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#1 Apr 11 2008 at 8:50 PM Rating: Decent
Not quite sure how to start this but here we go. I'm a ret pally who is considering a respec. This is my first pally and for some reason I went Ret. Pre 50 I was blasting through enemies with not too many problems but as I hit 50 I seem to be less effective. My mana pool drops very quick and I find myself drinking way more often.
I have heard that if specced correctly holy paladins are pretty good soloers, now I was more or less curious if this is because of stronger/quicker heals or if there is something to this holy spec I seem to be missing. This is my armory link and any advice or opinions would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks!

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Mal%27Ganis&n=Krysknife

PS: I'm definately looking for the quickest way to 69 then I plan on grinding some honor for the first arena set, if that helps any.
#2 Apr 11 2008 at 9:19 PM Rating: Excellent
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I leveled from 30-70 as holy. Let me tell you...I would not call Holy a good solo build. Sure, I went a fairly long time between drinks, but I also took a LONG time to kill anything. Unless it was a demon/undead.

Honestly, as a paladin, I believe you have hit the bump in the road that many paladins hit. Your damage is no longer as competitive as it used to be, so things seem to take a lot longer to kill. While I'm not sure that a respec will help you...it's only gold, so go ahead and try it. The real difference will be mana efficiency that you gain by giving up most of your damage potential.
#3 Apr 12 2008 at 11:36 AM Rating: Good
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You could always try prot til about 60.

It's nice to be able to kill 6-8 melee mobs in the time it takes a ret paladin to kill 2.

Not to mention with seal/judgement of wisdom you can end the fight at 100% mana, throw a heal on yourself, and pull the next group.

A lot of people say ret is better after 60, especially once you start getting some of those nice early, str/stam/crit or str/stam/agi quest rewards in Outland.

I have decided to stay prot all the way to 70 and haven't noticed that I kill slowly, but maybe that's because I can still pull 5-6 melee mobs and burn them down in the course of 1-2 seals.
#4 Apr 12 2008 at 3:04 PM Rating: Decent
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From everything I've read what you are getting is very normal. Ret damage lvls out around lvl 50.

I'd go prot, but I love prot. Holy has some great burst damage, but as far as soloing I hear it's not fantastic.

I honestly wouldn't know. I started prot and stayed prot all the way to 70. It was a great experience.

GL
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