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There is no way you could cram everything there is to know about these holy warriors by writing a world of warcraft paladin guide in just a few sentences. This is one of the most versatile of classes so there is so much to say about this class but hopefully this will give you a detailed enough overview of what it takes to be a paladin.

As a class paladins could be best described as being kind of a mixture of 3 other clasess: warriors, priests and classes like mages and warlocks due to the way they can deal out damage per second (dps).

Though they can be defined as being a hybrid classes borrowing traits from these more specialized classes, the paladin use of these abilities is such that they are recognised as being too powerful. They are master at PvP combat and if you are a warrior such as I am you will know that they are tough to beat. Their nickname is “holy warrior” since they can tank as well as heal and also cast spells. A very powerful and unfair combination if you are not a paladin.

Their trees are split into three. To be tanks they can pick abilities from the “Protection Tree” where the spells and abilities they pick allow them to give and be able to take enormous damage and enable them to take on several enemies at once. The special spells available here include “Retribution”, “Consecration” and “Holy Shield” which put together give Paladins very good tanking abilities that are very sought after in certain instances and raids.

The second tree and not necessarily in order of importance is the “Retribution” tree which is where the Paladin draws abilities that enable them to give lots of DPS or melee/close combat damage to enemies that are being fought against. Here abilities like “Crusader Strike”, “Seal of Command” make the Paladin an especially useful class to include in raids.

The third ability tree of the Holy Warrior is their healing power. Their healing abilities are especially attuned to give heals to different players in the game. On top of this they can fight making them healing warriors. This makes them probably the most versatile class for group play where they can both take the role of the Priest as healer and tank as warrior. Perfect for either job or as back up.

Thus if you want to tank, heal and do dps without starting 3 different classes, this world of warcraft guide on paladins will have hopefully have shown you that if you fancy to do all 3 then all you need to do is to start a paladin as your next character. Their versatility in all these abilities makes them highly indispensable in groups and in end of game activities such as raids or instances paladins are classes which will always be the first choice.