Paladin talents (WoW)  

See also: Paladin Talent Builds

Paladins are a hybrid class. This means that you have choices on the roles that you fill. Some of those choices are viable, but when looking toward an end-game paladin build - with some situational exceptions - it's worthwhile to remember the adage: Jack of all trades, master of none In other words, at end game you're going to have to choose a direction. You simply are.

Also, like all of the other hybrid classes you're probably going to have to resign yourself to respeccing unless you want your leveling to take far longer than necessary and really not gain you any value. You should definitely play your class how you like to, but know that sometimes things can be downright painful and with a hybrid class, until Outland, with the right gear, you really can fill any role. So there's no reason to make your solo play unnecessarily difficult on yourself, just carry or have gear for each role. How you play solo is no ones business.

That said, typically, at least until level 35, retribution is the leveling tree. At that point you can choose to stay retribution (Ret) or opt to completely respec to Protection (Prot). While people have leveled as Holy, it's not the ideal path and will not be covered here.

This page will enumerate the available talents in each tier of the tree. Note that Blizzard tweaks talents frequently. This page can give you some idea of what talents are worthwhile but the last word should be the Paladin forums. Compose a build using Wowhead. When you've completed your build make sure to click "Link to this Build" in the upper left and then post that to the paladin forums here to get the most up to date feedback on viability and utility. Be sure to state what it is that you're going for.

Holy

Protection

Retribution

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