Cataclysm Paladin Changes

World of Warcraft - Paladin Changes for Cataclysm

Paladin:

New Spells
• Blinding Shield (level 81): AoE damage and Blind, like Eadric the Pure’s ability.
• Healing Hands (level 83): 6 second AoE heal that acts like a Healing Stream Totem.
• Guardian of Ancient Kings (level 85): A summon that has different effects based on your spec, like DK’s Gargoyle.

Ability and Mechanic Changes
• Crusader Strike is learned at level 1 for all paladins.
• Cleanse is now a dispel.
• BoM will also have the BoW effect in the same buff.
• Holy Shock is now a core healing spell for all paladins.

New Talents and Changes
• Ret and Holy paladins will have their defensive capabilities lowered in some way.
• Ret paladins rotation will be less forgiving by adding more pushables.
• Sacred Shield will be a single target 30 minute buff.
• Holy paladins will get a bigger heal to go with Greater Heal.
• Holy paladins will use spirit for mana regen.
• Prot paladins will get more pushables for their rotation.
• Holy Shield has no more charges, instead increases block while active.

Mastery Passive Talent Tree Bonuses
Holy
• Healing
• Meditation*
• Critical Healing Effect**

Protection
• Damage Reduction
• Vengeance***
• Block Amount****

Retribution
• Melee Damage
• Melee Critical Damage
• Holy Damage*

*Meditation: Spirit to mana conversion that all healers share.
**Critical Healing Effect: Critical heals heal for more.
***Vengeance: This mechanic ensures that tank damage doesn’t fall behind damage dealing classes.
****Block Amount: Paladins will have more block than other tanks.
*Holy Damage: Any attack that does holy damage will be increased.

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