What Is A Good World of Warcraft Paladin PvP Build?
November 2, 2007 by Apadwe
Filed under WoW Classes, WoW PvP
I just hit level 70 on my WoW Paladin alt and I want to be able to PvP with it. What is a good PvP build for my Paladin?
This is a difficult question to answer because PvP is a very general category. The best build is going to depend on what situation you are encountering PvP.
If you play on a PvP server and are concerned about surviving ganking attempts while out in the world, the best build is going to be part protection part retribution. If you are in an arena the best build is going to be a mix of holy and protection.
If you are in a battleground, well, everyone is going to WANT you to heal but you may be able to do a little damage with a protection/retribution mix. Lets break it down a little bit further.
Arena Specs
The generally accepted “best spec” for arena Paladins is 41 holy, 20 protection. Key talents included in this build are 2/2 Stoicism, 5/5 Spiritual Focus, 5/5 Illumination, 3/3 healing light, Blessing of Kings, 3/3 Impoved Righteous Fury, as many points into Toughness as possible, and 3/3 Improved Concentration Aura.
Soloing Specs
If you are a paladin and want to be able to kill most people in a 1v1 situation, your best bet is to go with a protection/retribution mix. This will also be the preferred spec for soloing in most PvE situations as well, so it works out.
Battlegrounds
Usually the key to whether a team wins in a battleground or not is dependant on their healing. Because of this most people are going to want you to heal in battlegrounds. If that really isn’t your style, go for a heavy damage and survivability build, much like a soloing spec.
41/20/0 is the way to go for sure.
As far as 2v2 and BG’s go you might want to stack up a little spl dmg as well.
But the key in arena is survivalability (hince the 20 in prot)Usually the oposing teams objective is usually to make you blow your bubble or for the longer fights, drain your mana.
For Battlegrounds you can go 40/0/21 (The “Shockidan”) but your survivalibility decreases dramatically; and without the gear, you’ll probably find yourself healing more than DPS. Having that said, you are still a healer as shockidan, but you are able to deliver a nice amount of DPS.
Yes! I totally agree with you Sanshi. The shockadin is the way to go for a pvp paladin. you can heal and deal some pretty nice damage. But in arena your ganna be a healadin. ret is nice and all but you cant dps like a warrior and you cant heal like priest so a happy medium is the way to go. you can heal and burst some nice hits
Retri pala > holy
I prefer 21/0/40 for pvp Battlegrounds becasue the DPS. I can also heal for about 2-3k so it isnt great. Any pointers on a good paladin build?
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Caelestrasz&n=Damonii
I have a Preference for Protection Pallys. But I am currently 0/52/5 with most emphasis on Stun Resistance, Protection Spells, Defences, and armour. I use gear to beef up Armour, Stamina, Strength & Intelect. Shiled & Fast Sword help. Makes mince meat out of Melee opponents. Casters prove my biggest problems and with right combo of spells, hunters with pets fall easy. Let me know what you think.