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In this article, we list the buffs, debuffs and useful abilities that a Protection Paladin brings to a raid in WoW 4.3. We also list equivalent buffs and debuffs that other classes provide.

The other articles of our Protection Paladin guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the left.

Buffs
Blessing of Kings	+5% to Strength, Agility, Stamina and Intellect, and +65 magic resistance — does not stack with Mark of the Wild and Embrace of the Shale Spider
Blessing of Might	+326 mana per 5 seconds — does not stack with Mana Spring Totem and Fel Intelligence +10% Attack Power — does not stack with Abomination's Might, Trueshot Aura, and Unleashed Rage
Concentration Aura	Reduces the casting pushback suffered by raid members by 35% — overwrites Totem of Tranquil Mind
Crusader Aura	Increases mounted speed by 20% for all raid members
Devotion Aura	Increases armor of all raid members within 40 yard range of the Paladin by 4075 — does not stack with Stoneskin Totem
Resistance Aura	Increases Fire, Frost, and Shadow Resistance by 195. The resistance against Fire and Frost damage does not stack with that provided by Elemental Resistance Totem and that provided by Healing Stream Totem when modified by Glyph of Healing Stream Totem. The resistance against Shadow damage does not stack with that provided by Shadow Protection.
Retribution Aura	Returns 121 holy damage to anyone attacking a raid or party member affected by this aura.
Debuffs
Vindication	10% Physical Damage done reduction — does not stack with Scarlet Fever, Demoralizing Roar, Demoralizing Roar, Demoralizing Screech, Demoralizing Shout, and Curse of Weakness
Judgements of the Just	20% Attack Speed reduction — does not stack with Frost Fever, Infected Wounds, Dust Cloud, Tailspin, Waylay, Earth Shock, and Thunder Clap
Hand Spells
Hand of Freedom	Grants immunity to any movement impairing effects for its 6 second duration on the target. This spell has the lowest PvE utility, but can still be very useful on certain fights that involve raid members being slowed or rooted
Hand of Protection	Lesser version of Divine Shield. It can be cast on any raid member, granting complete immunity from any physical damage for 10 seconds. During this time, the targeted player cannot attack or use any physical abilities, but can continue to move, heal and cast damaging spells. This is a useful ability to save raid members who are being or about to be attacked by the boss or any adds, and is especially useful on casters and healers because it allows them to continue what they were doing totally unhindered. It has the benefit of clearing any physical debuffs on the target, which makes it viable to be used on tanks in order to clear their debuffs and circumvent certain fight mechanics. Beware, however, that for its duration, this ability removes the threat of the current target, meaning that if used on a tank, the boss will simply start to attack the second threat target.
Hand of Sacrifice	This ability is a very useful damage mitigation tool, especially with the current homogenisation of health pools. It transfers 30% of the damage taken by the target to yourself, up to a maximum of 100% of your health. It serves to lessen large blows to either tanks or raid members targeted by various boss abilities.
Hand of Salvation	Reduces the total threat of the targeted raid member by 20% over 10 seconds. This is extremely useful on classes which have no ways to reduce or drop their threat, such as warriors or balance druids. Since it is percentage based, it is advised to use it later rather than sooner, for greater effect.
Utility
Divine Guardian	Raid-wide cooldown that reduces all damage taken by 20% for 6 seconds, with a 3 minute cooldown
Rebuke	A melee range interrupt on a 10 second cooldown, off the global cooldown
Holy Wrath	AoE stun on 15 second cooldown against Undead and Demons (also stuns Dragonkin and Elementals if you use Glyph of Holy Wrath)
Hammer of Justice	Single target 6 second stun on a one minute cooldown
Hand of Reckoning Righteous Defense	Two taunts on separate cooldowns
Cleanse	Removes one poison and one disease effect
Crowd Control
Avenger's Shield	Multiple target daze effect, if Glyph of Dazing Shield is taken. The daze effect will only affect a single target, if Glyph of Focused Shield is also taken (this causes Avenger's Shield to hit a single target).
Survival
Ardent Defender	Allows you to survive a killing blow
Divine Shield	Complete invulnerability for 8 seconds
Divine Protection	Reduces all damage taken by 20% for 10 seconds (with Glyph of Divine Protection, it does not reduce physical damage, but instead reduces magic damage by 40%).