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Hammer of Wrath
Spell paladin hammerofwrath
  • Hammer of Wrath
  • Row 1 paladin talent
  • 30 yd range
  • 7.5 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Hurls a divine hammer that strikes an enemy for (130.2% of Attack power) Holy damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health, or during Avenging Wrath.

    Generates 1 Holy Power.
Properties
Class Paladin
School Holy
Cooldown 7.5 seconds
Improvements Spell holy vindication [Adjudication], Achievement arena 3v3 7 [Blades of Light], Ability paladin speedoflight [Vanguard's Momentum], Ability crown of the heavens icon [Veneration], Spell paladin hammerofwrath [Vengeful Wrath], Ability paladin conviction [Zealot's Paragon]
You cannot run from the divine hand of justice.[1]
Hammer of Wrath TCG

Hammer of Wrath is a paladin ability. It is a Holy direct damage paladin spell that flings a hammer crackling with Holy power at a wounded enemy, but can only be used when the target is at or below 20% health, or during Spell holy avenginewrath [Avenging Wrath].

It is automatically learned by Retribution paladins.

Tips and tricks[]

  • Hammer of Wrath is a fast and powerful attack, the main constraint of which is that it can only be used on enemies at or below 20% health. Its large burst of instant damage makes it an excellent execute.
  • Nothing is as devastating as running away with a few hundred health only to be tagged with a paladin's Hammer from long range. Paladins may make full use of the Hammer on fleeing targets, as well as mobs and bosses who are in their death throes.
  • There is no minimum range on the Hammer; it can be used at point-blank distance.
  • The attack is resolved as a ranged special-attack that does non-physical damage, similar to a Hunter's Ability impalingbolt [Arcane Shot]. It can miss, it can be blocked (if the target is facing you), it can be dodged, and it does double damage on a crit.

Related equipment[]

  • The Retribution Tier 8 Paladin Armor Set Conqueror's Aegis Battlegear (level 80) includes a 2-piece set ability that increases the damage dealt by your Exorcism and Hammer of Wrath ability by 10%.
  • The Retribution-centric Tier 6 Paladin Armor Set Lightbringer Battlegear (level 70) includes a 4-piece set ability that increases the damage dealt by your Hammer of Wrath ability by 10%.

Trivia[]

  • Hammer of Wrath is a basic Paladin spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "A good paladin has many tools. Hammer of Wrath, Pliers of Vengeance, Hacksaw of Justice, etc."

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
    • Now costs 1% of base mana for Holy.
    • Cooldown increased by 150% and damage increased by 80% for Holy.
    • Now generates Holy Power when cast on Immune targets.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 16% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Damage increased by 16%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-27): Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 30%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-06): Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 15%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 class talent (was a level 45 ability). Rank 2 now baseline.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5a (2022-08-02): Damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.2.0 (2022-02-22): Damage reduced by 12%.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Damage reduced by an additional 10%.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 2 added at level 58: Hammer of Wrath may be used on any target during Avenging Wrath.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now a level 46 ability for all paladins.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Re-added as a level 30 Retribution talent (was a level 38 ability for all paladins). Now deals damage based on attack power instead of spell power, and no longer generates a charge of Holy Power.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 8%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now learned at level 38 (was 44). New icon.
    Previous icon: Inv hammer 04
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Tooltip corrected to show it can be used at 20% (instead of 35%).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Now can't be used until the target is below 20% health.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14):
  • Bc icon Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Hammer of Wrath mana cost reduced.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Hammer of Wrath cast time reduced to .5 seconds (was 1 second), global cooldown reduced to .5 seconds.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Hammer of Wrath: Rank 4 damage increased.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Missile speed of the flying hammer increased.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Added.
Wrath of the Lich King Classic
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Hotfix (2022-11-18): Fixed an issue where Hammer of Wrath was incorrectly scaling its damage from ranged Attack Power instead of melee Attack Power.

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