Is Onslaught a joke?

[Bdyer]

I have not played PLD, but I hear from some people Shield Stance sucks in bosses due to the slow hit rate?

Yes building gauge in shield oath is slow on bosses until Holy Spirit, then it pick up. Of course paladin's oath gauge has nothing you can spend with it offensively so most of the time mine just sits at 100 or is spent on Shelton not for the block but for the mp restore.

[Agrieus]

Yes building gauge in shield oath is slow on bosses until Holy Spirit, then it pick up. Of course paladin's oath gauge has nothing you can spend with it offensively so most of the time mine just sits at 100 or is spent on Shelton not for the block but for the mp restore.

The offensive aspect is via shield swipe - which should always be on cooldown. And the current Paladin is built around casting Holy Spirit, burning off your mp with it (while using sheltron to recover your MP WHILE you're throwing out Holy Spirits) then rebuilding your MP up again to use Requiescat + Holy Spirit. Fight or Flight should be used while rebuilding MP, while Requiescat should be used just before you start your Holy Spirit spam. Also, you don't Halone on Paladin after 64. Ever. You do way more damage with spamming Holy spirit and Shield Swipe + Circle of scorn is enough to maintain hate.

Even if a DPS comes close to pulling off you, there's no reason for any of them not to bring their hate dumper. There's zero reason for any dps or healer to pull off a tank now since everyone has access to hate builders and hate dumpers.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

There's zero reason for any dps or healer to pull off a tank now since everyone has access to hate builders and hate dumpers.

That awkward moment you keep pulling off the MT despite keeping Diversion on CD... it's not a hate dump, though, just a quelling.