Paladin Class Information

Paladins

Beginners' Guide to Patch 4.0.1 Holy Paladin

http://www.bandagespec.com/2010/10/holy-paladining-in-401-beginners-guide.html

Cataclysm Talents and Glyphs for the Holy Pally

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/10/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-hot-talents-and-glyphs-for-holy-p/

Holy Pally Talent Specs and Glyphs (Patch 4.0.1)

http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/10/holy-paladin-spec-and-glyphs-in-401.html

How to Heal at Level 80 (Patch 4.0.1 Specs and Glyphs)

http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-heal-at-level-80-for-now.html

The Holy Pally's "Healing Rotation" (Cataclysm Theorycrafting)

http://divineaegis.com/2010/12/06/rotation-schmotation/

Help for the Lower Level Holy Paladin

http://kurn.apotheosis-now.com/?p=1567

Tips for Healing as a Pally (Cataclysm)

http://www.bandagespec.com/2010/12/10-tips-for-cata-healing-on-pally.html

Protection Paladins in Patch 4.0.1 (From Cataclysm Public Test Realm)

http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/09/protection-breakdown-401.html

Protection Paladins (Cataclysm) to Level 29

http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/paladin-leveling-protection-1-29/

Patch 4.0.1 Protection Pally Guide (with Professions, Rotations, Consumables, Macros, etc.)

http://elitistjerks.com/f76/t106477-4_0_1_tanking_protection_field_manual_fordrings_groupies_updated_nov_6_2010_a/

Protection Pally Enhancement and Gearing Strategy, with Gems and Enchants and Reforging (Patch 4.0.1)

http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?f=3&t=29733&rb_v=viewtopic

The Numbers (Threat and Damage Output Calculations) for Patch 4.0.1

http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?f=6&t=29317&rb_v=viewtopic

Glyphs for Protection Pallys (Patch 4.0.1)

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/03/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-protection-glyphs/

Protection Pally Tank Rotation (May 2010)

http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/05/paladin-tank-standard-rotation.html

Protection Paladin forum

http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/

Taking Your Tankadin to Level 85 (Specs, Spells and Gear)

http://rhida.ch/2010/12/06/taking-your-tankadin-to-85/

Prot and Ret Pally Addons

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/01/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-prot-and-ret-paladin-addons/

Various Protection AND Retribution Pally Builds for Patch 4.0.1

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/20/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-protection-and-retribution-builds/#continued

Retribution Paladin in Patch 4.0.1 (specs, gems, stats, rotation, etc.)

http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/4-0-1-ret-paladin-action-plan/

Ret Pally Gear (Cataclysm)

http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/cataclysm-gearing-for-ret-palas-head/

The Patch 4.0.1 Retribution Pally Rotation and Build Comments

http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/retribution-in-the-new-world-order-one-week-after-4-0-1/

Retribution Paladin in Cataclysm (multi-part article)

http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/09/retribution-breakdown-for-cataclysm_28.html

http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/10/retribution-breakdown-for-cataclysm.html

Retribution Paladin in Patch 4.0.1 (public test realm)

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/29/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-retribution-in-4-0-1/

Leveling a Retribution Pally From 1-29 (Patch 4.0.1)

http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/paladin-leveling-retribution-1-29/

Retribution Pallys' Rotations and Cooldowns in Patch 4.0.1

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/13/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-ret-rotation-and-cooldowns-in-4-0/

Retribution Paladin Action Plan for Patch 4.0.1

http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/4-0-1-ret-paladin-action-plan/

Retribution Pally Elitist Jerks Concordance (Patch 4.0.1) - no real stat weights yet

http://elitistjerks.com/f76/t106276-retribution_concordance_4_0_1_a/

HOWEVER, this guy gives this hit and expertise cap.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraft/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-56752445&pid=534914

Pally Tanks Combat Rating and Stats (Patch 4.0.1)

http://elitistjerks.com/f15/t29453-combat_ratings_level_85_cataclysm/

Collection of Pally Tank Links (Patch 4.0.1)

http://judging-chasey.blogspot.com/p/guides.html

Retribution Paladin website

http://www.retpaladin.com/

Can You Play as a Shockadin in Cataclysm?

http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/10/not-so-shocking-conclusions-about-post.html

Yes (Cataclysm)

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/07/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-return-of-the-shockadin/#continued

Shockadin Numbers (Cataclysm)

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/21/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-real-numbers-for-future-shockadin/

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Patch 4.0.1 Healer Resources

Matticus' resources for healers in Patch 4.0.1 --

First, how glyphs will work.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/10/11/priest-glyphs-for-4-0-1-and-cataclysm/

A resource list by class.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/10/12/healing-roundups-and-we-got-our-drakes/

Updated Healing Addons for Patch 4.0.1
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/10/updated-healing-addons-for-patch-4-0-1/

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Exploring Cataclysm in the Public Test Realm

With the 4.0.1 Patch available on the public test realm, folks willing to download the 16 gig file who aren't in the beta can explore Cataclysm's new classes and talents (but not any of the new quests or raids).  Blessing of Kings is looking at the paladin in the two links below.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/09/40-early-paladin.html

http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/09/40-early-levels-part-ii.html

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Public Test Realms Live for Patch 4.0.1

You can now download the 16 gig Patch 4.0.1 is now live and downloadable.  This shows the class changes (including the new talents I believe) and the changes to the UI but the new Cataclysm content such as zones or quests or the new characters is not available.
http://www.wow.com/2010/09/11/patch-4-0-1-ptr-patch-notes-ptr-is-live/

Blessing of Kings started a new paladin to experience the new leveling.  You can read what he thinks here.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/09/40-early-paladin.html

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Pally Power (Addon)

Reading WOW Insider this morning, I came across a brief mention of Pally Power.  Apparently it is an addon that allows paladins (or raid leaders) to control blessings.  I suspect this is more useful for 25-man raids but here's the link in case you are interested.
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/pally-power.aspx

http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6370-PallyPower.html

I found a brief description here.
http://www.wowwiki.com/PallyPower

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Paladin Fashion Parade

Puggin' Pally ran a paladin fashion contest on his/her blog recently.  Here are the winners. Many thanks to Karina (aka Second Place!) for mentioning this so all pally fashion plates can admire the winners.
http://puggingpally.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/and-the-winner-is/

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Gems and Enchants for Your Paladin

A two part article about gemming and enchanting your pally by a retribution paladin.
http://blaquespell.com/general/making-your-stuff-sparkle/

http://blaquespell.com/general/making-your-stuff-sparkle-literally-part-2/

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Recommended Tanking Addons

The author plays a paladin.
http://blaquespell.com/uncategorized/tanking-addons-must-haves/

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Weapons for the Paladin

Gamingnoobie went looking for tips on weapons for his/her new paladin and found this site that spells out clearly what you need for each spec and why.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2187599_choose-weapons-world-warcraft-paladin.html

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Macros for Paladins

Coriel suggests macros for prot and retro pallys.  Note the useful suggestions in the comments.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/05/ask-coriel-ret-and-prot-macros.html

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Tanking as a Death Knight/Druid/Paladin/Shaman/Warrior

Big Bear Butt mentioned two sources of information on tanking as various classes on his blog today.  Here are the direct links--first to Brokentree's comparison of now death knights, druids, paladins and warriors tank.  He's played them all and this looks like an excellent resource as it has casting rotations.
http://waywardinitiative.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/i-like-to-stand-in-front-of-things-that-mean-me-harm/

Secondly, to a video of a shaman tanking Lord Marrowgar in Icecrown Citadel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjIuMtiT4F8

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More Addons (Raiding, Healing, Etc.)

There were lots of addon reviews and explanations this week.  I'll summarize them all here.

First up, a guide to setting up Grid for raiders.
http://onemorealt.blogspot.com/2010/03/getting-started-with-grid.html

Useful addons for healers are mentioned here, including Grid, SmartDeBuff, Pitbull, Bartender4, SexyMap, Recount, Prat, BTex, Monkey Clock, Monkey Quest, Buffalo 3 and various Fubar addons.  Some of these aren't directly for healing but the writer uses them.  This is not an in-depth review but a list of the addons that this healer finds useful.  It'll give you names to research if anything looks useful to you.
http://sarindre.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/useful-healing-addons/

If you are always tinkering with your UI, you might find Mystic Chicanery's State of the UI series interesting.  Note the links at the bottom of the page--this player does a State of the UI periodically.
http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/2010/03/04/state-of-the-ui-march-2010/

An article about the paladin buff tracker called CLCBPT that explains how it works (the writer is a holy paladin).
http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/03/clcbpt-your-one-stop-holy-paladin.html

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Interview: Arena Holy Paladin

WOW Insider interviews a long time arena player (3v3) about paladins in PvP.  You'll hear hear opinion about warrior nerfs, how to defend against hunters, and tips for playing your best.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/13/the-colosseum-athlete-paladin-of-mugthol/

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Gemming Your Paladin

Honorshammer talks about the best way to gem your paladin.
http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/02/seeing-red-gemming-those-slots.html

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Big Bear Butt Compares Feral Druid and Paladin Tanks

BBB has played both classes and now that he has them geared up fairly evenly, he compared how they tank.

Part one (feral druids)
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/02/11/tanking-test-druid-vs-paladin-i/

Part two (paladins)
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/02/11/tanking-test-druid-vs-paladin-ii/

Part three (comparing aggro)
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/02/12/tanking-test-druid-vs-paladin-iii/

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Teaching Warriors to be Paladin Tanks

This article was written for warrior tanks who wanted to learn to be paladin tanks.  It is highly recommended by Honors Code who plays as a paladin.  Apparently the two tanking styles are very different and the author covers both well.
http://wowinanhour.gameldar.fdns.net/2010/02/pally-tanking-for-warriors.html

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Paladin Tank Specs (Patch 3.2)

Tanking information for Paladins, good as of Patch 3.2.  These are the main points.
http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?f=4&t=21932&rb_v=viewtopic

This link has information for experidenced paladin tanks, including glyphs, rotations, etc.  Many thanks to Karatheya at Cold Comfort for mentioning this information.
http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?rb_v=viewtopic&f=6&t=21933

Leveling a paladin tank
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/14/wow-rookie-leveling-a-paladin-tank/

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Learn Healing and Pally Tanking UPDATED

The Blog-o-Sphere is all about how to heal and tank this week.  Big Bear Butt talks about paladin tanks and their mana (or lack thereof), and how they differ from other tank classes;
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/12/29/when-is-a-rockstar-tank-not-a-rockstar/

and Matticus talks about the healing lessons he learned from one quest when he was a wee little priesty.  The article is actually asking Blizzard to introduce class specific quests again but it tells you a lot of things a healer wants to watch for.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/12/28/7-important-healing-lessons-i-learned-from-1-quest/

UPDATE:  The difference between tank healing and single target healing.  Miss Medicina discusses various healing classes and how they handle these two roles.
http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2010/03/healing-roles-single-target-vs-tank.html

Their information will help you play these roles a bit better and isn't the Solo MMO Player all about gathering these tips?

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Protection Paladin Spec for Patch 3.3

http://killingemslowly.blogspot.com/2009/12/33-protection-paladin-spec.html

http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/03/ask-coriel-new-prot-paladin-spec.html

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The Art of Being a Pallywhacker

The Solo MMO Player Speaks

The Solo MMO Player explained to me how to take advantage of bubble spells to kill paladins in PVP or Battlegrounds if you are a caster.  Kite them to get their health down a bit.  When the pally uses a bubble to heal, The Solo MMO Player smiles to himself and immediately stops attacking, re-shields, and restores his own health.

Do NOT beat on the bubble!  Stay out of any other line of fire and move a little closer to the pally so you can watch his bubble.   Now is the time to make any obscene gestures if you are so motivated.  The key is the pally loves it when you beat ineffectively on their bubble shield.  Don't fall into this trap.

Instead, the second the paladin's bubble disappears, the Solo MMO Player hits the pally with his biggest one-shot instant cast.  He resumes his rotation, and puts up any casting counter spells he has to suppress the pally's return fire, and continues to kite.  The pally will be at a 25-30% health loss differential and you will win if you throw the kitchen sink at the pally.  The bubbles have a cooldown period, so take advantage of this to kill the pally before they can re-bubble.  The paladin won't recover from the big one-shot damage you hit them with in the beginning, giving you the win.

The Solo MMO Player was taught this by a pally-killer female priest who could kill retribution paladins quicker than swatting flies.

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