Prot Pally pvp?

[noidentity]

Has anyone thought about doing 5x prot pally pvp?

It just seems that their survivability and silences would be just devastating to anyone they come across. I havn't leveled my pally team yet but I am looking for options with them when I get their BoA gear collected.

[Ualaa]

1x Prot, can be very successful in PvP.
5x can be as well, particularly if you set up your hotkeys well.

The BoA gear is decent for leveling; pretty good for each level, so it doesn't need to be replaced.
But once you reach whatever level you are done at (80 for most of us), gear for that level will far surpass the BoA stuff.

[HPAVC]

Prot is amazing in pvp if you have plea up 100% of the time, once that is on cool down then what? chug?

While blessing of wisdom has the great impact on prot paladins, they need mana via combat mechanics or healing, not regen.

[zenga]

I did the test a few times in a duel. My ele shammy vs my prot pala using my normal spam buttons (both in quest greens / blue and at lvl 75+ where they have like all their abilities). While the fight takes long, the shaman just out dps's the tank. 2 and 3 shamans just kill him in a blaze. So imagine if 5 shamans encounter 5 tanks ... I can see some strategies to taunt, bubble, etc and make the fight last long, but the shammies will kill 1 tank faster than the tanks will take out 1 shaman. And once there, it's no match. Basically in pvp i don't care if i fire at a tank or another one. Instead of instant kill I'll have to push the button 3 or 4 times longer, while i still have thunderstorm left if he would reach me. (talking about all shamans taking out same target).
At least thats how i think about it based on some simple tests & some experience in BG's (using shamies as thats what i'm most familiar with).

[Littleburst]

It would probably be very fun to play if you like endurance. But PVP is about killing people, outlasting others isn't gonna get you really far.

Same goes for 4x resto shaman for example.

[noidentity]

Very good points everyone, I didnt take into account the mana problems that the prot pallys would have, even with all of the buffs that they would benefit from.

Ok, how about changing things up, what about a mixed group of ret pallys and DKs? Would help prevent some kiting issues the melee group would encounter while decimating groups with cleave attacks from all toons.

[Fat Tire]

It would probably be very fun to play if you like endurance. But PVP is about killing people, outlasting others isn't gonna get you really far.

Same goes for 4x resto shaman for example.

Someone hasnt faced 11-12k Avengers sheilds


I say got for it, as prot you will want Ret gear anyways. However, the passive healing/aoe dps with DStorm steals the show. Prot is god in 2s/3s not 5s

[Ualaa]

Prot for pvp, you'd want to stack block value.
That makes Shield of Righteousness a rather nasty power.

I'd probably go a Holy/Prot hybrid, mixture of SP/Sta gear.
Glyph a little differently. Avenger's Shield glyph would be good in pvp.
You'd have pretty decent melee, and strong efficient heals.
Divine Plea up most of the fight, and stay in melee.

[Fat Tire]

Prot for pvp, you'd want to stack block value.
That makes Shield of Righteousness a rather nasty power.

I'd probably go a Holy/Prot hybrid, mixture of SP/Sta gear.
Glyph a little differently. Avenger's Shield glyph would be good in pvp.
You'd have pretty decent melee, and strong efficient heals.
Divine Plea up most of the fight, and stay in melee.

There is no need to stack pve sbv for prot pvp.

Ret pvp gear is way better for prot pvp and stack the same stats as ret. str/ap/crit

Edit; I guess ualaa is talking about 19/52/0 prot which is more about sliences/heals. I am speaking more about the protret version the burst dmg spec.

[remanz]

i agree. prot in ret gear damage is high. burst is lower comparing to ret . but damage is high. You don't need block value. You want a slow 1 hand and all retribution dps gear. Hard to say it is better than ret for boxing though.

you lose instant flash of light, removal stun HOF, divine storm and repentance (these two hurt the most), and burst damage

you gain more stam, more armor (obviously, you use a shield). a range slience/daze, and cheat death.

For me personally, it is worth a try. It needs the same gear as retribution. Just dual spec this, no effort on your side to try it out.