[Paladin][Protection] One-handed Weapon Specialization

[scorpyonmike]

1h weapon spec is bugged. I have tested it about one month ago and I've had some paladins coming to me in the meantime contradicting me that it is in fact working. The reason I believe some think it's working, is because they saw it increases their SoR damage and their melee damage by 5%. Read further. I redid the tests just earlier today and it turns out 1h weapon spec is still bugged. If there are paladins still believing otherwise, here's the facts:

I've tested Holy Shield, Blessing of Sanctuary, Consecration and Seal of Righteousness damage, first without 1h spec, then with it (tests were done mostly in holy gear with 425 spell damage total):

These results were obtained from dueling a level 70 holy paladin, something to take note of since I've noticed JoC scales differently in PvP. But that should only affect the results where JoC modified damage was tested.

0/5 1h weap spec, no JoC on target HS..265 BoS._228 Cons101 (per tick) SoR._210

0/5 1h weap spec, JoC on target HS..286 BoS._330 Cons110 (per tick) SoR._310

5/5 1h weap spec, no JoC on target HS..265 BoS._228 Cons101 (per tick) SoR._220

5/5 1h weap spec, JoC on target HS..286 BoS._330 Cons110 (per tick) SoR._325

1h weapon spec should increase ALL DAMAGE DEALT by 5%. That means HS, BoS and Consecration included. Instead it only increases SoR damage by 5%. The reason 1h weapon spec is better than reckoning on retail, is because it boost ALL your threat generating abilities up by 5%. Since it only affects SoR, reckoning provides more threat generation, even with 2/5 points in reckoning, it proved to be of much better use than 5/5 1h spec after countless heroics and even Kara. That seems like a necessary fix.

Something to note, I could not test Seal of Vengeance since I'm a horde paladin, so I can't say whether 1h weap spec is working for SoV or not.

Sorry for how the test result sheet looks, but I've tried countless edits and the formatting rules in here screw up any formatting that I tried.

[scorpyonmike]

Still no word or at least have the bug report labeled in the paladin section ?

[scorpyonmike]

Come on guys... this issue was reported 8 months ago, and not even a single comment on the topic ? I just got back on the server a few days ago and haven't had the chance to test it since i'm broke and couldn't afford to throw away money on respecs to retest it. But since it's still in the open issues list I'm guessing it hasn't been fixed yet. If there's any additional data you need to fix and it's within my possibilities of helping, I'll be glad to provide any additional data you'd need.

If this has been left unsolved because you are not sure if 1h spec should increase ALL damage you deal or not, here's a topic from wowhead from the TBC archives.

http://www.wowhead.com/forums&topic=4098/0-44-17-karazhan-tank

By blademeld on 2007/11/28 at 6:47 PM (Patch 2.3.0) "...All damage you do while you have a non-broken one handed weapon is increased by 5%, including retribution aura, holy shield, all seals, melee damage, consecration, blessing of sanctuary, etc."

[Curze]

Confirmed, One- handed weapon specialization still does not increase the damage done by: Holy Shield Consecration Retribution Aura Blessing Of sanctuary

[dangreenberggit]

Confirmed on PTR. Paladin's One-Handed Weapon Specialization (IDs 20196-20200)

Reproduction: create a blood elf paladin .levelup 69 .learn 26573 (Rank 1 Consecration) .learn 27179 (Holy Shield) .aura 27168 (Blessing of Sanctuary) .aura 27150 (Retribution Aura) .add 5197 (Cookie's Tenderizer) .add 32375 (Bulwark of Azzinoth) .go 691.882 305.004 278.443 564 Equip Items Kill Illidari Council Start Illidan event Cast Consecration Cast Holy Shield and observe damage to Illidan caused by a block

.learn 20200 (One-Handed Weapon Specialization)

Cast Consecration Cast Holy Shield

Damage for Consecration, Holy Shield, Retribution Aura, and Blessing of Sanctuary will be the same (rather than increased by 5%).

Will update this post for information on Exorcism, Holy Wrath, and Holy Shock.

[repae1f]

bump.