[WoW] AOE Paladin Boosting, when to move on to next instance?

[daviddoran]

I don't think a 61 paladin could make it very long at all. with 10khp and not judging/no colossus, my health goes down pretty fast. Even if you had Pre TBC tanking epics, I don't think it'd be sufficient.

If I were you, I'd use the paladin until he can't boost effectively (VC/DM, SFK, WC, etc) then work on getting the pally leveled while you stock up rested xp on the lowbies. If you plan your leveling well (rep rewards/quest rewards/instance drops) the moment you hit 70 you can buy some of the blue rep set pieces for pretty cheap, and have at it!

[Memn]

I tried this with a guildy last night. Got him from L38-41 in about 45 minutes. The travel time - and guarding him into the instance was worse than anything else.

Couple of tips:

- Buy a bunch of white quality shields from an NPC armor seller. You can wear your epic armor, and a crap shield and your repair costs will remain low - just make sure you keep an eye on the durability of the shield and replace it before it hits 0. Once it hits 0, your armor will be taking the durability damage.

- The corners of the balcony are excellent for protecting your back, plus, it doesn't interfere with the camera like backing into the wall does.

- Use Iron Shield Spikes, or rank 1 BoSanc. It makes a huge difference in how long Zolo stays up. (I wish I could heal that beautiful, XP giving troll!) Iron Shield Spikes do less damage, but putting iron spikes on 30 shields may be more logistics than its worth.

- With Figurine of the Colossus and decent block rating you don't even have to swing. My paladin is geared for ZA, so I was only down maybe 2-3k health before my figurine cooldown was ready again... I let my health get down to about 300 or so - but that was mostly for dramatic effect since I was there with a guildy. "DUDE! - QUICK! LAY OF HANDS DUDE!", "Meh, Lay of hands is overkill... I'll just pop a trinket... ok, full health.."

I think a shaman or warrior is the second best classes for using this method, and I'll probably start collecting block rating gear for one of my shamans for when I need to boost alts on my main account...

[pinotnoir]

I will try it with my epic gear. I put on green of the champion stuff and used my shields. My gear really didnt go down much. The bulk of my repair bills were the shields.

[noir]

For the best vendor shield:

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30775
Layered Bone Shield
2523 Armor
55 Block
Durability 85 / 85
Requires Level 70
10.85g

If you can find a cheaper green shield or five on the AH, go for it. =)

[Memn]

For the best vendor shield:

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30775
Layered Bone Shield
...
If you can find a cheaper green shield or five on the AH, go for it. =)

I just bought about 20 or so of the L40 shields that were for sale in Stonard... They were only 3g, and super easy to get... Easy logistics FTW!

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=2451 Crested Heater Shield

[Stabface]

Save money and buy the cheapest one from the vendor - you're still going to be blocking all the damage.

[noir]

I <3 you guys. All my gear is breaking crazy fast as I'm watching my guys go on the laptop... but this is amazing.

[TheHamburglar]

I was doing this on my 60 pally without much trouble. I used my 4x Shaman to heal throwing down a stoneskin and healing streams which kept me going till my shield broke.

BTW if anyone has any lvl 55-60 shields on Mag horde side I need some badly.


Earthen Elixirs + Force of Will + BOS + Stoneskin = Easy Street

[daviddoran]

I was farming SM Cath so much, I got many of the shields there. I shouldn't have DE'd them.... I must have had like 20+ drop.

So the level of the shield doesn't matter so much? If so, I will literally fill my bag with 1g shields...

[Stabface]

You don't need a good shield. Save your money.

Look in your combat log and see how much these skeletons are hitting you. In my case at 70 its something like 20 damage. So, that is all the block value I need in order to take 0 damage on a block.

With a full tanking setup I have something like 600 block value, if I swap my shield for the worst possible block value (1) shield (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=2362) then I still have a block value of over 400. Which is many times more than these skeletons will ever hit me. Even just a single +block value item, of which there are many easy blues you can get -- like the Devilshark cloak, Steam-Hinge neck, Sha'tari belt (quest item even, no worrying with a drop%) -- will put any 70 paladin with a 1 BV shield over the necessary amount to completely negate the damage on blocks from these skeletons.

Unfortunately though, there are only a very small handful of items available pre-70 with +block value on it. Nexus-Guard Pauldrons @L67 are all that are readily available, some old world Warrior T2/T3 plate has it as well but that is not generally available anymore and not useful to a Paladin.