Champion of the Light
Paladin · Retribution · opens at 25 points spent · 3 ranks
Champion of the Light does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Champion of the Light ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 33% of your Intellect.
- Rank 2 Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 66% of your Intellect.
- Rank 3 Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 100% of your Intellect.
Rank 3 verified on the BlizzCon slide (100%, not the 99% read from a show-floor screenshot); rank 1 read in footage.
Where Champion of the Light sits in the Retribution tree
Champion of the Light is a Retribution talent for Paladin. You need 25 points in Retribution before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Vengeance first. Taking it opens Twist of Light.
- Requires: Vengeance
- Unlocks: Twist of Light
- Same row: Instrument of Law
How often people take Champion of the Light
77 of the 212 public Paladin builds saved here — 36% — put at least one point in Champion of the Light. 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
New in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Joardee VOD 2872476433 @2:19:16 (rank 1 tooltip)
- BlizzCon 2026 'Paladin Class Change' talent slides (Rank 3/3 tooltip)