{"id":3137,"date":"2024-06-12T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/?p=3137"},"modified":"2024-06-12T05:16:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T09:16:06","slug":"cataclysm-classic-holy-paladin-meta-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/cataclysm-classic-holy-paladin-meta-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataclysm Classic Holy Paladin Meta Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is 4:28am. I have work in… not too many hours. But I came across a video on YouTube while I couldn’t sleep and they were talking about how holy paladins should use the burning<\/em> meta gem<\/a> in Cata Classic.<\/p>\n

And I was like… that’s not right, is it?<\/p>\n

So what did I do?<\/p>\n

First, I scoured THIS VERY BLOG to see what I have to say about Cataclysm meta gems. Know what I found? One post<\/a>. One. That’s it. And it doesn’t even mention the Burning Shadowspirit meta?<\/p>\n

So I got out of bed<\/em> and went to check what gems were in Madrana’s old helms — both original Madrana and baby paladin Madrana. Ember Shadowspirit Diamonds were in basically all of my old holy helms (different ones for tanking and the odd ret helm).<\/p>\n

And I’m like how did I not mention a whole other meta gem? I was very, very confused.<\/p>\n

Until I saw a comment at Wowhead. The Burning meta used to say 3% Increased Critical Damage<\/strong> until 4.3, whereupon it changed to 3% Increased Critical Effect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Judging from Wowhead, Cata is going with 3% Increased Critical Effect for Classic. (And, it seems, the second iteration of Holy Radiance, but that’s for another post.)<\/p>\n

So, questions:<\/p>\n

1) Was I really unaware of this change at 4.3???<\/p>\n

2) If I wasn’t unaware, why did I keep using the Ember?<\/p>\n

3) Why have I been researching this and writing this for 20m in the middle of the night when I have work the next day?<\/p>\n

I think I’ll do a bit more research this week and come up with a good video\/post about Cata and holy pallies. In the meantime, yes, use the Burning Shadowspirit Diamond<\/em> as your meta. And here’s what I still believe is a pretty decent max-level spec<\/a> for a PVE holy paladin.<\/p>\n

Okay, back to bed. The birds are chirping and the sun is coming up. I am not<\/em> going to be a happy camper at work…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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