Class Academy
Paladin
Can fill: Tank · Healer · DPS · 3 specializations
Paladins blend holy power with plate armor — tanking, healing, or smiting with blessings to protect allies. For deeper theorycraft, the class communities linked below are the standard references.
Specializations
Every Paladin spec — pick the one you're learning.
Holy
Healerholy power · melee-adjacent · aura and cooldown planning
How Holy plays, what it brings to a group, and how it survives — charted for the crew.
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Protection
Tankshield and consecration uptime · interrupt tools · group support
How Protection plays, what it brings to a group, and how it survives — charted for the crew.
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Retribution
DPSholy power · burst windows · melee positioning
How Retribution plays, what it brings to a group, and how it survives — charted for the crew.
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Class Utility
What the class brings beyond its own survival and damage — access varies by spec.
- Interrupt — Rebuke
- Blessings — Freedom, Protection, Sacrifice
- Combat resurrection — Intercession
- Aura group defense
- Poison and disease cleansing
Paladin Guides
Lessons the crew has written for this class.
Academy Sessions
Class workshops and role sessions on the Academy calendar.
No class sessions are scheduled right now. The Learning Board can still rally a study group.
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Ask the Crew
Someone aboard plays Paladin. Pin a note to the Learning Board and find them.
Trusted Resources
Where the class communities keep their theorycraft.
Wowhead
Class Guides & DatabaseTalent builds, spec guides, and class pages updated every major patch.
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Icy Veins
Class GuidesIn-depth rotation priorities and talent trees for every specialization.
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Class Discords
TheorycraftingEvery major spec has a dedicated Discord with gear lists and active theorycrafters. Ask the crew for the link.