Druids better then paladins??

Post by darthdill232

Ok i know your prob asking why is druid on here but i wanna fight about which class would be better at level 70 as a main without being boring. Well since it's in the paladin forums alot of people say its gonna be paladin but i wanna know what YOU think which is better?

Tanking: Paladin or Druid? Druids get more armor, heals ever few seconds from improved leader of the pack from crits, more DPS for more agro and rage but hard when trying to hold agro on more then a couple from healing agro; But a Paladin has a shield to block from crushing attacks and less damage taken to the paladin, no need for cc if you got a good group and buffs for everyone. Which is better?

Healing: Paladin or Druid? Druids have heal over time and lifebloom is really good. Cooldown on rez but has a incombat one. Gift of the wold which can help alot towards resistances like curator in Karazhan. But Paladins have bubbles, no cooldown on rezs. Buffs for everyone again, mana back on healing crits. Which is better?

DPS: Ret Paladins can do some quick big numbers but Druids have kitty form and boomkin form and same as buffs and stuff. Which is better?

PvP: Who is better in pvp? Harder to kill, does some good damage, able to live through more then a few hits and can outlast some battles.

(I have a 43 paladin and 36 druid. I wanna have a main like most people and keep playing it over and over and over and don't get bored. Like what happened to all my other lv 50 toons... shaman, rogue, hunter that i don't play anymore...)

Please help me out

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Post by blademeld

Personally, I prefer a pally to tank instances and trash, but for bosses, I spose a druid would be better. Druids = holding 1 or 2 mobs, pallys = holding 27.

Not really, I've maintanked kara against a veteran Druid tank since they make better offtanks than maintanks

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Post by darthdill232

anyone else wanna help out with more of your opinions? They help alot and are interesting.

Post by blademeld

anyone else wanna help out with more of your opinions?

since you've bumped a 8 day old thread: paladin

Post by Kryz

Tanking: Two of the main tanks I run with are a pally and a druid, and when played right they're both amazing. I would give a slight edge to pally for 5-man tanking because their AOE tanking is simply amazing. For raids I'm partial toward druids. They seem to take more consistent damage. When I'm healing I prefer a druid tank in any situation, but that's just me being selfish for their leader of the pack buff healing everyone to make my life easier.

Healing: To be fair, I don't have much experience with druid healers aside from off healing in Kara, but from what I have seen this one goes to pally. They can just last for so long and put out a lot of healing without problems.

DPS: Ret paladins are OK, but I've never been 'wowed'. On the other hand, I have been pretty consistently surprised at kitty DPS. Plus, the cat gear will be pretty similar to their tanking gear, so popping into bear in a pinch and tanking is always an option.

PvP: Pallys are just a pain in the arse to take down if their bubble is up, but they aren't going to be putting up huge numbers against you either. Moonkins are quite possibly my least favorite thing in the game when I'm PVPing on my rogue. They can take a hell of a beating and just keep on trucking. Plus, their heals are mainly instant so you can keep moving while applying huge HOTs. With the right group willing to protect the healer, pally would be great, but most of the times that doesn't happen, so druids can always just pop travel form and be gone.

To be honest, I wanted a healer so I stuck with my pally, but if I wanted any other role, I would have went druid. Plus, they level a hell of a lot easier than pallys. I wanted to rip my hair out from 50-58 on my pally. Now I just live in instances.

Druids better then paladins??

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