While not as great or as rewarding as the Epic raids (that's if you actually succeed in them), the 5-man dungeon raids are a great way to hone your training skills and rack them up alongside your raid group's full raid potential. It's nice to be able to compare your abilities with others, while being able to advertise what you can do best.

But for any group to avoid a wipe, you'd usually have one tank, one healer, and three DPSers. For some certain 5-man pulls, you'd have a character arrangement to allow World of Warcraft's hybrids to accept dual roles.

But exactly, what is your favorite role in a raid group and what does your favorite 5-man roster compose of? WoW Insider's blogger Paul Sherrard fancies this arrangement:

• Tank: Paladin
• Healer: Paladin
• DPS: Mage
• DPS: Enhancement Shaman
• DPS: Elemental Shaman

Looks familiar doesn't it? Death & Taxes does something similar to that, too, turning the guild roles upside down. But there is no limit to what the different builds, player strategies, and roles that each member can achieve, so stereotyping classes for certain roles no longer applies. So how about it: what's your favorite 5-man group?

 

WoW Insider's Paul Sherrard, has a new resource up for those eager to create a paladin in Blizzard's World of Warcraft. His guide is set to give eager newbies advice on building their paladin from level one, all the way up to 70. He notes that he's a fan of doing the most damage possible in the least amount of time, and because of that, the "Retribution Paladin" is his build of choice.

If you want combat to go something like this: Seal of the Crusader, Judge, Seal of Command, Hammer of Justice, Judge, Seal of Command, Judge, Seal of Command, Hammer of Justice, Judge... then this build is for you.

Sherrard's full guide is to be found via our "read" link below. Just a quick warning, though, before you go ahead with the build: Retribution Paladin (aka Retnoobs), are not the most mana efficient beings, nor are they excellent healers or tanks. They are also highly gear-dependent. You've been warned.