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Comment by 6840

A must have for a Holy Paladin. Combined with Illumination, this talent provides a Zero Mana (Free), critical heal every 2 minutes which is amazing for both PvE and PvP.

Comment by 9443

I agree, This is a must have for a Holy Spec Paladin. This is also very good for endgame raids (PVE). Before or During a boss fight cast Divine Favor, to have your critical Flash of Light or Holy Light ready to cast on your Main Tank (MT) To heal that Player for a good ammount of health.

Comment by robinhood36

A very nice talent, although my paladin is only 34, and has only +50 to healing she can already break 1k with Rank 5. Very nice talent when in PvE and PvP where your target is going down just a bit too fast for your taste, most of the time though, in PvP 2.5 seconds is way too long, Flash of light covers him well enough for 500~, in PvE with Holy Light I can get huge crits and save the tank in a pinch.

Must have for PvE and most paladins who want to be more liked by their party,

Comment by 1909

An absolutely phenominal talent, and I believe it's even worth giving up certain talents in other trees just for this one. Combined with Illumination, this ability helps push your mana efficiency as a healer through the roof compared to other classes. However, I disagree on the use of this ability during normal Flash of Light spams. This ability is too good to use up for that purpose; instead, I always save it for when a big heal is needed.

Another really nice feature of Divine Favor is that it's instant cast and doesn't trigger the global cooldown. This allows a lot of room for macro programming. A useful macro for any Paladin is as follows, letting you cast a critical Holy Light with just one button press:

/cast Divine Favor
/stopcasting
/cast Holy Light

Note that this will cast your highest rank Holy Light. Nothing saves a tank in a pinch like this combo. Your Priest will envy you; your tank will love you.

Comment by samarium

Note that Illumination, the prerequisite talent, has been changed in patch 2.1.0. Previously it would return (with 5/5 points) 100% of the mana cost of the critical heal -- currently, it will return 60% of the mana cost of the critical heal.

Yes, it is a nerf, pure and simple, but even with this change Paladins remain the most mana-efficient healers in the game. This talent is still just as viable as it ever was - the real big deal is the 100% critical chance; getting the mana back on the spell was just a nice bonus.

Comment by 50132

As a Prot spec paly with holy as off talent tree. this is a must. gave up avenger's shield for this. nothing like hammer of justice+ divine favor+ holy light+ continue the beat down.

Comment by 30722

Just a weird fact, if your counterspelled in any way, as long as it doesn't include a silence, you can still use this ability, just nothing else.

Comment by Gannick

I'm not sure whether of not this is intended, but when Divine Favor is paired with Holy Shock and is negated by Cheat Death, it does not consume the Divine Favor buff.

Comment by 120137

As of patch 2.4.2 (and for at least the last 6 months) there is a slight bug in Divine Favor that makes it even better.

If you use Divine Favor, cast Holy Light or Flash of Light, then immediately use Holy Shock, both spells will crit. You have to spam the Holy Shock button, but a second free crit is well worth it.

If you read the combat log in the screenshot below, the Divine favor buff actually fades after both heals have already happened. I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing latency is to blame for this one. :)

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9735/critnt7.jpg

Comment by 167264

Holy shock Is a useful spell In PvE and PvP. When Im In a Battle ground or Arena I can pop Divine Favor and then use Holy Shock to do double Damge on target. And in PvE Its a life safer when tanks down on health.

Comment by Thottbot

Great spell..can regenerate your mana of you combine it whit other talents in Holy...

Comment by Thottbot

Max out Illumination, get yourself a free crit heal...dont sound too bad to me

Comment by Thottbot

Your all forgetting that it also works on holy shock, and any insta-cast damage spell with a 100% crit chance is worthy of praise in my view.
As for using it for healing, it can be nice, depending on your health, level, and holy light rank, it can be like a second lay on hands, except its useable every 2 mins and dosnt take away mana.

Comment by Thottbot

Actually when properly grinding, I only need to heal once every two minutes...so I practically never have less than full mana when I use this...

VERY Handy when grinding, :) free heal every 2 min, wonderful!

Comment by Thottbot

This seems very good with Divine Illumination. You use Divine Favor and Divine Illumination, cast Holy Light on your self and you get the crit heal and you get the base cost of your Holy Light spell back in mana. I have a rank 10 holy light and the mana cost for it is 710. Use those two abilities at once and you still get 710 mana back, so you're receiving mana and a free crit heal. It's a great combo to use.

This is good to use with Holy Shock after poping a trinket like Zandalarian Hero Charm or anything else similar when attacking enemies. It's pretty good as to use as an instant heal for yourself or others as well with Divine Favor. Just be sure to know that using Holy Shock + Divine Favor = Free instant heal for yourself and friendlies (mana refund) and Holy Shock + Divine Favor = Instant crit (no mana refund).

It's one of the best spells we get

Comment by Thottbot

thanks blizz-u nerfed a completely innocent ability: illumination :((

Comment by Thottbot

Yes, Illumination will now only return 60% of the mana used on the heal on a crit, with all 5 points.

Holy Light (Rank 11) costs 840 mana.
Illumination with 5 points will return 60% of the mana, so:

840 / .6 = 504

Healing Light (Rank 11) costs 840 mana. With 5 points in Illumination, if your HL (Rank 11) crit heals, you will only have 504 mana refunded.

Please unf*ck this spell Blizz.

Comment by Thottbot

could any 1 make a link to a good holy kara build?
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;P
you can check my gear on armoury under the name ganrone

Comment by Thottbot

Out of interest, does anyone know if the crit chance stacks with your own crit chance?

For instance, if my gear gave me 20% spell crit could I take Divine Favor rank 4 (which gives 80% chance) and save a talent point for somewhere else?

Comment by Thottbot

Just wondering - if I have a 20% crit on my gear, does anyone know if that stacks with illumination?

i.e. could I save a talent point for elsewhere?

Comment by Allakhazam

Is there a cooldown period for this spell?

Comment by Allakhazam

Like he said, 2 minutes. Combined with 5 points in Illumination it gives you a free crit heal every 2 minutes. Very helpful in those long pally duels.

Comment by Allakhazam

Two minutes, same as a potion.

With this + Illumination + spiritual focus and concentration aura you get an extra potion with a 2.5 second activation that does over 800 at level 33.

Now you know why pally's can't be killed quickly!

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Divine Favor

Divine Favor

Talent

3% of base mana

Instant	2 min cooldown

When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.

Buff

Divine Favor	Magic

Critical effect chance of next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell increased by 100%.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Holy

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

n/a

Cost

3% of base mana

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

2 minutes

GCD

0 seconds

Aura proc chance

100%

Effect

Apply Aura: Modifies Critical Strike Chance (7)
Value: 100
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Holy Light	Holy Light	Holy Light
	Holy Light	Holy Light	Holy Light
	Holy Light	Holy Light	Flash of Light
	Flash of Light	Flash of Light	Flash of Light
	Flash of Light	Flash of Light	Holy Light
	Holy Light	Holy Light	Flash of Light
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	Holy Shock	Holy Shock	Holy Shock
	Holy Shock	Holy Shock

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