The Paladin

The World of Warcraft paladin is heavily armored and can fulfill the tanking role quite well since the last couple of patches. Again you need to spec accordingly since you will lack the necessary tools if you try to play to much of a hybrid. The “retadin”, retribution paladin, is seen more as a battleground/leveling spec now and prot for 5 manning. Thus you often get to play as a healer if you want to do arenas or raids.

What’s a Hybrid?

A hybrid class can be a very rewarding class to play. The definition of a hybrid as opposed to a pure class is that the hybrid can fulfill multiple roles such as tanking, healing and dps. Often the hybrid possesses the skills and spells necessary to fulfill two of these roles.

In WoW the hybrid classes can be said to be the Druid, Palading and Shaman.