Protection Paladin Hero Talent Showdown in The War Within - Lightsmith vs. Templar

The War Within Criado 1 h 1 min atrás por Lincoln

Not sure what Hero Talents to play for your spec in The War Within? Check out all the released articles in the 'Hero Talent Showdown' series:
Hero Talent Showdowns in The War Within
Frost DK
Havoc DH
Restoration Druid
Augmentation Evoker
Beast Mastery Hunter
Arcane Mage
Brewmaster Monk
Holy Paladin
Holy Priest
Shadow Priest
Outlaw Rogue
Subtlety Rogue

Enhancement Shaman
Affliction Warlock
Protection Warrior

For more information on Hero Talents coming in the War Within, check out our Hero Talents Overview.

The War Within Hero Talents Overview

Protection Paladin in the War WithinHero Talent Showdown: Templar vs. Lightsmith Martelo de LuzAbalo CelestialChamado SuperiorBaluarte SagradoArma Sagrada Templar

Strengths

Weaknesses

Olho de TyrMartelo de LuzJulgamentoMartelo AbençoadoMartelo do ÍntegroMartelo da IraAbalo CelestialEscudo do VingadorOlho de TyrLuz Interior Lightsmith

Strengths

Weaknesses

Baluarte SagradoArma SagradaIra VingativaBênção da Forja What's Changed? TemplarMartelo de LuzEscudo do Íntegro Lightsmith

Arma Sagrada and Baluarte Sagrado are no longer ground-targeted spells. You cast them directly on yourself or another player.

There is a talent, Solidariedade, that will automatically cast Arma Sagrada or Baluarte Sagrado on a group member when you cast it on yourself. There is a built-in priority order for each based on role. For Baluarte Sagrado, the role priority when self-casting is Tank > Healer > DPS. For Arma Sagrada, it will go on the closest DPS first then on Tanks then Healers.

The damage of Arma Sagrada scales completely based on the Paladin who casts it. The amount of damage, the haste scaling, critical strike chance, etc. are all calculated based on the stats of the Paladin who cast it. The target has nothing to do with any of this. It's not an external like Infusão de Poder.

Arma Sagrada has an RPPM of 8. This is the total number of procs that includes both damage and healing.

In logs and add-ons like Details, all damage of Arma Sagrada will be attributed to the casting Paladin. The player who receives the buff will not have a listing in their damage breakdown.

The only thing that matters with Arma Sagrada is that the target maximizes their actions per minute to saturate the proc chance. The only thing you don't want is to cast it on someone who is AFK.

Arma SagradaArma SagradaInfusão de Poder And the Winner Is...

Class Fantasy & Visuals: Templar (Winner)

Here are some visual examples that show how cool Templar looks! It's a two-part animation. The first part puts golden wings on your back and you swing a giant hammer. The second part is the animation of nearby enemies being hit. When you press Martelo de Luz and see the whole animation, combined with the sound effects, it feels like this big power moment in your rotation where you did something awesome.

Lightsmith on the other hand doesn't have a real animation. It just has a slight visual flourish but it's hardly noticeable. Here is the flourish for Baluarte Sagrado.

Fun & Rewarding Gameplay: Templar (Winner)

Templar adds an interesting new way to juggle Holy Power and your defensive buttons. It's a nice change of pace from previous expansions and shakes up the gameplay when it comes to managing Holy Power and Escudo do Íntegro uptime. It's also rewarding to keep up Abalo Celestial as much as possible. Templar rewards you for playing well.

Lightsmith falls short because it's just Dragonflight Protection Paladin with an extra key bind. No new interactions or gameplay loops are created and that just makes it boring.

Difficulty: Lightsmith (Winner)

Lightsmith is a bit easier to learn and play since you focus on maintaining Escudo do Íntegro and Consagração without the Abalo Celestial mini-game that Templar brings along with it.

Defensiveness & Utility: Lightsmith (Winner)

Lightsmith allows you to utilize all defensive cooldowns while Templar does not. Templar requires that you commit Olho de Tyr as part of your rotation, which makes Lightsmith way more flexible defensively.

Leveling: Templar (Winner)
Templar will do more burst damage in a big outdoor world pull that will make leveling go faster by shortening combat times when doing quests or outdoor content. Templar also brings with it Corcel Implacável that makes getting around the open world much easier.

Mythic+: Lightsmith (Winner)

Lightsmith is better for Mythic+ because Templar as it stands is not compatible with how Protection Paladin needs to play in Mythic+. I'll get more into this when I discuss hero tree feedback.

Raid: Templar & Lightsmith (Tie)

This will come down to tuning. Protection Paladin will focus on two things for raids in The War Within: damage and externals like Bênção de Proteção Mágica. Since Bênção de Proteção Mágica is not hero tree specific, it will come down to damage tuning of both trees. Odds are that Protection Paladin will play the one that does the most damage and we'll know which is better once tuning is more settled closer to the raid release in September.

Best Overall: Lightsmith (Winner)

Lightsmith is the better overall hero tree. It's better for Mythic+ and could be a competitive raid option. Until Templar's Mythic+ weaknesses are resolved then It's more likely that Lightsmith will be a "set and forget" option for most people.

Hero Talent Feedback Templar Rotational Problems TemplarEscudo do VingadorAbalo CelestialChamado SuperiorEscudo do VingadorChamado Superior Templar

Barricada da Fé

Baluarte da Ordem

Determinação do Cruzado

Força na Adversidade

Inimizade Concentrada

Escudo Pairante

Baluarte da Fúria Íntegra

Fervor de Fernando Marco

Impositor de Tyr

Dádiva da Val'kyr Dourada

Grande Cruzado

Vanguarda Inspiradora

Momento de Glória

Escudo do Vingador Templar in Mythic+

You need to give up a defensive, Olho de Tyr, to make the rotation work.

To play optimally, you have to overlap Olho de Tyr and Martelo de Luz with Ira Vingativa (and that means Sentinela) to get the most out of it.

Talents like Chamado Superior discourage using Escudo do Vingador, which is critical for AoE damage and interrupts.

Escudo do VingadorOlho de Tyr LightsmithEscudo do VingadorBênção da ForjaEscudo do VingadorArma SagradaBaluarte Sagrado Base Protection Paladin Gameplay & TalentsEscudo do ÍntegroPalavra de GlóriaDesígnio DivinoForça da Convicção State of the Protection Paladin At The Launch of TEWAWIDragonflight Changes

Escudo do Vingador was decoupled from the Holy Power system

Early Paladin class tree designs had Bênção de Proteção Mágica available to Retribution and Holy

Escudo Sagrado was weakened by mechanically attaching it to Consagração

Bloqueio de Feitiço came into the game for Protection Warriors, making "magic block" no longer unique for Protection Paladin.

Mão do Protetor was capped in effectiveness

A mana cost was added to Palavra de Glória to hard-cap Paladin healing overall

The War Within Changes (so far)

Escudo do Vingador was not integrated into either Hero Tree

Palavra de Glória was not rescaled with the health pool buff for The War Within, effectively nerfing Paladin self-healing

Chamado SuperiorBênção da ForjaRuína do MarteloIra AscendenteEscudo do VingadorEscudo do ÍntegroEscudo do VingadorEscudo do VingadorEscudo do VingadorEscudo do ÍntegroEscudo do VingadorEscudo do VingadorIgnimpactoPancada de BarrilEscudo do VingadorEscudo do VingadorEscudo do VingadorPalavra de GlóriaPalavra de GlóriaPalavra de GlóriaPalavra de GlóriaPalavra de GlóriaPalavra de GlóriaLibertação da Luz Templar

Templar Martelo de Luz always costs 3 Holy Power, even with consuming Libertação da Luz or Desígnio Divino procs

Templar Abalo Celestial doesn't extend it's duration by 8s when using Martelo de Luz - This also affects Retribution!

Lightsmith Orientação Divina prefers to heal up to 5 injured targets and sometimes does no damage at all as a result

Templar Olho de Tyr doesn't benefit from Selo da Ordem's 10% cooldown reduction

Templar Martelo de Luz doesn't benefit from Desígnio Divino's damage bonus but still consumes the buff.

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