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The Holy Shock buff is still largely ineffective as a buff to paladin healing. It heals, with 4pc (whose lack of mp5 makes it a bad arena choice), for an amount similar to that a lifebloom bloom would, on a 15 second CD and a 20 yard range (that's a rather pitiful range really). Realistically, that's some pretty shitty overall throughput with the inevitable healing debuff. Add into that the fact that you have to probably expose yourself to mana burn/cc/dps if you're trying to heal your partner with it, and the INCREASED mana cost, and you aren't exactly looking at something that will revolutionize pally viability.
I look as the 4 pc arena bonus as mostly making the pvp gear measure up a bit better against pve gear for those pallies who only have access to pvp gear, because the bonus really just is not big enough to make it attractive to those in pve gear.
That all comes together to mean that I sincerely doubt the Holy Shock changes were substantial enough to increase paladin viability to the level you are suggesting.
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