Comparison of squads for 5 man dungeons

[xandorz]

I think only bear have swipe in classic. (there is no cat form swipe when looking at the databases)

3 Rip wouldn't be too useful since you should only be able to get it off against raid bosses basically, with 4 characters dpsing you shouldn't really have time to stack combo points and have the enemy survive during the dot duration of rip.

I think you are supposed to use Shred with cat form also, which requires being behind the target so not great that you should use positioning.

I think druid dps is very low compared to other classes. I think they don't scale well with gear. I think in pvp they mostly do a dot up the target and kite while healing tactic.

I might be wrong ofcourse, I didn't play a druid. I remember they just tried to dot up in pvp then heal and I remember they they wasn't scary to fight, it was just that it was hard to kill them with their kiting so some fights could turn into a stalemate.

[Mooni]

I think only bear have swipe in classic. (there is no cat form swipe when looking at the databases)

Oh hecc, you're right. I was looking at WotLK. And with Divine Storm being out, back to the drawing board for all-melee AoE groups...

[balton]

Anyone tried play with paladin and 4 mages... Can the paladin tank and healing efective?

[nodoze]

Anyone tried play with paladin and 4 mages... Can the paladin tank and healing efective?

I believe Apatheist and some others are doing Paladin+4Mages.

IIRC Apatheist had shared how he was using his Paladin to kite mobs through Blizzard (different approach than just AEing clumps).

Between debuffs, silences, interrupts, & CC I would be concerned to try to both main tank and main heal from a single Paladin. Would love to see some videos of people pulling it off at cap but so far I have not and would think of a Tanking Paladin as at most an off-healer unless evidence is presented otherwise.

Most folk with a Paladin Tank are are doing PaladinTank+3Mages+Healer (either a 2nd Paladin or Priest).

[balton]

I was thinking If a team with 2 paladins and 3 mages works fine... When you play with a tank, healer and 3 mages, this work, but the leveling is more slow. If i use 2 paladins (1 tank and 1 healer), can i use one of this to do aoe damage?

[nodoze]

I was thinking If a team with 2 paladins and 3 mages works fine... When you play with a tank, healer and 3 mages, this work, but the leveling is more slow. If i use 2 paladins (1 tank and 1 healer), can i use one of this to do aoe damage?

Yes a Paladin Tank is an AoE damage character who mainly generates threat via damage that is magnified, relatively, via their threat management tools (both magnification of their own threat and, if needed, diminishing of other's threat). Their damage is definitely not as high as any of the Mages but it is significant.