This past week, Blizzard revealed 8 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion.
Our Protection Paladin guide writer, Lincoln, offers an early review of the Templar Paladin Hero Talents applauding the interactive gameplay hooks and minimal filler but raises concerns about how Templar could restrict the talent choices in the baseline trees without adjustments.
Hero Talents are an extension of the Talent system designed to explore class fantasy with a third talent tree, separate from your class and specialization. Blizzard has revealed an early preview of Hero Talents coming in the next expansion, The War Within.
The War Within Hero Talents Overview
Our Guide Writers have provided initial first impressions on the Hero Talent Trees revealed so far. Check out all of our released editorials below.
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Templar Protection Paladin Review
Blizzard recently announced the Templar Hero Talent Tree. This is the shared talent tree between the Retribution and Protection specs. To quote Blizzard, the fantasy is to «call down hammers of light and unleash devastating combinations of Physical and Holy attacks that vanquish their enemies» and the talents released seemed aligned with this top line goal.
Unlike Lightsmith, which required a Youtube video to explain, Templar is way more straight forward. The keystone ability works as follows for Protection:
For 12 seconds after you cast Eye of Tyr,
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