The worm turns on block
Oh, for the halcyon days of TBC when Block was the envy of the non-blocking tank classes (er, well, Druids). Now that stat has been getting the short shrift as of late, with the big hits of Ulduar...
View ArticleOur new cooldown revealed, and other changes in 3.2
This is one happy tankadin. Check these changes out: Currently, we think paladin tanks are almost there and that they just need slightly better cooldowns to handle some of the tougher boss fights....
View Article3.2 scattershot thoughts
Divine Guardian as a talent is kind of crap now with the nerf to Sacred Shield (only one per target). May be useful if no Holy Pallies are in the raid, but we always have at least one. Because it won’t...
View ArticleThe value of block
With the doubling of block value across items the stat, has become a lot more attractive than it’s ever been. One major reason for this is, as Paladins, we have the advantage of being able to consider...
View ArticleBlock Rating == Mastery
All standard “this is subject to change” disclaimers apply, but here’s some food for thought of how things stand right now in the Alpha. We have one stat which will be featured on tanking gear called...
View ArticleAnother rating going away in Cataclysm
Warning: This is a Cataclysm spoiler. Back in May I asked a simple question: if our Mastery is increased block chance, then wouldn’t Mastery rating be the exact same thing as block rating? At the time...
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Block capping at 80 with Mastery
Saturday night I hopped onto the beta to screw around with Reforging and see if I could expect to block cap myself come 4.0.1. As many of you know, block capping means stacking enough block chance that...
View ArticleYou’d think the latest 4.1 Sacred Duty change was a big deal, but…
It really isn’t. First, the change from the latest PTR build is as follows: Sacred Duty now also procs from Avenger’s Shield. Now lasts 10 sec, down from 15 sec. On its face, it looks like an awesome...
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4.3: Schrödinger’s block
Another update to the PTR and still no word of a nerf to block for Paladins. I’m not going to be stupid enough to hope out loud that they’ll just buff DKs and leave it at that, content to kick the can...
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