Hi,
I'm a 10man "Progression" Raidleader and Tank. We're currently at 2/13 HC (didn't really progress much the last 3 weeks due to roster issues :-(, should be at 4/13...).
I usually play Blood DK (armory link for reference/progress) but I'm going to reroll to Prot Pala for this Tier.
Reason behind ist is, I believe Monk (our 2nd Tank) + Prot Paladin is the strongest tank composition atm. in terms of raw dps and raid healing.
We don't have another Paladin in our lineup, so that alone is a good reason I guess.
Armory Link:
Pala:
http://eu.battle.net/wow/de/characte...m%C3%BB/simple
DK:
http://eu.battle.net/wow/de/character/gorgonnash/Riemu/
Alternate Specs/Glyphs:
Divine Protection Glyph instead of Hotr, keep forgetting to change it..
Worldoflogs Link:
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/r...=13158&e=13667
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/r...?s=1374&e=1820
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/r...um/damageDone/
Questions, concerns, expectations:
I'm pretty new to the Prot Paladin. I've only been 90 for about 2 weeks now. I've read all the guides out there and viewed many armories of progression 10 man Paladins.
Still trying to tweek my gear so I can roll him into our normal ToT clears. Couple of things I have noticed or that are not clear to me yet:
- They all seem to use the DPS Meta Legendary Gem instead of the Tank one.
- They all gem exlusivly for 320 Haste, ignoring all socket bonuses that don't reward haste
--> Those 2 things generally a good thing to aim for when progression tanking? Or should you try to get socket bonuses like parry if you can?
- I find myself hardly using WoG. I only use WoG in like serious emergency situation to heal me back up. Sometimes I have a 5 Bastion stack for a minute or sth like that.
Is that ok or is that rather bad? I prefer using my HP on SotR for DPS and Mitigation. I only use WoG when I'm like down to 40% or sth like that and didn't receive any heal for 1-2 secs or when I'm about to die otherwise.
(Only on melee bosses ofc - bosses like lei-shi hc or sth like that, SoTR becomes useless aside from dps during bosstanking)
- The 2p T15? Set Bonus that rewards bonus block% - does that change your playstyle? Do you want to keep up that bonus block and use WoG accordingly? Or will SotR still be better? Whats the desired playstyle around that?
- Most of the Progression Paladins are taking Holy Prism instead of Lights Hammer (preferred in most guides).
Why is that? I assume they take it for the extra raidhealing, rather than the damage? How does that change your playstyle? I guess its pretty hard to heal the raid with it on non-stackable bosses?
Thanks for your help guys!
Greets
Riemu