Divine Sacrifice

Divine Sacrifice
Divine Sacrifice 2 minutes cooldown Instant cast 30% of all damage taken by party members within 30 yards is redirected to the Paladin (up to a maximum of 40% of the Paladin's health times the number of party members). Damage which reduces the Paladin below 20% health will break the effect. Lasts 10 sec.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant cast
Cooldown	2 minutes
Talents
Talented	Yes
Talent tree	Protection
Improvement talents	Divine Guardian
Other information
Ranks	1
Related buff
Magic Divine Sacrifice 30% of all damage taken by party members redirected to the Paladin. Duration: 10 seconds

• Divine Sacrifice
• Instant cast
• 30% of all damage taken by party members within 30 yards is redirected to the Paladin (up to a maximum of 40% of the Paladin's health times the number of party members). Damage which reduces the Paladin below 20% health will break the effect. Lasts 10 sec.

Divine Sacrifice is a Paladin ability, you will need to spend 11 points in Protection to get it. This spell is party-only. The damage transferred is subject to the Paladin's damage mitigation, such as armor, shield, absorb etc., therefore the Paladin may take significantly smaller damage than the sum of what the party members may take without this spell.

This ability is most useful when cast immediately following Divine Shield. Since it makes the Paladin invulnerable, this cast sequence is a net %30 reduction in party damage, and can be useful in certain boss encounters where the boss causes massive party-wide damage in a short time.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): Redesigned. The effect of Divine Sacrifice is now party-only and the maximum damage which can be transferred is now limited to 40% of the paladin's health multiplied by the number of party members. Finally, the bug which allowed Divine Sacrifice to sometimes persist despite reaching its maximum damage has been fixed. Divine Sacrifice will now cancel as soon as its maximum damage value is exceeded in all cases.
  
• Patch 3.1.2 (2009-05-19): Damage done to the Paladin while this is active will no longer cause the effect to break early, and if it is dispelled or canceled early, the damage counter will reset correctly the next time the spell is cast.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Added.
  

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