Quote Originally Posted by Jubez187 View Post
Is it? I've been using it and I find it VERY useful. The pacification is not to be underlooked IMO. However, if you look at the "Paladin Tanking Compendium" thread or whatever..the author pretty much discredits any weapon skill that doesn't RoH combo (besides the opening shield lob).
I've stopped using Shield Swipe mainly because it's not an effective enmity generator (not high enmity modifier) and, because it's proc based, you can't reliably use it to throw Pacification on a target when it would be most useful. Its got great damage for its cost (it provides 6.67 more potency per GCD than the Halone combo so it's not a massive increase in DPS), but it's a little too limited in its actual usefulness. I've contemplated putting it back on my bar to start tossing it in when I've gotten the infinite threat cushion of infinity 2-3 minutes into the fight, but, honestly, I don't really see much of point, especially since most bosses are outright immune to it (and all it stops are the physical special attacks, which are nowhere *near* the same proportion of incoming damage that they are for players).