Holy Lightsmith PVP in a nutshell

Classes Paladin
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Sooo I’ve only been Herald until this afternoon, where I tried out LS a little. Being a complete noob at it, from what I’m reading online is that it’s technically much more powerful than Herald if you understand how it works:

During melee wings, you Judge and Crusader Strike as much as you can (melee opponents in arena works best), and then when wings are down, you switch back to more of a Herald-style healing, but tossing out judgments (especially for Infusion procs). So in a nutshell, when wings up, you jump in the mosh pit; when wings down, you distance yourself and heal like you’re specc’d Herald except you toss in judgments.

Regarding shield and weapon CD uses… you obviously shield the teammate taking most damage for a nice absorb; for weapon you need to use it on the teammate BEFORE they drop below 40% health. Then once it’s up, you can 100% LoS teammate and everyone else and heal yourself like a mofo and that teammate will constantly get healed up.

Feel free to add whatever i missed… I’d love to eventually master this myself!

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I absolutely love lightsmith right now with the caveat that I have never tried herald and have not engaged in any pvp on my paladin this xpac.

I play it like I’m ret with 2 or 3 exceptions

  • I will rotate my spenders to what is appropriate in the moment SoR WoG LoD
  • I sometimes use Holy Shock to heal someone instead of just damage
  • Using Bulwark/Sacred Weapon as appropriate, someone else can add how to use this best in pvp, what you’re doing sounds right but in pve i am lazy about when/who.
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Lightsmith is so cheese and I hate it. I will always be Herald.

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