Paladin Builds

gavinrad · 01-03-2006, 07:43 AM

So I wanted to start a 1.9 paladin build thread. Personally, I had several ideas for paladin builds in 1.9, and I'm going to go for the Healadin route for the moment. The healing paladin is really at the zenith of his power with the holy changes, its possible to get 15-20% crit to heal, and with the guaranteed freebie every 2 minutes, paladins really can heal nearly forever. I doubt they will ever seriously exceed priests as primary healers, but in long fights where paladins can restore their mana pool quickly with Judgement and Seal of wisdom, they can certainly keep alot of people healed.

There are a couple good pvp builds out there, that I would like to see shared, and some people in the FoH IRC channel were claiming that a spellpower heavy Seal of Righteousness build could achieve 250ish PVE dps, so lets see what people come up with.

Lyrical · 01-03-2006, 07:52 AM

I would love to see more info like this on this board - but it seems like they end up in the rickshaw. There is so much bad advice on the official boards that it drowns out the 2% of the posts that are informative.

How are people hitting 15-20% on crit heals?

Personally I plan on making a critadin with some points in holy, since I solo 90% of the time.

Jubee · 01-03-2006, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Lyrical

I would love to see more info like this on this board - but it seems like they end up in the rickshaw. There is so much bad advice on the official boards that it drowns out the 2% of the posts that are informative.

How are people hitting 15-20% on crit heals?

Personally I plan on making a critadin with some points in holy, since I solo 90% of the time.

Go 31 Arms/20 Fury and max out first aid.

Phoenix · 01-03-2006, 08:09 AM

31 into holy is pretty much the only way to go now, considering blizzard lowered BoK and put divine favor higher up. Which I personally think is fucking stupid, but thats for another thread.

Anyways, is it honestly that hard to figure out your own talent setup? This is World of Warcraft, not rocket science.

holydevil · 01-03-2006, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyrical

I would love to see more info like this on this board - but it seems like they end up in the rickshaw. There is so much bad advice on the official boards that it drowns out the 2% of the posts that are informative.

How are people hitting 15-20% on crit heals?

Personally I plan on making a critadin with some points in holy, since I solo 90% of the time.

If you are solo 90% of the time, you picked one of the worst classes to play.

Holy/prot 31/20 is pretty good for group pvp.

I have never like retribution.

It is like buying a honda civic and throwing a bunch of money into it to try to make it a fast car.

Lyrical · 01-03-2006, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by holydevil

If you are solo 90% of the time, you picked one of the worst classes to play.

Holy/prot 31/20 is pretty good for group pvp.

I have never like retribution.

It is like buying a honda civic and throwing a bunch of money into it to try to make it a fast car.

I know, but I played my pally from the end of beta until I left WoW (in the early days). So I can either start over at level one or play my 37 pally. I don't want to start over.

Cad · 01-03-2006, 08:24 AM

I think it'd be faster to start at level 1 with another class and get to 60 than play a pally from 37, honestly.

Deris · 01-03-2006, 08:34 AM

That is the first true thing Cad has said yet.

And a few buddies and I worked out a Paladin gear set that attains 27% spell crit without any insane epic items.

Nidhogg · 01-03-2006, 09:14 AM

Guildie has around 23% as of today, not too shabby.

13/7/31 or 20/0/31 depending on what mood I'm in.

gavinrad · 01-03-2006, 09:35 AM

base 5, 5 from talents = 10%

Azuresong Mageblade/Jindo's Hexer
Dragonslayer Signet

those are just two items off the top of my head, I know theres some more +crit that a paladin doesnt mind wearing, and of course its plentiful if you are willing to sacrifice some plate.

Furthermore, post 1.9, judgement is truly the sickest thing for Paladins. +dmg and healing instead of just +healing means its the set for every paladin there is.

Warrik · 01-03-2006, 09:45 AM

Paladins suck. Play a shaman.

gavinrad · 01-03-2006, 09:47 AM

Alliance sucks, Play Horde.

Since im stuck alliance though, i've almost got my gnome warrior to 60.

Cad · 01-03-2006, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by gavinrad

Alliance sucks, Play Horde.

Since im stuck alliance though, i've almost got my gnome warrior to 60.

I have a level 60 horde character (my shaman) but I can't bring myself to play him that much because he's "stranded" from my other characters and my brothers characters. It's SO nice having 6 level 60's on the same server spread over 3 accounts, with maxed various tradeskills and alts to handle the ones we don't have. Dependence on the economy sucks.

gavinrad · 01-03-2006, 09:57 AM

Personally, I'm abandoning my paladin despite the nice changes to the talents. 3g for a four hour raid on top of plate repair costs? No thank you.

WillzZz · 01-03-2006, 10:03 AM

There really is only one way to spec, it seems... I've been toying with the new talent calc and it just doesn't seem feasible to do anything other than the obvious 31/20. Reckoning would be nice to have, but you might as well play to strengths and just leave the melee skills alone altogether. They have some pretty abilities in ret, but nothing worth throwing out BoK for. My character would now have no repentance, but a faster HoJ, holy shock (for insta heal/nuke) and BoK. I'd call that a fair tradeoff. Nevermind a whole shitload of other bonuses (like 5% crit heals)

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01-03-2006, 08:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
Cad Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,278	I think it'd be faster to start at level 1 with another class and get to 60 than play a pally from 37, honestly.

01-03-2006, 08:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
Deris Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,628 -7 Internets	That is the first true thing Cad has said yet. And a few buddies and I worked out a Paladin gear set that attains 27% spell crit without any insane epic items.

01-03-2006, 09:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
Nidhogg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 82 +0 Internets	Guildie has around 23% as of today, not too shabby. 13/7/31 or 20/0/31 depending on what mood I'm in.

01-03-2006, 09:45 AM	#11 (permalink)
Warrik Ive been reading these boards since noows....that makes me uber Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 2,090 -3 Internets	Paladins suck. Play a shaman.

01-03-2006, 10:03 AM	#15 (permalink)
WillzZz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 958 +1 Internets	There really is only one way to spec, it seems... I've been toying with the new talent calc and it just doesn't seem feasible to do anything other than the obvious 31/20. Reckoning would be nice to have, but you might as well play to strengths and just leave the melee skills alone altogether. They have some pretty abilities in ret, but nothing worth throwing out BoK for. My character would now have no repentance, but a faster HoJ, holy shock (for insta heal/nuke) and BoK. I'd call that a fair tradeoff. Nevermind a whole shitload of other bonuses (like 5% crit heals) Anyways... http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...00000 0000000