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Playing a Paladin class character in World of Warcraft PvP requires a little bit of schizophrenia. Paladins can fight like tanks, but at the same time have the magical power to heal themselves and others, at least while their mana lasts. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of this class is crucial if you want to dominate in player versus player combat.

A Paladin can play a few different roles in the arena. In duels, their ability to heal themselves makes them frustrating and dangerous opponents. With a full load of mana, a Paladin can heal back from almost any health point once or twice and essentially triple their health bar. This lets them absorb huge amounts of punishment and keep on fighting. In a group, Paladins often play more of a support role, providing bubbles, blessings, heals, and melee support throughout the battlefield in ways that no other class can do.

But the Paladin class has its shortcomings too. In the best of circumstances, a Paladin doesn’t have a lot of mana to work with, and once it is gone, so are many of your Paladin’s advantages. Even when their mana reserve is full, Paladins are not supermen. For example, they’re not real fast and can have a terrible time drawing close enough to Hunters and Mages to do any damage at all.

Understanding how to make the best use of their mana, and how to battle each opposing class is key to PvP success for a Paladin class character. As with other WoW classes, learning what you need to know by trial and error is bloody, frustrating, and time consuming. You can spend many hours in combat, trying different approaches and copying what the other Paladins do, without coming close to mastering this class.

This is where a Paladin PvP Guide comes in. A good guide gives you a blueprint for how your character will fight each other class. But it will include much more that that. It will let you learn just about everything there is to know about fighting and winning with a Paladin in each PvP environment. The guide you choose should teach you Paladin strategies and tactics for one-on-one combat against each character class.

It should also show you how your Paladin can best contribute to a 2v2, 3v3, or 5v5 team effort. In short, it should show you everything you need to know about using a Paladin in PvP, not just serve up a few generic guidelines.