This hybrid build viable?Follow

I was wondering what everyone thought about this build.

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=sVEhbxzhxoZxGt0x00x

Now let me explain what I'm hoping to accomplish with a build like this. I'm currently level 67, I'm never going to do any raids. I only play this toon with my brothers warrior and my primary focus is staying alive and keeping the warrior moving and killing. I see his warrior as an extension of my paly's dps. But when healing is not required I need to be able help out some with killing mobs.

I avoided all shield skills because he will be tanking. If I have a shield on I am only using it as an armored stat stick. When doing normal quests I use a fast 2-hander and rely on SoR and reckoning.

Once we hit 70 we will probably try our hand at 2v2 arena..and maybe some heroics. I certainly understand that this build isn't perfect. But does it have enough of the basics to do my job in arena and instances? The only real dps I'm hoping for is coming from reckoning...can I main heal 5-mans without maxing out the holy tree?

Improved concentration aura is very nice in arenas, not so beneficial for your warrior friend, but may help you keep him alive.

Hmmm.

It really depends on how you want to play I think. If you find that Reckoning is providing you with good DPS, and that suits your playstyle, go for it!

I've stacked spelldamage and get most of my DPS through JoR and Holy Shock -- I don't have Reckoning, and instead have the 41 in Holy, which I find useful for instance healing. But if you don't plan on doing a lot of instance healing, you may forego the 41 points in Holy and have the build you have.

I had a hybrid build like you before reaching 70, but at 70 you really need to pick a role and stick to it. If your primary role is to heal and support your warrior friend, talents like reckoning and anticipation are wasted since these talents are only useful if you take alot of hits. For better dps as a support pally, you should try the shockadin playstyle. A shockadin with good spell damage gear can do very good burst damage. Personally, I would also ditch improved lay on hands. I almost never use LoH to heal someone, because it drains all my mana and makes me useless for the rest of the fight. I would put those points in improved Blessing of Wisdom, instead.

Well the spec I am currently running works great in everday questing. But it sounds that a respec may be in order once I get to end-game arena/heriocs.

I have read your sticky like 5 times CapJack. I actually started out with one of your builds and then started messing with it a little bit to fit more of my pre-70 playstyle. Great job by the way. Hate to think how long it took to put that much information together.

Thanks again for your time everyone. :-)

Er, if you're not getting hit, reckoning is sorta... as useful as the shield stuff you rightly didn't take.

Or did they change it to proc based on something else?

why fast 2 hander i've yet to see anywhere in pally warrior or any where where a fast two hander is good for dps. i see it working with reckoning but still seems almost to me you would be better going into ret if your going to try to dps some. i tryed to dps in with my pally prot build and it didnt work for crap. seems if i'm not tanking i'm not doing any damange unless i get to off tank 4-5 mobs while tank holds what ever but normaly then i just get made the tank and top the meters.

just seems the bendiction imp judgment and conviction would work better. i maybe wrong but slow weapon more chance to crit seals and judges less mana and less cool down on judgments not to mention slower weapon gonna hit higher have higher crits and will make your judgements higher.

shoot me down if i'm wrong someone with more experance.


edit: also 2 hand weapon spec

Edited, Dec 7th 2007 9:31pm by punkspider

Gwynhara was pretty much dead on. For the build I'm using (I'll call it my "leveling build" since I won't be keeping it at end-game) I rely on a fast 2-hand to get full advantage of my JoC+SoR+Reckoning attacks. It actually does pretty good damage when that 4-hit per swing Reckoning procs. I'm sure that I can't compete with a deeper Ret build. But I need to invest pretty heavily in Holy to main heal the pre-70 instances.

I used to run with Seal of Command when I was in my 50's and early 60's. But I saw that I was getting slaughtered on the damage meter by my brothers arms/fury warrior. Then I got the Heart Fire Warhammer and that weapons speed didn't work with Seal of Command very well. So I switched tactics and decided to try to use the speed of the weapon to my advantage. I found that my dps actually jumped up significantly while still alowing me to heal instances.

My current spec has been tailored to fit my playstyle, which has evolved a lot over the years. I'll miss it end-game...but maybe I'll like what it evolves into even more. :-)