When Paladins in World of Warcraft burst their bubble, it also tears apart other players. This can be exploited quite badly with a trick.
In World of Warcraft, so many items have accumulated over nearly two decades that hardly any player can remember all of them. This sometimes allows for funny combinations of toys or small items that one had completely forgotten about. One combination allows Paladins to kill nearly any other player in PvP with a single click. While it also destroys the Paladin himself, it is still quite amusing. Rextroy shows once again how this works.
Who is Rextroy? Rextroy is now a notorious WoW player who continuously discovers interesting or absurd combinations of abilities and items and turns them into videos. He has already soloed raid bosses or sent entire groups of players to the digital afterlife with a single keystroke.
Rextroy is in good contact with Blizzard. Before he publishes his videos, he sends the developers a note about what is currently absurdly powerful in the game and clearly bugged, so that the developers can respond quickly.
What has he done now? In the latest video, Rextroy shows how he approaches other players in PvP as a Paladin. As soon as he reaches them, he activates a shield only to explode in a wave of fire shortly afterward. This instantly kills him, but also his quite surprised counterpart, as the 30,000 to 40,000 damage points are survived by very few.
Why does this work? The core of the combo is the “Shimmering Seal of Ordos,” which can be looted on the Timeless Isle. Normally, the item releases a wave of flames in a radius of 40 meters upon use, which should kill all small animals (Critters). However, since the level squish from Shadowlands, the item does not function properly anymore. Instead of only destroying small animals, the player using it is also destroyed in the wave of flames.
This works excellently with the Paladin ability “Shield of Vengeance.” The shield absorbs damage and deals damage to all enemies in the area upon its destruction.
Rextroy increases the absorbed (and thus also dealt) damage of the shield by using as many stamina items as possible, such as potions, covenant abilities, and defensive abilities of the tank Paladin.
When using the shield, the maximum HP value determines the size of the absorption and thus the damage dealt. Now, Rextroy only needs to sneak up on an opponent, activate the seal of Ordos, and send himself and his surprised counterpart to the afterlife.
Expect that this combination will not work for much longer and will be fixed soon. However, it is only a matter of time until Rextroy discovers a new opportunity.
