R.I.P Halone (post lvl 64)

I knew thee well. If no changes are made to the current Pld (of which in all honesty, I'm INCREDIBLY pleased with how PLD plays currently) then RoH's use is virtually non-existent. New Paladin is basically built around casting it's new magic attack, draining out your mp, then spending time recoverin - ensuring you have enough MP to get the MA buff from Requiescat. I. Love. The. New. Pld.

Halone only necessary for snap threat on new spawning ads, or to cement your tank swap threat.

But yes, use it once then you're done.

While sho is up, yes, halone is useless, but if you swo, halone is a must every 4th combo.

For holy spirit' damage you accumulated damage aggro after the damage is done, not during the casttime, if someone else is good at dpsing can steal it.

seriously when the red icon in agrgro list starts to blink should halone, just for safety, no one will use their aggro management role skill in 4men.

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Originally Posted by aqskerorokero

While sho is up, yes, halone is useless, but if you swo, halone is a must every 4th combo.

For holy spirit' damage you accumulated damage aggro after the damage is done, not during the casttime, if someone else is good at dpsing can steal it.

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That's common knowledge already, so I'm not sure what your point is here. You shouldn't be using halone at all in sword oath anyways - and this includes while you're tanking. The reason why is because you're getting a reduced amount of MP recovery while you're in sword oath vs being in shield oath. And Holy spirit is the Pld's new primary damage dealer, so you need to keep that MP refresh going. The moment you have to halone while tanking in the middle of a fight is already an overall dps loss.

IMO it plays kinda same like 3.5 DRK just with different skills/abilities. Oh just no gap closer and Ogcd stun skill....