85 Holy(Shock) Vs Ret

[Faller]

Pros
Cons
Dps
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BiS gearing for either or?

 

[Bradrelia]

I believe the holy would win if BIS because he wouldn't die but then again ret has OP heals depends if that ret is stacking PVP power pops coolies and gets some lucky RNG and smacks him (or gets him in a full stun) when cds are up

 

[Lythex1]

has anyone seen any shockadins in the 85-89 bracket?

 

[Vehemity]

As a paladin I would say holy has some nice sustained damage (untill mana runs out), only slightly bursty
(Like holy shock + (glyphed) denounce with 5x stacked Guardian, Divine favor, perhaps a "use" trinket or synapse along with an alchemy pop)
I think in pvp you would average at about 20k dps with pvp power gems on a resil opponent, uninterrupted casting ofc.
As of now, my holy is build on resil/hp with above 10.5k SP (65% resil, 201k hp unb), and my assistance burst is pretty good.
With holy avenger 30% more damage from holy shock, 50% from the glyph, and about 30%+ pvp power, you would get some insane numbers!

 

[Doop]

Holy is pretty insane, you can do decent damage as well