Paladin Prot

Head

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
Valorous Redemption Faceguard	213	Kel’Thuzad	Naxx 25
Helm of Vital Protection	213	Gothik the Harvester	Naxx 25
Platehelm of the Great Wyrm	213	Sapphiron	Naxx 25
Heroes’ Redemption Faceguard	200	Kel’Thuzad	Naxx 10
Thane’s Tainted Greathelm	200	Four Horsemen	Naxx 10
Tempered Titansteel Helm	200	Blacksmithing
Armored Titanium Goggles	200	Engineering

Shoulders

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
Valorous Redemption Shoulderguards	213	Loatheb	Naxx 25
Pauldrons of Unnatural Death	213	Anub’Rekhan	Naxx 25
Burdened Shoulderplates	213	Gothik the Harvester	Naxx 25
Heroes’ Redemption Shoulderguards	200	Loatheb	Naxx 10
Abomination Shoulderblades	200	Patchwerk	Naxx 10
Wapach’s Spaulders of Solidarity	200	World BoE

Chest

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
Valorous Redemption Breastplate	213	Four Horsemen	Naxx 25
Chestguard of the Exhausted	213	Grobbulus	Naxx 25
Breastplate of Tormented Rage	213	Heigan the Unclean	Naxx 25
Dragonstorm Breastplate	213	Sartharion	Obsidian Sanctum 25
Heroes’ Redemption Breastplate	200	Four Horsemen	Naxx 10
Massive Skeletal Ribcage	200	Sapphiron	Naxx 10

This list is in progress…check back soon for more!



Paladin DPS

Head

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
Obsidian Greathelm	226	Sartharion (2 drakes up)	Obsidian Sanctum 25
Valorous Redemption Helm	213	Kel’Thuzad	Naxx 25
Fire-Scorched Greathelm	213	Grand Widow Faerlina	Naxx 25
Heroes’ Redemption Helm	200	Kel’Thuzad	Naxx 10
Helm of the Unsubmissive	200	Sapphiron	Naxx 10
Titan’s Outlook	200	Sartharion	Obsidian Sanctum 10
Spiked Titansteel Helm	200	Blacksmithing
Charged Titanium Specs	200	Engineering

Shoulders

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
Valorous Redemption Shoulderplates	213	Loatheb	Naxx 25
Shoulderguards of Opportunity	213	Noth the Plaguebringer	Naxx 25
Shoulderguards of the Undaunted	213	Trash Drop	Naxx 25
Heroes’ Redemption Shoulderplates	200	Loatheb	Naxx 10
Shoulderplates of Bloodshed	200	Heigan the Unclean	Naxx 10

Chest

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
	213	Four Horsemen	Naxx 25
Undiminished Battleplate	213	Maexxna	Naxx 25
Breastplate of Frozen Pain	213	Sapphiron	Naxx 25
Heroes’ Redemption Chestpiece	200	Four Horsemen	Naxx 10
Chestplate of the Risen Soldier	200	Noth the Plaguebringer	Naxx 10

This list is in progress…check back soon for more!



Paladin Holy

Head

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
Valorous Redemption Headpiece	213	Kel’Thuzad	Naxx 25
Helm of Diminished Pride	213	Maexxna	Naxx 25
Faceguard of the Succumbed	213	Thaddius	Naxx 25
Heroes’ Redemption Headpiece	200	Kel’Thuzad	Naxx 10
Helm of the Corrupted Mind	200	Loatheb	Naxx 10
Helm of Purified Thoughts	200	Vendor	Argent Crusade Exalted
Brilliant Titansteel Helm	200	Blacksmithing

Shoulders

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
	226	Malygos	Eye of Eternity 25
Valorous Redemption Spaulders	213	Loatheb	Naxx 25
Epaulets of the Grieving Servant	213	Grand Widow Faerlina	Naxx 25
Noble Birthright Pauldrons	213	Sapphiron	Naxx 25
Focusing Energy Epaulets	213	Malygos	Eye of Eternity 10
Heroes’ Redemption Spaulders	200	Loatheb	Naxx 10
Frostblight Pauldrons	200	Grand Widow Faerlina	Naxx 10

Chest

Item	ilvl	Source	Zone
Valorous Redemption Tunic	213	Four Horsemen	Naxx 25
Chestguard of Bitter Charms	213	Heigan the Unclean	Naxx 25
Chestplate of the Great Aspects	213	Sartharion	Obsidian Sanctum 25
Heroes’ Redemption Tunic	200	Four Horsemen	Naxx 10
Chivalric Chestguard	200	Anub’Rekhan	Naxx 10

This list is in progress…check back soon for more!



Paladin Talent Guide

• Templar (Holy Paladin):

Gaining some much needed group healing capabilities Holy finally is getting some more direction than 2 button spamming. Like most healing oriented builds there will likely be little attraction to deep Holy for leveling outside of instancing in WotLK.

• Avenger (Protection Paladin):

Aside from Mages, Paladins have the highest potential for AoE grinding, combining their incredible survivability against melee attacks with talent procs that occur when they are the victim of enemy attacks. They will undoubtedly be highly in demand for instance tanking due to the threat increases and tanking changes in WotLK. Protection is a rock solid path for Paladins to take on their journey to 80.

• Vindicator (Retribution Paladin):

Retribution Paladins are excellent offenders in PvP, as well as very good DPS in PvE since the major retribution buffing in patch 2.3.0. The high survivability of paladins coupled with the potential of high burst damage provided by the Retribution tree make them capable of disposing almost any classes one on one and valuable both in dealing and absorbing damage in group PvP. In PvE, besides the high damage output, they also provide various useful utilities to their party members.



The Art of War(craft): How Patch 3.0.8 changes PvP

Patch 3.0.8 brought in quite a number of changes to the game, many of which affect PvP directly. I wrote about most of the changes in the other day’s column, but as you can imagine, trying to cover all the bases with all the classes can get quite hefty. So before I reach Blizzard levels of ’soon’, I’m cheating and appending the rest of the class balance changes here and pretend the whole Wintergrasp fiasco never happened. Oh, and yes, that button should work now.

CLASS BALANCE
Mages
Despite all the calls for nerfs for many classes, for some reason Mages have tiptoed past the madding crowd and continued to Pyroblast unsuspecting enemies for 10k damage without anyone batting an eyelash. Maybe it’s their Invisibility, I don’t know, but Mages are incredibly powerful opponents in PvP but don’t elicit calls for nerfs. Christian was right in saying that Frost is no longer the spec for PvP. It now shares the spotlight with Arcane, with the highest ranked Mage in the world sporting a build (although a Frost-specced 20/ 0/ 51 gnome isn’t far behind).

So you think Mages are strong in PvP? Well, they’ve just been buffed. Evocation’s cooldown was reduced to four minutes, and with Arcane Mages having access to the improved Arcane Flows, they can Evocate every minute. It was never a viable tactic to try and drain a Mage, but even with the spark of hope given by the change to mana drain mechanics, Mages will never run out of mana. The extremely RNG behavior of Mirror Images Polymorphing the most unlikely targets has been curtailed somewhat with the range of the copy’s Polymorph down to a mere 8 yards. This is pretty good. (more…)



Paladin Macros

Hammer of Wrath
It first checks if your target is hostile, if it is it throws Hammer of Wrath. If it’s a friendly target, it checks if your target’s target is hostile and then throws Hammer of Wrath at them.

#showtooltip Hammer of Wrath
/cast [harm] Hammer of Wrath [target=targettarget,harm] Hammer of Wrath

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Divine Favor Holy Light
Will cast divine favor if you are in combat and then Holy Light on your target if it is friendly. If the target is an an enemy it will attempt to cast Holy Light on the target’s target.

/cast [combat] Divine Favor
/stopcasting
/cast [help] Holy Light; [target=targettarget] Holy Light

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Mouseover or Target Cleanse
Cleanse the mouseover if you have one otherwise it will Cleanse your target, if you have no target it will Cleanse you.

/cast [target=mouseover, exists] [help] [target=player] Cleanse

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Repentance Focus/Target
Casts Repentance on the focus target if you have one, otherwise it will cast on your target.

/cast [target=focus, exists] Repentance; Repentance

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Focus Blessing of Sacrifice
Casts Blessing of Sacrifice on the focus target if you have one, otherwise it will cast on your target.

#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus, exists] Blessing of Sacrifice; Blessing of Sacrifice

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