I’ve gone strictly vanilla with my first character in SoD, playing a Paladin which was my first character, and seemed particularly appropriate given the Scarlet Crusade stuff.
That said, I’m actually super interested to check out the “new” SoD builds. My friend decided to go Mage Healer with his first character, and seems to be having a blast so far with it! It got me thinking about what other ideas might seem cool, but still thematically appropriate for each given class?
A couple that come to my mind:
- Mage Tank
Specifically I’m thinking something along the lines of the Spellbreaker unit from WC3. No idea how that would work mechanically, but I would totally try it out (especially if Blood Elf/High Elf makes it into SoD at some point).
- Paladin with “Squire”, ranged
I thought it was cool getting Dalton’s Horn and getting your own little squire to roll with you. Well, Paladins are traditionally masters of bodies their allies with auras, so why not maybe lean into that? Make Dalton’s Horn usable in instances (maybe a little quest where you can choose different “squires” in terms of appearance?), with your spells being more about buffing their damage. Maybe you “heal” them or can judgements on them to empower them, where it is effectively a ranged DPS, you’re just dealing damage through your squire?
- “War Cry” healer Warrior
If we’re really going for experimental ideas, I feel like this could be a fun one to explore. Maybe a rune where you charge into battle with banners, war cries, maybe even war drums, “inspiring” your allies to push through the pain, effectively healing them. It would be a VERY different theme for a “healer”, but could be something pretty cool to play around with!
Beyond that, as a huge Death Knight fanboy, I would obviously dig anything that gets us to having that playable in SoD. In all honesty, I feel like that would probably make a great alternative to the “Undead Paladin”, which Gregory teaching newly risen Undead the teachings of the Silver Hand, but wielding the powers of a Death Knight instead of the Light (thus avoiding any problems with lore). Just rename the spells and give them different visuals, and I could see that being pretty cool!
What about you guys? Any particular build ideas you want to explore?