Sunday, January 25, 2009

World Of Warcraft Paladin Class Guide

By Kit Saunders

There is no way you could cram everything there is to know about these holy warriors by writing a world of warcraft paladin guide in just a few sentences. This is one of the most versatile of classes so there is so much to say about this class but hopefully this will give you a detailed enough overview of what it takes to be a paladin.

Paladins are a class of their own. They're said to be hybrids of warriors, Priests and other DPS classes like Mages or Warlocks. By the way, DPS means Damage Per Second which means a class which give out lots of melee damage or close combat damage.

Though they can be defined as being a hybrid classes borrowing traits from these more specialized classes, the paladin use of these abilities is such that they are recognised as being too powerful. They are master at PvP combat and if you are a warrior such as I am you will know that they are tough to beat. Their nickname is "holy warrior" since they can tank as well as heal and also cast spells. A very powerful and unfair combination if you are not a paladin.

So Paladins specialize as tanks by having in one of their abilities tree called the "Protection Tree" spells and learned talents which enables them to both take and give enormous damage to and from several enemies at once. Special spells here include "Holy Shield", "Retribution", and "Consecration" which all add up to give the Paladin well sought after tanking abilities which for some raids and instances are far superior to that of any other class.

The second tree and not necessarily in order of importance is the "Retribution" tree which is where the Paladin draws abilities that enable them to give lots of DPS or melee/close combat damage to enemies that are being fought against. Here abilities like "Crusader Strike", "Seal of Command" make the Paladin an especially useful class to include in raids.

The third ability is that of the Holy Warrior. From here they can draw from a range of spells that bestows and improves their healing power. Their healing speciality is to be able to give heals to different players in the game or their group. And also, since they can fight like warriors, they can heal themselves while fighting making them more resilient than warriors. This really does make them the most versatile class for group play where they are equally comfortable at taking the place of the Priest to heal or the place of warriors to tank. A good group will always have a paladin to back up either class or take over when need be.

So there you have it, whether you fancy yourself as a healing priest, or a tank raging warrior or a DPS expert like a Mage or Shaman, there is no need to start up one of these classes when a Paladin does all three things at once. Also, this is a class that in WoW is highly effective in groups and ideal for all the end game activities like raids and large instances where the services of paladins are highly rated. - 16887

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