{"id":3006,"date":"2019-08-07T15:18:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T19:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2019-08-08T14:08:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:08:23","slug":"classic-countdown-holy-paladins-scholomance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/classic-countdown-holy-paladins-scholomance\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Countdown – Holy Paladins & Scholomance"},"content":{"rendered":"

This series of posts focuses on things of interest to you in dungeons starting around level 50. Intellect is your best stat for a paladin healer, followed by crit. Why? At Rank 5, Illumination gives you a 100% chance to regain the mana cost for a spell if it crits. Crit is great for a holy paladin’s output, but it\u2019s also great for your mana regen. +healing and mp5 are decent stats too, but intellect also increases your healing done and <\/em>gives you chance to critically strike with your spells and crit gives you mana back, so that\u2019s generally the direction we should go. (That said, there’s nothing wrong with a ton of +healing if you’re not running out of mana.)<\/p>\n

It’s also possible that some of these mail recommendations may not drop<\/em> for an Alliance group, so please be aware of that possibility. I\u2019ll update these posts when I\u2019ve been able to confirm this.<\/p>\n

My paladin’s life-long transmog is Lightforge Armor<\/a>, but it’s actually really super terribly bad for healing. Some of the pieces don\u2019t even have intellect! You should collect it, though, because the Tier 0.5 armor, Soulforge Armor<\/a>, is not<\/em> as tragic. All the pieces have intellect and +damage\/healing on them. When Phase Five comes out, in order to get the Tier 0.5 armor, you need to do a ton of things, including exchanging your T0 pieces for the Tier 0.5 pieces<\/em>. Make sure you grab all your Lightforge so you\u2019re able to exchange it for Soulforge.<\/p>\n

Let’s take on the Barovs and Gandling!<\/p>\n

Classic Loot for a Holy Paladin in Scholomance<\/h3>\n

I’m going to be mentioning the pieces of the Deathbone Guardian set<\/a> in this post, if you have any tanking aspirations. Please let any plate-wearing tank take these before you do if you’re healing the instance.<\/p>\n

Darkmaster Gandling drops all of the Tier 0 helms. Back in the day, I killed Gandling 26 times on my hunter before I got my helm and I only saw the Beaststalker’s Cap<\/a> twice<\/em> in that entire time. My brother never got his Wildheart Cowl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Helm: <\/strong>The Lightforge Helm<\/a> requires level 57 and drops from Gandling. Do not, and I cannot express this enough, take any other class helm over any class that needs it. That said, the Magister’s Crown<\/a> has a beefy 30 intellect. But don’t be a jerk. Let the mages have their helm.<\/p>\n

Neck: <\/strong>Nothing particularly useful here.<\/p>\n

Shoulders: <\/strong>While I’m not sure if this mail piece will drop from Jandice Barov for an Alliance group, the Royal Cap Spaulders<\/a> are level 57 and have intellect and +healing. The cloth Burial Shawl<\/a>, requiring level 56, is a zone-wide drop and have more intellect and some +dmg\/healing and would be a decent piece. Certainly, better than the mage and warlock shoulders that also drop here. Oh, and if you have any tanking aspirations and<\/em> your tank either doesn’t wear plate or<\/em> doesn’t need them, grab the Stoneform Shoulders<\/a>, requiring level 56, from Kirtonos the Herald. Again, let’s not be a jerk.<\/p>\n

Chest: <\/strong>Really nothing of note for a holy paladin here. That said, the Deathbone Chestplate<\/a> is a great tanking chest, particularly for a paladin with the mp5. Of course, if your tank needs it, let them have it<\/em>. Yes, even if it’s a warrior. +17 defense is HUGE. If you have any desire to tank and your tank doesn’t need it, snag this chestpiece, which requires level 56 and is a zone-wide drop.<\/p>\n

Cloak: <\/strong>Nah, nothing here.<\/p>\n

Bracers: <\/strong>The Lightforge Bracers<\/a> are a zone-wide drop here. Aaaaand there’s no intellect on them, so don’t use them to heal. Best would be the Loomguard Armbraces<\/a>, if they drop for an Alliance group. They require level 56 and drop from Kirtonos the Herald. Otherwise, look at the Necropile Cuffs<\/a>, but let clothies have dibs on these bracers that require level 56 and are a zone-wide drop.<\/p>\n

Belt: <\/strong>In terms of belts, the Detention Strap<\/a> is a mail belt requiring level 57 that drops from Darkmaster Gandling, but may not drop for Alliance groups. You can consider the Clutch of Andros<\/a>, requiring level 56 from Kirtonos the Herald, but it has spell hit on it<\/em>. Do not steal this from clothies. For real. There’s also the Wildheart Belt<\/a>, requiring level 53, which is a zone-wide drop, but dibs to the druids. Finally, for you wanna-be tankadins out there, the Deathbone Girdle<\/a> (a zone-wide drop) is godly. Again, dibs to the plate tanks. Do not be a jerk!<\/p>\n

Gloves: <\/strong>The only gloves that should interest you here are the Magister’s Gloves<\/a> but, all together now, let the mages have their gloves! Two sweet tanking gloves drop here, too: Boneclenched Gauntlets<\/a>, requiring level 57 and dropping from Ras Frostwhisper, and the Deathbone Gauntlets<\/a>, requiring level 56 and are a zone-wide drop. Let your plate-wearing tanks get either before you!<\/p>\n

Legs: <\/strong>The best legs in Scholomance for you are the Ghoul Skin Leggings<\/a>, a zone-wide drop made of leather that require level 56. They’re straight-up +healing, so a moonkin shouldn’t want them. If they drop, the mail Maelstrom Leggings<\/a> off Ras Frostwhisper are decent, requiring level 57. Tanking pants include the Deathbone Leggings<\/a>, a zone-wide drop, requiring level 56, and the Wraithplate Leggings<\/a>, which has no +defense, but adds a full percent of parry.<\/p>\n

Feet:\u00a0<\/strong>The Death Knight Sabatons<\/a>, requiring level 54, drop from Marduk Blackpool. They’re actually plate<\/em> and have intellect<\/em> on them, what craziness is this!? This NPC is in the Viewing Room with Vectus. And, of course, for the tanks among you, the Deathbone Sabatons<\/a> drop in the zone and they require level 56. A nice +10 defense rating here! Make sure your plate-wearing tank passes on these before you snag them.<\/p>\n

Main Hand: <\/strong>Well, pallies can’t use staves or daggers, so there’s nothing of interest for us here.<\/p>\n

Off-hand: <\/strong>The Rattlecage Buckler<\/a>, which requires level 57 and drops from Rattlegore, is a pretty decent intellect shield. The Spellbound Tome<\/a>, requiring level 57 as well, dropping from Ras Frostwhisper, is a good OH, too, but clothies might want that instead.<\/p>\n

Rings: <\/strong>Don Mauricio’s Band of Domination<\/a> is great for a holy paladin and requires level 58. It drops from Gandling. The Dimly Opalescent Ring<\/a> is a zone-wide drop and requires level 56. It’s got random enchantments, so look for of Intellect, of the Eagle, of the Owl, of Healing or of Concentration.<\/p>\n

Relic<\/strong>: <\/strong>Assuming we have<\/em> relics in this patch, and I think we do, the Libram of Divinity<\/a> is basically the only one you need until you get to AQ or Naxxramas. It’s a zone-wide drop in Scholomance and requires level 60.<\/p>\n

Trinkets: <\/strong>Absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n

Next time…<\/h4>\n

And that’s Scholomance for you! If you’re having trouble with Alexei Barov, you can fear one of the adds with Turn Undead, though that will only give you 15 seconds (and the cooldown is 30 seconds). Hopefully you’re done with one of the adds by the time it comes back! Also, Shadow Resistance Aura will be very useful here, or if you’ve got a lot of casters in the group, go with Concentration Aura.<\/p>\n

Next up: we follow in the footsteps of Leeroy Jenkins and enter the Rookery and down The Beast and General Drakkisath in search of Lightforge pieces in Upper Blackrock Spire!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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