Protection Paladin Hero Talent Showdown in The War Within - Lightsmith vs. Templar

The War Within Publié 17/08/2024 à 03:42 par Lincoln

Not sure what Hero Talents to play for your spec in The War Within? Check out all the released articles in the 'Hero Talent Showdown' series:
Hero Talent Showdowns in The War Within
Blood DK
Frost DK
Unholy DK
Havoc DH
Vengeance DH
Balance Druid

Feral Druid
Guardian Druid
Restoration Druid
Augmentation Evoker
Devastation Evoker
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Protection Paladin
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Subtlety Rogue
Elemental Shaman
Enhancement Shaman
Restoration Shaman
Affliction Warlock
Demonology Warlock
Destruction Warlock
Arms Warrior
Fury Warrior
Protection Warrior

For more information on Hero Talents coming in the War Within, check out our Hero Talents Overview.

The War Within Hero Talents Overview

Protection Paladin in the War WithinHero Talent Showdown: Templar vs. Lightsmith Marteau de la LumièreCieux ébranlésVocation supérieureRempart sacréArme sacrée Templar

Strengths

Weaknesses

Œil de TyrMarteau de la LumièreJugementMarteau béniMarteau du vertueuxMarteau de courrouxCieux ébranlésBouclier du vengeurŒil de TyrLumière intérieure Lightsmith

Strengths

Weaknesses

Rempart sacréArme sacréeCourroux vengeurBénédiction de la forge What's Changed? TemplarMarteau de la LumièreBouclier du vertueux Lightsmith

Arme sacrée and Rempart sacré are no longer ground-targeted spells. You cast them directly on yourself or another player.

There is a talent, Solidarité, that will automatically cast Arme sacrée or Rempart sacré on a group member when you cast it on yourself. There is a built-in priority order for each based on role. For Rempart sacré, the role priority when self-casting is Tank > Healer > DPS. For Arme sacrée, it will go on the closest DPS first then on Healers then Tanks.

The damage of Arme sacrée scales completely based on the Paladin who casts it. The amount of damage, the haste scaling, critical strike chance, etc. are all calculated based on the stats of the Paladin who cast it. The target has nothing to do with any of this. It's not an external like Infusion de puissance.

Arme sacrée has an RPPM of 8. This is the total number of procs that includes both damage and healing.

In logs and add-ons like Details, all damage of Arme sacrée will be attributed to the casting Paladin. The player who receives the buff will not have a listing in their damage breakdown.

The only thing that matters with Arme sacrée is that the target maximizes their actions per minute to saturate the proc chance. The only thing you don't want is to cast it on someone who is AFK.

Arme sacréeArme sacréeInfusion de puissance And the Winner Is...

Class Fantasy & Visuals: Templar (Winner)

Here are some visual examples that show how cool Templar looks! It's a two-part animation. The first part puts golden wings on your back and you swing a giant hammer. The second part is the animation of nearby enemies being hit. When you press Marteau de la Lumière and see the whole animation, combined with the sound effects, it feels like this big power moment in your rotation where you did something awesome.

Lightsmith on the other hand doesn't have a real animation. It just has a slight visual flourish but it's hardly noticeable. Here is the flourish for Rempart sacré.

Fun & Rewarding Gameplay: Templar (Winner)

Templar adds an interesting new way to juggle Holy Power and your defensive buttons. It's a nice change of pace from previous expansions and shakes up the gameplay when it comes to managing Holy Power and Bouclier du vertueux uptime. It's also rewarding to keep up Cieux ébranlés as much as possible. Templar rewards you for playing well.

Lightsmith falls short because it's just Dragonflight Protection Paladin with an extra key bind. No new interactions or gameplay loops are created and that just makes it boring.

Difficulty: Lightsmith (Winner)

Lightsmith is a bit easier to learn and play since you focus on maintaining Bouclier du vertueux and Consécration without the Cieux ébranlés mini-game that Templar brings along with it.

Defensiveness & Utility: Lightsmith (Winner)

Lightsmith allows you to utilize all defensive cooldowns while Templar does not. Templar requires that you commit Œil de Tyr as part of your rotation, which makes Lightsmith way more flexible defensively.

Leveling: Templar (Winner)
Templar will do more burst damage in a big outdoor world pull that will make leveling go faster by shortening combat times when doing quests or outdoor content. Templar also brings with it Charge incessante that makes getting around the open world much easier.

Mythic+: Lightsmith (Winner)

Lightsmith is better for Mythic+ because Templar as it stands is not compatible with how Protection Paladin needs to play in Mythic+. I'll get more into this when I discuss hero tree feedback.

Raid: Templar & Lightsmith (Tie)

This will come down to tuning. Protection Paladin will focus on two things for raids in The War Within: damage and externals like Bénédiction de protection des sorts. Since Bénédiction de protection des sorts is not hero tree specific, it will come down to damage tuning of both trees. Odds are that Protection Paladin will play the one that does the most damage and we'll know which is better once tuning is more settled closer to the raid release in September.

Best Overall: Lightsmith (Winner)

Lightsmith is the better overall hero tree. It's better for Mythic+ and could be a competitive raid option. Until Templar's Mythic+ weaknesses are resolved then It's more likely that Lightsmith will be a "set and forget" option for most people.

Hero Talent Feedback Templar Rotational Problems TemplarBouclier du vengeurCieux ébranlésVocation supérieureBouclier du vengeurVocation supérieure Templar

Barricade de foi

Rempart de l’ordre

Résolution du croisé

Courage dans l’adversité

Inimitié ciblée

Poussée de bouclier

Rempart de la fureur vertueuse

Ferveur de Ferren Marcus

Massacreur de Tyr

Don de la Val’kyr dorée

Grand croisé

Détermination de l’avant-garde

Moment de gloire

Bouclier du vengeur Templar in Mythic+

You need to give up a defensive, Œil de Tyr, to make the rotation work.

To play optimally, you have to overlap Œil de Tyr and Marteau de la Lumière with Courroux vengeur (and that means Sentinelle) to get the most out of it.

Talents like Vocation supérieure discourage using Bouclier du vengeur, which is critical for AoE damage and interrupts.

Bouclier du vengeurŒil de Tyr LightsmithBouclier du vengeurBénédiction de la forgeBouclier du vengeurArme sacréeRempart sacré Base Protection Paladin Gameplay & TalentsBouclier du vertueuxMot de gloireDessein divinForce de conviction State of the Protection Paladin At The Launch of TEWAWIDragonflight Changes

Bouclier du vengeur was decoupled from the Holy Power system

Early Paladin class tree designs had Bénédiction de protection des sorts available to Retribution and Holy

Bouclier sacré was weakened by mechanically attaching it to Consécration

Blocage de sorts came into the game for Protection Warriors, making "magic block" no longer unique for Protection Paladin.

Main du protecteur was capped in effectiveness

A mana cost was added to Mot de gloire to hard-cap Paladin healing overall

The War Within Changes (so far)

Bouclier du vengeur was not integrated into either Hero Tree

Mot de gloire was not rescaled with the health pool buff for The War Within, effectively nerfing Paladin self-healing

Vocation supérieureBénédiction de la forgeMartèlementCourroux grandissantBouclier du vengeurBouclier du vertueuxBouclier du vengeurBouclier du vengeurBouclier du vengeurBouclier du vertueuxBouclier du vengeurBouclier du vengeurExplosion pyrotechniqueFracasse-tonneauBouclier du vengeurBouclier du vengeurBouclier du vengeurMot de gloireMot de gloireMot de gloireMot de gloireMot de gloireMot de gloireDélivrance de la Lumière Templar

Templar Marteau de la Lumière always costs 3 Holy Power, even with consuming Délivrance de la Lumière or Dessein divin procs

Templar Cieux ébranlés doesn't extend it's duration by 8s when using Marteau de la Lumière - This also affects Retribution!

Lightsmith Conseil divin prefers to heal up to 5 injured targets and sometimes does no damage at all as a result

Templar Œil de Tyr doesn't benefit from Sceau de l’Ordre's 10% cooldown reduction

Templar Marteau de la Lumière doesn't benefit from Dessein divin's damage bonus but still consumes the buff.

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Blood DKFrost DKUnholy DK

Havoc DHVengeance DH

Balance DruidFeral DruidGuardian DruidRestoration Druid

Aug EvokerDevastation EvokerPreservation Evoker

BM HunterMM HunterSurvival Hunter

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Brewmaster MonkMistweaver MonkWindwalker Monk

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