Spirit of Redemption


 * "Sometimes, once in a great while, the Light gives us a second chance."

Spirit of Redemption is a Tier 4 Holy priest talent. In addition, upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies. Upon death you take on the appearance of a Spirit Healer hovering above your crumpled body.

Tips & tactics
While the priest is in Spirit of Redemption form, any healing spell is free of cost, which makes highly effective and expensive spells (such as AoE spells) especially useful. It is advisable to use spare time by casting preemptive spells like Renew and Prayer of Mending.

In some cases, an oom priest can sacrifice themself to activate the Spirit of Redemption and prevent a full wipe. For example, in long, chaotic, or mana-intensive fights such as against Blackheart the Inciter, when coupled with a soulstone it allows the priest to save the group from a wipe as he uses all his mana while alive, gets free heals as the spirit, uses the soulstone to resurrect and heal some more, and again gets free heals as the spirit.

In PvP, it is almost always worthwhile (if possible) for surviving players to remain within healing range of the Spirit of Redemption while it is in effect, as the priest is capable of providing an endless amount of healing during this time. Unfortunately many ailing players seem to be unaware of the Spirit and/or its function, and stand, flee or fight just out of range, leaving the priest unable to provide healing.

Improvements

 * The Glyph of Spirit of Redemption improves this talent by increasing the duration of the spirit form on death by 6 seconds.

Trivia

 * The related buff's description is possibly a reference to Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Darth Vader that "if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine," moments before Vader's lightsaber cleaves right through him.


 * Sometimes Spirit of Redemption is jokingly referred to as "Improved Death".


 * Spirit of Redemption is sometimes referred to as "Fail Angel," implying that the priest either "failed to keep him/herself alive" or that a tank "failed to hold threat" on a mob that killed the priest.