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Once again, it’s time for a Class Q&A with Ghostcrawler! Today Paladins get their chance to shine (previously: Shaman, Mage, Death Knight, Warlock).

As with the other Q&As, this one starts with a bit on what the idea is behind paladins, with a glance at their history and at their present.

• In the beginning: paladins were a “defensive buffing class…buffs were pretty much the entire reason you’d want to group with a paladin.”
• End-game classic WoW: paladins were healers only.
• BC: paladins could tank, but were still mostly OTs.
• Wrath: “finally embraced all three specs.”

Paladins still have several unique facets: bubbles, strong dispels, plate armor as a healer, and the Seal and Judgment system.

Itemization: so far in Wrath, MP5 wasn’t particularly valuable, and they claim it wasn’t inteded to be. They still think MP5 is undervalued right now, though, hence the buffs coming to it in patch 3.2. They also think Int/Crit based mana regen is a bit out of control, and furthermore than in patch 3.2, some Holy pallies might look into taking Haste.

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Class Q&A: Paladin originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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