WoW: The War Within Herald of the Sun Paladin Hero Talents guide

Hero Talents are set to play a huge role in the upcoming expansion, World of Warcraft: The War Within. Ahead of its release, Blizzard has been revealing some of those trees, including the Herald of the Sun Paladin.

Hero Talents are a new system that is designed to add further depth to the existing talents system in the game. They are specifically designed to complement the player’s chosen spec and allow for more customization and viability between builds.

Each class has three new Hero Talent trees in total, with players able to pick between two of those depending on spec. The only exceptions to this rule are Druids, who have four, and Demon Hunters, who only have two.

One of the recently revealed Hero Talent trees is the Herald of the Sun Paladin, available to Holy and Retribution specs. Here’s everything you need to know.

Herald of the Sun Paladin full Hero Talent tree explained

Each class’ Hero Talent tree follows the same format. Each tree has a Keystone and Capstone talent, which mark the beginning and the end of each. The full breakdown of the Hero Talents on offer to the Herald of the Sun Paladin is as follows:

Herald of the Sun Paladin Keystone Hero Talent

Sunspot: Wake of Ashes (Retribution) and Holy Prism (Holy) cause your next 2 Holy Power spending abilities to create a Sunspot on your target, dealing Radiant damage or healing over 8 seconds. 10% of Sunspot’s damage and healing radiates to nearby allies or enemies, reduced beyond 5 targets.

Herald of the Sun Paladin first-row Hero Talents

Choice Node: Morning Star and Gleaming Rays

• Morning Star: Every 5 sec, your next Sunspot’s damage or healing is increased by 5%, stacking up to 10 times. Morning Star stacks twice as fast while out of combat.
• Gleaming Rays: While a Sunspot is active, your abilities that use Holy Power deal 10% increased additional damage or healing.

Eternal Flame: Heals an ally immediately and over an additional 20 seconds. Healing increased by 25% when cast on self. Replaces Word of Glory, costs 3 Holy Power.

Luminosity: Critical strike chance of Hammer of Wrath and Divine Storm (Retribution) and Holy Shock and Light of Dawn (Holy) increased by 10%.

Herald of the Sun Paladin second-row Hero Talents

Choice Node: Illumine and Will of the Dawn

• Illumine: Sunspots reduce the movement speed of enemies by 50% and increase the movement speed of allies by 20%.
• Will of the Dawn: Movement speed increased by 5% while above 80% health. When your health is brought below 35%, your movement speed is increased by 40% for 5 seconds. Cannot occur more than once every 60 seconds.

Choice Node: Eternal Sun and Lingering Radiance

• Eternal Sun: Sunspot’s duration is increased by 2 seconds, and Eternal Flame’s duration is increased by 3 seconds.
• Lingering Radiance: Sunspots leave an Eternal Flame for 12 seconds on allies or a Greater Judgment on enemies when they expire or are extended.

Sun Sear: Hammer of Wrath and Divine Storm (Retribution) and Holy Shock and Light of Dawn (Holy) critical strikes cause the target to burn for additional Radiant damage over 4 seconds or be healed for over 4 seconds.

Herald of the Sun Paladin third-row Hero Talents

Aurora: After you cast Wake of Ashes (Retribution) or Holy Prism(Holy) gain Divine Purpose.

Solar Grace: Your Haste is increased by 4% for 12 seconds each time you apply a Sunspot. Multiple stacks may overlap.

Second Sunrise: Hammer of Wrath and Divine Storm (Retribution]) and Holy Shock and Light of Dawn (Holy) have a 15% chance to cast again at 30% effectiveness.

Herald of the Sun Paladin Capstone Hero Talent

Sun’s Avatar: During Avenging Wrath, you become linked to your Sunspots, causing Radiant damage to enemies or healing to allies that pass through the beams, reduced beyond 5 targets.

Activating Avenging Wrath applies 4 Sunspots onto nearby allies or enemies and increases Sunspot’s damage and healing by 20%.

That’s the full breakdown of all the Hero Talents on offer for the Herald of the Sun Paladin. With The War Within not set to release until the final quarter of 2024, this information is subject to change and the guide will be updated accordingly.

Make sure to check out our other Hero Talent guides below:

Colossus Warrior | Keeper of the Grove Druid | Dark Ranger Hunter | Frostfire Mage | Oracle Priest | Elune’s Chosen Druid | Wildstalker Druid | Herald of the Sun Paladin | Scalecommander Evoker | Trickster Rogue | Templar Paladin | Diabolist Warlock | Rider of the Apocalypse Death Knight | Deathbringer Death Knight | Aldrachi Reaver Demon Hunter | Druid of the Claw Druid | Pack Leader Hunter | Flameshaper Evoker | Spellslinger Mage | Shado-Pan Monk