Why You Should & Shouldn't Play Protection Paladin in Dragonflight Season 2 - Patch 10.1

Live Pubblicato 01/05/2023 alle 12:30 da Lincoln

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Why You Should Play Protection Paladin in Dragonflight Season 2 (and Why You Shouldn't)

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Why You Should Play Protection Paladin in Dragonflight Season 2

Benedizione del Sacrificio on a 1-minute cooldown to help some in situations like the Schegge di Terra mechanic on Sentinella Talondras in Uldaman

Purificazione dalle Tossine for Poisons and Diseases in six of the eight dungeons in Season 2

Multiple ways to help with the new Afflizione Affix including off-healing and Purificazione dalle Tossine

Multiple ways to deal with the Incorporeità Affix including multiple interrupts and Martello della Giustizia

Able to help with the new Intrappolamento Affix with Libertà Smodata

Scudo Benedetto & Maestria: Baluardo Divino to help mitigate a number of tank debuffs in Aberrus including Artigli Roventi, Artigli del Terrore, and Assalti Infusi.

Benedizione della Protezione Magica as a unique button that no other tank or Paladin spec has.

Ostilità Concentrata has been redesigned so it's less punishing on fights with split single target and AOE phases.

Luce Intima was a legendary in Legion and it's back as a talent. It makes Occhio di Tyr better for burst damage and gives more access to it as a defensive.

Talents with more weight from better tuning like Fede nella Luce or Sigillo della Rappresaglia.

Libertà Smodata is a strong talent that lets us counter roots and slows on two people, not just one.

More defined playstyle choices like Intento Divino or Sigillo dell'Ordine where you can pick if you want RNG proc or something more consistent.

Talents like Tregua del Crociato are great for quality of life.

Del Tramonto e dell'AlbaDel Tramonto e dell'AlbaParola di GloriaScudo del VirtuosoLuce IntimaDifensore RisolutoConsiglio di UtherWhy You Shouldn't Play Protection Paladin in Dragonflight Season 2Maestria dell'AuraLibertà SmodataPurificazione dalle TossineMartello della GiustiziaNerf Analysis Update

It looks like Blizzard put in the nerf that will go live with 10.1. For those that haven't seen, the nerfs were:

Egida di Luce (specialization passive) stamina bonus reduced to 30% (was 35%) and armor bonus reduced to 10% (was 15%).
Protettore Virtuoso’s cooldown reduction is now 2 seconds (was 3 seconds).
Sentinella’s health increase per stack is now 1% (was 2%).

This is the type of nerf I was expecting given how close we are to the patch. This is a mitigation nerf that is targeted at Mythic+ for the most part as Sentinella is rarely used in raids. The part that does affect raids is the damage nerf from having less Ira Vendicatrice casts.

Numerically, the impact of the nerf is:

Sentinella will have a ~33% longer cooldown
A reduction of 3-4% EHP from less armor/hp
Guardiano dei Re Antichi will have a ~20% longer cooldown
A ~3.5% damage nerf in Single Target

Overall, I don't think this is a big nerf to Protection Paladin. As mentioned, the only effect on the raid environment is slightly less damage output. But for Season 2 Dungeons, it's still more than viable because of its utility. Protection Paladin still has multiple counters for dungeon affixes and mechanics. You might need to plan out cooldowns a bit more especially if you push into higher key levels.

It's a nerf and we hate nerfs. But it's not the end of the world.
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