Guardian Spirit

Guardian Spirit
Guardian Spirit 40 yards  range 3 minutes cooldown 6% of base mana Instant cast Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target. The spirit increases the healing received by the target by 40%, and also prevents the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect but heals the target of 50% of their maximum health. Lasts 10 sec.
Usable by
Class	Priest
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Holy
Cooldown	3 minutes
Talents
Talented	Yes
Talent tree	Holy, tier 7
Improvement talents	Glyph of Guardian Spirit
Other information
Ranks	1
Related buff
Guardian Spirit Increased healing received by 40% and will prevent 1 killing blow. Duration: 10 seconds

• Guardian Spirit
• 40 yards  range
• 6% of base mana
• Instant cast
• Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target. The spirit increases the healing received by the target by 40%, and also prevents the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect but heals the target of 50% of their maximum health. Lasts 10 sec.

Guardian Spirit is a talented priest ability available at level 60, after spending 31 talent points in the Holy tree. A friendly target receives 40% more healing for 10 seconds. If the target dies while under the effect of the spell, the Guardian Spirit will prevent death by sacrificing itself and restore 50% of the target's maximum health.

Notes

• Any friendly target can only benefit from Guardian Spirit every 60 seconds (internal cooldown)
• Guardian Spirit prevents death, it will not reset a target's threat.
• The ability can be dispelled and is not affected by global cooldown.
• Guardian Spirit is able to heal critically.
• Guardian Spirit won't prevent death from fall damage.
• A paladin's Ardent Defender heal must be on cooldown before Guardian Spirit can be consumed.
• The maximum amount that can be healed by Guardian Spirit appears to be roughly 100,000 health. This includes players and NPCs.

Tips and tactics

• This is the Holy priest's panic button when a party member is about to die.
• Casting Guardian Spirit on the tank will allow the priest to heal other party members, while the tank is safe.
• Glyph of Guardian Spirit can be extremely valuable in raids when used just before a boss' heavy damage ability, especially when the target survives.
• Using a macro or addon to announce your target is recommended.

Patch changes

• Template:Patch 3.0.3
• Template:Patch 3.0.2

External links

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• DB MMO-Champion