05-29-2007, 01:22 AM
Honestly, I wouldn't suggest a Protection Paladin for the murloc phase of Tidewalker. I'm running a Holy/Prot build, specifically designed to sacrifice a few caster-like talents for offtanking talents without losing any of the exceptional healing, and it works great for me. With Concentration Aura running, I can heal without pushback, and I still have Redoubt, Toughness, Anticipation, and Improved Righteous Fury to be able to generate solid threat and be able to survive a modest beating. Obviously I'm not going to be able to tank something for an extended period of time due to lack of Holy Shield (as well as Ardent Defender, Sacred Duty, and others), but I could easily see a Holy Paladin grabbing and maintaining aggro with consecration spam and chainhealing himself with Flash of Light or Holy Light for those murlocs. The difference would be that said Holy Paladin can go back to being a superb healer afterwards, while the Protection Paladin can't:(
ArrayPaladins were not meant to sit in the back of the raid staring at health bars all day, spamming heals and listening to eight different classes whine about buffs.[/quote]
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