A Paladin has three talent trees: Holy, Protection and Retribution. The names already imply that these trees have vastly different duties to fulfill. A Holy Paladin will swing the holy light as a healer, keeping his companions alive in the heat of the battle. The Protection tree contains many talents that are required for tanking purposes. The Retribution tree finally turns the Paladin into an unstoppable melee fighter. This versatility makes farming rather easy, as a Paladin has almost zero downtime and can keep killing for some nice drops.

A Holy Paladin is a welcome addition to any group. Contrary to the other healing classes he is a plate wearer and able to carry shields, which is of a big advantage in case he draws healing threat and is being attacked by enemies. The Paladin survives and keeps healing where other healers would surely perish.

The protection tree offers the Paladin all the necessary talents for tanking. The so called auto-tanking mode "Consecration" enables the Paladin to tank large groups of enemies, as the holy damage causes a high amount of threat.

A Retribution Paladin deals out a good amount of damage and offers several support tools, like great buffs and group-wide mana regeneration, which makes him a welcome addition to any group.

Due to his plate armor the paladin is hard to kill, regardless of talent spec, which makes him a fun character to play in PvP and PvE.