So today I decided to finally sit down and figure out this whole mess of Dragonflight talents for my Holy Paladin. Honestly, at first glance, it looked like a bunch of nonsense. Like, who threw all these nodes on a tree anyway? Right click to enable talents, they said. Easy, they said.
My brain was kinda fried after looking at the initial setup. I started clicking stuff randomly – big mistake. Tried picking every shiny node leading towards Beacon of Virtue first, thinking, “Oh yeah, AoE healing, gotta have that for raids!” But then I realized I’d skipped right past Moment of Compassion and Sacred Flame stuff. My mana was vanishing faster than ice cream in summer during a dungeon run. Embarrassing wipe, ngl. The tank just looked at me. Oops.
So I wiped my mess instead – reset all talents. Started smarter this time. Or tried to. Focused hardcore on the main paths first:
- Light of Dawn: Definitely maxed all the stuff to buff this. Instant cast when Holy Power is high? Yes please. Felt obvious.
- Holy Power Generators: Anything boosting Holy Shock and Crusader Strike got points. Need that holy juice flowing.
- Self-Sustain & Mana Stuff: Poked around near Paladin basics first. Tyr’s Deliverance felt kinda weak at first glance, but a deeper look showed some promise for bursts maybe later? Glimmer – oh buddy, Glimmer. This felt familiar and strong. Maxed the nodes buffing it ASAP. Judgment for mana? Felt awkward hitting things for mana, kinda funny really, but hey, if it works.
- Beacons: Okay, okay. After my initial flop, I went for Beacon of Faith first instead of Virtue this time. Seemed more flexible for dungeons and solo stuff I was doing that night. Simpler brain power.
- The Right Side: The capstones. Avengers Shield pulling mobs? Looked amazing fun, but my raid lead would murder me pulling extra stuff. Saved it for solo content later maybe. Went for the big Daybreak splash instead since I was already deep into Glimmer. Big golden numbers popping everywhere felt good.
Stats? Oh boy. Everyone online screams INT > Crit > Mastery > Haste > Vers, blah blah. Felt like math class nightmare repeating. So I did what I always do first: stacked Intellect like crazy. Gotta have big spell power, right? Then Crit for bigger heals sometimes, sounded good. Mastery makes my Beacon transfer more healing? Yeah, seemed useful for keeping people standing. Haste and Versatility? Got them passively from gear. Didn’t sweat it too hard. People obsess over tiny percentages – honestly, playing well matters way more than squeezing out 0.5% extra Mastery in my book. Kept gear with Int and Crit mostly. Called it a day.
Tested it in a quick Heroic dungeon. Felt way better! Less panic spamming, more steady Holy Power spending. Mana was actually… okay? Didn’t go OOM halfway through the boss, which was a huge win over my first disaster build. Still figuring out the absolute perfect order for pushing harder content, but hey, progress! It’s functional. Solid. Got kicked once cause I stood in fire though. My bad. That wasn’t the talents fault. Gotta stop chasing sparkly loot explosions.
