Templar's Bulwark
Paladin · Protection · opens at 20 points spent · 1 rank
Templar's Bulwark does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.
110 Mana · Instant · 5 min cooldown
Templar's Bulwark ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
Text, cost and cooldown verified on the BlizzCon slide.
Where Templar's Bulwark sits in the Protection tree
Templar's Bulwark is a Protection talent for Paladin. You need 20 points in Protection before the row it sits on opens. Taking it opens Holy Shield.
- Unlocks: Holy Shield
- Same row: Reckoning
How often people take Templar's Bulwark
77 of the 212 public Paladin builds saved here — 36% — put at least one point in Templar's Bulwark. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
New in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Joardee VOD 2872476433 @2:17:28 (rank 1 tooltip)
- BlizzCon 2026 'Paladin Class Change' talent slides (Rank 1/1 tooltip)