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Paladin

3 specs with seal management, off-GCD Judgements, Forbearance tracking, and spec-specific aura/blessing buffs.

Playstyles

Retribution

Seal twisting for maximum melee DPS, Crusader Strike, and execute-phase Hammer of Wrath.

Protection

100% Holy Shield uptime, Consecration threat, Avenger's Shield pulls, and crush prevention.

Holy

Smart party healing with Flash of Light, Holy Light, Holy Shock, and Divine Favor cooldowns.

Retribution

Recommended: Retribution (48pt) View Build

Rotation

  • Seal twisting — Seal of Command R1 into Seal of Blood/Martyr within 0.4s swing window for double seal procs
  • Crusader Strike as primary GCD filler (41-pt talent, 6s cooldown)
  • Hammer of Wrath execute on targets below 20% HP
  • Exorcism on Undead/Demon targets when mana allows
  • Consecration at configurable enemy count threshold

Judgement System

  • Off-GCD Judgements for maximum efficiency (TBC mechanic)
  • Configurable judgement debuff: Blood, Crusader, Wisdom, or Light
  • Auto-judge on cooldown between GCD abilities

Cooldowns

  • Avenging Wrath (+30% damage) with Forbearance tracking
  • Trinket and racial ability stacking
  • Seal twist can be disabled for simpler rotation

Protection

Recommended: Protection (49pt) View Build

Rotation

  • Holy Shield maintenance for 100% uptime (crush prevention)
  • Consecration as primary AoE threat tool
  • Avenger's Shield for pull/snap threat (41-pt talent)
  • Hammer of Wrath execute on low-HP targets
  • Exorcism on Undead/Demon targets

Judgement & Seals

  • Off-GCD Judgement for continuous threat generation
  • Configurable seal: Righteousness, Vengeance, or Wisdom
  • Righteous Fury maintenance for threat modifier

Cooldowns

  • Avenging Wrath with Forbearance tracking
  • Mocking Blow as 2-min CD taunt fallback when in Battle Stance (elites/bosses, healer protection)
  • Arcane Torrent (mana restore) or Stoneform (defensive) racial — off-GCD, toggleable
  • Trinket and racial ability usage

Holy

Recommended: Holy (41pt) View Build

Healing

  • Flash of Light as efficient fast heal (configurable threshold, default 90%)
  • Holy Light for large heals on heavily damaged targets (default 60%)
  • Holy Shock as instant emergency heal (default 50%, 15s CD)
  • Smart party/raid target scanning sorted by HP

Cooldowns

  • Divine Favor for guaranteed crit on next heal
  • Divine Illumination for 50% mana cost reduction at configurable mana threshold (41-pt talent)
  • Arcane Torrent (mana restore) or Stoneform (defensive) racial — off-GCD, toggleable

Utility

  • Judgement of Light/Wisdom maintenance when party is safe
  • Seal of Wisdom for mana regeneration
  • Party Cleanse for poison, disease, and magic debuffs

Shared Features

Emergency & Defensive

  • Divine Shield at configurable HP threshold (blocked by Forbearance)
  • Lay on Hands emergency full heal (blocked by Forbearance)
  • Hammer of Justice stun interrupt on casting enemies

Consumable & Recovery

  • Healthstone auto-use at configurable threshold
  • Healing Potion at configurable threshold
  • Mana Potion with threshold setting
  • Dark Rune / Demonic Rune with HP safety check

Self-Buffs (Out of Combat)

  • Aura by spec: Sanctity (Ret), Devotion (Prot), Concentration (Holy)
  • Blessing by spec: Might (Ret), Kings (Prot), Wisdom (Holy)
  • Cleanse on self for poison, disease, and magic

Settings Overview

General

Spec selection, Cleanse toggle, interrupt, recovery thresholds, emergency settings, cooldown toggles.

Retribution

Seal twisting toggle, Judgement debuff, Consecration threshold, Exorcism, Crusader Strike.

Protection

Holy Shield, seal selection, Avenger's Shield, Righteous Fury, Consecration.

Holy

Healing thresholds for Flash/Holy Light/Holy Shock, Divine Favor, Divine Illumination mana threshold, Cleanse party.