Paladin Suggestions

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Hard to go through your math when you have some core numbers wrong.

Goring blade is 920 damage over its combo, not 890. Its 8 ticks at 40 (you can test it on a dummy?). It doesnt discount your argument but its amusing that with all your school references, you missed this arithmetic?

You are correct though, in a condition where you will go out of tp, that shield swipe is a more efficient use of tp, although a far simpler way to prove it than your math is simply to do basic potency/tp cost (where shield swipe is 5.25, vs the goring blades 4.84 and RA 3.63) and results in the best potency for tp cost. That is of course, not to say flash isnt better tp recovery (it purely is) but that its not as efficient a use for that tp --save in the case you want to keep Rage Debuff on (Ravanna EX).

To which--sure--this is all correct --although since tp recovery really isnt a main item of the OC I'm 100% fine with this. Paladins tanking rarely have tp concerns anyways--unless you absolute ignore clemency (which isnt damage, but is tp recovery none the less). A ninja using goad mean that you have better options for your gcds---RA does more damage per GCD than shield swipe, so if you have tp resources or arnt in danger of running out in a fight, you can still safely ignore swipe. Its only going to be useful in a situation where you hit 0 before the fight ends). Now.. as OT's DRK and Paladin have issues with tp certainly, but i think the solution there is ninjas and bards personally. I run with one of both so largely not an issue.