Crusader Strike

WotLK Paladin new Talents & Spell

2008-07-20T17:19:00.002+02:00

Qui sotto elenchiamo le modifiche apportate alla classe in WtLK:

Alliance Retribution - Seal of Martyr All melee attacks deal additional Holy damage equal to 35% of normal weapon damage, but the Paladin loses health equal to 10% of the total damage inflicted. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing Holy damage at the cost of health equal to 33% of the damage caused. Horde gets also Vengeance counterpart (corrupt)

Retribution Heart of the Crusader (5 Points Required in Retribution, 5 Ranks) -- In addition to the normal effect, your Judgement spells will also increase the critical strike chance of all attacks made against that target by 1/2/3/4/5%.

Sanctified Retribution (20 Point Required in Retribution, 1 Rank) -- Damage caused by targets affected by Retribution Aura is increased by 2%.

Sheath of Light (20 Points Required in Retribution, 3 Ranks) -- Increases your spell power by an amount equal to 10/20/30% of your attack power and your critical healing spells heal the target for 20/40/60% of the healed amount over 12 seconds.

Sanctified Wrath (35 Points Required in Retribution, 2 Ranks) -- Increases the critical strike chance of Hammer of Wrath by 25/50%, reduces the cooldown of Avenging Wrath by 30/60 secs and while affected by Avenging Wrath 25/50% of all damage caused bypasses damage reduction effects.

Judgement of Wise (0/3) Rank. Judgement Spells restore mana up to 3 group or raid members totalling 20%/40%/60% of the damage caused.

Swift Retribution (40 Points Required in Retribution, 3 Ranks) -- Your Retribution Aura also increases casting, ranged and melee attack speeds by 1/2/3%.

The Art of War (40 Points Required in Retribution, 3 Ranks) -- Your damaging Crusader Strikes have a 5/10/15% chance to cause your next Judgement spell to cause double damage.

Righteous Vengeance (45 Points Required in Retribution, 5 Ranks) -- Increases critical damage bonus of all attacks by 3/6/9/12/15%

Divine Storm (50 Points Required in Retribution) -- An instant weapon attack that causes Holy damage to up to ${$i-1} enemies within $a1 yards. The Divine Storm heals up to 3 party or raid members totalling $s2% of the damage caused.

Full Paladin Patch Notes

Auras

* All Auras now affect all party and raid members within the area of effect.
* Retribution Aura damage increased and now gains damage based on Holy spell power.

Blessings

* Four blessings have been turned into "Hand" spells which no longer conflict with or remove other blessings. All Hand spells cost 6% of base mana.
o Blessing of Freedom renamed Hand of Freedom
o Blessing of Protection renamed Hand of Protection
o Blessing of Sacrifice renamed Hand of Sacrifice, with one rank which transfers 20% of the damage taken by the target to the caster for 12 seconds. 2 minute cooldown.
o Blessing of Salvation renamed Hand of Salvation, which reduces total threat of the target by 2% per second for 10 seconds while also reducing all damage and healing done by 10%.
* Blessing of Light and Greater Blessing of Light removed. Their effects have been folded into all relevant abilities.

Seals and Judgements

* Judgement of Justice will no longer prevent Fear effects, only prevent NPCs from fleeing (e.g. at low health). Seal of Justice/Judgement reduced to 1 rank with all the effects of the previous rank 2
* Seal of the Crusader has been removed. The effects of Judgement of the Crusader have been folded into all relevant abilities.
* Seal of Vengeance damage over time effect duration increased to 18 seconds.

Miscellaneous Abilities and Spells

* Avenging Wrath no longer causes Forebearance, damage increase reduced to 20%, now increases healing done by 20%.
* Divine Intervention cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
* Divine Protection and Divine Shield now cost 3% of base mana.
* Hammer of Justice now costs 3% of base mana.
* Hammer of Wrath is now considered a Retribution spell, moved from Holy, mana cost reduced, missile speed increased, now usable on targets below 35% health.
* Holy Wrath is now instant cast, causes a 3 second stun, cooldown reduced to 30 seconds, radius reduced to 10 yards.
* Lay on Hands no longer drains all mana, cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
* Righteous Fury now increases threat caused by Holy damage by 90%. (instead of all holy spells)
* Turn Undead (ranks 1 and 2) removed. Turn Evil now granted at level 24, mana cost changed to 9% of base.

Holy Talents

* Divine Intellect moved to tier 2, increases total Intellect by 3/6/9/12/15%.
* Healing Light moved to tier 2.
* Holy Shock range changed to 20/40 yards when used on enemies/friends respectively, cooldown reduced to 6 seconds.
* Illumination moved to tier 3.
* Improved Concentration Aura moved from the Protection tree to tier 4 in the Holy tree.
* Improved Seal of Righteousness moved to tier 1, renamed XXX, now affects Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Vengeance and Seal of Corruption.
* Pure of Heart reduced to 2 ranks, now reduces duration of Curse and Disease effects by 25/50%.
* Sanctified Light now also increases the critical chance of Holy Shock.
* Spiritual Focus moved to tier 1.
* Unyielding Faith moved to tier 2.

Protection Talents

* Anticipation moved to tier 1, now increases chance to dodge by 1/2/3/4/5%.
* Avenger's Shield cast time reduced to .5 seconds, duration increased to 10 seconds.
* Divine Strength (Holy) moved to tier 1 in the Protection tree.
* Holy Shield cooldown reduced to 8 seconds. (typo?)
* Improved Devotion Aura moved to tier 4, reduced to 3 ranks, now increases armor of Devotion Aura by 17/34/50% and increases all healing done to units affected by Devotion Aura by 1/2/3%.
* Improved Hammer of Justice now reduces cooldown by 10/20/30 secs.
* Improved Righteous Fury threat bonus folded into base spell, talent still reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6%.
* Redoubt moved to tier 2.
* Toughness moved to tier 3.
* Stoicism moved to tier 2, now reduces duration of Stun effects by 10/20/30% and reduces chance your spells will be resisted by 10/20/30%.

Retribution Talents

* Conviction now increases critical chance with all spells and melee attacks.
* Divine Purpose now reduces chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 1/2/3%.
* Improved Sanctity Aura renamed Sanctified Retribution, now causes all units affected by Retribution Aura to cause 2% more damage. ( Sanctity Aura removed.)
* Improved Seal of the Crusader renamed Heart of the Crusader and the effects now apply to all Judgement spells.
* Repentance mana cost changed to 9% of base, duration increased to 1 minute (10 second PvP duration), now usable against Demons, Dragonkin, Giants, Humanoids and Undead.

Presentazione

2008-07-20T16:49:00.005+02:00

Salve signori. Mi chiamo Nicola, o come alcuni di voi mi potrebbero conoscere, Herrod o greendevil.
Ho preso a cuore il progetto di Derek, ovvero un sito (per ora, un blog) che ha come obbiettivo l'essere un punto di informazione e di riferimento per tutti i paladini, retri, holy o protection che siano.

E, come prima cosa, posto una build retri pvp che avevo in mente e che ho riguardato un paio di volte:

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=sZxGzhRh0xZVfct0fuAcoMzh

Reckoning e Crusader strike. Sbav.
Per quanto riguarda Judgement of the Wise, sono indeciso se metterlo o no, perché ritengo sia necessario un minimo di testing per vedere quanto mana consumerà effettivamente il nuovo paladino.
Il Guardian's Favor l'ho messo anche se verrà sicuramente rivisto (il Blessing of Protection e il Blessing of Freedom sono state trasformate in Hand of Protection e Hand of Freedom ora), e considerando che è possibile che comunque andrà a influenzare le due nuove spell, e sicuramente ciò è più preferibile di un +2% dodge o... due punti in redoubt.

Pensavo a questa spec per le 2v2, principalmente.
Ogni commento, impressione o suggerimento è sempre ben accetto.

Ciao a tutti ;)

Post Blu sul pala in Wotlk

2008-07-08T17:28:00.002+02:00

Avrete tutti notato che non si sono ancora i nostri talenti... perchè?
Beh questi due post blu ci danno un'idea sull'argomento.

Quite honestly one of the reasons we saved paladins for last is because there is a lot we wanted to change with them. Paladins are changing probably more than any other class. The tiny little bit you heard at the WWI is just the beginning.

The discussion about a new healing spell was just to say yes, we think paladins need another healing mechanic. It isn’t finished yet. We don’t want to just hand them a thinly disguised druid or priest spell. We also want paladins to tank more actively and want retribution paladins to have a little better control over their damage without the bursts feeling quite so random. (And no, that’s not all we’re looking at).

It’s all coming. It’s just a lot of work. Try to stay positive. Everyone in the alpha was invited because they have a close connection to someone at Blizzard. You’re here because we value your feedback.

That’s a fair question. We knew we were going to make 3 pretty sweeping changes to classes in general that would all affect paladins. First we changed the way healing and damage stats work. Second, we changed the way party vs raid buffs worked. Third, we changed how much damage a tank is expected to deliver as well as reworking some of our itemization theories in general.

We figured it was easier to tackle those issues on comparatively easy classes like the warrior and priest before figuring out how we were going to have to change the paladin. Hunters got pushed to the back for a similar reason — we were overhauling how their pets worked and needed to nail those changes first before figuring out their new abilities and talents.

We still feel like we’re ahead of where we were on Burning Crusade with a more experienced team. So we’re not yet panicked about having enough testing time.

Giocheremo una nuova classe? quali saranno i nostri effettivi ruoli in raid?
Lo scopriremo presto... voi intanto iscrivetevi tutti alla beta.
Iniziate a believare perchè sarà dura.

New link

2008-07-07T16:35:00.001+02:00

WoW Heroes

A new site like be.imba
Ben programmato e decisamente più veloce rispetto al predecessore.
Provatelo.

Wotlk Beta Opt

2008-07-04T18:53:00.004+02:00

Today we opened the Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In program, which gives players a chance to win an invitation to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King beta. For The Burning Crusade beta, we randomly invited players from the entire World of Warcraft community. With the Opt-In, our goal is to strengthen the beta-testing process by inviting only those players who have expressed active interest in participating.

Keep in mind that opting in doesn’t guarantee you’ll be selected for the beta.

To opt in to the Wrath of the Lich King beta, visit the Beta Opt-In Today we opened the Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In program, which gives players a chance to win an invitation to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King beta. For The Burning Crusade beta, we randomly invited players from the entire World of Warcraft community. With the Opt-In, our goal is to strengthen the beta-testing process by inviting only those players who have expressed active interest in participating. Keep in mind that opting in doesn’t guarantee you’ll be selected for the beta. To opt in to the Wrath of the Lich King beta, visit the Beta Opt-In page.
Vaneras

Andate tutti a iscrivervi su!
Need feedback sul Paladino Wotlk!

Macro Healthstone

2008-07-03T16:25:00.002+02:00

Per la serie le macro utili:

#showtooltip item:22103
/use item:22105
/use item:22104
/use item:22103

Graziue a Pownzord sul 501 di NGI

Crusader Strike Favicon ed altre news

2008-07-01T17:57:00.004+02:00

Nuove aggiunte al blog:

-la favicon con l'immagine della spell in WoW (si la favicon dai... l'immagine accanto all'indirizzo del sito nella barra di navigazione)
-I menu link spariti con il cambio del tema, cercherò di aggiungere quanti più link potrò in tempi brevi.

Wotlk Blizzcon news

2008-07-01T15:24:00.004+02:00

-Retribution paladins will share their itemization with Death Knights and Warriors.
-Their group utility will be increased by making them more efficient DPS-wise.
-A new reactive healing spell will be added - Hand of Purity.
-Paladin's short-term-blessings no longer overwrite long-term-blessings.

Queste le modifiche annunciate.
Particolarmente interessante la divisione dei bless in due categorie, i long term (BoM BoL BoS BoW BoK BoSanc) e gli short-term (BoSac BoF BoP). Risulta essere quindi un ottimo buff in PvP e in particolar modo in Arena, in PvE potremo tenere Sacrifice fisso su tank oltre che non dover ribuffare i caster nabbi dopo averli salvati con un BoP.
Per quel che riguarda la nuova spell healing si sa questo:

Hand of Purity: Provides preemptive reactive healing on the target, similar to a single target version of Prayer of Mending

Ristrutturazione...

2008-06-23T17:46:00.003+02:00

Ho cominciato a ristrutturare ieri, qualcuno forse se ne sarà accorto.
Il blog è quindi in fase di transizione, i menu con i linbk laterali verranno ripristinati a breve, nel frattempo vado a linarvi le novità:
-nuovo tema grafico (giochiamo a wow giralamoda mi pare giusto che l'occhio voglia la sua parte), di cui a breve cambierò testata in stile paladin.
-Pulsante Search per poter accedere rapidamente ai contenuti del blog.
-Eliminazione del frame di navigazione di blogger

Wowhead tooltip!

2008-06-16T15:36:00.003+02:00

Grazie allo script messo a disposizione da Wowhead.com abbiamo a disposizione i tooltip su tutti i link di oggetti di WoW...
Un es. [Torch of Damned]

Beh una utility in più!

Main Tankadin

2008-05-05T17:14:00.003+02:00

Stavo aggiornando i link sul blog cercando in giro per la rete qualcosa di interessante, quando capito su maintankadin.

iL forum mette a disposizione un vasto numero di informazioni e offre guida al tanking di tutti i boss della TBC oltre che guide base sul gameplay del tankadin.

Socket

2008-04-29T18:15:00.011+02:00

Per il ramo retribution la scelta delle gemme è piuttosto limitata, quelle che seguono sono le principali scelte per questa spec.

PVE

Meta: [Relentless Earthstorm Diamond]
Red: Strenght [Bold Living Ruby] / [Bold Crimson Spinel] o Strength e Crit [Inscribed Noble Topaz] / [Inscribed Pyrestone]
Yellow: Hit se avete problemi a cappare [Rigid Dawnstone] / [Rigid Lionseye] o Strength e Crit [Inscribed Noble Topaz] / [Inscribed Pyrestone]
Blue: Se avete bisogno di socket blu per il metagem usate pure Crit e Sta [Jagged Talasite] / [Jagged Seaspray Emerald] o Strength e Sta [Sovereign Nightseye] / [Sovereign Shadowsong Amethyst]

PVP

Meta: [Relentless Earthstorm Diamond] o [Powerful Earthstorm Diamond] o [Enigmatic Skyfire Diamond] il quale stacca con il 5% dell'enchant [Enchant Boots - Surefooted]
Red: Strength e Sta [Sovereign Nightseye] / [Sovereign Shadowsong Amethyst]
Yellow: Resilience se ne avete la necessità [Steady Talasite] / [Steady Seaspray Emerald]
Blue: Strength e Sta [Sovereign Nightseye] / [Sovereign Shadowsong Amethyst] o Resilience se ne avete la necessità [Steady Talasite] / [Steady Seaspray Emerald]

Expertise Cap per Boss

2008-04-29T17:59:00.005+02:00

EXPERTISE
Base Melee Dodge: 5.75%
Base Melee Parry: Varies by boss, at least 5.75%
1 Expertise = expertise rating / 3.95
1 Expertise = -0.25% Dodge and -0.25% Parry

Druid (Melee)
Base: 91

Rogue
Base: 91
w/ Weapon Expertise: 52

Shaman (Melee)
Base: 91

Warrior
Base: 91
w/ Defiance: 68
w/ Weapon Mastery: 60
w/ Defiance + Weapon Mastery: 37

Paladin (Melee)
Base: 91
w/ Combat Expertise: 72

Hit Cap per Boss

2008-04-29T17:53:00.002+02:00

SPELL HIT

Base Spell Miss: 16%
Spell Hit % = spell hit rating / 12.6

Le Spell hanno attualmente 17% di chance to miss, ma non potendo eliminare l'ultimo 1% il cap effettivo è 16%
Seguono i valori di spell hit richieste dalle varie classi in PVE contro boss:

Mage
Base: 202
w/ Elemental Precision (Fire/Frost): 164
w/ Arcane Focus (Arcane): 76

Warlock
Base: 202
w/ Suppression (Affliction): 76

Priest
Base: 202
w/ Shadow Focus (Shadow): 76
w/ Focused Power (Smite, Mind Blast, Mass Dispel): 152
w/ Shadow Focus + Focused Power (Mind Blast): 26

Druid (Spell)
Base: 202
w/ Balance of Power: 152

Shaman (Spell)
Base: 202
w/ Elemental Precision: 126
w/ Nature's Guidance: 164
w/ Elemental Precision + Nature's Guidance: 88

Paladin (Spell)
Base: 202
w/ Precision: 164

HIT RATING

Base Melee Miss (Dual-Wielding): 28%
Base Melee Miss (2H/1H+Shield/Special Attacks): 9%
Base Ranged Miss: 9%
Hit % = hit rating / 15.8

Seguono i valori di hit rating di cui avete bisogno pern cappare in pve ai boss.

Druid (Melee)
Base: 142

Rogue (Dual-Wield)
Base: 442
w/ Precision: 363

Rogue (Special Attacks)
Base: 142
w/ Precision: 63

Hunter
Base: 142
w/ Surefooted: 95

Shaman (Dual-wield)
Base: 442
w/ Dual Wield Specialization: 348
w/ Nature's Guidance: 395
w/ Dual Wield Specialization + Nature's Guidance: 300

Note that current wisdom is that a Shaman only needs about 9% hit, and should not focus on reaching the cap.

Shaman (Two-Handed/One-Hand + Shield/Special Attacks)
Base: 142
w/ Nature's Guidance: 95

Warrior (Dual-wield)
Base: 442
w/ Precision: 395

Warrior (Two-Handed/One-Hand + Shield/Special Attacks)
Base: 142
w/ Precision: 95

Paladin (Melee)
Base: 142
w/ Precision: 95

2.4.2 PTR Patch Notes

2008-04-29T17:48:00.001+02:00

Patch di bugfix e di uscite della Season 4:

-Flash of Light and Holy Light will now work properly with castsequence macros.
Seal of the Crusader: This ability now increases the damage dealt by Crusader Strike by 40%.
-Crusader Strike (Retribution) will now properly receive a damage increase from Seal of The Crusader.
-Talent: Precision (Ranks 1-3) will no longer improperly display daggers and staves as a weapon class in the tooltip.
-Paladins that already have Apprentice Riding skill can now properly learn Summon Warhorse from the trainer.

Nulla di che la modifica al SotC è in realtà un fix per eliminare la perdita di dps del CS.

2.4 Fury of the Sunwell

2008-03-25T15:30:00.002+01:00

Queste le modifiche nella 2.4 per quel che riguarda la nostra classe:

Paladins
-Avenger’s Shield, Holy Shield and Holy Shock: Casting lower ranks of these spells is now properly penalized like other healing and damage effects.
-Avenger’s Shield: This ability will no longer jump to secondary targets which are under the effect of crowd-control spells that break on taking damage. I.e. Polymorph, Sap, etc.
-Crusader Strike: This ability will no longer refresh the Healing Way buff from the Shaman talent.
-Illumination: The mana energize from this talent no longer has a chance to set off other triggered effects.
-Holy Shock: The healing, damage, and mana cost of this spell have all been increased.
-Judgment of the Crusader: It is no longer possible to have icons for two different ranks of Judgment of the Crusader appear at the same time when judged by multiple Paladins.
-Judgment of Wisdom: Some abilities (such as Frostbolt) were not triggering the mana energize effect from this spell. This has now been fixed.
-Resistance Auras: It is no longer possible for two Paladins in the same party to make it appear that players have two of the same resistance aura active.
-Righteous Defense: This spell will now always be castable on friendly npcs.
Seal of Blood: This ability will no longer cause spell pushback for the Paladin with this seal active.
-Sense Undead- Now persists after death.
-Turn Undead(Rank 3):This spell has been reworked and has been renamed to “Turn Evil”. It will now work on Demons in addition to Undead. Turn Evil is subject to diminishing returns, and lasts 10 seconds in PvP.

Macro

2008-03-25T14:18:00.008+01:00

Le Macro davvero utili in retribution non sono molte ma vale cmq la pena di pubblicarle:

Seal & Judge

#showtooltip Seal of Command
/cast Judgement
/stopcasting
/castsequence reset=8 Seal of Command, Judgement
/startattack

Casta il Seal e lo rigiudica... modificando il nome del Seal potete riscriverla per ognuno di essi.

Mouse-over Cleanse

/cast [target=mouseover,exists,help] Cleanse; [help] Cleanse; [target=player]Cleanse

Castare Cleanse con mouse-over.
Se non c'è nulla sotto il puntatore mouse casterà cleanse su voi stessi.

Target-of-Target Blessing of Protection

/cast [target=targettarget] Blessing of Protection; Blessing of Protection

* BoP sul target del target. Comodo per salvare la vita ai caster se dovessero far girare il mob/boss.

Bende

#showtooltip Heavy Netherweave Bandage
/use [help,nochanneling:Heavy Netherweave Bandage]Heavy Netherweave Bandage; [target=player,nochanneling:Heavy Netherweave Bandage]Heavy Netherweave Bandage

Self cast di bende, con il secondo click bloccate il cast.

JoW, Judge of Wisdom

2008-03-22T16:29:00.008+01:00

Riporto e traduco uno studio fatto da alcuni theorycrafter di Elitist Jerks.com sui benefici portati al raid dal Judge od Wisdom che grazie al pala Crittadin rimane costantemente attivo sul boss.

Assumiamo, per semplicità, un 50% del proc rate del JoW. Assumiamo inoltre, sempre per semplicità, un 100% di hit rating e la perfezione delle rotation dei dpser a 0 di latency.
Questi calcoli includono spell e abilità che fanno proccare JoW.
Ogni Haste effects, sia passivo (+Haste rating) che talentato (Flurry) che da item proc (Dragonspine Trophy), non sono considerati ai fini del calcolo.
Talenti e abilità considerati si riferiscono alla patch 2.3

Consumare a catena Super Mana Potions ad ogni cooldown equivale 100 mp5
una media del Judgement of Wisdom bonus per tutti i mana user è di 125.95 mp5

Hunter
Beast Mastery
Typical Rotation: Autoshot, Steady Shot, repeat
Assumed Autoshot Speed: 2.1s
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 176.19 Mp5
Marksmanship
Typical Rotation: Autoshot, Steady Shot, Special Shot, Autoshot, Steady Shot, repeat
Assumed Autoshot Speed: 2.5s
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 185 Mp5
Survival
Typical Rotation: Autoshot, Steady Shot, Special Shot, Autoshot, Steady Shot, repeat
Assumed Autoshot Speed: 2.5s
Ideal M5 from JoW: 185 Mp5

Mage
Fire
Typical Rotation: (After Fire Vunerability x5 is applied) Fireball x8, Scorch, repeat
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 65.29 Mp5
Frost
Typical Rotation: Frostbolt, repeat
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 74 Mp5
Arcane
Typical Rotation: Arcane Blast x2, Arcane Missiles x2, Scorch, repeat
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 138.75 Mp5
Note for mages assumed 5/5 Improved Fireball/Frostbolt depending on spec

Shaman
Elemental
Typical Rotation: Lightning Bolt, repeat
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 111 Mp5
Lightning Overload assumed perfect 20% proc rate
Enhancement (Duel Wielding)
Typical Rotation: Stormstrike, Flame Shock, Autoattack, Earth Shock, Autoattack, repeat
Assumed Autoattack Speed: 2.6 Seconds (both hands)
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 142.3 Mp5
Enhancement (2 Handed)
Typical Rotation: Stormstrike, Flame Shock, Autoattack, Earth Shock, Autoattack, repeat
Assumed Autoattack Speed: 3.8 seconds
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 102.78 Mp5
Windfury Weapon assumed perfect 20% proc rate on both weapons
Shocks assumed to have nontalented 6 second cooldown

Priest
Shadow
Typical Rotation: Vampiric Touch, Shadow Word: Pain, Mind Blast, Shadow Word: Death, Mind Flay x2, Mind Blast, reapply DoTs as needed
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 92.5 Mp5

Druid
Moonkin
Typical Rotation: Insect Swarm, Moonfire, Starfire x3, Wrath, repeat
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 123.33 Mp5

Paladin
Protection
Typical Rotation: Judgement, Consecrate, Autoattack, repeat
Assumed Autoattack Speed: 1.8 seconds
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 143.89 Mp5
Retribution
Typical Rotation: Crusader Strike, Judgement, Autoattack, repeat
Assumed Autoattack Speed: 3.8 seconds
Ideal Mp5 from JoW: 97.37 Mp5
Judgement assumed talented 8 second cooldown

Benefit

2008-03-22T15:34:00.007+01:00

Molti Raid Leader ci chiedono spesso perchè dovrebbero portare un Crittadin in raid.
Il ruolo del paladino anche da DPS è quello di buffer, i bonus che apporta infatti sono i seguenti:

- 1 aggiuntivo buff da pala in raid (BoM, BoW, BoS, Bok, Bol), non diamoli per scontati
- Improved Blessing of Might che porta il bonus di AP a 264
- Improved Seal of the Crusader buff del 3% crit che ricevono tutti i dps del raid sul target giudicato, oltre ad aumentare i danni holy del pala retri e eventualmente di un pala tank se la vostra gilda ne fa uso (più aggro)
- Refresh costante dei Seal giudicati dagli altri paladini in raid (JoL, JoW, JoC) tramite Crusader Strike, bonus che riceve ogni dps del raid sul target. Per poter quantificare il bonus del JoW vi consiglio di dare un'occhiata a quest'altro articolo
- Improved Sanctity Aura che aumenta del 2% la dps del gruppo del pala Crittadin
- Un BoP aggiuntivo a disposizione del raid

A bassi livelli di equip il pala crittadin si mantiene su una DPS discreta.
Tuttavia l'alto numero di talenti bonus percentuali fa scalare notevolmente le stat rispetto ad altre classi.

Enchant

2008-03-20T15:46:00.019+01:00

Di seguito una lista degli enchant per i vari slot per il paladino Retribution.
In alcuni la scelta è tra due enchant principalmente se avete hit già cappata o meno, in qualsiasi caso sono sempre motivate le differenze.

PvE

Head: [Glyph of Ferocity] o [Glyph of the Outcast] con hit cappata.
Shoulder: [Greater Inscription of Vengeance] o [Greater Inscription of the Blade] rispettivamente Aldor e Scryer
Cloak: [Enchant Cloak - Greater Agility]
Chest: [Enchant Chest - Exceptional Stats]
Bracer: [Enchant Bracer - Brawn] o [Enchant Bracer - Stats]
Hands: [Enchant Gloves - Major Strength]
Legs: [Nethercobra Leg Armor]
Feet: [Enchant Boots - Surefooted] o [Enchant Boots - Dexterity]con hit cappata
Weapon: Se non avete armor penetration [Enchant Weapon - Mongoose] Se avete almeno 800 di Armor Penetration [Enchant Weapon - Executioner]

PvP

Head: [Glyph of Ferocity] o [Glyph of the Outcast] con hit cappata.
Shoulder: [Greater Inscription of Vengeance] o [Greater Inscription of the Blade] rispettivamente Aldor e Scryer
Cloak: [Enchant Cloak - Greater Agility] o [Enchant Cloak – Major Resistance] questo può fare la differenza vs caster
Chest: [Enchant Chest - Major Resilience] o [Enchant Chest - Exceptional Stats] se avete già cappato resilience
Bracer: [Enchant Bracer - Brawn]
Hands: [Enchant Gloves - Major Strength]
Legs: [Nethercobra Leg Armor]
Feet: [Enchant Boots - Surefooted] o [Enchant Boots - Dexterity]con hit cappata
Weapon: Se non avete armor penetration [Enchant Weapon - Mongoose] Se avete almeno 800 di Armor Penetration [Enchant Weapon - Executioner] altri preferiscono evitare il proc e affidarsi alla certezza del [Enchant 2H Weapon - Savagery]

Rawr Retribution 1.05

2008-03-20T09:51:00.004+01:00

Uscito il nuovo modulo di Rawr per paladini retribution aggiornato con gli oggetti della 2.4

Rawr Retribution 1.05

Per chi non lo conoscesse Rawr è un applicativo con il quale gestire e valutare equip e wishlist con calcolo in tempo reale di quando ogni oggetto, ogni buff, ogni consumabile, insomma come ogni cosa incida sulla vostra dps.

Rawr

p.s. La versione dell'applicativo è la 12.1

Boss Armor

2008-03-19T20:20:00.004+01:00

Una delle informazioni più utili per valutare la nuova stat (ignore armor) in PvE è avere un'idea dei valori di armor dei boss
Questa la lista:

Karazhan
Attumen the Huntsman: 7500
Midnight: 8200
Maiden of Virtue: 6700
Julianne: 6100
Romulo: 7600
Strawman: 7300
Roar: 4700
The Curator: 6100
Shade of Aran: 3800
Kil'rek: 3400
Terestian Illhoof: 6700
Nightbane: 7600
Netherspite: 5500
Prince Malchezaar: 7600

Serpentshrine Cavern:
Hydross the Unstable: 7700
The Lurker Below: 7700
Leotheras the Blind: 7700
Fathom-Lord Karathress 6200
Morogrim Tidewalker: 7700
Lady Vashj: 6200

Tempest Keep:
Void Reaver: 8800
High Astromancer Solarian: 6200
Al'ar: 7700
Kael'thas Sunstrider: 6200

Hyjal Summit:
Rage Winterchill: 6200
Anetheron: 6200
Kaz'rogal: 6200
Azgalor: 6200
Archimonde: 6200

Black Temple:
High Warlord Naj'entus: 7700
Supremus: 7700
Shade of Akama: 7700
Teron Gorefiend: 6200
Gurtogg Bloodboil: 7700
Reliquary of Souls:
- Essence of Suffering: 0
- Essence of Desire: 7700
- Essence of Anger: 7700
Mother Shahraz: 6200
Illidari Council:
- Gathios the Shatterer: 6200
Illidan Stormrage: 7700

p.s aggiornato con i dati su karazhan

Talenti

2008-03-19T17:20:00.008+01:00

La scelta dei talenti retribution in PvE non è così complessa.
Queste sono le spec PvE più usate:

Full Crittadin (hit cappata): Link

Questa spec sfrutta i talenti holy per far scalare Strength e Intellect e si può permettere di prendere tutti i bonus PvE presenti nel ramo retribution.
Questa spec può essere usata solo se avete già cappato hit.

Full Crittadin (hit non cappata): Link

Questa spec rinuncia a al Pursuit of Justice e a far far scalare Int, tuttavia raggiunge precision per cappare più facilmente hit.
Mantiene cmq tutti i bonus del ramo retribution in PvE.

Precision & Blessing of King: Link

Questa spec sacrifica il BoM per il BoK.
Da usare solo se siete l'unico paladino a poter buffare king. In aggiunta acquisisce i bonus del Guardian's Favor, sempre comodi in PvE.

Le spec PvP sono invece più complesse e variano in base al vostro equip e al Brachet nel quale giocate.
Queste le + scelte in PvP:

Holy Crittadin: Link

Questa spec introduce la resistenza al fear del ramo holy, inoltre cerca di aumentare la quantità di mana e di risparmiare dell'utilizzo.

Stunnadin: Link

Lo Stunnadin sacrifica un pò di dps per una maggiore sopravvivenza e migliora il CD dell'HoJ.

Hybrid: Link

Questa spec mantiene il 10% a Strenght, aumenta l'hit, migliora i cd del BoP e del BoF, diminiusce i danni ricevuti con l'RF e infine aggiunge il BoK come buff.

Introduzione

2008-01-02T16:34:00.001+01:00

The Paladin is a Holy Warrior hybrid class

Questo si leggeva nelle guide durante il D-1.
Dopo 4 anni il ramo Retribution è ancora lontano dall'essere completo.
Tuttavia vedremo di buttare giù una guida che terremo aggiornata con le future modifiche a questo ramo.

Il paladino Retribution, per cominciare, è basato su percentuali.
Elenco le percentuali che saranno applicate ad ogni paladino Retribution self-buffed in combat.

+10% Strength (Divine Strength)
+10% Holy Damage (Sanctity Aura)
+3% Damage (Crusade)
+2% Damage (Imp Sanctity Aura)
+15% Damage (Vengeance)
+6% Melee/Seal of Command Damage (Two Handed Specialization)

Assumiamo, per semplicità, che riceviate tutta la vostra AP da Str, e che la vostra AP garantisca una weapon dps uguale al dps base della tua arma.
Riceverete:
5% (dato che è il 10% bonus del 50% del tuo contributo al dps melee) + 3% +2% +15% +6% = 31% bonus damage su Auto Attack e Crusader Strike
5% + 10% + 3% +2% +15% +6% = 41% bonus damage sul Seal of Command proc.
10% + 3% + 2% +15% = 30% bonus damage su Judgment of Command, Consecration, Exorcism e Holy Wrath.
Infine, se le modifiche della 2.3.2, verranno confermate per il nuovo Crusader Strike modificandolo al 110% del danno base dell'arma (che ha già aggiunto i modificatori sotto riposrtati):
5% +3% +2% +15% +6% = 31% di aumento per il basic melee.
Allora Crusader Strike è 110% quindi è = 131% * 1,1 = 144.1% del weapon damage per la base del danno del Crusader Strike, ora dato che è anche il CS è un melee strike riceve i bonus da Vengeance e Improved Sanctity Aura:
144.1% * 1.17 (15% + 2% are additive) = ~169% della base weapon damage durante normali condizioni di DPS.

Tutto questo solo con i talenti. Ora sapete quanto scala la DPS del pala Retribution con il gear.

Tutto questo prima di Avenging Wrath ovviamente.

2.3.2, Rifiniture

2007-12-26T15:10:00.000+01:00

Sono state annunciate e sono online su PTR Server le seguenti modifiche:

-Crusader Strike (Retribution) now causes 110% of weapon damage and no longer gains any bonus from spell damage.
-Righteous Fury: This spell will no longer cost twice the listed mana to cast.
-Sanctified Judgements (Retribution) now returns 80% of the Seal's mana cost, increased from 50%.

Sulla modifica al Crusader Strike la community è ancora divisa sul considerarlo un nerf o un buff.
Personalmente sono contento che tutte le spell offensive della rotation siano basate sulla stessa mecchanica (melee) e non siano più miste. Trovo però necessario un talento di conversione nel ramo dps al pari delle delle altre due classi ibride, Nurturing Instinct per i Druidi e Mental Quickness per gli shammy rendono infatti le cure al limite della decenza. Nello specifico avendo eliminato lo spell damage dalla nuova itemizzazzione (il set S3 è l'unico allineato alle nuove mecchaniche del pala retribution) un talento di conversione rivitalizzerebbe Exorcism, Holy Wrath e Hammer of Wrath.
La modifica alla percentuale di mana recuperata con i Judge credo sia un atto dovuto visti gli alti consumi di mana sia in PvE che in PvP

2.3, The Revamp

2007-12-25T19:32:00.000+01:00

-Blessing of Light: Lower ranks of Flash of Light and Holy Light are now properly penalized when used with this Blessing.
-Cleanse and Purify range increased to 40 yards.
-Crusader Strike (Retribution) cooldown reduced from 10 to 6 seconds.
-Divine Favor: When this ability is cast immediately after a critical heal, it will no longer be removed incorrectly.
-Exorcism mana cost reduced.
-Fanaticism (Retribution) now also reduces threat caused by all actions by 6/12/18/24/30%.
-Hammer of Wrath mana cost reduced.
-Holy Wrath mana cost reduced.
-Improved Seal of the Crusader (Retribution) benefits folded into the base spell. This talent now gives the benefits of the Sanctified Crusader talent instead.
-Judgement of Light: The combat log will now show the health gained from rank 5 of this ability as Judgement of Light instead of Seal of Light.
-Judgement of Wisdom: It is no longer possible for the mana energize effect to trigger off of reapplication of the Judgement of Wisdom.
-Paladin seals no longer have a low chance to be dispelled if you have 3 points in Sanctified Seals.
-Precision (Protection) now increases spell hit chance as well.
-Pursuit of Justice (Retribution) is now 3 ranks and increases movement speed by 5/10/15% and also reduces the chance you'll be hit by spells by 1/2/3%.
-Righteous Defense: The chance for this ability to land successfully on its targets is now increased by hit rating.
-Sanctified Crusader (Retribution) renamed Sanctified Seals, which now increases your chance to critically hit with all spells and melee attacks by 1/2/3% and reduces the chance your Seals will be dispelled by 33/66/100%.
-Seal of Vengeance: The bonus damage this ability dealt when the debuff is fully stacked on the target was incorrectly too low. It is now increased.
-Spiritual Attunement: This ability will now gain mana properly from Vampiric Embrace heals.
-Vengeance (Retribution) duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds.
-Vindication (Retribution) frequency and duration increased and now reduces all attributes by 5/10/15%, not just Strength and Agility.
-Weapon Expertise (Protection) renamed Combat Expertise, now increases expertise by 1/2/3/4/5 and total Stamina by 2/4/6/8/10%.

La riduzione dell'aggro per i paladini Retribution è ormai realtà.
Queste modifiche non sono le sole in quanto con la 2.3 cambiano radicalmente le mecchaniche delle spell e delle abilità del paladino retibution che vengono spostate sul "melee hit" e su "AP" piuttosto che sullo spell damage.