Undead Paladins give the Horde its first Paladin option in Classic-era WoW. Blizzard’s Deep Dive panel presented the Undead racials with this pairing in mind: Cannibalize now restores Mana, which it called particularly good for Paladins, and the new Touch of the Grave drains Health as you fight.
Racial effects are Blizzard’s, from its September 23 race article; talents come from the same beta talent data as our calculator (where it comes from); hands-on reports are named where we use them. Last reviewed: .
Image: Blizzard Entertainment
Undead racials for a Paladin
Every Undead racial, what it does in Forever and how much it does for a Paladin, with the Paladin talents it works with. Hover or tap an icon for the full text.
Will of the Forsaken
Will of the Forsaken
Instantly removes Charm, Fear and Sleep effects; 2 min cooldown
Core for a Paladin
Instantly removes Charm, Fear and Sleep effects; 2 min cooldown
Breaks Charm, Fear and Sleep. Unyielding Faith shortens Fear and Disorient effects; Divine Precision in Holy shortens Silence effects. Voice of Truth’s former Silence and interrupt immunity was removed in the October 31 hotfixes.
Works with Unyielding Faith
Unyielding Faith
Retribution · tier 3 · max rank 2
Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 15%.
Rank 2: Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 30%.
Touch of the Grave
Touch of the Grave
Spells and attacks have a 20% chance (Priests, Mages and Warlocks: 30%) to drain Health with Touch of the Dead, up to 5% of your maximum; 15 sec internal cooldown
Core for a Paladin
Spells and attacks have a 20% chance (Priests, Mages and Warlocks: 30%) to drain Health with Touch of the Dead, up to 5% of your maximum; 15 sec internal cooldown
A 20% chance on every attack and spell to drain Health, up to 5% of your maximum, at most once every 25 seconds (the October 15 build raised it from 5%; the drain is called Touch of the Dead in Blizzard’s notes). Blizzard’s panel describes it as extra damage and a heal in one; a Paladin procs it from melee swings and spells alike.
Cannibalize
Cannibalize
Eat a nearby Humanoid or Undead corpse: 7% of your Health and Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec, 35% in all; 2 min cooldown
Situational
Eat a nearby Humanoid or Undead corpse: 7% of your Health and Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec, 35% in all; 2 min cooldown
Eat a Humanoid or Undead corpse to restore 35% of your Health and Mana over 10 seconds; in Classic it only restored Health. Between pulls while leveling, that is Mana without drinking, every 2 minutes.
Underwater Breathing
Underwater Breathing
Hold your breath 300% longer
Minor
Hold your breath 300% longer
Hold your breath 300% longer. Unchanged, and nothing Paladin-specific.
Paladin talents that pair with Undead racials
The talents named above, each once, with the racial it works with. Hover or tap for every rank; ★ marks a talent new in Forever.
Unyielding Faith
Unyielding Faith
Retribution · tier 3 · max rank 2
Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 15%.
Rank 2: Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 30%.
Undead Paladins pick up where Warcraft III’s new Forsaken Kingdom campaign leaves off. These former Paladins are deeply mistrusted by other Forsaken and still learning what it means to channel the Light in undeath.
Their journey centers on Bandarion Keep in the Whispering Wood of Tirisfal Glades, a local struggle for acceptance and purpose. At level 60 they get an epic mount quest of their own: Alliance Paladins claim their charger in the name of Redemption, Forsaken Paladins ride in the name of Retribution.
From the Forsaken Paladins section of Blizzard's Found Photos panel recap. Image: Blizzard Entertainment.
Instantly removes Charm, Fear and Sleep effects; 2 min cooldown
Touch of the Grave
Spells and attacks have a 20% chance (Priests, Mages and Warlocks: 30%) to drain Health with Touch of the Dead, up to 5% of your maximum; 15 sec internal cooldown
Will of the Forsaken; Touch of the Grave.
Still unknown
How much Touch of the Dead drains at each level (since the September 24 build, damage over time ticks don’t trigger it)
The level range of the Forsaken Paladin quests (one report says most start from level 10)
Will of the Forsaken
Unyielding Faith
Touch of the Grave
Cannibalize
Underwater Breathing
