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Talents / Paladin / Conviction
Talent · Paladin · Retribution changed

Conviction

Conviction was changed in WoW Forever: moved from row 3 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%." Paladin Retribution talent, 5 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 5 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Conviction rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Conviction
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 1%.

WoW Forever
Conviction
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.

of 5
2 points spent changed

Conviction rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Conviction
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 2%.

WoW Forever
Conviction
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 2%.

of 5
3 points spent changed

Conviction rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Conviction
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 3%.

WoW Forever
Conviction
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3%.

of 5
4 points spent changed

Conviction rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Conviction
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 4%.

WoW Forever
Conviction
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 4%.

of 5
5 points spent changed

Conviction rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Conviction
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 5%.

WoW Forever
Conviction
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.

of 5

Conviction changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
column 1 2
rankTexts [ "Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 1%.", "Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 2%.", "Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 3%.", "Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 4%.", "Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 5%." ] [ "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 2%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 4%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%." ]
tier 2 1

Questions about Conviction

Was Conviction nerfed in WoW Forever?

Conviction is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: moved from row 3 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%."

What changed for Conviction in WoW Forever?

Moved from row 3 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value