Well Caeden & Iltria have finally finished up with the quests in Shadowmoon Valley, so I thought I'd give my final thoughts on Paladin & Mage as I move on to my next leveling project. First off, I have to say that I'm really going to miss playing these guys on a day to day basis. They made a perfect combo. I moved through quests at a rapid pace because I could take on multiple mobs at a time with ease. I also love the way Blood Elves look =) Their armor looks amazing, especially Iltria. Caeden & Iltria will definitely be among my first characters to reach level 80 when the next expansion comes out.
Paladins make amazing tanks! Whether you are fighting a single opponent elite mob or many mobs at the same time, a Paladin with a protection build has an amazing ability to maintain aggro. In my experience, the "Tankadin" is better at maintaining threat than a protection warrior! Now, I must admit that I have only played my warrior to level 53, but my experience with warrior was that it took much more effort to tank effectively than it does with a Paladin. The only issue I had with Paladin tanking is if you loose aggro for some reason, there are very few direct threat abilities like a Warrior's Taunt or Sunder Armor. I can only think of two at this time: Blessing of Protection & Righteous Defense. Both of these abilities have cooldowns that require you to be very careful at the timing of their use. Overall, the Paladin class has awesome depth. You want to be a healer, spec Holy. You want to tank, spec protection. You want to solo/dps, spec retribution. Paladin has it all.
The Mage is dps pure and simple. I loved watching mobs get destroyed with Iltria's amazing AOE combo of Flamestrike, Dragon's Breath & Blast Wave. Against single targets she would use scorch followed by fireball with fireblast as a finisher. In tough elite/named fights, she would use combustion to let loose with the crits! I wish I got to play her more with the Ice Block ability. That used to be an ability only obtainable through the Frost Talent Tree, but now it is available to all Mages. Ice Block would have really helped with Iltria's survivability. I would definitely play a mage again & spec frost. I am always amazed by the videos of Frost Mages who AOE grind with the blizzard spell! I would love to give it a try some day. I have a level 20 Draenei Mage that would be perfect for the project, but it will be a long time before I get to her.
As I have mentioned before, next to Devarien, these guys have probably been my favorite characters and I look forward to playing them again in the expansion =)
Paladins make amazing tanks! Whether you are fighting a single opponent elite mob or many mobs at the same time, a Paladin with a protection build has an amazing ability to maintain aggro. In my experience, the "Tankadin" is better at maintaining threat than a protection warrior! Now, I must admit that I have only played my warrior to level 53, but my experience with warrior was that it took much more effort to tank effectively than it does with a Paladin. The only issue I had with Paladin tanking is if you loose aggro for some reason, there are very few direct threat abilities like a Warrior's Taunt or Sunder Armor. I can only think of two at this time: Blessing of Protection & Righteous Defense. Both of these abilities have cooldowns that require you to be very careful at the timing of their use. Overall, the Paladin class has awesome depth. You want to be a healer, spec Holy. You want to tank, spec protection. You want to solo/dps, spec retribution. Paladin has it all.
The Mage is dps pure and simple. I loved watching mobs get destroyed with Iltria's amazing AOE combo of Flamestrike, Dragon's Breath & Blast Wave. Against single targets she would use scorch followed by fireball with fireblast as a finisher. In tough elite/named fights, she would use combustion to let loose with the crits! I wish I got to play her more with the Ice Block ability. That used to be an ability only obtainable through the Frost Talent Tree, but now it is available to all Mages. Ice Block would have really helped with Iltria's survivability. I would definitely play a mage again & spec frost. I am always amazed by the videos of Frost Mages who AOE grind with the blizzard spell! I would love to give it a try some day. I have a level 20 Draenei Mage that would be perfect for the project, but it will be a long time before I get to her.
As I have mentioned before, next to Devarien, these guys have probably been my favorite characters and I look forward to playing them again in the expansion =)
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