Paladin

A holy warrior in plate: heals, tanks and swings a hammer. Now on the Horde too.

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Armor: Cloth, leather, mail; plate from level 40; shield
Weapons: Axes, maces, swords, polearms from level 20
Resource: Mana
Leveling: Average leveling pace

Pick a race Specializations

Specializations

Healer

Rotates Holy Shock, Flash of Light and Holy Light instead of spamming one spell.

TipMana no longer depends only on crits.

Holy Shock
Instant heal or damage
Reverence
New: part of Spirit mana regen
Consecrated Ground
New Holy talent
Divine Precision
New Holy talent
Holy Power
Healing crit chance

What is new in Forever

Warcraft Tavern, LFCarry

Compared with Classic. Blizzard may still change the numbers before release.

Holy Strike from level 6, 10 sec cooldown (was 12).
Judgement no longer consumes the seal.
Blessings last 1 hour (was 5 minutes).
Blessing of Kings is now baseline.
Blessing of Salvation was replaced by Salvation and Revoke: it can go with another blessing.
The new Seal of Fury gives the tank a taunt.
Undead can be paladins, so the class is now on the Horde.

Races

Tap a race and the picker opens that combination: racial abilities and everything about the class.

Alliance

Horde

UndeadnewTo the picker

TipHuman: weapon specialization gives twice the crit of the Dwarf one. Undead: the only Horde paladin.

In a group and while leveling

Group value

Party auras: Devotion, Retribution, Concentration
Fire, Frost and Shadow resistance auras for the whole raid
One-hour blessings, greater blessings for a whole class
Seal of Justice stops enemies from fleeing

Leveling

Average leveling pace

TipBlacksmithing and Mining for gear; Alchemy for potions.

Pros and cons

Strengths

All three roles on one character
Strong group buffs
Plate and a sturdy character

Weaknesses

No gap closer, slow or speed boost
Little crowd control beyond Hammer of Justice
Retribution dropped after the patch

Other classes

Mage