Comments on: On Bloating and the Core Tankadin

By: Kaziel

Kaziel — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:53:00 +0000

Plus with the removal of Crushing Blows from raiding, Paladins no longer _need_ to put points in Avoidance and Deflection. This gives us new levels of flexibility both in and out of the Prot tree. I can’t put into words how excited I am about these changes and what’s in store for us.

By: sheepbreaker

sheepbreaker — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:26:00 +0000

I like this base build, and the reasoning behind it. I have a feeling, though, that with “warrior” gear looking more and more attractive to us, prot paladins are going to have some serious mana problems, making Guarded by the Light and Shield of the Templar more necessary than they first appear to be. Only time will tell for sure, though.

I’m also toying with the idea of putting 12 points into Holy for Improved Lay on Hands. A 50% armor bonus on a 16 minute cooldown makes a great “insurance” button to pop during boss fights. I’m having a hard time justifying spending the required 10 points in Holy to pick it up…but if mana really does become an issue in Wrath, then Divine Intellect might actually be worthwhile for a tank.

By: conorandsam

conorandsam — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:53:00 +0000

An interesting and helpful take on the talents. I'd like to see some level 80 gear before I make a call on the usefulness of Touched by the Light, though... I have a feeling that we might all be mistaken when we look at this as an awesome threat talent. Maybe we'll get all the threat we need from AP? Maybe Touched by the Light is just meant to be a healing talent?

I have a funny feeling that Blizzard will remove the 'stacking' of spell power and AP coefficients to our spells before the new talents go live - that we'll only get the damage bonus from whichever is greater.

Just a feeling I have...

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