Benediction
Paladin · Retribution · available from the first tier · 5 ranks
Benediction works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Benediction ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 2%.
- Rank 2 Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 4%.
- Rank 3 Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 6%.
- Rank 4 Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 8%.
- Rank 5 Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%.
Rank 1 from footage. Ranks 2+ were still Classic text; rewritten from rank 1 with linear scaling. Rank 2+ values not yet seen on camera.
What Benediction does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 Reduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 3%.
- Rank 2 Reduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 6%.
- Rank 3 Reduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 9%.
- Rank 4 Reduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 12%.
- Rank 5 Reduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 15%.
Where Benediction sits in the Retribution tree
Benediction is a Retribution talent for Paladin. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away.
- Same row: Deflection
How often people take Benediction
151 of the 212 public Paladin builds saved here — 71% — put at least one point in Benediction. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Joardee VOD 2872476433 @2:18:16 (rank 1 tooltip)
- Rank 1 from existing Forever footage overlay; later ranks were Classic leftovers and were scaled from rank 1 (linear, same method as Savage Strikes)