Paladin needs a consecrate or a aura that pulses threat generating holy damage.
Paladin needs AoE
Paladin needs a consecrate or a aura that pulses threat generating holy damage.
The following abilities would like to say hello to you:
http://rift.zam.com/en/ability/90098...weeping-Strike
http://rift.zam.com/en/ability/20324...ght%27s-Decree
http://rift.zam.com/en/ability/16524...passable-Guard + http://rift.zam.com/en/ability/50000...lance-of-Power
http://rift.zam.com/en/ability/13068...les-of-Justice
and I think there are a few others.
If you can't do enough AoE threat with all of those abilities, you're doing something horribly wrong.
Sorry, this is not WoW. You may have to hit more then one button to hold agro.Originally Posted by Arasiel
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
haha was going to say paladin has enough AoE, beat to it.
My bad, AoE tanking. Sorry I guess I missed that in the title
I've seen so many Paladin tanks on my server that don't use any of their AoE abilities, that it's sad. I simply rarely DPS anymore because I decide to just tank myself. The abilities are right there amongst the others, people. They're the ones that say "hits 5 targets" or "hits 10 targets".
Stop thinking that your AoE threat comes from blocking, I've seen so many tanks with the Paladin soul think they can AoE tank with just that. Dear god, no, just no. Open your spellbook and read what your spells do for god's sake.
Last edited by Rangersix; 03-12-2011 at 10:37 PM.
Oh and Im talking about a 18 Paladin who doesnt have lv20-30 abiilities. What I get tomorrow doesnt help me tank instances today.
Lol.
Sweeping Strikes hits 3 targets. You can get it at level 18, dump your points into the Paladin tree. It is more than enough to tank low level instances. Almost all pulls in Realm of the Fae are 3 mobs. A few have 4, but if you really can't tab through to get that one mob, something is wrong.Oh and Im talking about a 18 Paladin who doesnt have lv20-30 abiilities. What I get tomorrow doesnt help me tank instances today.
You have enough for your level. No need to add anything else to the game. By the time you NEED another AoE ability, you will have enough points to get it.
You could also get the Reaver soul, put like 6 points into it and spread diseases over 5 mobs at the start of each pull and then use sweeping strikes to cement threat.
Last edited by Strategic; 03-12-2011 at 10:41 PM.
Sweeping Strikes 15 cd not like you can constistantly hit that. If you hit it and get adds your SOL
So then switch targets to the add for a few seconds.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
just go 8 points into reaver until you hit 32, then dump them into paladin. Best.
It is more than enough. IF you are THAT worried, just put some points in the Reaver soul and apply diseases over 5 enemies. Macro the instant to spread it + best disease and hit that macro a few times while going toward the pack. You will now have threat on all of them, and swwping strikes can handle the rest.
If you get adds, you should be able to spread diseases again or have SS up.
Part of tanking is positioning and situational awareness so you don't pull adds.
This isn't WoW where you need to pull every single mob in sight and spam nothing but AoE abilities to succeed while your DPS runs off attacking another group of 5 while you have 6 on you.
Not counting the AoE taunt, 51 point moves, and moves need to do Some damage to count
Reaver - 7 AoEs
Paladin - 4.5 AoEs (Balance of Power is the 0.5)
Warlord - 2 AoEs
Void Knight - 1 AoE
You were saying?
Last edited by Talamare; 03-12-2011 at 11:09 PM.
It's not a damage meters fault you can't hit a certain dps and others similar to you can, it's the fault of your bad gear, bad spec, or bad rotation. So stop getting mad at the meters and invest some time into not being bad.
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Paladin does not need any more aoe tanking abilities than it already has. Plus you get some more aoe abilities from other souls anyway.
And early on, you just have to tank the same way warriors in wow aoe tanked, cycling through the mobs with tab. It's not that difficult once you get the hang of it.
You really don't even have to do that. At level 18 you can go 8 points into reaver to pick up plague bringer and your 3 dots, dump the other 16 points into paladin.
Something like this: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=1cAhg.Vbo.E0Rh
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