Death Knights in lore

[Deleted]

Probably depends on how much the deus ex machina known as the light cares about the paladin in question.

[faithbane]

who would win a 1v1, Paladin or Deathknight

Not sure about the saronite issue, the pallies attacking acherus would depend on preparedness of both sides (remember DK's attacking Lights hope was a surprise attack) and who is present on the attack and defense teams but considering Acherus is a floating castle with frostwyrms and 24/7 DK fly patrols on it. Probably quite unlikely that pallies can pull off that attack.

However DK vs pally 1on1 question is already answered. Lorewise, during the WC3 campaign, DK/Arthas fights paladin/Uther the lightbringer and kills him. Arthas was #1 DK and LK's chosen at the moment while Uther was the top pally and the leader of the silver hand. You can argue that Uther was seriously demoralized at the time of the battle with the Lordaeron falling apart and all but as it stands 1v1 DK vs Pally fight in lore is won by DK.

[willtron]

In 1v1 , the Paladins win.
In an all out war , the Paladins win.
You silly death Knights are underestimating the power of the light, it always comes through in the end - whether it's on holy ground or at the heart of the scourge. Wings are a thing lorewise, so is bubble, so is hand of freedom and other protective shit . No matter what the death Knights throw at Paladins , Paladins can counter it and then smite those unholy abominations.
P.s.
There is also highlord with the Ashbringer in an all out war , who beats the death Lord with his remnants of Frostmourne

Yeah, worked out really well for Tirion. Came through for him there.

[mickybrighteyes]

Uther was really old and Arthas had Frostmourne. Uther would have had to at least have the Ashbringer for this to be a good comparison.

TO be honest. Frostmourne's real power wasn't even unlocked and in his hands at the time was just a very good blade that ate souls.

The real power wasn't unlocked till the end of the campaign.

[Andonais]

I don't really like the that one side would win in 1v1 when its a fight between individuals dk's have killed paladins and paladins have killed dk's.

[Brightamethyst]

One of the biggest issues with comparing power like this is that the winner is sometimes decided not by skill, or even power, but by whether The Light feels like playing the deus ex machina card on any given day.

Just look at ICC. The Scourge was winning. Arthas was about to kill and death knight all of us. The only thing that stopped him was literal divine intervention.

[Cwimge]

But why? Why would a paladin win a 1v1 and DKs a great scale fight?

Assuming the DK is clad in saronite plate, a metal that reacts..explosively to the light the whole dk is a walking bomb. Plus the light is able to turn aside a lot of dk strength, fw dots would make it through and as a whole it's more likely that an undead, even a powerful one like a death knight is going to fall before the light before one of it's champions does.

The odds are kind of stacked against dk's in a 1v1 whereas raising the dead and attrition would win the day in a broader conflict

[Zandalariprelate]

Assuming the DK is clad in saronite plate, a metal that reacts..explosively to the light the whole dk is a walking bomb. Plus the light is able to turn aside a lot of dk strength, fw dots would make it through and as a whole it's more likely that an undead, even a powerful one like a death knight is going to fall before the light before one of it's champions does.

The odds are kind of stacked against dk's in a 1v1 whereas raising the dead and attrition would win the day in a broader conflict

Dk are no longer using saronite since the death of yogg saron had become weak, even in a quest of icecrown tell you that

[Sigxy]

Dk are no longer using saronite since the death of yogg saron had become weak, even in a quest of icecrown tell you that

Oh! Really? I didn't know about that! Any idea which quest it was?

[Friendlyimmolation]

that changes alot of things, ill look for that quest too.

[Deleted]

Assuming the DK is clad in saronite plate, a metal that reacts..explosively to the light the whole dk is a walking bomb. Plus the light is able to turn aside a lot of dk strength, fw dots would make it through and as a whole it's more likely that an undead, even a powerful one like a death knight is going to fall before the light before one of it's champions does.

The odds are kind of stacked against dk's in a 1v1 whereas raising the dead and attrition would win the day in a broader conflict

Where did you find the explosifly to light quest thingy?

[mickybrighteyes]

Zul'drak back in Wrath? Some Argent Dawn try to cleanse saronite and it doesn't like it
http://wow.gamepedia.com/Quest:Pure_Evil

That can be taken as either explosively reacting to 'light' or causing a powerful spell to backfire.

Hammer of Wrath wasn't exactly a weak spell and it can't be far off to assume a failed invoking of it could lead to some sort of drastic effect.

edit:

maybe I should clarify. It could be seen as the saronite possessing some defensive properties that react depending on the nature of intent being directed at it. We're only shown mundane physical force, unexplained nature based effects, and spell that was regarded as an incredibly potent offensive light based spell. THat's not a large pool of examples to really say anything, really.