Comments on: Holy Paladin FAQ – v1.0 (Pre-3.1)

By: Vel

Vel — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:36:56 +0000

Like your info for holy paladins, but might want to make one change. Depending on your raid makeup you may not want to judge light or wisdom, and instead judge Justice.

Sounds dumb I know, but there is a reason. If you are rolling with a ret pally there is a good chance they are judging light (as they should be). It would seem that judgements overwrite each other regardless of which is more powerful. So you could be getting a less powerful light on the mob if you judge light and the ret judges light. If you have a tankadin in your group you NEVER want to judge (no paladin should judge) the same as the tankadin. You will overwrite their judgement and they will lose the -20% attack speed debuff on whatever they are tanking. That is much more important then the less/more powerful JoL. For whatever reason blizz decided to let any judgement overwrite another willy-nilly like.

Vel

By: gcbirzan

gcbirzan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:26:32 +0000

Sorry, totally missed the “external links” bit. :-)
As for BoK… What level of gearing? But it’s quite a moot point. BoK gets added to base talents and BoW is just lolol useless after tomorrow.
As for Distilled Wisdom, a post linked in that post makes this interesting assumption that I cast 60% FoL, 20% HL. The problem with that is if you’re casting FoL, the fight is trivial to begin with. I use it, for example, before the first drake lands on OS 3d and after all 3 are down. If you can afford to FoL, then it’s unlikely you’re going to have mana problems. Even on trivial fights (10 man KT with 3 healers, hai undying), where I was just spamming FoL on the tank out of sheer boredom, I have 67 FoL and 34 HL. Not even close to what you’re claiming.

By: Siha

Siha — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:18:44 +0000

* I linked the EJ guide in this post, as you'll see if you look down the bottom. * BoK vs BoWis: check out this PlusHeal post and this one. At our level of gearing, BoWis > BoKings; you'd need to be casting a HL every ~1.25 seconds for BoK to beat it. * Re the flask, see this post about why the Flask of Distilled Wisdom isn't as great as people say it is.

By: gcbirzan

gcbirzan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:04:47 +0000

Grr, and you cannot edit comments. A great guide can be found at http://elitistjerks.com/f76/t35975-holy_paladin_guide_wotlk/

By: gcbirzan

gcbirzan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:01:59 +0000

Three things. First of all, BoK < BoW by the time you get out of blues/greens. (Yeah, I posted a comment on that site you referenced explaining more)
Secondly, intellect is way better than any other stat. To that end, +16 intellect gems ftw, enchant intellect on your weapon and use flask of distilled wisdom.
And thirdly, the reason the melee stats on the weapon don’t matter is because SoW is PPM based. :-) Yes, meleeing the boss for fun and profit!

By: sergio

sergio — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:30:21 +0000

great guide, ive been holy for a week now and this guide helped me a bunch. tyvm

By: Justizia

Justizia — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:39:10 +0000

Quote:
For managing Blessing assignments, PallyPower. (ZOMGBuffs is an alternative.)

I actually use both. Pally Power is less cumbersome for assigning and changing buffs, especially if I am doing 5 mans or BGs where I might be changing buffs frequently for various classes.

However, I LOVE ZomgBuffs for one main reason: It assigns a focus target for Beacon (as well as Hand spells, etc) which is totally independent from the in game focus target. So, if I am assigned to the MT, then prior to the pull, I can cast Beacon on the OT and it pops up a little button (size default is same as action bars but can be modified and can be moved around as needed) with the Beacon icon and a timer which counts down to when the buff expires. When it expires, a gong sounds (that can also be changed to different noises) which I find INCREDIBLY helpful since often there is a lot going on visually in the game. If I want to rebuff the MT with Beacon, I can click that button without having to retarget him first.

ZomgBuffs also has templates you can create or modify (it took me a bit of time to sort this out) but once they are set, you get a reminder on your screen to remind you to use the right aura or seal. I usually remember this stuff on my paladin, but when I am questing on my priest alt and I get the reminder “You need Inner Fire” my immediate response is always “Indeed I do!”.

Also, as an officer, ZomgBuffs is great for seeing who in a raid is missing buffs from other classes.

By: Phyllixia

Phyllixia — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:58:29 +0000

Oh, I *so* need one of these for every alt class I have… especially in terms of 5mans and dungeons, and comparing talents/glyphs. I can’t afford to spend time researching them like my hunter, so this guide is great (if I ever manage to level my paladin past 30, that is…) :)

By: Monty

Monty — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:20:41 +0000

I like glyphing blessing of wisdom, if you are running with 2 paladins, and one is ret, you can cast a greater might, and then selfbuff 30 minute wisdom…

Also, I don’t think you can go wrong with intellect, focusing more on Holy Light can make up for any deficiancy in haste/sp.

By: Siha

Siha — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:01:32 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, all – I hope it’s useful, especially for newer paladins, alts and offspec folks.
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@Dontatsu – well, the consumables are a quick-and-dirty ‘you can’t go wrong with this’ overview. The link I provided has a more detailed discussion of the various options for potions, flasks, elixirs and food – in particular, there’s a discussion of the Flask of Distilled Wisdom, and why it’s not quite as god as it looks.