melee attacks to cause additional threat. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge the target, causing Holy damage spells cast on that enemy to generate additional threat. | Protection | Patch 1.9.0 |
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 [Seal of the Crusader]
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Fills the Paladin with the spirit of the crusader, granting additional attack power and increasing attack speed, though each melee attack will deal less damage. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge the target, increasing Holy damage taken. | Holy | Patch 3.0.2 |
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[Seal of Blood]
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All melee attacks cause additional Holy damage, but the Paladin takes damage proportional to the damage dealt. | Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge the target, causing a large amount of Holy damage to both the target and the Paladin. | Retribution | Patch 3.2.0 |
Patch changes
Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): [Seal of Fury] - The seal and judgement have been removed and replaced with a new self-buff, [Righteous Fury], which will increase threat from holy damage.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): All Seals have been reduced to 1 rank and now cost 14% of base mana. The duration has been increased to 2 minutes and are no longer consumed when a Judgement spell is cast. The effects can be triggered from all weapon based special abilities.
Patch 3.0.9 (2009-02-10): The duration on all Seals has been increased to 30 minutes and can no longer dispelled.
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Seal of the Martyr and Seal of Blood have been removed from the game.
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