So, after the patch, how goes it with Paladin?

[eagledorf]

pld rage of halone also applies str down buff, compared to drk's power slash which does nothing [snip]
Swapping from shield to sword then to shield again is a dps gain for more than 3 gcds.

First of all, no it's not. Swapping is a loss of at least 500 potency (in and out, average RA potency with slashing debuff). In those 3 GCD, you get .2*250*3+55*(3 or 4)+30 or 40 so you get about 350-400 potency.

Second of all, that's actually all the more reason Halone should be at least 300 potency. They should be encouraging us to use it for the STR debuff if we're OT or when we're MTing and have already established aggro. Making it so low discourages its use except for hate when absolutely necessary.