Hand of Sacrifice

Hand of Sacrifice is a paladin ability learned at level 80.

• Absolve
• Clemency
• Enhanced Hand of Sacrifice

• Hand of Sacrifice can be used to avoid being the victim of Crowd Control in PvP. Bless a person who is quite likely to draw enemy fire. This way, if you're afflicted by Polymorph, Sap, Repentance or any other of incapacitating effect, the damage transferred to you would break Crowd Control.
• Note that using Hand of Sacrifice may make it difficult for the healer to heal. Normally, the healer would only need to heal one target. Under Hand of Sacrifice, both you and the player you blessed would take damage. Be sure to communicate this to the main healer, and do try to heal yourself from your own mana pool if it is feasible.
• When the tank is about to take an exceptionally high amount of damage (for instance, Impale during the Madness of Deathwing encounter) the damage transferred via Hand of Sacrifice can be enough to kill the healer. To counteract this, healers can use Divine Shield along with the Sacrifice, often called a "bubble-sac"