Hand of Freedom

Hand of Freedom
Hand of Freedom 40 yd  range 25 sec cooldown 7.0% of base mana Instant cast Places a Hand on the friendly target, granting immunity to movement impairing effects for 6 sec. Players may only have one Hand on them per Paladin at any one time.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Holy
Casting time	Instant cast
Cooldown	25 sec (GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	52
Related buff
Magic Hand of Freedom Immune to movement impairing effects. Duration: 6 seconds

• Hand of Freedom
• 40 yd  range
• 7.0% of base mana
• Instant cast
• Places a Hand on the friendly target, granting immunity to movement impairing effects for 6 sec. Players may only have one Hand on them per Paladin at any one time.

Hand of Freedom was a core paladin ability learned at level 52. As of Patch 3.0.2 this ability replaced the former [Blessing of Freedom]^{[citation needed]} and works in the same way, but uses the Hand system to prevent conflicts with Blessings. It was removed when Blessing of Freedom returned in Legion.

Modified by

• Glyph of Hand of Freedom
• Glyph of Liberator

Talents

• Clemency (paladin talent)

Tips & tactics

• Hand of Freedom will remove the effects of Player Daze, but is useless against Creature Daze.
• In Warsong Gulch, when protecting the flag carrier, take note of the number of enemy priests or shaman around before casting Hand of Freedom. They can easily dispel it. Also, a mage can spellsteal it.

Patch changes

• Patch 7.0.1 (Alpha): Removed. Replaced by return of [Blessing of Freedom].
  
• Patch 6.2.0 (23-Jun-2015): Tooltip updated to match hotfix change.
  
•  Hotfix (2015-05-11): "No longer usable while stunned."
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (28-August-2012): Range increased from 30 to 40 yards.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): It is no longer possible to use this ability while under the effects of the druid spell Cyclone. In addition, disconnecting while rooted will no longer sometimes trigger casting this on oneself.
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): This ability now correctly removes the snaring component of Infected Wounds and Frostfire Bolt.
  
• Patch 3.1.2 (2009-05-19): The base duration of this buff has been reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Now works properly against the froststorm Breath Hunter pet ability.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Added with same id as [Blessing of Freedom].
  

External links

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