Paladin is going to be a god with the runes they have received. Paladins received everything we ever wanted, all in the first phase. I cannot imagine losing to anything at 60 as a paladin in SoD
Paladin is significantly stronger as a class, particularly with the runes we all received in P1.
Unless druid is the winner of the coming phases, they will fade away like usual
Yeah, maybe if every other class didn’t have their runes and you were just facing vanilla versions of every class
But that’s not the case
In this version, so far, Paladins will be kings.
That’d be a priest. Not having offensive dispel is rough.
They already aren’t kings in the current phase despite having most of their kit already
They are currently top tier without any of their incredibly powerful talents. Next phase, reckoning enters the game.
At 60, with these runes? It is over
In era paladins folded to mana burn. I was winning against full nax geared ret palas on my healer priest just kiting and mana burning them. Such a sad class lol.
Those are just bad players.
Paladin now have kick. This playstyle no longer exists.
Paladin can sustain a fight against priest, entering with zero mana if they are halfway decent.
So you take rebuke, you now have zero counter to being kited
A good paladin isn’t kiteable
Blessing of Freedom
Dispel
Avenger’s Shield
Dispel
What now?
Not sure how you’re gaining distance here.
Orly
So you’re telling me the melee class with zero mobility abilities can’t be kited?
Interesting take
Paladin has plenty of tools, including two ranged stuns.
Again, how are you gaining distance?
Most fights don’t start with both players inside each other’s hitboxes
and even so, many classes have speed boosts or literally even teleports and CC of their own
A decent player knows when to engage and disengage. Again, if I am on top of your player, how are you gaining distance?
Said it yourself
If my paladin is on your char, and we have engaged, how are you gaining distance?
Nades, tidal charm, fear, mind control.
On a Shaman I can purge BoF, drop an earth bind, follow up with frost shock, use nades, tidal…
I would trinket HoJ and keep tremor down between earthbind cooldowns to break repentance.