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Cataclysm Beta – Build 12694

5 August 2010 2,102 views 8 Comments

Oh how the mighty nerf bat swings…Looking at this current build, my Ret Paladin morale dropped about three notches. I have been hearing not-so-quiet whispers that Rets are doing very good damage on the Beta servers, and it seems it might be too good in its current state. Check out the following changes:

Retribution

Swift Retribution – Gone.
The Art of War – Now a Tier 3 talent, down from Tier 4. Increases the damage by 20/40/60% and critical strike damage by 30/60/100% of your Exorcism. Has a 5/10/15% chance to proc from melee attacks.
Communion – Additional effect – Your auras increase your party and raid’s damage dealt by 3% and your damage by an additional 2%.
Sanctity of Battle – Gone.
Rule of Law – Now a 2 rank talent. Down from 3.

Swift Retribution is gone. Ouch. The 20% haste was a great buff, and now it’s banished. A single tear falls to the ground.

Art of War undergoes yet another change. Max rank increases Exorcism damage by 60% with a guaranteed 100% crit damage increase. Will proc off 15% of melee attacks. As I have yet to get into Beta, no way for me to test this out, but the damage increase seems to be a nice boost. Still waiting to see how often this will get used and what priority it will take when all the dust settles.

Communion gives us 2% increased damage and 3% increased raid damage. Not quite sure that replaces the haste boost, but at least it’s something.

Also in this build:

Consecration now lasts 10 sec (down from 15 sec) and has a 30 sec cooldown.

Switching things up again, not sure how well this will work. 30 second cooldown? Ouch.

8 Comments »

Pimpmybubble said:

Well i suppose we will have a single target rotation including:
Seal of Truth
Crusader Strike
Templar’s verdict
Judgement
Exorcism
and most likely Holy wrath

and our aoe will be:
Seal of righteousness
Consecration
Holy Wrath
Divine Storm
and Crusader strike for Holy power

# 5 August 2010 at 4:36 pm

Xav said:

Since my main is a Paladin I hate whenever we got a nerf, even if it is fair.

I think that the new mechanic for AoW will be better on Arenas and high Resilience opponents but not so good for PvE.

30 secs CD for Consecration is a lot of time I think that we’ll need to plan ahead and use it only on high density mob packs.

# 6 August 2010 at 10:59 am

Gandor said:

FML!! WHY NERF BAT! WHY!

# 6 August 2010 at 7:16 pm

Revvy said:

Just Dinged 80 with my pally yesterday, this site has motivated me to make my pally my main out of my other 3 80s. Thanks Khor for the Site! ^^

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Saurfang&cn=Revvy

# 6 August 2010 at 11:53 pm

pallynagy said:

hi everyone…..
i just saw how the mighty nerf bat hammered us…..
20 % haste to fly from us cant be compensated by 5% increased dps…but just like khor said…at least its something…..
but i like the art of war change…in the past build..i wasnt even thinking i would get art of war….and that sanctity of battle alone was enough….
but consecration with 30 sec cd….they are switching it to holy
death and decay…..really :/……
hope for the better…..

Thanks,
Palynagy

# 8 August 2010 at 5:07 am