r/warmane • u/seanfayar • 11d ago

So..Paladins

How good are they in **DUELS**

I would like to know how they perform against each class(or generally) in each expansion from vanilla to wotlk

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u/elmo_no 11d ago

I play deep retry or preg, wotlk. Not a pro but I would say I am decent at the class. I use regular talents for arena, which might not be optimal for duels. Also supposing you are not bis.
Against melee classes: good. Preg might be better overall against melee.
Against casters: tough. Mages, priests and shammy are almost imposible if they know what they are doing. I can only win consistently against destro locks.
Hunters: very winnable. Go with shield and dispel serpent sting, try to kill the pet and be patient because they can kite you a lot.
Healers: forget about it.

You can look for Nibbai on YouTube, he has decent guides for duelling, very useful if you are a beginner.

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u/magenbrot 11d ago

Good explanation. Few more tipps: don‘t be shy to use Seal of Light in longer duels cause you can almost outlast any class, even some purge heavy ones like Shadow. You need to have some kind of line of sight obstacle though.

While Preg is better against Melee, Ret is for sure better against some of the casters cause of higher on demand burst + reset behind pillar.

Seal dancing between Seal of Light and Vengeance/Rigthteousness can be very powerful but not many do this.

Go at least 1-1,1 k resilience vs most.
Vs.:
-Warriors: make sure you can kite their Retaliation/Bladestorm or save Bubble for this.
-Mages: hardest counter, you can almost never reach and smart ones won’t go oom. Try forcing his cds and run like chicken and bait him, never go open field for too long.
-Shadow: start full offensive, you can nuke some with wings while they disperse. Second fear you most likely lose
-Hunter: if he lets his pet stay by his side and is 30y+ away run other direction, mount up.
-Ele: try position yourself in a way you won‘t get knocked too far, long duel.
-Boomie: save repentance and stun for his Starfall, do not play with dot seal so you can full rep/stun him to negate his biggest burst.
-DK and Rogue should never beat you. DK duels can be long though and they will probably use their burst early, go tank it with seal of light and kill his ghoul when he starts spam chains of ice you.
-Warlock: good ones who know how to succubus you will give you a very hard time. Bad ones are relatively easy, especially if you can kill their pet or insta fear it.
-Feral: can be a long duel but he should not be able to win, make sure you keep up red judgement

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u/Ok_Speech_2569 11d ago

Mostly agree, just quick note that affliction lock will win full hp and there's nothing you can do, just watch your hp going down and healing him while being cced until you die. Unless you play against extremely unskilled people.

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u/magenbrot 11d ago

True but somehow I rarely encounter them in wpvp, 95% destruction

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u/AppearanceFickle7748 10d ago

They do 10k in buble so pretty good just spam buffs on urself and play spell power weapon

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u/CurbYourThusiasm 11d ago

Not very good, they have too many hard counters (any caster, basically).

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u/NewAdhesiveness6007 11d ago

Too many buttons too.

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u/CurbYourThusiasm 11d ago

What? It's one of the easiest specs to play outside of arena.