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Forever Build Planning: Baseline Buffs, Paladin Tools and the Legacy Cap
Published · Updated 2026-09-18
Blizzard confirms a new 16-point talent milestone alongside the familiar 11-, 21- and 31-point choices. Divine Spirit, Blessing of Kings and Improved Mark of the Wild become baseline. Paladins gain baseline Consecration at level 20; Seal of Fury makes Judgment taunt while active. Legacy is a separate budget: each character can spend 16 points at launch, while up to 65 can be earned. Points are shared across alts, but each character allocates them independently.
What this means for your plans
Do not copy a Classic buff build unchanged or add Legacy points to your class talent total. Compare what your former utility investment now buys. For Protection Paladin, test the Seal–Judgment setup and mana use rather than treating a taunt as proof of raid superiority. Blizzard still describes gaps such as the lack of an interrupt. Our calculator remains a planning tool, not evidence of final tuning.
Editorial interpretation based on the linked source. This update does not automatically change the calculator dataset.
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