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Best PvP Racial Ability

by Gamer at March 31st, 2008 in Paladin | No Comments »

There are four different races that can be played as Paladins in World of Warcraft. There for three for the Alliance (Dwarf, Human, and Draenei) and one for the Horde (Blood Elf). If you’re playing Horde then you don’t have a racial choice, but if you’re planning to play Alliance, you have three choices. There’s Stoneform (Dwarf), Perception (Human), and Gift of the Naaru (Draenei) for Alliance and Arcane Torrent (Blood Elf) for Horde.

Leaving Horde out of the mix for a minute, you’ve got three different racials to choose from as Alliance: Stoneform, Perception, and Gift of the Naaru. All three situationally great, but none far superior than any others. While mainly Paladins believe that Stoneform is the best for Alliance, it overlaps so much with Cleanse (Cleanse will remove removes 1 poison, 1 disease and 1 magic effect from a friendly target) that it almost negates the ability. Stoneform use to break blind and when it did, it was by far the best, but no longer does. Perception also use to be better before you could see everyone’s buffs without the now removed Detect Magic. Stealth players will now be able to see if Perception is active or not, so it’s less useful. However, it can still be popped at key times by good players to catch a stealth player. That leaves Gift of the Naaru, which stacks with +healing, and heals for about 2500. Gift of the Naaru is good, but not game breaking.

Taken altogether, I believe that Stoneform even without removing blind is still the best racial for Alliance Paladins. Being able to remove Hunter’s poison stacks on you and if you’re being focused to gain 10% armor is better than what else is available. However, the Horde have it best with Arcane Torrent. Arcane Torrent silences all enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds and can be used every 2 minutes as opposed to every 3 minutes like the Alliance racials. This is unbelievably affective when combined with a Hammer of Justice to keep an opponent’s healer from healing. Sorry, Alliance, but all your Paladin racials do not compare to the Blood Elf one, but Stoneform is still probably the best.

Stoneform (Dwarf): Activate to gain immunity to poison, disease, and bleed; +10% Armor; Lasts 8 seconds. 3 minute cooldown.

Perception (Human): Activate to increase stealth detection radius. Lasts 20 seconds, 3 minute cooldown.

Gift of the Naaru (Draenei): Activate to heal your target for 35 + 15 per Level over 15 sec – 40 yd range – 1.5 sec cast – 3 min cooldown. (At level 1 it heals 50 health, and 1085 at level 70)

Arcane Torrent (Blood Elf): Activate to silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds. In addition, you gain 10 energy or (5 + Level) mana for each charge of Mana Tap currently affecting you. 2 min. cooldown.


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