So we aren’t the hardest hitting DPS, other DPS bring more damage to the table, and our excuse is that we are a utility class with abilities that can help out our party/raid members.
But are we really that good at utility right now?
Yes we can heal and we are able to have some mobility with our horse talent, and we can survive with shields.
But I feel like we should be able to do more to help the party members, for example, the tank.
If a tank almost dies, we can insta heal to full HP, but sometimes that isn’t enough to save the wipe. If we BoP him, he will lose all aggro, which I think is bad, I cannot give him a Shield of Vengeance. I could taunt, but that would mean the death of me, and if I pop Divine Shield I lose aggro and then it’s most likely a wipe.
So what do I have left? I can heal a little bit, I can use Lay on Hands once, I can free someone from movement impairing effects, and I can stun.
I cannot really sit here and say that Paladin is a utility class. This is way too little to say “yeah I don’t do as much DPS as DH, but I can help out the party with my utility abilities to help us survive bad situations”.
So if we cannot have one of the highest DPS, can we at least have a complete set of utility abilities?
Shield of Vengeance should be able to be cast on party members.
BoP should not make someone lose aggro.
Divine Shield should not make me lose aggro.
Then we can talk about more interesting gameplay and being more relevant in m+.
Now when it comes to PvP, I don’t know if Shield of Vengeance should be castable on party members, I cannot say if that is a good choice or not, considering they removed Lay on Hands from Arena.
Let me know if I misunderstood some of this or if I missed something.
Maybe I’ll learn something new.
If you bubble then taunt straight afterwards the agro doesn’t drop, this is the same if you BoP on the tank, warn him first so he knows he will have to taunt, this works well for monk tanks because if they are using their black ox statue then the BoP first clears their stagger and they can to a AOE taunt but casting taunt on their statue.
if you don’t want to use bop on the tank then theres 3 more members of your party you can use it on in M+ and more in raids, it helps clear debuffs, bleed effects.
Divine Shield allows you to soak things which would otherwise kill you or the raid/party.
Selfless Healer allows you to throw out instant Flash of light without cost to your dps (sometimes best to ether macro for the tank or set a mouse over macro)
Unbreakable Spirit is good for reducing the CD of your life saving abilities as well.
Blessing of kings does help abit by soaking a small amount of damage (80% of your holy power every 6 seconds) and healers are always happy for blessing of wisdom.
Also you are not helping out your team if you are not using Cleanse Toxins where possible to help out your group, some healers can’t clear poisons or diseases like Shamans so this can be a big help