51/20/0 talent build :: Free Realms

#1 Oct 22 2008 at 9:06 AM Rating: Decent

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I posted this at WoWhead.com and also wanted to get some feed back on this forum.

So what do you think of this spec for lvl 70? http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=sxAzxGzhVuMxotahb
The goal is to work into this at 80 with out having to respec. http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=sxAzxGzhVuMxotahbVbh

Is the added utility from Divine Guardian and Improved Devotion Aura worth missing out on the added crit in the ret tree?

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#2 Oct 22 2008 at 10:14 AM Rating: Excellent

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This is a question lots of people asked. In the end, you can equate the comparisons:

At lvl 80

PROT

6% Heal increase (~ +180 SP to a 3k FoL, + 360 SP to 6k HL). This obviously will scale as you level.
30% entire raid damage reduction for 12 seconds every 5 mins (this is HUGE)
BoK
3 min Hand of Protection

RET

10% reduction of Holy Shock cost
8% Crit (176.64 Crit Rating) (Equates on avg to +125 SP to a 3k FoL, and +250 SP to a 6k HL, but don't forget the mana return on crits)
3% Crit for Raid (i.e. all damage dealers, not healing)
Imp BoM

The thing is that if another Pally has Imp Dev Aura, then that talent is neglected. So you will bring your 30% raid damage reduction every 5 mins, Kings, and a reduced CD Hand of Protection.

In a nutshell, if you are the only Paladin in the raid, then the Holy/Prot build will be awesome. If someone else (i.e. Prot Pally) brings Imp Dev Aura, then Holy/Ret seems better to me.

EDIT - Of course, these are just my personal opinions. I have not played in beta, so I can't confirm or deny what will actually work better.

Edited, Oct 22nd 2008 2:36pm by YJMark

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