Paladin changes in WoW Patch 3.1 PTR build 9733

Posted by admin on 03 27th, 2009

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Filed under: Paladin , Patches A new build was pushed to the patch 3.1 PTR yesterday, and while the list of changes wasn’t huge, there are a few significant ones for paladins: Seal of the Martyr / Seal of Blood now add 48% of weapon damage, up from 22%, to all your melee attacks as holy damage. However, the Judgment was changed from 16% of AP + 25% of spell power + 26% of minimum weapon damage to 11% AP + 18% SP + 26% min weapon damage. In other words, the bonus damage per attack was roughly doubled, while the coefficients of AP and SP on the judgment were cut by 30% (approximately). The general expectation is that this will keep overall damage pretty much the same, while reducing burst damage. This makes the seal play a bit differently in PvP – it’s no longer going to hit like a truck when you judge, but you’ll get more consistent damage out of it ( edited ). A benefit of the change is that you won’t see quite as big hits on your health when you judge the seal: more survivability in PvE, which is something the blues have shown concern about with respect to this seal. There was one other change: a new talent called Divine Guardian was added, at tier 4 in the Protection tree. Note that this is not the same as the old Divine Guardian , which was reworked and renamed Divine Sacrifice . I do really like the icon, so I’m glad they’re reusing it, but the naming is slightly confusing. Patch 3.1 brings us Ulduar , dual specs , significant changes to all the classes, and more! We’ve got you covered from top to bottom with our Guide to Patch 3.1 . Paladin changes in WoW Patch 3.1 PTR build 9733 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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