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dreader

Prot paladin-specific LFR guide?

I've been having a blast leveling my prot pally, but as I approach 90 I've realized that leveling with heirlooms has spoiled me and I've never had to use any of the unique paladin specific tools like Hand of Protection. This is only an alt so I doubt I will ever tank normal raids, but I'm wondering if a paladin-specific guide exists for T14/T15 LFR. Is there ever a need to use Hand of Sacrifice on the other tank? How/when can I creatively use BoPs to cheese mechanics or solo tank? Things like that. Also, I've leveled as Prot but would anyone recommend having a Ret offpec for certain fights? Or just turn RF off and DPS? Thank you, veteran tanks, for any help you can offer.

Posted Jun 18, 2013, 2:21 PM UTC

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slalomz•

http://nolifeat90.blogspot.com/2013/04/throne-of-thunder-part-4-pinnacle-of.html

There's a decent set of guides for all the LFR wings here, including tank perspectives. For some of the stuff though you've really gotta see it at least once yourself (Durumu comes to mind).

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dreaderOP•

Thanks, these are a great TL;DR. I've familiar with LFR and Normal modes from a DPS perspective, so this gives a nice view from the other roles as well.

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[deleted]•

LFR is a joke, mechanics don't really matter.

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dreaderOP•

Please refer back to your comment the next time you wipe in LFR because people didn't know WTF they were doing.

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RoundishBag•

In smotpoker's defense, mechanics in LFR really are a joke. I've rarely been in a group that failed from lack of knowledge.

The far more common scenario is that groups fail because they eat one another alive with criticism and some butthurt hunter ninja pulls while the healers are OOM.

Edit: I've rarely been in a group that failed from lack of knowledge~~.~~ after the first week.

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dreaderOP•

The validity and challenge of LFR have been beaten to death on every forum and are not what I was asking about. I'm not looking to start an internet fight...I'd just like to stay on-topic.

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RoundishBag•

That's perfectly understandable but keep in mind that his advice is, in a way, perfectly valid.

Queue as tank, stand around looking confused and try to make sure that you occasionally have aggro..... collect loot and wonder why you ever queued in the first place.

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