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Alliance vs Horde: Faction Strengths and Weaknesses in Season of Discovery
23.04.2024 - 19:55 / wowhead.com
World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Discovery has brought many changes into the Classic world, including new raids, items, and a whole lot of new class spells through the rune system, but some things truly never change. It is always a debate whether the Horde or Alliance are the most powerful faction. In this article, we'll examine the strengths, weaknesses, and differences of the two factions in Season of Discovery.
When we talk about comparing the Alliance and the Horde, there are two main things that differentiate them. The first and most important is that in the Vanilla versions of the game before The Burning Crusade Expansion, only the Horde had the Shaman class and only the Alliance had the Paladin class, and the same holds true in Season of Discovery. Both classes offer considerable buffs to the party and can fulfill a damage dealer, healer, or tank role — but do so in very different ways.
The second difference is the racial abilities available to the races of each faction. Powerful activated abilities like the human racial Perception define Horde vs Alliance PvP involving stealth classes. Undead's Will of the Forsaken wreaks havoc on enemy Warlocks and Priests, significantly hindering their ability to control the Undead player. The racial bonuses don't just influence player versus player combat though, and the historically strong PvE Human racial Sword Specialization may be overshadowed by increased availability of weapon skill in Season of Discovery.
Paladins vs Shamans
Having access to Paladins or Shamans is the biggest difference between Alliance and Horde in Season of Discovery. Shamans provide multiple powerful totem buffs to players in the same party as them, whereas each Paladin offers one Blessing buff to every member of a raid. Usually, a player can benefit from three (sometimes four) Blessings at once, meaning that even a full raid of 40 players can be fully buffed with only four Paladins. Conversely, many of the Shaman buffs are only party-wide, meaning each 5-person party within a raid needs a Shaman.
In larger 40-player raids that may come in the future, Paladins are far more efficient in taking up fewer raid slots but providing all the buffs needed. In smaller raid sizes Shamans are more efficient, having a very high impact for the single party they are placed within. At the moment, with 20-player raids, the efficiency of these buffing classes is quite balanced.
A very contentious issue related to Paladins vs Shamans is the power of Seal of Martyrdom compared to Shamanistic Rage. For quite a while, casters and healers on the Horde had access to significantly more mana than Alliance players thanks to the immense amount of mana returned by Shamanistic Rage compared to the paltry
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