| So you want to be a paladin, do you? Well, once | | | | soloing than Holy, and tends to get groups just as |
| level 10 rolls around you are going to have to make a | | | | easily. |
| choice about your talent spec. Before you start | | | | The final tree for paladins is Retribution. The |
| making talent choices you may regret later, let's go | | | | Retribution tree is all about making you a stronger |
| over the different specs. | | | | holy warrior. The vast majority of the talents in the |
| Holy is the spec of choice for paladins who wish to | | | | tree improve your damage output, with a few utility |
| play the role of healer. Most talents in the Holy tree | | | | and survivability talents thrown in for good measure. |
| increase your healing spells, mana efficiency, and | | | | Retribution is the best tree for soloing by a wide |
| buffs. While there are a few damage boosts, Holy is | | | | marging, but has a much harder time getting groups |
| largely a support tree. Overall, it is the weakest tree | | | | due to having to compete with more classes for the |
| for soloing, and debatably the best for grouping. | | | | damage dealer spots in the group. |
| The next option is Protection. The Protection tree | | | | Now that you've heard what the different specs can |
| focuses on increasing your damage mitigation and | | | | do, all you have to figure out is which one best |
| threat building capabilities, making paladins more | | | | matches your playstyle. Keep in mind that at level 40 |
| efficient at tanking. While many of the talents in | | | | you can pay 1000 gold to get dual talent |
| Protection boost your damage, it is mostly reflective | | | | specialization, so you can have 2 different specs to |
| damage. Protection is generally a better tree for | | | | switch between. |