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Comment by Rothco

I don't know about my fellow Ret Paladins, but I'm losing my %^&* over this passive and I really hope it makes it into the game. There's been several times that I've had to pull the last 5% of the boss down almost by myself given the fact that we can ignore a lot of mechanics that may end up wiping the raid at the last second. This is just going to make it more fun and flavorfully exciting.

I, for one, welcome this passive and salute anyone who is willing to help us parse by nobley "sacrificing" themselves at the most opportune time.

Comment by heartlessnobody

so when a party member dies ret gets a mini enrage.
what happens when multiple people die do they stack or is it 20 and 30% at all times

Retribution Aura
Instant
Requires Paladin
Requires level 38
When any party or raid member within 40 yards dies, you gain Avenging Wrath for 8 sec.

well this fits better now.. do deaths extend the timer?

Comment by Dustemikkel

With the new legendary items being added in Legion, a lot of them having different types of Resurrection-type effects, and this proccing from fellow player deaths... Mwahaha :D

Comment by Sounalius

Despite constant idiots "Standing in the fire", I still find this to be a terrible talent, for PvE at least. It's worthless in single-player scenarios.

Comment by Sounalius

With the recent change to the damage output, this ability is even more worthless than originally.

Comment by fyrus93

Does anyone know if there's an ICD for this? Just tested it and when I had my friend kill himself the 2nd time it didn't proc

Comment by Aspros1st

And now in Shadowlands this cool Passive became a bad Aura that unlike the other auras doesn't benefit anyone except you...

And on top of that you have to select this Aura over another when it's a buff comes from something that every party member will try to avoid at all costs!

Oh, and Auras, as of the pre-patch, are on our beloved friend, the GCD!
Last time I felt so mistreated as a Retribution paladin Ghostcrawler was saying I was being "nerfed to the ground baby"

Comment by Iyadriel

Turning this passive into an active ability is ridiculous. What kind of paladin do you have to be to see someone about to die, and instead of thinking "oh I can save them", go "oh I should turn on Retribution aura so I get a damage buff when they die"?

Comment by Pallero200

I don't see why they wouldn't include the old retribution aura effect into this. The one with miniscule reflect damage. Then it'd at least do SOMETHING before someone dies. Which you could maybe have helped to prevent by not being in this entirely worthless aura.

Comment by Ocenica96

hahhaha, this is straight garbage mechanic.

Comment by Eisleyband

Dragonflight here. Just letting everyone know that yes this aura is still completely useless for a holy paladin. It's better to stack devotion aura even with a prot pala in the group because of aura mastery. Additionally, aura mastery for Retribution Aura ("increase the duration of Avenging Wrath by 50%") means you get a 12-sec AW when someone dies. So you would plan for someone to die, use aura mastery just before, and get a few extra seconds of AW for their life sacrifice. Great stuff.

Comment by Shirofune

After the 10.0.7 rework, Retribution Aura became an Aura that triggered a decaying 5% increase damage and healing on all party members, when a single member got hit for more than 30% of their total HP in a single hit. The decay lasts for 30 seconds and the ICD is 30 seconds from the moment it procs.

In theory, this means it could have 100% uptime. In reality, it has around 40%~ uptime depending if the tanks play around it or not.

Hopefully Ret aura gets changed to something that procs reliably without having to do obnoxious stuff (like tanks facing away from the boss) to proc it.

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Retribution Aura

Retribution Aura
Instant

When any party or raid member within 40 yds takes more than 30% of their health in damage in a single hit, each member gains 5% increased damage and healing, decaying over 30 sec. This cannot occur within 30 sec of the aura being applied.

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Retribution Aura

When any party or raid member within 40 yds takes more than 30% of their health in damage, each member gains 5% increased damage and healing for 30 sec. This cannot occur more than once every 30 sec, or within 30 sec of the aura being applied.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Holy

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Aura proc chance

100%

Effect #1

Apply Area Aura: Mod Melee Attack Power
Radius: 40 yards
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Mod Attack Power for every 'School' Resistance Point
Value: 8
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #3

Apply Aura: Dummy
Value: 30
PVP Multiplier: 1
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Cast time is hidden
Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Do Not Sheath
Can be used while mounted
Can be used while sitting
Ignore Line of Sight
Use Shapeshift Bar
Persists through death
Can Proc From Procs
Allow Entering Arena
Allow While Riding Vehicle
Vehicle Immunity Category
Can Proc From Suppressed Target Procs
Aura Points On Client
Can Proc from Suppressed Caster Procs
Do Not Cancel Area Aura on Spec Switch
Allow Aura On Level Scale

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