Paladins
Posted: July 22nd, 2006, 5:43 am
To start, in my eyes, paladins arn't very useful soloing or fighting in BGs, unless they have a good spec and MC/BWL/AQ40 warrior gear (in which case, they can do massive burst damage). I see paladins being much more useful when they stick to their roll as a support class. This means healing, buffing and cleansing, even in PvP. I never wanted to take gear from warriors, so I spec'd my paladin for full raiding and support:
Holy Talents - 33 point(s)
Divine Strength - rank 5/5
Divine Intellect - rank 5/5
Spiritual Focus - rank 5/5
Healing Light - rank 3/3
Consecration - rank 1/1
Illumination - rank 5/5
Improved Blessing of Wisdom - rank 2/2
Divine Favor - rank 1/1
Holy Power - rank 5/5
Holy Shock - rank 1/1
Protection Talents - 13 point(s)
Improved Devotion Aura - rank 5/5
Guardian's Favor - rank 2/2
Toughness - rank 5/5
Blessing of Kings - rank 1/1
Retribution Talents - 5 point(s)
Improved Blessing of Might - rank 5/5
This spec gives you kings, imp might, imp wis and many other things that are incredibly useful, like a 16 second BoF and a 3 minute cooldown on BoP. I've got book rank of both might and wisdom, so I genreally buff that, but if no one else has kings, I can buff that, too.
My old spec was better for pallys who want to be able to actually fight in PvP, but still heal in raids. It has the same in holy, but no prot and more retribution.
Holy Talents - 33 point(s)
Divine Strength - rank 5/5
Divine Intellect - rank 5/5
Spiritual Focus - rank 5/5
Healing Light - rank 3/3
Consecration - rank 1/1
Illumination - rank 5/5
Improved Blessing of Wisdom - rank 2/2
Divine Favor - rank 1/1
Holy Power - rank 5/5
Holy Shock - rank 1/1
Retribution Talents - 18 point(s)
Improved Blessing of Might - rank 5/5
Deflection - rank 5/5
Conviction - rank 5/5
Seal of Command - rank 1/1
Eye for an Eye - rank 2/2
All in all, paladins are an interesting class to play. I found that if you have the right spec, good gear and the right knowledge, you can be just as good, if not better at healing than priests/druids, mana efficiency/regen ftw. If you have a different spec and VERY good gear, you can lay down some huge DPS, too. If anyone else ahs anything to add or refute, feel free.
Holy Talents - 33 point(s)
Divine Strength - rank 5/5
Divine Intellect - rank 5/5
Spiritual Focus - rank 5/5
Healing Light - rank 3/3
Consecration - rank 1/1
Illumination - rank 5/5
Improved Blessing of Wisdom - rank 2/2
Divine Favor - rank 1/1
Holy Power - rank 5/5
Holy Shock - rank 1/1
Protection Talents - 13 point(s)
Improved Devotion Aura - rank 5/5
Guardian's Favor - rank 2/2
Toughness - rank 5/5
Blessing of Kings - rank 1/1
Retribution Talents - 5 point(s)
Improved Blessing of Might - rank 5/5
This spec gives you kings, imp might, imp wis and many other things that are incredibly useful, like a 16 second BoF and a 3 minute cooldown on BoP. I've got book rank of both might and wisdom, so I genreally buff that, but if no one else has kings, I can buff that, too.
My old spec was better for pallys who want to be able to actually fight in PvP, but still heal in raids. It has the same in holy, but no prot and more retribution.
Holy Talents - 33 point(s)
Divine Strength - rank 5/5
Divine Intellect - rank 5/5
Spiritual Focus - rank 5/5
Healing Light - rank 3/3
Consecration - rank 1/1
Illumination - rank 5/5
Improved Blessing of Wisdom - rank 2/2
Divine Favor - rank 1/1
Holy Power - rank 5/5
Holy Shock - rank 1/1
Retribution Talents - 18 point(s)
Improved Blessing of Might - rank 5/5
Deflection - rank 5/5
Conviction - rank 5/5
Seal of Command - rank 1/1
Eye for an Eye - rank 2/2
All in all, paladins are an interesting class to play. I found that if you have the right spec, good gear and the right knowledge, you can be just as good, if not better at healing than priests/druids, mana efficiency/regen ftw. If you have a different spec and VERY good gear, you can lay down some huge DPS, too. If anyone else ahs anything to add or refute, feel free.