Choosing talents for leveling can be difficult, but choosing glyphs is often completely overlooked when leveling advice is being dispensed. Since different players will want different glyphs for different situations, it can be pretty complicated to figure out a good set just for standard leveling purposes. That’s where this guide comes in, removing the guesswork and letting you save your gold for bigger and better things.
1. First Major Glyph (Level 15) – Glyph of Judgment. Your Judgments deal 10% more damage. There’s nothing overly fancy about this one, it’s just a straight DPS increase. Since Paladins have pretty weak DPS at the low levels and Judgment is one of your core spells, this is a pretty simple decision.
2. First Minor Glyph (Level 15) – Glyph of Blessing of Might. Increases the duration of your Blessing of Might spell by 20 min when cast on yourself. If you’re using a Retribution build, odds are good that you are smashing things around a bit, and that means you should be using Blessing of Might more often than not. Extending the duration of your main buff is a good idea. Grab it.
3. Second Major Glyph (Level 30) – Glyph of Seal of Command. Increases the chance of dealing Seal of Command damage by 20%. This is the biggest damage increase at this level, and you should be using Seal of Command pretty much all the time, so it’s the obvious spell to glyph. Trust me, once you try it, you’ll love it.
4. Second Minor Glyph (Level 50) – Glyph of the Wise. Reduces the mana cost of your Seal of Wisdom spell by 50%. This glyph may not revolutionize your gameplay, but it does the trick. Nothing complicated here, it just helps you get mana faster when you’re running low. A good choice considering what’s available.
5. Third Minor Glyph (Level 70) – Glyph of Lay on Hands. Reduces the cooldown of your Lay on Hands spell by 5 min. At this point it’s less a question of “What’s most useful?” than it is “What’s less useless?”. This glyph is mildly useful if you find yourself in bad spots more often than you should, but in general it’s just filler. If you find yourself using other Blessings frequently, or you plan on grinding a lot of Undead, you may find one of the other minor glyphs more useful.
6. Third Major Glyph (Level 80) – Glyph of Crusader Strike. Reduces the mana cost of your Crusader Strike ability by 20%. Crusader Strike is our best damaging ability, and the less mana it costs, the better it gets. Depending on your preferences you may want Glyph of Divine Storm, but Crusader Strike gets my vote every time.
Remember that what works for me may not necessarily work for you. If you find that one of the glyphs isn’t working for your playstyle, swap it out for another that augments a spell you use more. All in all, I feel that the set of glyphs I detailed are the best selections for their level, and are the ones best suited to the standard tasks associated with leveling. Happy hunting!
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