The Light and How to Swing It: The storied history of the paladin tank, part 2

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11-18-2011 @ 8:42PM

Hih said...

Didn't Illidan's Shear keep pallies from tanking him until the 3.0 patch? Wowhead says it only does damage now, but didn't it reduce the chance to block or something that only Warriors with their +75% block chance Shield Block overcome?

And oh, I remember healing Paladin tanks back in BC heroics. "I can totally keep threat on every mob in the entire instance!" Yes, just because you could keep threat doesn't mean you're healable when you've got two packs of mobs where half of them are supposed to be CCed! Oh my poor, poor mana bar... Certainly interesting times back then.

11-18-2011 @ 10:50PM

angellusEU said...

not when you had enough block rating, and also remember illidan was a duel-wield boss, which meant if the warrior didnt use shield block at the perfect time then Illidan would eat through the shield block before sheer, where as holy shield had multiple charges before it was used up.

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