Matt Shooks

Had a fun night tonight. I tanked several bosses in our cleanup run of Karazhan tonight. They included Prince Malchezaar, Terestian Illhoof, Maiden of Virtue and Attumen the Huntsman. Now most people would say that is great, every warrior does that. Will that is where this is different. I am a tankadin or protection spec paladin. The other neat thing is I did all the tanking solo without the help of a second tank. We wiped the first time on prince as we got boxed in on a couple of unlucky infernal drops but the second time went smooth. Maiden of Virtue was a pain because of the silence but I managed to stay ahead on the threat meter. Attumen and Midnight were fun as I got to tank both bosses while they were separated. Overall a fun evening and very challenging but also nice to show the guild a tankadin can MT just fine.

Patch 2.2 is now up on the PTR and two of the most notable updates from a paladin standpoint is:

• Blessing of Kings, Light, Might, Salvation, Sanctuary and Wisdom increased to 10 minutes.
• Greater Blessing of Kings, Light, Might, Salvation, Sanctuary and Wisdom increased to 30 minutes.

If you are a paladin, how long have you been waiting for an update like that? That is just awesome and will save some silver not having to buy reagents as often.

Check out more of the patch 2.2 notes on WoWInsider.

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This is a follow-up to one of my previous entries about World of Warcraft Armory Data. In this entry I will focus on the newly added Item pages which add a wealth of information about the items in game with the ability to even search for upgrades.

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Been having fun soloing the first two bosses in Ramparts and the first boss in Blood Furnace. Being a protection paladin does have some advantages. The only other classes I have seen to solo parts of Ramparts are feral druids and hunters. I have seen feral druids and warlocks solo up to the first boss in Blood Furnace. With tons of armor, defense and stamina it is pretty easy to seal/judge light and outlast. Going to try the final boss in Ramparts this weekend. Of course screen shots or it didn't happen: Ramparts: Boss 1 Boss 2 Blood Furnace: Boss 1 Nerf Pallies!