How to level a Paladin - question from a reroller...

[Gordanius]

Hi there.

I have decided to reroll a paladin.
The reason is that paladins have the opportunity to fulfill all roles in WoW.
My question is; What is the easiest way to level a paladin, here I am thinking of which spec to chose and race to chose and areas to level in?

Regards
Gordanius

[Eurytos]

Wait for 4.0 so you can be a Tauren, only because they are HUGE. I'm an alliance and a lore geek, but I would totally dig I giant plate wearing holy bull animal.


That said, retribution used to be the way to level, but apparently ret pallies at low level gear is terrible. As prot you can AoE tons of mobs, and once you get BoSanc you virtually never run out of mana.

Edited for me being a retard.

[Conbot]

Wait for 3.2.2 so you can be a Tauren.

I thought that was rumored for 4.0, not 3.2.2?

[Prentice]

If you have the ability to get the BoA items, you will save yourself a ton of time and you'll definitely want to level as ret. If you can keep your pally geared well, no spec is faster than ret. The BoA items are absolutely amazing for this and they all have perfect stats for ret paladins.

[Eurytos]

I thought that was rumored for 4.0, not 3.2.2?

oops, my bad. gettin ahead of myself. reading too many patch notes and threads about too many different things. You are correct. Thats the expac.

[Gajan]

I think prot is faster than ret until you can get DS, or at least CS... Prot makes plaguelands soooo easy and pretty fun too. Go to one of the fields around the cauldrons and round up as many as you can, use ret aura, holy shield, consecrate, holy wrath, etc etc you'll have 15-20 dead mobs in less than a minute

[Nillo]

So can a druid

Actually druids fulfill 1 more role as they have a ranged dmg spec as well.

[bak00777]

sum droods iz bears

[biffdabulge]

If u got the BoA items, u can pick either spec, ret kills single mobs faster, prot kills many mobs faster. If u just have a lil gold cushion to start leveling with, go ret until around 30-40. Respec and grab up holy shield, BoSanc, and some other pimp ass prot talents. (imp HoJ is awesome for leveling, so is reckoning, imp RF). Put on Seal of wisdom, ret aura, imp RF, BoSanc, and judge light. Kill tons of mobs. Tank instances when u need to do them. Solo 3-5 man grp quests. Be awesome, be prot.

[Ronark]

If u got the BoA items, u can pick either spec, ret kills single mobs faster, prot kills many mobs faster. If u just have a lil gold cushion to start leveling with, go ret until around 30-40. Respec and grab up holy shield, BoSanc, and some other pimp ass prot talents. (imp HoJ is awesome for leveling, so is reckoning, imp RF). Put on Seal of wisdom, ret aura, imp RF, BoSanc, and judge light. Kill tons of mobs. Tank instances when u need to do them. Solo 3-5 man grp quests. Be awesome, be prot.

You can solo 3-5 mans as Ret as well :P

Basically though this ^, Ret from 1-40 for Unlimited mana with damage (SoC glyph), 40-60 as Prot (HS to BoSanc = Mass damage with unlimited mana) and either Prot from 60-80, or Ret from 60-80, as both can drop large groups of targets quickly.

[Krekko]

Man, I want a Cow Paladin bad now.

[Ronark]

Man, I want a Cow Paladin bad now.

Worgen Warlock ftw.

[Nillo]

Man, I want a Cow Paladin bad now.

+1

[Pretorian]

Man, I want a Cow Paladin bad now.

Draenei ?! :P

[gringo]

Draenei ?! :P

squid != cow

at least that's what my biology teacher says...

[Nillo]

Draenei ?! :P

Space Goats are not Cows!!!!!!!

[holkim]

Hi there.

I have decided to reroll a paladin.
The reason is that paladins have the opportunity to fulfill all roles in WoW.
My question is; What is the easiest way to level a paladin, here I am thinking of which spec to chose and race to chose and areas to level in?

Regards
Gordanius

Got a belf and a squid pally, levelled the belf as ret, was fairly ok from 50+.
My squid pally, I levelled together with another one from my guild, me a ret, he as prot.
Dude, go prot until CS, (buy some BoA stuff, specially the two hander for badges)I found my self killing one /two mobs mob fast, while my friend aoe farmed tons and tons of mobs facerolling.

[Samin]

I think Ret is best to level, once you get jugdement of the wise you really really really never run out of mana again. Also it should rock with BoA. Soloing elites depends on type of the elite but this is probably easier as prot.
I guess it depends on your playstyle. Single pull (ret) or multi pull (prot). You won't notice a big difference in speed.