Venthyr Paladin: Analysis of the Recent Ashen Hallow Changes - Protection & Holy Discussion

In the recent 9.2 PTR build 41827, Venthyr Paladins had some functionality added for their covenant ability, Ashen Hallow! Our Protection and Holy Paladin Guide Writers, Lincoln and Pelinal, weigh in on why these changes could be considered a buff and may continue to suppress any potential covenant diversity in 9.2.

Venthyr Paladin Ashen Hallow Changes Ashen Hallow (Venthyr Ability) can now be canceled early by pressing its button again.   Ashen Hallow's duration is increased by 50%. Leaving the hallowed area will end the effect and its cooldown will be reducedCancelling your Ashen Hallow early will reduce its cooldown by up to 50%, proportional to its remaining duration.

Lincoln, our Protection Paladin guide writer, has given more extensive thoughts on the Ashen Hallow change!

This past week Blizzard made two changes for Venthyr Paladins as seen above.Ashen Hallow Changes The first change is relatively easy to understand — they added a new mechanic to Ashen Hallow that allows the Paladins to cancel it early. It works exactly as the patch note says, you just press the button again and it cancels Ashen Hallow. The second change is to clarify that they removed the auto-cancel element of the 9.1.5 version of the Radiant Embers so Paladins can choose when to cancel it early. These should be really simple changes that anyone can understand. If they are simple, why am I here and why am I writing this post? I'm here to say that both of these changes are a buff to Ashen Hallow and Venthyr Protection Paladins. They removed one of the expected weaknesses of Venthyr Paladin going into 9.2. While on the surface this might seem like a good change, I think it will do more harm than good and it should be reverted before 9.2 is Read more on wowhead.com