Lay on Hands

Lay on Hands
Lay on Hands Paladin ability 40 yards yd range 10 min cooldown Instant Heals a friendly target for an amount equal to the Paladin's maximum health. If used on self, the Paladin cannot be targeted by Divine Shield or Hand of Protection for 2 min.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	10 minutes
Improvements	See below
Related debuff
Forbearance Cannot be protected by Divine Shield or Hand of Protection. Duration: 2 minutes

[[Category:paladin abilities]][[Category:paladin abilities]]

Take all my strength into you and be whole once more!

Paladins, I've heard you have many lives. Show me. - Nefarian

Lay on Hands is a Holy-based spell that instantly fills your target with life. Considered an "emergency" ability, in that due to its long cooldown it should only be used when it's really needed. Lay on Hands causes [Forbearance], but only if the paladin uses it on him/herself. As it allows a paladin to "live twice" by using it, the spell is somewhat famous.

Improvements

Talents

Holy

•  [Divine Favor] increases your spell casting haste by 20% and spell critical chance by 20% for 20 sec.
• [Conviction] increases your healing by 1% per rank. Stacks up to 3 times.

Protection

•  [Divinity] increases your healing by 2% by rank, and healing on yourself by an additional 2% per rank.

Glyphs

• [Glyph of Divinity] (Major Glyph) causes your Lay on Hands to grant you 10% of your max mana.
• [Glyph of Lay on Hands] (Major Glyph) reduces the cooldown of your Lay on Hands spell by 3 min.

Notes

• Tankadins can consider this as a long cooldown "oh s**t button". Turn on the auto-self cast option or create a macro. When your health is dangerously low, use it immediately to heal yourself back to full health.
• This ability is completely independent of the amount of Healing the caster has. It always heals the target for the amount of health the caster has.
• This ability can crit.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.3 (2010-11-16): Lay on Hands no longer grants mana to the target.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Cooldown reduced down from 20 minutes. No longer uses spell ranks, nor affected by any Lay on Hands-specific talents.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This ability will place Forbearance on the paladin if used on his or herself. It will not place Forbearance on others.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Does not drain all of the player's mana anymore. Cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB