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PvE vs. PvP Gear in Arena

by Gamer at March 14th, 2008 in Paladin | No Comments »

It just goes without saying that PvE gear is better than PvP gear in arena for Paladins in most situations. First, let’s look at 2v2.

In 2v2, playing as a Paladin, you’re 99 times out of 100 not going to be focused, so having resilience will not help you. Far more important is mp5, healing, and spell crit (in that order). Given that a well geared PvE Paladin will have ridiculously high armor — my Paladin has 16878 armor in PvE gear, which I wear in 2v2 — any melee damage class will not be able to do high damage on me regardless of resilience: my armor is too high. Therefore, I wear full PvE gear and my Medallion of the Horde (20 resilience) for 2v2.

In 3v3, it’s a bit different for a Paladin. It depends slightly on what type of set-up you play whether or not teams are going to focus you or not. I’m currently playing Warrior/Hunter/Paladin in 3v3 and never get focused, so I play in PvE gear, however, in other combinations I’ve played such as Warlock/Priest/Paladin and Warrior/Warlock/Paladin, I’ve had to wear about ~200 resilience to avoid teams switching to me after my bubble. What’s different now with my current set-up of Warrior/Hunter/Paladin, we’re putting out such pressure on cloth/mail wearers that teams need to shutdown our DPS rather than my healing.

In 5v5, in anything under a rating of 1900, you can get away with not wearing any PvP gear, but as you get to higher ratings and start playing better teams, you’re to need at least 200-250 resilience to slow teams switching to you after bubble. One of the only things that separates good teams from the best teams (besides excellent crowd control) is quickly switching to a new target and killing them before the other team can react. Therefore, entering a 5v5 arena with only your Medallion of the Horde (20 resilience) is not advisable.

Until Blizzard adds mp5 to Paladin’s arena gear and/or reduces the armor value for Paladin PvE gear, it’s more favorable for a Paladin to wear as much good PvP gear as possible. In 2v2, wear as much PvE gear as you can and in 3v3 and 5v5, you’ll want to wear about 200-250 resilience to avoid being bursted down after your bubble is on cooldown.


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