Originally Posted by Prinsesa
Wouldn't simply casting Holy Shield still generate threat, the same way casting Seals does?
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Yeah, but mana sometimes gets tight in that situation. In my experiece tanking the demon (at capped FR), you tend to either get a string of resists on the fireball-thingy that leave you with a low debuff stack and taking very little damage, or you end up stacking the debuff fairly high, taking a bunch of damage and having oodles of mana. On the low-damage phases you tend to run pretty low on mana by the end so you don't want to be spending it on HS just to get a marginal bit of buffing threat. I guess there's no reason you couldn't do it when your damage intake is running high. Anyway, my experience has been that the extra threat from Exorcism, Holy Wrath, and the shield toss is generally enough to outweigh the loss of HS.
Which role is more optimal for a paladin tank really depends more on what you have in the raid anyway. I've done both, but we almost always run with two prot warriors who are good at the chase-and-pickup game, and I'm more enthusiastic about tanking the demon than our warlock tank, so we've done it that way. And I ended up needing the epic FR for Illidan anyway.