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"A Crusader's judgement means death to his foes and strength unto his allies."

Seal of the Crusader
Spell holy holysmite
  • Seal of the Crusader
  • Global cooldown
  • Mana
  • Instant cast
  • Fills the Paladin with the spirit of a crusader for 30 sec, granting X melee attack power. The Paladin also attacks 40% faster, but deals less damage with each attack. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time.

    Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy for 20 sec, increasing Holy damage taken by up to Y. Your melee strikes will refresh the spell's duration. Only one Judgement per Paladin can be active at any one time.
Usable by
ClassPaladin
Properties
TypeOffensive
SchoolHoly
Casting timeInstant cast
CooldownGlobal
Talents
Improvement
talents
Improved Seal of the Crusader
Other information
Ranks7
Related buff
Spell holy holysmite
  • Magic
  • Seal of the Crusader
  • Melee attack power increased by X. Melee attacks are 40% faster, but deal less damage.
  • Duration: 30 seconds.
Related debuff
Spell holy holysmite
  • Magic
  • Judgement of the Crusader
  • Increases Holy damage taken by up to X.
  • Duration: 20 seconds

Seal of the Crusader grants the Paladin a buff that increases his Attack Power and attack speed, but reduces damage done per swing.

Rank Level Mana Cost +AP Judge +dmg Cost
1 6 25 36 23 1s
2 12 40 59 35 10s
3 22 65 108 58 36s
4 32 90 167 92 1g 8s
5 42 125 254 127 1g 89s
6 52 160 352 161 3g 6s
7 61 210 474 219 4g 50s

Judgement[]

As with other Seals, Seal of the Crusader can be judged on a target, afflicting them with Judgement of the Crusader, a debuff that increases the holy damage done to that target.

Talent Improvements[]

Improved Seal of the Crusader (3 ranks) increases the critical strike chance of all attacks against a target afflicted by Judgment of the Crusader by 1% per rank. Sanctified Seals also increases the critical strike chance of all melee and spell attacks by 1% and decreases the chance for seals to be dispelled by 33% per point.

Tips and Tactics[]

  • Using Seal of Command or Seal of Righteousness after applying Judgement of the Crusader to your target will yield consistently higher damage. Judging these two Seals will not remove the Judgement of the Crusader.
  • Seal of the Crusader is NOT a good seal for DPS or tanking paladins. Although it increases your attack speed, it makes each hit deals less damage. So its real benefit in damage output is the additional attack power it provided. Obviously, this means this seal doesn't scale with your gear, unlike Seal of Command, Seal of Blood or Seal of Righteousness. Seal of the Crusader is only good if you have extremely low attack power. This is the reason why no experienced paladins with reasonable gear use Seal of the Crusader.
  • While Seal of the Crusader is mostly useful for its judgement, the seal itself can be helpful when levelling weapon skill, espescially on slow two-handed weapon types.

Improvements to Judgement of the Crusader[]

Certain pieces of gear can increase the power of this judgement, effectively allowing one paladin to use gear specialised in delivering the judgement and another to judge something else, but allowing both paladins (and even priests, with Smite, Holy Nova and Holy Fire) to receive the benefit from the improvements to Judgement of the Crusader. These bonuses also receive bonuses from the talent Improved Seal of the Crusader.

Gloves[]

Alliance Horde Holy damage bonus Specialisation Quality Level
[Knight-Lieutenant's Lamellar Gauntlets] [Blood Guard's Lamellar Gauntlets] +20 Unspecialised Superior 60
[Marshal's Lamellar Gloves] [General's Lamellar Gloves] +20 Unspecialised Epic 60
[Grand Marshal's Lamellar Gauntlets] [High Warlord's Lamellar Gauntlets] +20 Spellpower Superior 70
[Grand Marshal's Scaled Gauntlets] [High Warlord's Scaled Gauntlets] +20 Melee Superior 70
[Grand Marshal's Ornamented Gloves] [High Warlord's Ornamented Gloves] +20 Healing Superior 70
[Gladiator's Scaled Gauntlets] +20 Melee Epic 70
[Merciless Gladiator's Scaled Gauntlets] +20 Melee Epic 70

Librams[]

Libram Holy damage bonus Quality Level
Libram of Fervor +33 Superior 60
Libram of Zeal +47 Superior 62

Patch changes[]

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found./Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Removed.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 1.7.0 (13-Sep-2005): Fixed a bug that displayed the incorrect amount of attack power increased by ranks 2, 3 and 5 of the spell.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 1.2.2 (15-Feb-2005): Fixed a bug where damage per swing was increasing instead of decreasing when Seal of the Crusader was active.
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