Repentance

Paladin · Retribution · opens at 20 points spent · 1 rank

Repentance has been read from Forever footage and matches its Classic Era wording.

60 Mana · 20 yd range · Instant · 1 min cooldown

Repentance ranks in Forever

Rank 1 Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.

Where Repentance sits in the Retribution tree

Repentance is a Retribution talent for Paladin. You need 20 points in Retribution before the row it sits on opens. Taking it opens Unsealed Wrath.

Unlocks: Unsealed Wrath
Same row: Turn Evil, Vengeance

How often people take Repentance

28 of the 207 public Paladin builds saved here (14%) put at least one point in Repentance. 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.

Builds that take Repentance

6 of the public Paladin builds written up here spend points on Repentance.

Paladin Retribution 5/0/30 · 1/1 , 30 up
Paladin Retribution 8/3/31 · 1/1 , 10 up
Paladin Retribution 7/8/31 · 1/1 , 3 up
Paladin Retribution 5/0/23 · 1/1
Paladin Retribution 5/0/28 · 1/1
Paladin Retribution 8/3/29 · 1/1

Where this came from

Same as Classic (verified).

Forever client build 1.60.1.70790
the WoW: Forever client's hotfix cache, 6 November 2026 (DBCache.bin, build 70790)