Post by Reid on Jun 22, 2010 19:14:23 GMT -5
First up abbreviations, quite a few to cover.
AV = Avenger's Shield
HS = Holy Shield
JoL = Judgment of Light
JoW = Judgment of Wisdom
Cons = Consecration
SoR = Shield of Righteous
HotR = Hammer of the Righteous
RF = Righteous Fury
HoJ = Hammer of Justice
AW = Avenging Wrath
DP = Divine Plea
SS = Sacred Shield
HoW = Hammer of Wrath
RD = Righteous Defense
HoR = Hand of Reckoning
Ex = Exorcism
HW = Holy Wrath
DP = Divine Protection
DG = Divine Guardian (Divine Sacrifice)
Gems
Your meta will be an Austere Earthsiege Diamond, one purple hybrid gem to fulfill your meta requirements and then as much stamina as you can get.
Enchants
Head - Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector
Shoulders - Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle or Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
Cloak - Titanweave (only if you aren't def capped) otherwise Mighty Armor
Chest - Super Health
Bracers - Major Stamina
Gloves - Armsman, Heavy Borean Armor Kit, or Glove Reinforcements
Legs - Frosthide Leg Armor
Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality
Shield - Defense (only if not capped), Major Stamina, or Titanium Plating
Weapon - Mongoose, Blade Warding, or Blood Draining (not as good at higher gear lvls)
Spec
Here's my armory link www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Aggramar&cn=Reidazarcy
This spec or something similar, the points in Crusade and Seals of the Pure are optional. Judgments of the Just and Vindication are wasted talents these debuffs are covered by other classes / specs.
Major Glyphs
Divine Plea - This glyph is a must, activate Divine Plea enter combat and enjoy a static 3% damage reduction.
Seal of Vengeance - This is useful if your expertise is low, since it's the seal you will be using while tanking why not get 10 expertise.
HotR - This glyph will cause your HotR to hit an extra target, this is great for farming heroics where it's mostly trash packs.
Judgment - Good for raiding, adds 10% damage to your judgments, increasing your single target threat / damage.
Minor Glyphs
Sense Undead, Blessing of Kings, Lay on Hands.
Rotation
Similar to Ret Paladins but with RF up to increase your threat by 80%. Your rotation consists of using your abilities as they come of cooldown prioritizing the more damaging abilities first SoR > HotR > Judgments > Other Stuff. Or for AE tanking, Cons > HotR > SoR > Other Stuff. There are a few self buffs you can get out of the way before pulling or as running to the target, SS > DP > HS > AV this way you have 4 GCD's out of the way so you can begin your damaging attacks as soon as you're in melee range. You can also attack with Ex if everything else is on CD, or use Holy Wrath if the boss / mobs are undead or demon.
Paladins have 2 taunts, HoR is your single target taunt it also causes damage equal to half your attack power. Your second taunt will taunt up to 3 targets at once, if you see a party member has aggro target them and hit your RD this will pull up to 3 targets off of them. Or you can target the loose mob and use RD this will automatically do a target of target and pull up to 3 loose adds back.
Cooldowns
You'll have 2 defensive cooldowns, or 3 if you have 4p T10. DP is on a 2min cd and will reduce all incoming damage by 50%. DG is a very useful cooldown if you have the macro for it from the Pally Macro thread, this ability will cause you and anyone withing 30yds of you to take 20% reduced damage. If you have 4p T10 you can use DP to gain 12% dodge for 15s this is on a 1min cd and very useful for bosses that require tank swaps hitting DP as you taunt to help lower your initial damage intake if healers are slow to change targets.
More may be added to this post as I think of it. If you have any questions hit me up in game.
AV = Avenger's Shield
HS = Holy Shield
JoL = Judgment of Light
JoW = Judgment of Wisdom
Cons = Consecration
SoR = Shield of Righteous
HotR = Hammer of the Righteous
RF = Righteous Fury
HoJ = Hammer of Justice
AW = Avenging Wrath
DP = Divine Plea
SS = Sacred Shield
HoW = Hammer of Wrath
RD = Righteous Defense
HoR = Hand of Reckoning
Ex = Exorcism
HW = Holy Wrath
DP = Divine Protection
DG = Divine Guardian (Divine Sacrifice)
Gems
Your meta will be an Austere Earthsiege Diamond, one purple hybrid gem to fulfill your meta requirements and then as much stamina as you can get.
Enchants
Head - Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector
Shoulders - Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle or Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
Cloak - Titanweave (only if you aren't def capped) otherwise Mighty Armor
Chest - Super Health
Bracers - Major Stamina
Gloves - Armsman, Heavy Borean Armor Kit, or Glove Reinforcements
Legs - Frosthide Leg Armor
Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality
Shield - Defense (only if not capped), Major Stamina, or Titanium Plating
Weapon - Mongoose, Blade Warding, or Blood Draining (not as good at higher gear lvls)
Spec
Here's my armory link www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Aggramar&cn=Reidazarcy
This spec or something similar, the points in Crusade and Seals of the Pure are optional. Judgments of the Just and Vindication are wasted talents these debuffs are covered by other classes / specs.
Major Glyphs
Divine Plea - This glyph is a must, activate Divine Plea enter combat and enjoy a static 3% damage reduction.
Seal of Vengeance - This is useful if your expertise is low, since it's the seal you will be using while tanking why not get 10 expertise.
HotR - This glyph will cause your HotR to hit an extra target, this is great for farming heroics where it's mostly trash packs.
Judgment - Good for raiding, adds 10% damage to your judgments, increasing your single target threat / damage.
Minor Glyphs
Sense Undead, Blessing of Kings, Lay on Hands.
Rotation
Similar to Ret Paladins but with RF up to increase your threat by 80%. Your rotation consists of using your abilities as they come of cooldown prioritizing the more damaging abilities first SoR > HotR > Judgments > Other Stuff. Or for AE tanking, Cons > HotR > SoR > Other Stuff. There are a few self buffs you can get out of the way before pulling or as running to the target, SS > DP > HS > AV this way you have 4 GCD's out of the way so you can begin your damaging attacks as soon as you're in melee range. You can also attack with Ex if everything else is on CD, or use Holy Wrath if the boss / mobs are undead or demon.
Paladins have 2 taunts, HoR is your single target taunt it also causes damage equal to half your attack power. Your second taunt will taunt up to 3 targets at once, if you see a party member has aggro target them and hit your RD this will pull up to 3 targets off of them. Or you can target the loose mob and use RD this will automatically do a target of target and pull up to 3 loose adds back.
Cooldowns
You'll have 2 defensive cooldowns, or 3 if you have 4p T10. DP is on a 2min cd and will reduce all incoming damage by 50%. DG is a very useful cooldown if you have the macro for it from the Pally Macro thread, this ability will cause you and anyone withing 30yds of you to take 20% reduced damage. If you have 4p T10 you can use DP to gain 12% dodge for 15s this is on a 1min cd and very useful for bosses that require tank swaps hitting DP as you taunt to help lower your initial damage intake if healers are slow to change targets.
More may be added to this post as I think of it. If you have any questions hit me up in game.
