Hammer of the Righteous

Hammer of the Righteous
Hammer of the Righteous Level 20 Protection, Retribution paladin ability Melee range 3% of base mana 4.5 sec cooldown Instant cast Requires Melee Weapon Hammer the current target for 20% weapon damage, causing a wave of light that hits all targets within 8 yards for 35% Holy weapon damage and applying the Weakened Blows effect. Grants a charge of Holy Power.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Holy
Cooldown	4.5 seconds
Other information
Level learned	20
Modified by	[Glyph of Hammer of the Righteous]
Improvements	[Grand Crusader]
Related debuff
Weakened Blows Reduces physical damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 30 seconds

"A hammer, a libram, and the strength of the Light - all necessary, but the hammer is the most fun." - Nimaasus the Implacable

Hammer of the Righteous is a Protection and Retribution paladin ability, learned at level 20. It is a mandatory ability for any serious paladin tank as it provides threat on multiple mobs at a time.

Improvements

• [Grand Crusader]

• Glyph of Hammer of the Righteous
• Major Glyph
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  
  The physical damage reduction caused by Hammer of the Righteous now lasts 50% longer.
• Classes: Paladin
• Requires Level 25
• Sell Price: 1

Tips & tactics

Hammer of the Righteous attacks the paladin's current target with a straight melee physical attack, doing a percentage of weapon damage. This attack can miss, be dodged, be parried, or be blocked, and does double damage on a crit, just like any other physical melee attack. Although this physical melee attack only affects a single target, it will not proc the active seal.

If the physical attack connects with its target, it then attacks all nearby enemies (including the paladin's target) with a Holy damage spell. Prior to an 11-Feb-2011 hotfix, this AOE attack was resolved as a spell attack, using the paladin's spell miss chance; now, however, it always hits all targets in its area of effect as long as the primary attack hits. Rogues who are under [Cloak of Shadows], however, are able to resist this damage.

Additionally, using Hammer of the Righteous grants the paladin 1 Holy Power.

Hammer of the Righteous is one of the two protection paladin abilities able to be used while silenced. The other is [Crusader Strike]. However, these two may not be used while disarmed. Most other protection abilities are usable while disarmed.

Related Items

• Lightsworn Plate (Protection Tier 10) - 2 piece set bonus makes your Hammer of the Righteous ability deal 20% increased damage.
• Liadrin's Plate set (Protection Tier 9) - 2 piece set bonus makes your Hammer of the Righteous ability deal 5% increased damage.
• Turalyon's Plate set (Protection Tier 9) - 2 piece set bonus makes your Hammer of the Righteous ability deal 5% increased damage.
• Redemption Plate (Protection Tier 7) - 2 piece set bonus makes your Hammer of the Righteous ability deal 10% increased damage.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a specialization ability for Retribution in addition to Protection. Main target weapon damage reduced from 30% to 20%. Can now be used with two-handed weapons.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Mana cost has been lowered to 10%, down from 12% to match Crusader Strike.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 3 seconds, now hits target for physical damage and all nearby enemies (including target) for holy damage, and gives 1 Holy Power.
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Tooltip corrected to indicate it does 4 times weapon DPS instead of 3.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

See also

• Hammer of the Righteous TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB