This is Why I Love Playing my Pally

Man...I had such a great time tonight just fooling around. Even though I already had done it on the PTR, it's such an experience. I went 44 Holy and 7 Protection because that's what I felt was the best build that suited me. And now when trying it on in PVP I feel that my role is extremely powerful, much than previously. A very large contribution to that is the faster Holy Lights. Trust me, Light's Grace truly is amazing. And when you've got Illumination and 11% spell crit...daemn! Pumping them out is the same feeling of when using the shotgun together with bullet time in Max Payne.

Playing in PVP for me is like a game of Pokemon. If there are two or more Warriors I inspect them to see who has the best gear and "adopt" that one. By that I mean I cater to them by following them around. You know why I love Guardian's Favor? Because a 16 second Blessing of Freedom is extremely powerful. Even more on a Warrior. The blessings I use the most and end up switching between each other is Blessing of Freedom and Blessing of Sacrifice (to stop me from being crowd controlled). Otherwise I just spam Holy Lights and Cleanse the guy. If things get really tough I can pop my Scrolls and spam heals insanely fast or pop Divine Illumination when I'm low on mana.

Divine Illumination by a cool spell. My first reaction right now as I am typing this is that I probably underestimated it. Arguably the best use for it is when you you're out of mana. It cuts all spell costs in half so the mana you have left is virtually doubled for ten seconds. What's best about it is that the cost cut isn't just Holy Light or Flash of Light - it's everything! From Holy Shock to Hammer of Wrath and so forth. I could imagine it to be great if you're oom and want to activate Seal of Wisdom and judge Wisdom on the target when fighting elites to gain some of it back. I haven't run out of mana that often and I'm not that accustomed to using it just yet, but so far I've had very good use of it two-three times tonight. Is it still underpowered? Probably. 10 seconds is nothing. And for being a 41st talent its use is still very limited.

And Holy Shock...what can I say? The backbone of Holy's spell damage contribution. With Holy Guidance, probably increased spell damage coefficiency and and shorter cooldown it's more amazing than what it was before. Now it actually feels like a spell you can use when you want instead of having to tap your fingers due to the previous thirty second cooldown. I feel like I can DPS pretty darn well with it. Together with the buffed Seal of Righteousness my DPS is up and fairly good I'd say for being sword-and-bord!

So far I'm having a blast, and the arenas aren't up plus I haven't raided yet! So tomorrow will be the first day I "officially" arena and try this build out in a raid setting. Doing a pug Molten Core - which also by the looks of it will have a Pally that's going to tank some stuff too. And I'll definitely try to make certain that the arena group I'm in has a Warrior...