Prot paladin viable as FC in BG ?

[crowpala]

The problem is they get destroyed by ranged DPS. If you want to pray they have little-to-no ranged DPS, then be my guest. Maybe you'll be lucky and get all-melee DPS compositions? I wouldn't chance it, though.

That was the point behind my post to find out if it was doable/viable to use a protadin these days since I haven't done anything on my pala in BG's for a while. Only been in there as lock and resto and have never thought about it.
The answer to my question have been answered well enough already, so I might take a look at doing more with my warrior now if I wanna do something else then lock or resto

[zcks]

Retribution can be pretty boss in RBGs. Definitely better than Prot.

zcks: Ferals can't shift out of snares anymore and the run speed is 130% total in cat form. >_> Travel form is another thing, though.

They cannot shift out of roots, they can shift out of snares.

Also the run speed boost from talents is +30%, they get an additional 15% from pvp gear however totaling +45% meaning they can easily outrun most enemies & avoid most slows. (the only CC that really stops them is fears, stuns & roots since they are also polymorph immune).

[Duilliath]

The runspeed only works in catform. Getting stunned in catform = dead feral if the team is remotely coordinated.

Bloods have good self healing (if not stunned / disarmed) and great utility in a ranged silence + ranged slow. Their short cooldowns are impressive, but their lack of mobility makes them less desirable than Prot Wars.

[Blackeyecycle]

Lol? who brings a tank to rbgs now days anyway lol, beginners maybe

Please link your RBG team. Thank you lol?

[Darcks]

war>dk>drood>paly

[gurusotah]

i cant understand why people still discuss about that post man
the only spec that is viable in pvp is holy and i hate boring like hell
so paladins are doomed to be suck babes in this xpac and there is no fucking light for that class in 4,3 so give a shit to wow till next xpac
and ppl who thinks retr is boss in rbgs lies why because no clever rbgs leader gets a so fucking useless class and waste a real pvp class space
and all god dman community cries about OPness of paladins yeah couple of patch may be wgat about other fucking FroOPstROGFERaDKs class especially
6 years skill cap fucking f mages man i hate them so tbh and coward rogues and OP feral who kill you with bleed dmg
so yeah get holy=profit get retri=lose the more retri or protect in your bg team the more lose i felt in many cases like that so stoped and waititng for next xpac
who gives a fuck deathcrap and remaded bosses
good day

[Reith]

They cannot shift out of roots, they can shift out of snares.

Also the run speed boost from talents is +30%, they get an additional 15% from pvp gear however totaling +45% meaning they can easily outrun most enemies & avoid most slows. (the only CC that really stops them is fears, stuns & roots since they are also polymorph immune).

I thought snares were roots. Isn't it that they can shift out of slows, but not snares/roots? Or are snares considered slows?

Wait, they get a constant +45% in cat form?! WTF?! *feels the slap in the face to rets everywhere* Ouch, Blizzard. Ouch.

[Duilliath]

They've had that since Vanilla.

Snares = Slows.
Roots = Immobilised in place

E.g. Hamstring/Crippling Poison vs Entangling Roots/Frost Nova

[zcks]

I thought snares were roots. Isn't it that they can shift out of slows, but not snares/roots? Or are snares considered slows?

Wait, they get a constant +45% in cat form?! WTF?! *feels the slap in the face to rets everywhere* Ouch, Blizzard. Ouch.

Ya snares are considered slowing effects like http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/120/cone-of-cold/ they don't stop you completely but will slow you down, roots are abilities which actually root you in place with no movement at all like http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/339/entangling-roots/ & http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/339/entangling-roots/ (don't think there are any more other then a couple talented ones)


So in the end druids actually have pretty good mobility with the +45% constant run speed boost, feral charge, infected wounds, pounce & the ability to remove all snares on you at once with a single button press. They just aren't as good as warriors mobility wise & don't have the survivability of death knights but hey their leaps & bounds ahead of paladins tank wise & dps wise in pvp.