Paladins are one of the hybrid
classes in World of Warcraft. This means that they can be tanks, healers or
melee dpsers. While leveling Pallas wear mail armor until the 40th
level and after they are eligible to wear plate. In many ways they resemble the
Warriors but in the game play they are quite different.
Blacksmithing and Mining
Paladins wear plate same as
Warriors and therefore Blacksmithing and Mining are one of the best paired
professions to match them. Mining is a profession that serves Blacksmithing in
the way that it makes it much easier and cheaper to level up. Blacksmithing however
is something that Paladins can use for themselves mainly. While leveling they
could craft their armor sets which will improve their performance and speed up
their leveling. At the maximum level Blacksmithing is still quite useful since
it can provide Pallas nice pre-raiding gear which they could craft themselves,
also weapons, shields, and enhancements for belts in form of buckles. During
the playing Paladin Blacksmiths will be able to learn more plans. To start
leveling Blacksmithing all you will need is a Forge and a Blacksmithing Hammer.
The hammer you can purchase at any mining trade supplier in major and smaller
cities where a forge could be found as well. A Paladin Blacksmith can at some
point choose between Armorsmith and a Weaponsmith specialization. If the choice
comes down to the Weaponsmith, a Paladin can then specialize further in Swords,
Maces or Axes or Mace which will depend purely on his/her choice of weapon. Another
nice novice is a buff called Toughness which will increase your
Stamina by 50.
Alchemy and Herbalism
Let’s just say that Alchemy and
Herbalism are always nice to have for any type of character and for any class,
whether you are a healer, a tank, melee dps or a caster. Everybody always needs
potions and elixirs. Another nice thing when it comes to Alchemy are the
flasks. Flasks have a longer lasting effect and their effect doesn’t vanish
when a player dies in combat. Even though Pallas have healing spells they don’t
have HoTs aka Healing over Time spells so a spell which they can get with
Herbalism could be really nice for them. This spell is called Life Blood and
when used will heal you for 2000 over 5 seconds.
Jewelcrafting and Mining
Jewelcrafting and Mining
combination could be also nice for Paladins. Mining is good simply because it
is accompanies Jewelcrafting good, and Jewelcrafting because of all those nice
craftable rings and necklaces and especially because of gems. Gems are a need
for each good player because they enhance their stats which of course improve
the char’s performance in instances, raids and in PVP. Jewelcrafting could save
you a lot of gold and time since as a Paladin you will probably be asked to respect
into a healer when needed, dps or an aoe tank. All hybrid classes usually have
few sets of armor they can change and of course the gems you will put into
sockets on a healing gear will differ than the ones in the tanking gear.
Other
Inscription is a nice new
profession which came with the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. It is combined
with Herbalism good and could be useful for all players no matter the class or
spec. With Inscription one can make useful Glyphs that enhance your performance
and skills. Engineering could be also fun for Paladins since when on the max
level you could make some armor pieces useful for you and many other cool and
useful gadgets. In example, healing Pallas would love Unbreakable Healing
Amplifiers and tanking Pallas would definitely go for Armored Titanium Goggles.
