Paladins and 1.9

[savaughn]

As you can see, there are only two classes in the game who can effectively dispel most crowd control spells and damage dot's, and paladins with their ability to live and additionally cure poisons are far better at it than priests are in PvP.  This is why Alliance wins at PvP in any game involving equally skilled players.
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MJ, this is a gross misrepresentation.

EVERY class can effectively dispel most crowd control spells. You have a PvP trinket. I have a PvP trinket. Anyone who's spent more than 3 days in BG during a holiday has a PvP trinket.

40% of the horde population can effectively dispel most crowd control.

So... what are these crowd controls that the Paladin can dispel? Warrior fear? No. Priest fear? No. Rogue sap? No. Stuns from much of anywhere? No. Gouge? Blind? Scatter shot?

A Paladin can dispel poly, warlock fear (which is pretty dumb), and remove most roots and snares. As a trade off the paladin has no movement capabilities, no range, and every single spell they can cast including the godshield that seems to freak horde players out so much is in the same tree meaning that a:

- silence
- kick
- counterspell
- shield bash
- spell lock
- earth shock

and so on shuts the player down completely. It's not that hard to do.

In any game involving equally skilled players, the team with the best communication and game plan wins.