World of Warcraft Paladin Guide – Part 2

This is part 2 of the World of Warcraft Paladin Guide, in which I’ll cover playing the paladin.

As a paladin you can play in several different roles, such as healer, tank, or DPS. But if you try doing them all you won’t be really good at any of them. That’s why you need to find balance based on your own playing style. You may find it better to specialize in one of these, but ultimately it depends on your own style.

After passing level 10 is when you need to decide what you want to build talent and gear for as your primary talent. I’ll describe three in these in the World of Warcraft Paladin Guide. However you always want to build some talent and gear for other roles because sometimes when playing in a group you may be needed to fill a different role from your primary one.

The three specialty play styles are Tankadin, Retadin, and Healadin.

Paladin guide- Specialties

Tankadin- Tank Paladin

The Tankadin is the tank of the group. But unlike the warrior tank, the Tankadins’ threat comes from their ability to cause Holy Damage and from being hit. Leveling this class is best accomplished with the use of a World of Warcraft Paladin Guide. One is included with the Ultimate WoW guide.

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Tankadins also differ from other tanks in their decreased ability to take slow hits but have a better ability to take fast hits.

Tankadins also have timed abilities that last only a short time so you have to be sure to manage them effectively. Managing seals, judgments, stuns and other spells is one of the major challenges of the Paladin class.

Retadin- Retribution Paladin

Paladins have been able to play as Retadins ever since patch 2.3. It may take some convincing in a group to play this role as many still view paladins as primarily healers but you can definitely hold your own in PvP.

To be effective as a Retadin you have to balance all your gear. Balance strength, agility, stamina, intelligence, +Attack Power, +Crit chance, +damage and +to hit. The World of Warcraft Paladin guide I recommend will help you accomplish this.

+Attack Power is probably the most important because it gives you more ability to cause damage.

Some things to avoid as Retadin are, engaging in multi combat at once, using potions and auras to early, and the wrong weapons. Stick to weapons that do the most damage and avoid fast, low damage ones. A more comprehensive World of Warcraft Paladin guide will go more in depth on this.

Healadin- The Healer

This is the Healer, and as healer you will be playing a more support role in a group. So remember if combat is your thing you’ll be sitting out a lot with this play style.

Unlike other healers, Paladins can take a beating and still heal. However because the healing spells take a long time you’ll need to manage who you heal and when very effectively. When in a standard 5 man instance the priority should be on the tank of the group. Then comes the AOE DPS, DPS and so on.

Here are the heals you have:

• Holy Shock- Instant heal but takes time to cool down and high mana cost.
• Flash of Light- Fast, but doesn’t heal very much.
• H oly Light- Takes longer than Flash of Light but heals more.
• Lay of Hands- Varies in time and healing

Using these and leveling are covered thoroughly in the World of Warcraft Paladin guide I’ve mentioned earlier.

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