So, I have always hated divine sacrifice. It's clunky to use, you have to 'prepare' for it and you have to pair it with another cooldown to make it worthwhile.
I have decided to go with the 11/5/55 Ret Spec.
why?
Aura Mastery. This is a cooldown all by itself. I no longer have to jumble bubble + DS.
Massive Physical damage inc? Devo + AM will give you some armor
Silence Protection for my healers with Conc aura + AM
Frozen blows? AWESOME LET ME GIVE YOU 260 Frost Resistance
Mimiron? Here, Have 260 fire resistance
Shadow Resistance? Here have 260
I also find myself wishing that I had unyielding faith over Stoicism. I hate fears more than I hate stuns. It's a personal opinion thing there.
I also picked up Healing light. Why? There are PLENTY of times where I toss heals as a Ret Paladin, especially now that we are working on Hard Modes. Tympanic Tantrum on hard mode XT for example. I found myself in a position where it was a great benefit to FoL the person with Light Bomb or the one who just dropped the void zone during the tantrum. Then, there is the wonderful faction champs in ToC. I have only been in on about 30 minutes of work on them, but I was self healing a LOT there. Sure, it's not *a lot* of healing, but it will hopefully help in a pinch when needed.
I will post my first impressions on the build after my first raid with it on thursday. I have a feeling that I'm going to be pressing aura mastery a lot.
Oh yeah....... Aura Mastery is also a quality of life button. Crusader Aura? Yep. It works on that too AND can be pressed while mounted.
I have decided to go with the 11/5/55 Ret Spec.
why?
Aura Mastery. This is a cooldown all by itself. I no longer have to jumble bubble + DS.
Massive Physical damage inc? Devo + AM will give you some armor
Silence Protection for my healers with Conc aura + AM
Frozen blows? AWESOME LET ME GIVE YOU 260 Frost Resistance
Mimiron? Here, Have 260 fire resistance
Shadow Resistance? Here have 260
I also find myself wishing that I had unyielding faith over Stoicism. I hate fears more than I hate stuns. It's a personal opinion thing there.
I also picked up Healing light. Why? There are PLENTY of times where I toss heals as a Ret Paladin, especially now that we are working on Hard Modes. Tympanic Tantrum on hard mode XT for example. I found myself in a position where it was a great benefit to FoL the person with Light Bomb or the one who just dropped the void zone during the tantrum. Then, there is the wonderful faction champs in ToC. I have only been in on about 30 minutes of work on them, but I was self healing a LOT there. Sure, it's not *a lot* of healing, but it will hopefully help in a pinch when needed.
I will post my first impressions on the build after my first raid with it on thursday. I have a feeling that I'm going to be pressing aura mastery a lot.
Oh yeah....... Aura Mastery is also a quality of life button. Crusader Aura? Yep. It works on that too AND can be pressed while mounted.
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