"General: Possibly the most in depth aspect of a paladin.I had planned on switching back sometime, for raiding and such, but just never did. It is affected by virtually every aspect of the game.To my surprise I found myself still usually out-damaging everyone in dungeons. His gear, talents, play style, etc.Plus it's really valuable to be able to heal myself so well. are all affected by the people around him.So I kept the spec. He is among the best AOE tanks in the game, as well as being extremely difficult to kill in pvp. Threat: A paladin’s primary source of threat is holy damage.At the point I'm at now, my DoTs are overkill for even-con mobs so I still waste mana unless fighting elites, but DoTs are cheap, and I can get mana back easily. His white damage will generate some threat, but given buffs like Righteous Fury (holy threat increased by 60%) and Holy Shield (holy damage with increased threat), his holy damage will account for the vast majority of his threat.I may do slightly less damage than a Destlock, but it's not significant. Always remember that everything you do causes threat.What is significant is how flexible I am now. Damage, healing, buffing, and any other ability causes threat.Fear-kiting is powerful too, and much easier with good DoTs. Threat is calculated per point of damage or healing, or small static amounts from buffing. Many warlocks have leveled as affliction locks due to the excellent sustainability of the build. It is 1 point of threat per damage dealt before threat modifiers and .5 points of threat per point of healing done.We are used to making snap decisions about DoTs on the fly and we enjoy the versatility warlocks have with respect to killing stuff: fear-kiting, drain-tanking and so on. Threat will continue to be discussed throughout this section as applicable. Tanking: Any paladin can tank, but a protection paladin chooses to specialize in this area, to the extent that he can be extremely effective, and in some situations, more effective than either a warrior or druid.Hence it is understandable if some affliction players complain that the destro playstyle is "boring" or a "no-brainer" - since the active interaction with what's happening on screen is cut down significantly.
However, one must realize that a protection paladin must be given time to build threat, just like a warrior or druid must. Blizzard also seems to want most of us to become shadow bolt spammers in the end, as Warlock tier 6 gear favors shadow bolting locks. A paladin does take less time to create the necessary threat though, because he starts a fight with a full mana pool."Why is Blizzard not making gear tailored to our favorite build. He is able to “pre-load” a hefty amount of threat relatively quickly." is the question asked by many affliction warlocks. wow powerlevel One major difference is that a paladin does not have any visible signs that threat is being produced. My guild had a tough time in Magister's Terrace, but I joined and fear-cc'd plus fear-kite and we waltzed through the place (fear only gets adds with inexperienced players). A warrior has Sunder Armor, and many people use this as a “guide” to decide when they can begin DPS.The only complaint I have with the spec is that my DPS starts slowly, then builds to a frenzy. A paladin has nothing of this sort.It would be nice if I had a spell that applied all my DoTs at once, because even though most are instant, there's still the global cooldown between each cast. wow level The biggest key to allowing a paladin to tank is allowing time to build threat without any visual way to gauge his threat, assuming you are not using a mod like KTM threat meter. It is however interesting to note that on the WWS Scoreboard, a neat ranking chart based on raid data pulled from WoW Web Stats, just 10 of 15 top Warlock DPSers are 0/21/40. If the raid/group is using such a mod, simply determine that DPS should not begin until a certain number is reached.Out of the five who aren't destro locks, two are demonology, one is affliction and two have hybrid demo/destro builds - building for Soul Link probably.
Some paladins like to use Seal of Vengeance (SoV; sov) as a type of “pally sunder” seal, so that DPS knows not to attack until there are 5 stacks of Holy Vengeance on the target. . eve isk There is still much debate on whether SoV is better then SoR for tanking. I mentioned earlier that a paladin is among the best AOE (Area of Effect) tanks in the game. I will explain this now. Virtually every ability that a paladin uses to generate aggro is either an active or passive AOE ability. wow gold Consecrate does damage to every enemy in an area per second for 8 seconds. Each tick generates additional hate from those enemies. Retribution Aura causes holy damage to any enemy that strikes the paladin with a melee attack. wow powerleveling This damage also causes additional threat. Holy Shield increases block rating by a significant amount, and causes holy damage for every block after being cast, up to 4 blocks. On a fast 10 second cooldown, this spell can be cast and used up almost non-stop, especially with multiple enemies attacking the paladin. Blessing of Sanctuary decreases damage taken, and causes holy damage to attackers. As before this all causes threat.
However, one must realize that a protection paladin must be given time to build threat, just like a warrior or druid must. Blizzard also seems to want most of us to become shadow bolt spammers in the end, as Warlock tier 6 gear favors shadow bolting locks. A paladin does take less time to create the necessary threat though, because he starts a fight with a full mana pool."Why is Blizzard not making gear tailored to our favorite build. He is able to “pre-load” a hefty amount of threat relatively quickly." is the question asked by many affliction warlocks. wow powerlevel One major difference is that a paladin does not have any visible signs that threat is being produced. My guild had a tough time in Magister's Terrace, but I joined and fear-cc'd plus fear-kite and we waltzed through the place (fear only gets adds with inexperienced players). A warrior has Sunder Armor, and many people use this as a “guide” to decide when they can begin DPS.The only complaint I have with the spec is that my DPS starts slowly, then builds to a frenzy. A paladin has nothing of this sort.It would be nice if I had a spell that applied all my DoTs at once, because even though most are instant, there's still the global cooldown between each cast. wow level The biggest key to allowing a paladin to tank is allowing time to build threat without any visual way to gauge his threat, assuming you are not using a mod like KTM threat meter. It is however interesting to note that on the WWS Scoreboard, a neat ranking chart based on raid data pulled from WoW Web Stats, just 10 of 15 top Warlock DPSers are 0/21/40. If the raid/group is using such a mod, simply determine that DPS should not begin until a certain number is reached.Out of the five who aren't destro locks, two are demonology, one is affliction and two have hybrid demo/destro builds - building for Soul Link probably.
Some paladins like to use Seal of Vengeance (SoV; sov) as a type of “pally sunder” seal, so that DPS knows not to attack until there are 5 stacks of Holy Vengeance on the target. . eve isk There is still much debate on whether SoV is better then SoR for tanking. I mentioned earlier that a paladin is among the best AOE (Area of Effect) tanks in the game. I will explain this now. Virtually every ability that a paladin uses to generate aggro is either an active or passive AOE ability. wow gold Consecrate does damage to every enemy in an area per second for 8 seconds. Each tick generates additional hate from those enemies. Retribution Aura causes holy damage to any enemy that strikes the paladin with a melee attack. wow powerleveling This damage also causes additional threat. Holy Shield increases block rating by a significant amount, and causes holy damage for every block after being cast, up to 4 blocks. On a fast 10 second cooldown, this spell can be cast and used up almost non-stop, especially with multiple enemies attacking the paladin. Blessing of Sanctuary decreases damage taken, and causes holy damage to attackers. As before this all causes threat.
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