Protection Paladin Tanking Guide - WoW Classic

Por Askalon Actualizado: 21/11/2024

Welcome to Askalon's Protection Paladin Tanking guide for WoW Classic (v 1.13)!IntroductionStrengths

Massive multi-target threat generation.

Excellent at tanking large groups of mobs,

Can tank dungeons more effectively than warrior tanks.

Extremely high single-target threat generation in raid settings.

Large set of utility spells for aiding allies (e.g. Auras, Blessings)

Weaknesses

No taunt.

Limited access to raid-tier tanking gear.

Almost no abilities available for single-target crowd control,

No emergency damage mitigation abilities (e.g. Last Stand, Shield Wall)

Limited mana resource pool for spells and abilities.

A Brief History of Paladin Tanks:Topics

Talents, Spells, and Abilities

Spell rotations.

Recommended Items. equipment, and consumables.

Strategies for general main tank and off-tank roles.

Strategies for tanking specific dungeons and raids.

Disclaimers

Vanilla Prot paladins will generally never be able to fully replace warrior tanks as raid tanks. The paladin tanking toolkit is very limited in scope, particularly for damage mitigation as they lack abilities similar to Shield Wall, Defensive Stance, and other powerful tanking abilities. There are also a few encounters in which taunt rotations are all but necessary.

There are extremely few items in Vanilla WoW specifically made for paladin tanking, so paladin tanks will generally have a harder time upgrading their gear compared to warrior tanks, who have raid-tier sets dedicated to tanking.

TL;DR Summary

Primary abilities:

Furia recta - Provides a significant bonus to your threat that enables you to maintain aggro. ALWAYS have it active.
- Your main AoE threat ability. Use Rank 5 on pull, then downrank to Rank 1 to save on mana.
- Your main damage mitigation ability, also a good source of threat. Use Rank 1 to save on mana.
/ - Your most powerful mana regeneration abilities. With a weapon under 2.00 Speed, you easily maintain approximately 100-175 MP5 during combat while both of these abilities are active.
- Your primary single-target threat ability for dungeons. Use its Sentencia to get a boost in threat.
- Your primary single-target threat generation ability for raids. Scales with Righteous Fury and number of players buffed.

Gearing:

Primary stats to go for are Stamina, Armor, Defense, Spell Damage, and MP5.
A good start would be to go for the Guardia de hueso de muerto set which drops in Scholomance, which provides substantial amounts of Defense and MP5.
Check the Gearing section for a more comprehensive list of recommended equipment.

Tips

Take advantage of Line of Sight and Positioning to ensure all mobs move to you and land on your Consecrations.
Try to conserve your mana by downranking your Holy Shield and Consecration once you have aggro on mobs.
(on ally) and (on mob) are useful for single-target crowd control if you lose aggro on mobs.

Spells & Abilities

Offensive

Defensive

- One of the primary prot paladin abilities. The +30% Block Chance from the spell gives a significant boost to your damage mitigation, while generating significants amount of threat when enemies are hurt by your blocks.
- Provides passive damage mitigation from physical attacks.
- Excellent supplement to Holy Shield. as it further increases your damage mitigation and damage dealt by blocks.
- Bubble boy time! This ability can be useful when you're pulling mobs or bosses that deal lots of damage that may require positioning. It is not recommended to use this during combat as any aggro'd mobs will aggro on the player with the next highest amount of threat.

Utility/Other

- An extremely useful ability for crowd control. Applying Blessing of Protection on a friendly player with aggro of an enemy mob will make them temporarily reaggro on the person with the next highest amount of threat, which should be the tank.
- This is a very useful ability to have for crowd control, in case a mob breaks loose and starts attacking your healer or damage dealer. During the stun duration, you can begin building more threat on the mob to try to regain aggro before the stun expires.

Mechanics and AnalysisGreater Blessing Spam

It is well established that damage from Holy spells and abilities are a paladin tank's main source of threat, however, there are additional non-damaging spells available that can also be used for generating additional threat. Examples of such spells that can generate threat are Seals, Blessings, Cleanses, etc.

As of Phase 5, with the implementation of the Threat API, threat meter addons can now accurately track all threat sources.

Some of these spells have the potential to become powerful threat generators that can far exceed the threat generation of any other tanking classes, as shown in the following videos:

A notable benefit of utilizing blessing spam is that it can generate threat at long ranges without having to directly attack enemies. In the Onyxia video below, blessing spam is used during Phase 2 of the fight in order to remain high up on the threat table despite being fireballed, thus improving the likelihood of gaining aggro at the start of Phase 3.

Why does this work?

The tooltip for Furia recta states the following:
Increases the threat generated by your Holy attacks by 60%. Lasts 30 min.

On October 28, 2019, Blizzard updated its "Not a Bug" list to include that Furia recta is working as intended.

Righteous Fury grants additional threat on all holy abilities, not just attacks.
Source: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-classic-not-a-bug-list-updated-10-28-2019/175887/139?u=askalon-pagle

Greater Blessing Threat GenerationFuria recta

Spell

Base Threat

Mana Cost

Total Threat Per Player*

150

114

(Rank 1)

220

98.8

270

114

260

114

16% of base mana

114

(Rank 1) $

230

* Using Improved Righteous Fury, which increases threat generated by all Holy spells by 90%.$ All Blessing of Wisdom spells generate 0 when cast. Mana regen from BoW does not generate threat either.Formula for calculating total threat from a single Greater Blessing cast:

Not subject to partial or binary spell resistances.

Cannot be physically avoided.

Generates global threat that is split up evenly between any mobs being fought.

Can generate threat at long-range.

Seal of Wisdom - Mana Regeneration & Threat

Without mana, Protection Paladins cannot cast abilities necessary to generate threat.
Paladins have several mana regenaration abilities available to them that can minimize the mana consumption rate of their rotations during dungeon and raid encounters.

is the most powerful mana regeneration ability available to paladins, and is comprised of its Seal and Judgement effects.

The Seal portion has the following properties:

Static PPM. Fixed proc rate of 15 Procs per Minute (PPM) regardless of weapon speed.
Restores 90 mana when proc is activated.

The Judgement portion has the following properties:

Dynamic PPM. Flat proc chance of 50% per hit regardless of weapon speed.
Restores 59 mana when proc is activated.

While the Seal portion is expected to restore a fixed amount of mana per minute, the Judgement portion will vary based on the weapon speed. For the following calculations and charts it is assumed that all your swings will land on a mob and that the mob has no avoidance.

Formula for Judgement of Wisdom PPM:

JoW PPM = (1 / weapon_speed) * 0.50 * 60

Using the static Seal PPM and the dynamic Judgement PPM, the expected mana regeneration of both effects can be calculated. In the following chart, the approximate MP5 for the separate and combined portions of for varying weapon speeds are shown:

As demonstrated in the chart, the mana regeneration contributions of the Judgment portion of increases when using faster weapons (lower weapon speed). Although the mana consumption rate of your rotation will very likely exceed the mana regeneration provided by , at the very least you have a stable source of mana regeneration that will significantly reduce the delay between being out of mana to being able to cast another spell, inreasing your combat effectiveness.

Another added benefit of using is that mana restored by the Seal and Judgment effects generate threat. Mana restored by these effects have a threat multiplier of 0.50 which be multiplied further by Righteous Fury's multiplier of 1.90. What this means is that while improved Furia recta is active, any procs from will generate threat equivalent to 95% of mana restored. You can multiply the MP5 values shown on the chart by 0.95 to get an idea of how much threat will be generated.

Holy Shield - Damage Mitigation and Threat Generation

- Damage Mitigation and Threat Generation

Formula for calculating theoretical maximum damage mitigation from Holy Shield:
Damage Mitigated = (duration * 0.4 )* * 1.30
-Variables:
duration: time length of encounter in seconds.
shield_block_value: block value contributed by your shield.
Strength: total strength stat from all sources.

-Assumptions:
Holy Shield uptime is 100% and all 4 charges consumed per charge cycle.
Dodge, Miss, Parry, and Block (from equipment) not accounted for.
Armor damage mitigation not accounted for.
Shield Specialization talent is maxed out (3/3) for +30% block value.

-Derivation: 1 Holy Shield cycle <=> 10 seconds <=> 4 charges -> 1 block / 2.5 seconds == 0.4 blocks / second

Formula for calculating theoretical maximum threat generation from Holy Shield:
Threat per Second = 0.4 * * 2.10
-Variables:
spell_damage: spell damage contributions from equipment and/or buffs. +0.05 coefficient.
base_damage: base damage dealt by Holy Shield (65, 94, and 129 for Ranks 1, 2, 3, respectively).
-Assumptions:
Holy Shield uptime is 100% and all 4 charges consumed per charge cycle.
Rank 1 Holy Shield being used ( Dodge, Miss, Parry, and Block (from equipment) not accounted for.
Improved Righteous Fury talent has been maxed out (3/3).
Righteous Fury is active (+90% threat from Holy spells).
Righteous Fury and Holy Shield threat bonuses stack ADDITIVELY (90% + 20% = 110%) .

Empirical damage mitigation and threat generation contributed by Holy Shield will likely be lower than the theoretical maximums due to the following factors:

Number of mobs attacking you
Damage dealt by mobs.

A decent method for estimating more realistic threat generation and damage mitigation is to multiply the theoretical values by the following coefficient:coefficient = 0.33 * number of mobs
Assuming that when fighting 3 or more mobs, all Holy Shield charges will be consumed per cycle.

Seal of Righteousness - Mechanics & Damage/Threat Generation

- Mechanics & Damage/Threat Generation
Yellow Hit and Procs:
As indicated by the description of Seal of Righteousness, yellow damage is applied alongside each of your white damage melee auto-attacks while this ability is active. This additional yellow damage has a hidden mechanic such that it acts as an additional hit with regards to being able to activate procs for weapons with permanent 'Chance on Hit' enchantments. The proc rate for 'Chance on Hit' enchantments is dependent upon the weapon speed and a fixed coefficient (varies by enchantment), generally set up such that regardless of weapon speed, the observed procs per minute will be the same. The implication of this additional yellow hit from SoR is that the expected procs per minute is almost doubled.
Every time you swing your weapon while SoR is active, there are four possible outcomes with regards to procs:

White Hit	Yellow Hit
Yes	No
No	Yes
Yes	Yes
No	No

The probability for a single swing to proc once or twice while SoR is active is the following:
Proc Chance = 1 - ( (1 - P) ^ 2)
Variables: P = Base Proc Chance (ex: 5% = 0.05)

The table below contains examples of items/enchantments that may be affected by this mechanic:

Affected	Not Affected
Hacha aluvión (5.02% Proc Chance w/out SoR) (9.78% Proc Chance w/ SoR) Zumbaespada (4.4% Proc Chance w/out SoR) (8.61% Proc Chance w/ SoR) Martillo de tormenta magistral Cruzado Robo de vida Arma ígnea	Aceite de las Sombras Aceite de Escarcha

Damage and Threat Generation
Note that for Rank 3 Seal of Righteoussness, the Spellpower coefficient is 0.18, but for subsequent ranks (4 and up), the Spellpower coefficient decreases to 0.10.The formula for calculating the theoretical maximum damage from Seal of Righteousness:

Damage = ( 22.075 * weapon_type_coeff * attack_speed * sor_talent_bonus * one_handed_talent_bonus) + (0.10 * spellpower)

-Variables:
weapon_type_coeff: 0.85 for 1-Handed weapons; 1.20 for 2-Handed weapons.
attack_speed: attack speed of your weapon.
sor_talent_bonus: Improved Seal of Righteousness bonus. Set to 1.15 if maxed out at 5 points; 1.00 if 0 points.
one_handed_talent_bonus: Applies only if using 1-Handed weapon. Set to 1.10 if maxed out at 5 points; 1.00 if 0 points.
spellpower: Spell Damage bonus from gear, consumables, buffs, etc..

-Assumptions:
Player is level 60.
Max Rank Seal of Righteousness is being used (Rank 8).

The table below shows expected damage per hit, DPS, and TPS for SoR at different attack speeds and spellpower.The data assumes the following:

One Handed Weapon being used.
5/5 Improved Seal of Righteousness
5/5 One-Handed Weapon Specialization
3/3 Improved Righteous Fury
Global Cooldowns and Parry Haste are not accounted for.

The most notable trend in the table is that as spellpower increases, faster weapons are capable of dealing more threat and damage per second compared to slower weapons, despite fast weapons dealing lower damage per hit. This is because the spellpower damage bonus for SoR is calculated independently of the base damage; it is not affected by any variables related to the weapon's attack speed.

Talent BuildsConsagraciónEscudo sacro4 Points will be leftover after Benediction, so it is up to you to decide how to split up the 4 points among the following three talents.Leveling as a Protection PaladinConsagración

If this is your first time playing WoW Classic or have little to no tanking experience, expect tanking dungeons to be very difficult, as it requires more situational awareness and knowledge of mob/boss mechanics compared to healing or DPS roles.

Below is a brief outline of recommended dungeons to grind for different level ranges:

20 - 24: The Deadmines (DM/VC/NO U): Regardless of what people like to call it, this will very likely be the first dungeon you tank. As a starter dungeon, it is not that difficult and it is a good place to start becoming familar with positioning and maintaining threat.
24 - 30: The Stockades: A very easy dungeon for Protection Paladins thanks to Consecration and cramped hallways. Experience gain can get a little slow towards the late 20's at this point so questing is a decent alternative unless you want to do Blackfathom Depths.
31 - 38 Gnomergan: A fun dungeon with plenty of good loot. Not that many challenging mechanics or bosses.
32 - 44: Scarlet Monastery: Your home for the next 10 or so levels. The cramped interiors and winding passageways of the mini-dungeons make them excellent for exploiting Line of SIght to do large AoE pulls. You'll probably make friends with many mages and warlocks along the way.
42 - 53: Zul'Farak Zombie Graveyard Runs: With a good spellcleave group made up of warlocks and mages, experience rates will vary from 40k to 65k experience per hour. Do be wary that the zombies will hit hard even with full plate gear, so using a mage's improved Blizzards to kite adds is a useful strategy. Towards the early 50's the experience can taper off a bit, so questing is an option.
50 - 57: Blackrock Depths Prison/Arena Runs: Doing circuits through the prison and arena loops will bring good experience and loot, although there are many mobs with dangerous mechaincs. When fighting Fire Elementals, use to help mitigate some of the fire damage as they hit rather hard. Some of the mobs do on you so make sure to wait for the debuff to wear off before proceeding,
56 - 60: Lower Blackrock Spire Orc Runs: You're finally at the home-run stretch and can barely see the finish line! Grinding through the orcs in LBRS up until the Ogre area then resetting can fetch hefty experience rates of 60k to 90k experience per hour. Make sure your group kills the Orc Warlocks first!

GearingStat prioritiesThe criteria I considered for items on the list are, in no particular order:

ArmorPrimary source of physical damage reduction when struck.

Defense

Reduces chance of being critically hit (2x damage). Raid bosses have 5.6% Critical Strike chance.
Defense (soft) cap for raid bosses is 440, with 140 Defense coming from gear at level 60. -0.04% per Defense point.
Increases Dodge, Parry, Block, and Miss % by 0.04% per Defense point.
For dungeons and 20-man trash, aim for at least 360 Defense.
For skulled enemies/bosses, go for at least 400 Defense. Not recommended to go for Defense cap, as you will usually end up gimping your other stats.

Dodge/Block/Parry %

Improves damage mitigation from oncoming physical attacks
Uncrushable (1.5x damage) by raid boss at 102.4% combined Miss/Parry/Dodge/Block %

Stamina

Increases your health pool by 10 HP per Stamina point.

Spell Damage

Increases damage dealt by spells, improving threat generation.
Becomes increasingly useful when blessing spam threat generation cannot be relied upon, such as in dungeons or 20-man raids.

MP5

Improves mana regeneration during combat, allowing for constant threat generation

Agility

+1% Dodge per 20 Agility points.
+2 Armor per +1 Agility (armor contributions from agility added after armor multipliers).

Intellect

Increases your base mana pool.
+15 mana per Intellect point.

Strength

Increases total block value by 0.05 per Strength point. Marginally improves your block value.
Total Block Value = Shield Block Value + (Strength / 20)

Dungeons

10-man/20-man Raids/MC

BWL/AQ40/Naxx

Stamina (4.0k HP unbuffed)
Armor
Defense (40-80)
Spellpower
Block
Dodge/Parry

Stamina (4.5k HP unbuffed)
Armor
Defense (60-100)
Spellpower
Dodge/Parry
Block

Stamina (5.0k HP unbuffed)
Armor
Defense (80-140)
Dodge/Parry
Block
Spellpower

EnchantmentsPoder con hechizosAgilidadIntelecto poderosoParada inferiorAguante superiorSigilo de SincretistaArcanum de protecciónArcanum de Constitución inferiorSello Zandalar de mojoEstadísticas superioresSalud sublimeSigilo de SincretistaArcanum de protecciónArcanum de Constitución inferiorAgilidad excelenteAmenazaAgilidad superiorAguante excelenteEsquivarVersatilidad argentaAguante superiorAgilidad superiorEsquivarDefensa excelenteWeapons & Armor

Launch

(+2.5) Dire Maul, Azuregos & Kazzak

Blackwing Lair

Zul'Gurub & Dragons of Nightmare

Ahn'Qiraj & Dungeon Itemization Overhaul

Naxxramas

NoteThis section IS NOT a BiS list separated by phase

Phase

Item

Hoja dimensional (Stamina/Monkey) - Dungeon World Drop Hacha aluvión - World DropMartillo de piedra de aura - Molten Core - GarrHoja de mediador - BRD - Warder StilgissHacha de Rin'ji - World Drop Canción de Mirah - Scholomance Questline

2/2.5

Quel'Serrar - Foror Book QuestlinePodadora - Dire Maul North - Guards Mol'dar & Slip'kikMartillo de maestro forjador - LBRS - Goraluk Anvilcrack

Trueno Furioso, espada bendita del Hijo del Viento - MC Bindings + QuestLok'amir il Romathis - Blackwing Lair - NefarianGuardanegra - Swordsmith Craftable

Defensor del Señor de la Sangre - Zul'Gurub - BloodlordLlamasangre - ZG - HakkarCastigador ígneo - ZG - Hazza'rahConducto de alma de Renataki - ZG - Renataki

Aguijón de Ayamiss - AQ20 - AyamissHoja sabia - Crafted by BlacksmithEspada rúnica de los rojos - Scepter of the Shifting Sands QuestlineFémur de silítido afilado - AQ40 - Viscidius

El fin de los sueños - Naxx - Grobbulus

Phase

Item

Deflector draconiano - UBRS - General DrakkisathDefensor Argenta - "The Argent Hold" Questline (WPL)Prospector trol - World DropDisco reactivo a la fuerza - Crafted by EngineerDisco de horadador - Molten Core - GarrDefensor de Malistar - Molten Core - Ragnaros

2/2.5

Escudo barrera - Dire Maul North - Mizzle the Crafty

Baluarte reforzado de elementium - Blackwing Lair - Chromaggus

Égida del Dios de la Sangre - Zul'Gurub - Hakkar

Égida draconiana de la Legión - UBRS - ValthalakkTrozo de la calavera de Buru - AQ20 - Bu'ruBaluarte qiraji bendito - AQ40 Token Quest

La cara de la Muerte - Naxx - SapphironEl portador de peste - Naxx - Patchwerk

Phase

Item

Corona de sentencia - OnyxiaCalavera de Gyth Yelmo calavera gólem Yelmo de Conciencia - Dire Maul East - Zevrim Thornhoof

2/2.5

Yelmo de torio encantado Yelmo de Conciencia

Yelmo de ira infinita - Blackwing Lair - Vaelastrasz the Corrupt

Cubo de cabezas de los Mares del Sur

Corona del Vengador Yelmo de Dominación Yelmo Forjaalma

Item

Quijotes de sentencia Musleras de hueso de muerto Quijotes del Guardián eterno Musleras con joyas

2/2.5

Leotardos de torio encantado

Musleras del cruzado caído - Blacking Lair - Firemaw

Quijotes empapados de sangre

Musleras del Vengador Quijotes de Vigilancia Quijotes Forjaalma

Item

Espaldares de mazmorras Sobrehombros con forma de piedra Espaldares Penumbría dolido Sobrehombros Escoria térrea

2/2.5

Bufas de hierro grandes Bufas con grabados de bilis

Espaldares de garfa de draco - Blackwing Lair - Drake TrioBufas de sentencia

Espaldares del Inflexible Espaldares del Vengador Espaldares de obsidiana pulidos Bufas Forjaalma

Item

Peto de hueso de muerto Coraza de adamantio ornamentado Torso del rey chamán Caparazón colmillo de araña Coraza de demonio forjada Abrazo de guerrero

2/2.5

Coraza de torio encantado Peto de Kromcrush

Coraza de sentencia

Coraza del Vengador Coraza Forjaalma

Item

Guanteletes de hueso de muerto Guanteletes de piedra Guanteletes de huesos apretados

2/2,5

Guanteletes imbuidos de fuerza

Guanteletes de sentencia

Guanteletes empapados de sangre Guanteletes runaoscura

Guanteletes de determinación férrea Guanteletes del Inamovible Guanteletes Forjaalma

Item

Brazales de Justiciero Guardamuñecas de Auténtico Vuelo - Molten Core - Majordomo ExecutusAvambrazos de acerovigor Brazales Forjaluz Brazales de valor

2/2.5

Brazales viles endurecidos

Ataduras de sentencia

Guardamuñecas de hueso de dragón

Brazales Forjaalma

Item

Grebas forjadas del Núcleo - Molten Core - Majordomo ExecutusEscarpes de hueso de muerto Botas de evasión Botas de esquisto Botas de maestro cañonero

2/2.5

Escarpes de sentencia

Grebas empapadas de sangre - Zul'Gurub - Arlokk

Grebas del Vengador Botas de la voluntad inquebrantable Botas Forjaalma

Item

Faja de hueso de muerto Agarre de adepto Cinturón Forjaluz

2/2.5

Faja de hielo sin derretir - Azuregos

Cinturón de sentencia Faja del cruzado caído - Blackwing Lair - Chromaggus

Cinturón qiraji real Faja de tríada - AQ40 - Bug TrioCinturón Forjaalma

Item

Medallón del poderío férreo - Molten Core - MagmadarrMedallón del gran mariscal Morris Collera de Verek Dije de evasión

2/2.5

Colgante de ojo malvado

Medallón de maestro matadragones

Dije de protección

Marca de C'Thun Colgante del guardián qiraji

Collera perdida de Gluth - Naxxramas - Gluth

Phase

Item

El nuevo manteo del Emperador Manteo de Sargento Manteo de lanzaduendes

2/2.5

Capa de reducto Capa de amparo Capa ondeante

Capa tejida con elementium

Abrazo de Señor Supremo

Capa Tormenta de Arena Capa de la Colmena dorada

Capa de seda de demonio de cripta

Phase

Item

Anillo de gran poder Sortija de piedra endurecida Sello de mirmidón Sortija forjada de magma Sortija ciclónica

2/2.5

Anillo de juicio de Archimtiros

Sortija de ónice de Señor Supremo Sortija carmesí de Señor Supremo

Sello del Vuelo Bronce Toque de Angelista Anillo del Emperador Vek'lor

Sortija de resolución

Phase

Item

Dije de sangre de Onyxia Esencia de la llama pura Marca del elegido Fuerza de voluntad Marca de Tiranía Fragmento de la Escama Junco maderahelecho Brújula de Smotts Fuerza de Uther

2/2.5

Talismán de vigilancia Dije de lectura mental Insignia Pico Tormenta Rango 6 - Stormpike Reputation Reward (Exalted)

Escarabajo trabador de Styleen

Distintivo de héroe Zandalar - Zul'Gurub - Head of Hakkar

Glifo de Desvío

Phase

Item

Tratado sobre Esperanza - Dire Maul East - Isalien

Slot

Enchantments

Item

Location

Main Hand

Poder con hechizos Agilidad

Hoja sabia

Crafted by Blacksmith

Hacha aluvión

World Drop

Podadora

Dire Maul North

Off Hand

Parada inferior Aguante superior

Deflector draconiano

Upper Blackrock Spire

Disco reactivo a la fuerza

Crafted by Engineer

Head

Sigilo de Sincretista Arcanum de protección Arcanum de Constitución inferior

Calavera de Gyth

UBRS

Yelmo de torio encantado

Crafted by Blacksmith

Yelmo calavera gólem

Blackrock Depths

Legs

Sigilo de Sincretista Arcanum de protección Arcanum de Constitución inferior

Musleras de hueso de muerto

Scholomance

Leotardos de torio encantado

Crafted by Blacksmith

Chest

Estadísticas superiores Salud sublime

Peto de hueso de muerto

Scholomance

Coraza de adamantio ornamentado

Quest

Coraza de torio encantado

Crafted by Blacksmith

Shoulders

Sello Zandalar de mojo

Espaldares de mazmorras

World Drop

Espaldares Penumbría dolido

Stratholme

Sobrehombros con forma de piedra

Scholomance

Hands

Agilidad excelente Amenaza Agilidad superior

Guanteletes de hueso de muerto

Scholomance

Guanteletes de huesos apretados

Scholomance

Guanteletes de piedra

World Drop

Wrist

Aguante excelente Esquivar

Avambrazos de acerovigor

Scholomance

Brazales de valor

Dungeon World Drop

Brazales Forjaluz

Dungeon World Drop

Back

Esquivar Defensa excelente

El nuevo manteo del Emperador

Blackrock Depths

Manteo de Sargento

PvP Reward

Neck

None

Medallón del gran mariscal Morris

World Drop

Dije de evasión

Lower Blackrock Spire

Collera de Verek

Blackrock Depths

Feet

Aguante superior Agilidad superior

Escarpes de hueso de muerto

Scholomance

Botas de esquisto

Blackrock Depths

Botas de evasión

World Drop

Waist

None

Faja de hueso de muerto

Scholomance

Agarre de adepto

Quest

Rings

None

Anillo de gran poder

Blackrock Depths

Sortija de resolución

Argent Dawn Rep Quest

Anillo de Protección

Battle of Darrowshire Questline

Sortija de piedra endurecida

World Drop

Sello de mirmidón

World Drop

Sortija forjada de magma

Blackrock Depths

Trinkets

None

Fuerza de voluntad

Blackrock Depths

Brújula de Smotts

Quest

Insignia Pico Tormenta Rango 3

Stormpike Honored Rep Reward

Marca del elegido

Quest

Dije de lectura mental

Dire Maul West

Talismán de vigilancia

Dire Maul West

Relic

None

Tratado sobre Fervor

Dungeon World Drop

Tratado sobre Esperanza

Dire Maul East - Blandón de Invocación Required

Notable ItemsTratado sobre Esperanza

Tratado sobre Esperanza is the most useful out of all Paladin librams for tanking, due to the mana savings it can provide.
As the tooltip states, equipping the libram will reduce the mana cost of your Seal spells by 20.

How to Acquire:
Tratado sobre Esperanza has a chance to drop from Isalien, located in La Masacre - East, and will only spawn upon using the Blandón de Invocación. For detailed information on how to acquire the Blandón de Invocación, check out the Dungeon Set 1/2 Quest Walkthrough.

How Good is it:
The mana savings from this item are far from game-breaking, but are still better than having an empty libram slot (or Libertador de Egan). Depending on how often you refresh your seals and what ranks you use, the mana savings will range from marginal to decent.

To make the most of the libram's effect and minimize your Seal mana cost, make sure you are specced into .

Case 1: Two Seals per Minute (3.33 MP5)
Let's say that you are refreshing exactly every 30 seconds, such that you cast it twice every 60 seconds.
Two Seal casts per minute means that you will save 40 mana per 60 seconds, which is equivalent to approximately 3.33 MP5.

Case 2: Seven Seals per Minute (11.66 MP5)
Let's say that your talent build has , which reduces your Sentencia CD from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
Let's also say that you are casting Judgement on cooldown, and refreshing your Seal immediately afterwards, such that you cast a Seal 7 times per minute.
Seven seal casts per minute means that you will save 140 mana per 60 seconds, which is equivalent to approximately 11.66 MP5. At the cost of these increased mana savings however, do consider that your mana consumption rate will be much higher due to casting Judgement and refreshing Seals much more often.

Marca del elegido

Despite being a low-level green trinket, this trinket is remarkable in terms of its stat bonuses and uptime for paladin tanks, even at level 60.The +25 stats buff from the proc directly translates into:

+1.25% Dodge Chance from the +25 Agility
+375 mana from the +25 Intellect
+250 health from the +25 Stamina
+1.25 Block Value from the +20 Strength

Although the 2% chance to proc when struck does lower expectations of the uptime, based on the number of mobs attacking you and their average attack speed, the trinket's buffcan be active for the entire duration of an encounter.A formula for calculating the approximate uptime percentage of the buff is as follows:
Uptime % = 60 / (50 * avg_attack_speed / num_mobs) * 100

-Variables:
avg_attack_speed - average attack speed of mobs
num_mobs - number of mobs attacking you

-Assumptions:
All attacks are hitting you. i.e. no attacks are being dodged, missed, parried, or blocked.
Uptime % greater than or equal to 100% indicates buff will be up for entire duration of encounter

As shown by the table below, increasing the number of mobs and/or reducing their average attack speed will significantly increase the uptime of the buff. For trash packs with 3 or more mobs, the trinket's effect can be expected to be active for the entire duration of the fight.

Escudo Llamacráneos

A very unique shield that shows its true potential when tanking large quantities of mobs. Its Flamestrike and Lifesteal procs gives the shield both offensive firepower and minor sustainability when it comes to AoE farming.
Formulas for theoretical Procs per Minute (PPM) for the Flamestrike and Life Drain procs:
Flamestrike PPM = (1/avg_attack_speed) * num_mobs * 0.01 * 60Life Drain PPM = (1/avg_attack_speed) * num_mobs * 0.03 * 60

-Variables:
avg_attack_speed: average attack speed of mobs
num_mobs: number of mobs attacking you

-Assumptions:
Dodge, Miss, and Parry are not accounted for. E.g. 0% Avoidance.

At 2.00 mob attack speed and 0% avoidance, the Flamestrike PPM would increase by 1 and Life Drain PPM by 3 for every 3.33 mobs, as indicated by the following table.

Chart showing relationship between number of mobs and the theoretical damage per minute of Skullflame Shield's abilities.

Disco reactivo a la fuerza

To no one's shock, this shield synergizes beautifully with paladin tanks thanks to their Holy Shield ability. The DPS of the shield scales exponentially based on the number of mobs being tanked simultaneously.Some characteristics of the shield:

Deals 25-35 Nature damage to each target within 10 yards
The proc can crit based on your spell critical hit chance
50% chance on block for shield to lose 1 point of durability

Formula for calculating the maximum possible DPS from FRD procs.

DPS = (block_chance / 100) * (1 / avg_attack_speed ) * 30 * (num_mobs ^ 2)

-Variables:
avg_attack_speed: average attack speed of mobs
block_chance: total block chance = base block chance % + 30% block chance from Holy Shield
num_mobs: number of mobs attacking you

-Assumptions:
Holy Shield uptime is 100% and has unlimated charges per cast cycle.
Dodge, Miss, and Parry are not accounted for.
Damage dealt by proc is 30

A unique characteristic of FRD DPS is that it scales exponentially based on the number of mobs being fought simultaneously.Below are two sets of tables and charts illustrating the FRD DPS formula in action.

Based on the data shown, FRD excels when tanking groups of mobs rather than individual mobs (bosses).Note that max DPS will rarely be reached. For a more accurate expected DPS, multiply the max DPS by your combined Miss, Dodge, and Parry chance. To get a guesstimate DPS, multiply the theoretical max DPS by anywhere from 0.65 up to 0.80.

Coraza gruesa de obsidiana

A very unique chest piece with the niche role of being able to provide spell damage mitigation while tanking without needing to put on spell resist gear.The most opportune moments to equip this item is in dungeons where the majority of mobs are spell casters. i.e. Stratholme Living Side Cathedral, Scholomance, or Blackrock Depths Throne Room. It wouldn't be as effective against single-target boss caster enemies as the damage mitigated would be negligible.Below are formulas and spreadsheets demonstrating the effectiveness of this item, which can aid you in determining the most opportune time to equip it.
Formula for calculating theoretical maximum Procs per Minute (PPM):
PPM = (1 / cast_time) * num_mobs * 0.30 * 60

-Variables:
cast_time: time it takes for a mob to cast a spell.
num_mobs: number of mobs that are spell casters

.-Assumptions:
Binary and Partial spell resists unaccounted for.
Proc has no internal cooldown.
Proc is consumed immediately to allow for subsequent procs shortly after.

Formula for calculating theoretical Damage Mitigation per MInute (DMM):

DMM = ppm * 400

-Variables:
ppm: Procs per Minute of Thick Obsidian Breastplate. Calculated using the preceeding PPM formula.

-Assumptions:
Binary and Partial spell resists unaccounted for.
Average damage mitigated per proc is 400 damage (300 floor, 500 ceiling).
Proc has no internal cooldown.
Proc is consumed immediately to allow for subsequent procs shortly after.

Formula for calculating the theoretical % spell damage mitigation:

% Mitigation = (dmp * 0.3 / spell_dmg_total) * 100

-Variables:
dmp: spell damage mitigated per proc. Range is 300 to 500.
spell_dmg_total: total spell damage of a single cast dealt by enemy spell caster.

-Assumptions:
Binary and Partial spell resists unaccounted for.
Average damage mitigated per proc is 400 damage (300 floor, 500 ceiling).
Proc has no internal cooldown.
Proc is consumed immediately to allow for subsequent procs shortly after.

As shown by the data, spell damage mitigation is higher when fighting spellcaster mobs that deal 500 damage or less, with at least 24% of the damage being mitigated, assuming that the average damage mitigated per proc is 400. This indicates that the chest is most effective in scenarios where there are several spell caster mobs that deal relatively minor damage.

Coraza de demonio forjada

Formula for calculating theoretical Heals per Second (HPS) while equipping item:
HPS = (1 / avg_atk_spd) * (num_mobs) * 0.03 *

-Variables:
avg_atk_spd: average attack speed of mobs.
num_mobs: number of mobs.
spell_dmg: bonus spell damage from gear and buffs.

-Assumptions:
Miss, Dodge, Parry, and Block not accounted for.
Proc has no internal cooldown.

Consumables + Raid BuffsWorld BuffsTemporary Weapon Enchants

Category

Defensive

Offensive

Mana Regeneration

Restorative

Poción de rejuvenecimiento sublime Poción de sanación sublime Tubérculo de blancoria

Poción de maná sublime Runa oscura Runa demoníaca Aliento de Dragón nocturno

Elixirs/Flasks

Frasco de los titanes Elixir de defensa excelente Elixir de entereza Elixir de agilidad superior Poción de escudo de piedra superior Poción de acción libre Elixir de sangre de trol poderoso

Frasco de poder supremo Elixir de la mangosta Elixir Arcano superior Ofrenda de Arthas - Procs grant threat

Elixir de sangre de mago

Food

Fabulosas chuletillas de quimerok de Dirge - (Phase 5)Tortilla gigante Chuleta de lobo tierno Calamar a la parrilla

Ají aliento de dragón

Sopa de pargo nocturno

Special

Cóctel de zumo de pulmón - Blasted Lands QuestEspíritu de Zanza - (Phase 4)

Carga de zapador goblin Dinamita densa Aguja de cristal - Does not stack with Aceite de inmolación

Serenata Cantaflor - FelwoodAsertividad de Mol'dar - Dire Maul Trbute BuffAguante de fortuna de las Sombras de Sayge - Darkmoon FairEspíritu de Zandalar - Heart of Hakkar

Berrido de convocación del matadragones - Onyxia/Nefarian HeadDaño de fortuna de las Sombras de Sayge - Darkmoon Fair

Piedra de afilar elemental Aceite de Escarcha Aceite de hechicero expirado

Aceite de maná expirado

Dungeon TankingRotations

The spell rotation for paladin tanks is very straightforward, however, depending on the engagement, you will need to maintain high threat on a single target, or threat evenly spread out amongst multiple targets. The primary considerations about maintaining threat generation is that they have to exceed the healer's threat and damage dealer's threat so that you don't lose aggro on your targets. The first ten seconds of a pull are the most crucial towards maintaining aggro for the rest of the encounter, since if you are unable to build up enough threat within this period of time, it is very likely that you will struggle to maintain aggro on enemies.Make sure to have Furia recta active prior to pulling, or else your threat generation will be ineffective.

Trash mob rotation

Seal of Righteousness
- Only refresh when buff about to expire or judgement has been used.
- Depending on threat of each enemy, melee enemies being attacked by damage dealers to maintain aggro.
- Holy ShieldUse Rank 1 to minimize mana consumption.
- If Holy Shield and Consecration cooldowns are refreshed at the same time, go with Holy Shield, as damage mitigation is generally more important.
- ConsecrationUse Rank 5 for your first cast to maximize initial threat on mobs. Use Rank 1 for subsequent casts to maintain consistent threat generation and minimize mana consumption.
- If your party is casting AoE spells on the entire trash pack to kill them simultaneously, keep using high rank casts.

Single-target rotation

Seal of the CrusaderSkip if Judgement of the Crusader debuff has already been applied on your target.
Judgement
Seal of RighteousnessOnly refresh when buff about to expire or judgement has been used.
Depending on threat of each enemy, melee enemies being attacked by damage dealers to maintain aggro.
Holy ShieldUse Rank 1 to minimize mana consumption.
If Holy Shield and Consecration cooldowns are refreshed at the same time, go with Holy Shield, as damage mitigation is generally more important.
ConsecrationUse Rank 5 for your first cast to maximize initial threat on mobs. Use Rank 1 for subsequent casts to maintain consistent threat generation and minimize mana consumption.

Wisdom Rotation
For those that want to prioritize mana regeneration while still generating good threat. Recommended rotation.

Maintain Seal of Wisdom and Judgement of Wisdom up on your current target at all times.Use a fast weapon to maximize the amount of mana restored by Judgement of Wisdom

Mana restored by SoW/JoW also generates threat on your current target, so you will have additional single-target threat without having to use Seal of Righteousness.

Holy Shield

Use Rank 3 to maximize threat generation.
If Holy Shield and Consecration cooldowns are refreshed at the same time, go with Holy Shield, as damage mitigation is generally more important.

Consecration

Use Rank 5 for your first cast to maximize initial threat on mobs. You can keep using Rank 5 Consecration for much longer because of SoW/JoW mana regeneration.

Line of Sight Pulling

Many trash packs will often contain a mix of melee and ranged enemies, which can make it difficult to keep all of them within a Consecration's area of effect and in range of crowd control abilities when necessary. Damage from ranged enemies is also generally magic based, and such spells can easily melt a tank unless they're killed quickly or kept in melee range, in which case they wlil alternate between spells and melee attacks which tend to be very weak.
An effective solution to this problem is to exploit the line of sight of enemies to force them to move to you in a location where they can be kept close together. The general idea of line of sight pulling is to get within line of sight of a trash pack, them move back to a spot beyond their line of sight so they can't target you, forcing them to move to your location in which the tanking situation will be much more favorable to your party. Below is a simple illustration of how to execute a line of sight pull as a paladin tank.
Simple walkthrough of the illustration:

Start Point/End Point. This is where you'll be tanking the mobs.
Drop your first consecration here.
Max aggro radius of mob. Pull mobs at this point then run back to your starting point.
End Point. Drop your second consecration here. Once all mobs are in melee range, resume your rotation.

Paladin Raid Tanking for DummiesPrelude

They said it couldn't be done. They said it wouldn't be done. They said it shouldn't be done. They doubted it would ever be done.

Recent discoveries and advances in understanding paladin mechanics have provided paladins with the tools necessary to become viable raid tanks, minus a few encounters where taunts are required as part of a tank rotation. This is primarily due to blessing spam being a powerful long-range threat generation tool that can allow paladin tanks to easily compete against warrior tanks on threat generation, and even trivialize certain encounters. As spellpower is no longer essential for threat generation in raids, paladin tanks are also able to maintain relatively high defensive stats, especially compared to fury-prot warrior tanks.

Disclaimers

Using consumables is essential for improving your survivability and effectiveness as a raid tank.
Make sure to coordinate with fellow tanks on tanking assignments and strategies. Raid tanking is a team effort!
The massive threat generation of Greater Blessing spam is a doubled-edged sword. Recklessly spamming it for threat may result in accidentally stealing aggro from other tanks' targets, leading to widespread chaos in the raid. Using threat meters to keep track of the threat of other tanks is a must.
Encounters that require immediate taunt rotations will still be a significant barrier for paladin tanks
Have fun!

Raid Tanking Rotations

The three core requirements of a prot paladin's rotation for raid encounters are the following:

Threat Generation
Damage Mitigation
Mana Regeneration

Raid boss encounters tend to be rather long, so there is not much room for flexibility when it comes selecting other abilities that will satisfy the three core requirements.

Primary Raid Rotation:

/
This is your primary source of mana regeneration. Critical towards perpetuating your rotation and not going OOM.
Maintain Seal and Judgement of Wisdom up on your current target at all times.
Use a fast weapon to maximize the amount of mana restored by Judgement of Wisdom
Mana restored by SoW/JoW also generates threat on your current target, so you will have additional single-target threat without having to use Seal of Righteousness.

Escudo sacro

This is your primary source of damage mitigation.
Use Rank 1 to minimize mana consumption.
To maximize your damage mitigation, it is imperative to keep this ability up as often as possible.
If damage mitigation isn't an issue, and threat generation is your priority, you can skip using this in your rotation.
The most ideal situation to use Holy Shield in is while is active after being crit, as you'll be able to simultanesouly maximize your Holy Shield blocks and temporarily flatten your damage intake through reducing your Crushing Blow chance.

This is your primary source of threat generation.
Over the course of a raid, you will likely consume hundreds to thousands of Símbolo de Reyes so make sure to bring plenty.
Spam cast only when necessary to maintain aggro on your target.
At the start of fights, spam cast at least 10 times to have a sizable threat base, then cast intermitently to for steady threat generation while reducing mana consumption.
To maximize threat generated per cast, ensure that you're casting it on class with the highest number of players.

Additional Considerations

If you are in a high-performing guild (<120 second boss kill times), it will usually be the case that tanks must prioritize threat generation over mana regeneration and damage mitigation. In such scenarios, using each GCD to its full threat potential is a must, in which case, casting GBoK will be the preferred option. If GBoK threat generation is barely keeping up with threat from your raid DPS, consider how you can maximize your passive (autoattack) non-GBoK threat generation.
For white damage, use weapons with a higher DPS value.
If using , use a relatively fast weapon (<2 Second Swing) and maximize your Spell Damage.
If using , use a slow weapon (>2 Second Swing) to maximize damage from SoC procs.
Avoid using , as it applies a hidden debuff to enemies and uses up one of the 16 debuff slots.

Molten CoreTips & Strategies

You can dispell Fatalidad inminente from yourself and other raid members with .

Position adds facing away from the raid so that they won't be hit their Rajar.

If another tank becomes mind-controlled, their target may aggro on you if you've been doing blessing spam.

Use Poción de maná sublime in case you quickly get low on mana due to Maldición de Lucifron.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

This is a pretty straightforward tank and spank fight, so just keep doing blessing spam to stay on top of threat.

Use to reduce fire damage dealt by Flema de magma and Bomba de lava.

If Bomba de lava lands you, make sure to move away from the lingering flames.

Have dwarf priests maintain up on you to avoid being feared by Pánico.

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Use a Poción de acción libre at the very start of the encounter in order to prevent getting stunned by Puño de Ragnaros.

If tanking Gehennas, make sure to maneuver him out of Lluvia de Fuego so that you and melee DPS don't get hit by it.

Have a mage or druid assigned to remove the Maldición de Gehennas debuff from you.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Use to reduce damage taken from Inmolar and Erupción.

Expect to tank multiple Jurafuegos adds. Their damage will pile up, so Poción de escudo de piedra superior is highly recommended.

Try to have at least 2 dedicated healers assigned to you, and an additional healer to focus on cleansing Inmolar from you.

Before adds die and knock you back with Erupción, position yourself against the wall so you don't get knocked into trash packs nearby.

At the start of the encounter, use to help you build up threat on multiple adds. Blessing spam isn't as useful early in the encounter due to the threat being split up between adds.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

It is essential to have a Fire Resist set with at least 275 Fire Resistance (including ).

You can remove Ignición de maná from yourself and fellow mana-users with Limpiar.

Be sure to run away from Baron when he casts Inferno or shield yourself with .

You can continue building threat at a distance through blessing spam.

Paladin Tank PoVComing soon...Tips & Strategies

Shazzrah's threat table will reset after casting Traslación.

To regain aggro on Shazzrah after he casts Traslación, use and blessing spam.

An upside of using blessing spam threat to regain aggro is that it cannot be resisted unlike a warrior's or druid's Provocar, which can be resisted

When you have aggro on Shazzrah, make sure to position him far away enough from range DPS and healers so that they're not hit by Deflagración Arcana.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

If tanking Presagista Sulfuron, be sure to use a Poción de escudo de piedra superior or Poción de acción libre to minimize incoming damage.

Have Presagista Sulfuron positioned away from everybody else in the raid so that they're not hit by Mano de Ragnaros.

It is recommended to hold off on blessing spam until all the Sacerdote despiertallamas have been defeated, since threat from blessing spam is split up between any living adds.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

If main-tanking Golemagg, excess stacks of Salpicadura de magma can be removed by casting . Before you do this, make sure that your threat is at least 10% higher than the person with the second highest threat. Be sure to remove the buff immediately afterwards to regain aggro on Golemagg.

When assigned to tank Furibundo del Núcleo, make sure to move the dog far away from Golemagg so that the dog's horns stop glowing red, which will significantly reduce its damage output.

Paladin Main Tank PoVFootage provided by HolyfrogFuribundo del Núcleo Tanking PoVTips & Strategies

Activate to reduce damage from Explosión de Fuego.

Have your priest buff you with to reduce damage from Descarga de las Sombras and Choque de Sombras.

If you're tanking Majordomo, you can regain easily aggro after a Teletransporte by blessing spamming. The threat generated by blessing spam bypasses the need to generate threat via physical or magic damage.

A side effect of using blessing spam throughout the fight is that in case any other tanks die, any mobs that they were tanking will very likely target you next, so make sure that your healers are prepared to quickly focus on you.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

It is essential to have a Fire Resist set with at least 275 Fire Resistance (including ).

As a mana user, you are a potential target for Ráfaga de lava. As a precaution, be sure to distance yourself from the melee and tank group so they do not get knocked back in case you get hit by the spell.

Cólera de Ragnaros resets Ragnaros' entire threat table and knocks up 3 random players that are at melee range. If you're not knocked back, immediately start blessing spamming to regain aggro on Ragnaros if any other tanks have been knocked back and are unable to taunt.

You can use or to shield yourself against fall damage after being knocked up by Cólera de Ragnaros,

In case Ragnaros submerges, start blessing spam in order to get aggro on all the Hijo de la llama that spawn. Right before they reach you, cast to build additional threat, allowing your casters to easily defeat them with AoE.

Paladin Tank PoVOnyxia

Onyxia is a raid boss which paladin tanks can excel at compared to other tanks, as they are capable of consistently maintaining aggro on Onyxia for both Phases 1 and 3, as well as being able to easily round up whelps during Phase 2.

Tips & Strategy

For this encounter, aim to have about 150 Fire Resistance (including ), and at least 380 Defense if you want to play it safe.
Phase 1
At the start of the fight, make sure to have Onyxia properly positioned. Try to stand with your back aginst the rear wall of the arena.
Once Onyxia has been positioned, start building lots of threat with blessing spam in order to have a large threat cushion for Phase 2.
Try to use a Poción de maná sublime as early as possible in order to have a cooldown reset midway through Phase 2 or 3.

Phase 2

Onyxia's targets for her Bola de Fuego ARE NOT RANDOM. Onyxia chooses her targets based on what player is currently at the top of her threat table.
You will very likely be hit with Onyxia's Bola de Fuego one or more times throughout Phase 2 due to being high on Onyxia's threat table. Each Bola de Fuego that hits you will reduce your current threat on Onyxia by somewhere between 50% to 75%.
Make sure to grab any Whelps that spawn from the left/right hatcheries with your .
After all the whelps have been slain, you can resume blessing spam in order to maintain yourself high up on the threat table despite being fireballed repeatedly. If possible, use another Poción de maná sublime at this point.
To minimize the chances of being hit with a Bola de Fuego while building threat during Phase 2, wait until Onyxia is at 45% health or less, depending on how fast the raid DPS is.
You should only use if you are caught in the middle of a Aliento. It is not worth using to protect yourself against Onyxia's Bola de Fuego, since even if it fully does shield you, she'll likely target you again once the bubble expires.

Phase 3

As Onyxia is landing, keep up the blessing spam in order to reach the top of Onyxia's threat table.
Even if Onyxia doesn't initially aggro after she lands, keep up the blessing spam while trying to position yourself at the spot where she was tanked in during Phase 1.
Once you regain aggro on Onyxia and have her properly postioned, resume your ability rotation as well as blessing spam.
Make sure that any Dwarf priests in your raid maintain buffed on you at all times.

Blackwing Lair

Blackwing Lair is the next raid tier after Molten Core, and will subquently have increasingly difficult bosses and trash mobs to tank. Raid consumables are absolutely required at this point. Despite some bosses such as Ebonroc requiring taunt rotations, it is still more than possible to successfully main tank or off-tank any boss alongside your raid's other tanks without hampering your raid's effectiveness in Blackwing Lair.

Tips & Strategies

Gauntlet

Use SoR and Conscecration to maintain aggro on adds that spawn.

Use to stun any Blackrock Mages.

Razorgore the Untamed

Have at least 150 Fire Resist from gear and buffs to reduce damage from Salva de bolas de Fuego and potentially resist Conflagración.

Use blessing spam to maintain high threat so that you can become next aggro target if other tanks become Conflagged.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Have at least 250+ Fire Resist from gear and buffs to reduce damage taken from Aliento de llamas, which is the primary source of damage taken.

It is recommended that paladins tank Vaelastrasz first because they are still susceptible to the Adrenalina ardiente targetted towards mana-users every 15 seconds even if they are tanking. The Adrenalina ardiente targetted towards the current tank only occurs every 45 seconds.

Before the fight begins, have Seal of Righteousness, Holy Shield, and Conscration up in order to maximize your threat at the start.

Esencia de lo Rojo will provide you with virtually unlimited mana, so try to use every GCD possible for blessing spam to maximize your threat.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Maximize your armor and health in order to survive Broodlord's Golpe mortal, which can easily hit you for 7k+ damage at 9500+ armor.

It is highly recommended that you use Poción de escudo de piedra superior and Frasco de los titanes for this fight.

Since whelps will continuously respawn throughout the fight, so it is essential that you only blessing spam after all whelps have been killed so that your threat doesn't get split to maximize your TPS.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Equip Capa de escamas de Onyxia to mitigate the effects Llama de las Sombras, especially its DoT.

Have at least 250+ Fire Resist from gear and buffs to reduce damage taken from Sacudida de llamas. It is also possible to fully resist applications of Sacudida de llamas which can eventually cause your stacks to clear.

Successive melee damage taken from Vapulear can quickly eat away at your health, so Poción de escudo de piedra superior and Frasco de los titanes are recommended.

Keep Firemaw facing facing away from the raid so they don't get hit by Llama de las Sombras.

Make sure that you and any other tanks are prepared to reposition when Firemaw casts Sacudida de alas on the current tank.

If off-tanking Firemaw, you can build threat with blessing spam without being in LoS of Firemaw to avoid Llama de las Sombras.

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Equip Capa de escamas de Onyxia to mitigate the effects Llama de las Sombras, especially its DoT.

Successive melee damage taken from Vapulear can quickly eat away at your health, so Poción de escudo de piedra superior and Frasco de los titanes are recommended.

The majority of the damage dealt by Ebonroc is physical, so is recommended for additional mitigation.

Keep Ebonroc facing facing away from the raid so they don't get hit by Llama de las Sombras.

Tanks should have buffed on them to increase the chance of resisting Sombra de Ebanorroca.

Make sure that you and any other tanks are prepared to reposition when Ebonroc casts Sacudida de alas on the current tank.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Equip Capa de escamas de Onyxia to mitigate the effects Llama de las Sombras, especially its DoT.

Successive melee damage taken from Vapulear and Enfurecer can quickly eat away at your health, so Poción de escudo de piedra superior and Frasco de los titanes are recommended.

The majority of the damage dealt by Flamegor is physical, so is recommended for additional mitigation.

Keep Flamegor facing facing away from the raid so they don't get hit by Llama de las Sombras.

Make sure that you and any other tanks are prepared to reposition when Flamegor casts Sacudida de alas on the current tank.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Chromaggus will always have 75% damage reduction against Holy damage, so the majority of your threat should come from blessing spam, which is unaffected by this.

Successive melee damage taken from Enfurecer and breaths can quickly eat away at your health, so Poción de escudo de piedra superior and Frasco de los titanes are recommended.

If none of Chromaggus' breaths are Lapso de tiempo, Chromaggus becomes a simple tank-and-spank fight.

Make sure to cleanse Aflicción del linaje: azul from yourself as soon as possible in order to prevent your mana from being drained.

As an off-tank, you can continue building threat with blessing spam out of Chromaggus' LoS to avoid his breaths, which can be useful if Chromaggus' breath rotation includes Lapso de tiempo. Be prepared to reposition yourself if Chromaggus aggros on you after MT is hit by Lapso de tiempo breath.

Prior to Frost breaths, activate to reduce damage taken from Quemadura de Escarcha.

Prior to Black or Red breaths, activate to reduce damage taken from Encender carne and Incinerar, respectively.

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Phase 1: Dragonkins

Avoid tanking sides that spawn Dracónido azul due to their mana drain ability, which will reduce your threat generation.

Use SoR and Conscecration to maintain aggro on any adds that spawn.

This phase is rather mana-intensive, so be prepared to use mana consumables like Poción de maná sublime.

After all the dragonkin have been slain, it is possible to get out of combat, allowing you to switch to your boss tanking gear.

Phase 2: Nefarian

Equip Capa de escamas de Onyxia to mitigate the effects Llama de las Sombras, especially its DoT.

If main tanking Nefarian, ensure that your priests keep up on you at all times so you don't get feared by Rugido bramante.

Tanks should be buffed with , as it is possible to fully resist Nefarian's Llama de las Sombras breath.

During Paladin class calls in which Nefarian's Bendición de protección mejorada grants him immunity to physical damage, you can continue building threat with blessing spam, so your threat generation should largely be unaffected.

For Rogue class calls, in which rogues get teleported and stuck at your current location, make sure to reposition Nefarian so the your rogues don't get hit by Rajar or Llama de las Sombras.

Phase 3: Bone Constructs

As soon as the Ensamblaje osario spawn when Nefarian is at 20% health, start blessing spamming so that they all aggro and run towards you.

It is recommended that you only handle Bone Constructs if you're currently main-tanking Nefarian.

Make sure that healers are preapred to heal you as you will take lots of damage.

Before the Bone Constructs reach you, cast and to build threat against them.

You can also use Agua bendita de Stratholme or Carga de zapador goblin to deal additional damage and threat.

Paladin Tank PoVFootage provided by Holyfrog.Tips & Strategies

Goblin Technicians

You can kite the technicians and maintain aggro with .

Fire resistance gear is not necessary as the explosives cannot be mitigated or resisted.

Death Talon Wyrmguards

Wyrmguards will always have 75% damage reduction against Holy damage, so the majority of your threat should come from blessing spam, which is unaffected by this.

Avoid tanking Wyrmguards that cast Aflicción del linaje: azul on you, as it will quickly drain you of your mana which will negatively affect your threat generation.

Use a Poción de acción libre at the start to avoid getting stunned by Pisotón de guerra.

Blackwing Spellbinders

Even though Spellbinders are immune to all magic damage, you can build threat on them with blessing spam, which bypasses this immunity.

Goblin Technicians Paladin Tank PoVZul'Gurub

Zul'Gurub is a 20-man raid instance with many bosses and valuable pieces of loot for players of all raid tiers. Although Zul'Gurub is generally regarded as easier than Molten Core in terms of difficulty and gear requirements, it can still pose a challenge for paladin tanks by putting their combined dungeon and raid tanking skills to the test. Due to the 20-player cap, the threat potential of GBoK spam will be significantly reduced, so paladin tanks will have to increasingly rely upon their entire arsenal of abilities for threat and equip Spellpower-heavy gear such as the Armadura de la sentencia.

Tips & Strategies

Phase 1 (Bat form)

Jeklik can cast Ráfaga sónica, an AoE silence that will silence anyone within 20 yards of her, so make sure that your healers are at least 20 yards away from the boss so that they can dispel/cleanse the silence debuff from you.

Jeklik will occasionally summon waves of Murciélago buscasangre demenciado which can be easily dealt with using Consecration and caster AoE abilities.

Face the boss away from the rest of the raid so that they don't get stunned by Descenso en picado.

You can remove the Perforar armadura debuff using , but doing so will make you temporarily lose aggro, so make sure to quickly remove the bubble buff to regain aggro.

Phase 2 (Priest form

If possible, have your priests maintain on you to avoid being feared by Jeklik's Alarido psíquico.

Bats flying above the raid will occasionally cast Lanza Fuego líquido which creates fires on the ground that will hurt anyone standing in them. If a firebomb lands on you, make sure to reposition the boss.

Make sure your damage dealers interrupt Jeklik every time she begins casting Gran sanación.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Phase 1 (Priest form)

If tanking the snakes at the start of the fight, bring them downstairs and use Consecration to maintain aggro on them while your DPS takes them down.

Venoxis will occasionally cast Poder antiguo, an ability that hits the tank for 300 Holy damage and will chain to nearby players, multiplying in damage by 1.30 for every additional player hit. Poder antiguo does not have a limit to how times it can chain, so it can easily cause wipes. At the 10th chain, the damage dealt is over 4k, meaning subsequent chains will very likely be lethal.

Position Venoxis away from the rest of the raid, preferably 30-40 yards.

It is highly recommended that melee damage-dealers not engage Venoxis during Phase 1 to prevent massive Poder antiguo chains.

Phase 2 (Snake form)

Venoxis will stop casting Poder antiguo during this phase so melee damage-dealers are now free to engage the boss.

Venoxis must be repositioned every time he casts Nube de veneno because the poison clouds will hurt anyone standing inside them.

Tips & Strategies

Phase 1 (Priest form)

Use Consecration to get aggro on any spiderlings that spawn.

You can remove any poison debuffs from yourself using Limpiar.

Phase 2 (Spider form)

Mar'li can cast Telas envolventes which will hit anyone within 20 yards of her and wipe their aggro. There should be another tank with the ranged/healer group ready to pick up Mar'li.

You can use to free yourself from Telas envolventes, although your aggro will still be wiped out.

If you're the tank assigned to the ranged/healing group, you can still build some threat using GBoK spam, although it won't necessarily guarantee that Mar'li will aggro on you after she wipes the MT's aggro.

Mar'li will occasionally cast Veneno corrosivo on the tank which applies a nasty debuff and should be cleansed as soon as possible.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

This fight requires 2 to 3 tanks; 1 tank for Mandokir, and 1-2 tanks for Ohgan.

Bloodlord Mandokir

Mandokir is tauntable.

Note: The charges from Mirada amenazante and Cargar have their own separate mechanics.

Approximately every 30 seconds, Mandokir will Cargar the player that is furthest away from him and within a 30-yards, followed by a permanent aggro wipe. Damage on Mandokir should stop after every Cargar until the tank can regain and build up threat.

See the positioning diagram below for an idea of how to position Bloodlord and your raid to minimize aggro issues after the Cargar aggro wipes. If done correctly, only one person should be getting hit by Cargar and the tank should be able to easily intercept Mandokir to regain aggro on him.

If you receive the Mirada amenazante debuff, immediately stop anything that you're doing, including movement, autoattacks, ability rotations, etc., or else Mandokir will charge at you and hit you with Guillotina, which can potentially be fatal even as a tank. Note that this ability will not cause an aggro wipe.

Mandokir's other abilities include Abrumar, Torbellino, and Golpe mortal, each of which hit fairly hard on tanks. These abilities may sometimes occur one after another, so make sure your healers are keeping you topped off on health.

Ohgan (Raptor)

Ohgan is tauntable.

Ohgan will intermittently cast Hender armadura and Vapulear on their target. which can become a potentially deadly combo if the tank has a high number of stacks. If the tank has too many stacks and is taking too much damage, a taunt rotation may be necessary so that the stacks can wear off.

You can remove Hender armadura stacks using , but doing so will make you temporarily lose aggro, so make sure to quickly remove the bubble to regain aggro again.

If Ohgan is killed first, then Bloodlord Mandokir will receive a powerful buff that increases his damage dealt and attack speed, making his autoattacks and abilities much deadlier. It is not recommended to kill Ohgan first.

Positioning DiagramPaladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Phase 1 (Trio)

Thekal’s autoattacks and Cuchilla mortal ability can hit fairly hard on tanks.

Thekal can Silencio you, so make sure healers are ready to dispel it.

Thekal will occasionally buff an ally with Ansia de sangre, which can make them slightly more dangerous.

To prevent Thekal from healing the other mini-bosses, you can position Thekal out of line of sight of them around a corner. Thekal can still heal himself so DPS should still be ready to interrupt or counterspell his healing casts.

Zealot Zath regularly casts Gubia or Ceguera on her current tank, causing her to temporarily switch aggro to the person with the most threat after the tank. Try to maintain secondary threat or stun Lor’Khan with Hammer of Justice so that she doesn’t attack DPS or healers.

Once all three mini-bosses are at low health, tanks should group them up so that they can AoE’d down by DPS to defeat them simultaneously or else they will resurrect.

Phase 2 (Tiger form)

Thekal will periodically summon Guardián zulian, which can either be nuked down or CC'd.

Theka's Puñetazo de fuerza will knockback the tank and wipe their aggro, so make sure there's another tank ready to pick up aggro on Thekal.

Thekal can Flurry, Enrage, and Tajo veloz so make sure your healers are ready to keep you topped off on health.

Tips & Strategies

Phase 1 (Priest form)

Arlokk will occasionally cast Gubia on the main tank, so make sure another tank is ready to pick her up.

Anyone that receives Marca de Arlokk should move to the back of the room near the entryway to try to avoid getting aggro from panthers that spawn from the pens, as Line of Sight is required for to give aggro the afflicted player.

If tanking panther spawns, stay in the pens and within line of sight of healers. Use Consecration to build threat on panther spawns.

Another way to deal with panther spawns is to have the DPS quickly take them down with AoE.

Phase 2 (Panther form

In her Panther form, Arlokk will be able to cast Vapulear, Torbellino, and Devastar which means the tank will llikely be taking more damage.

Arlokk will periodically stealth while in Panther form. Tanks should be ready to get aggro on her once she unstealths, as she can quickly kill your casters and healers.

Tips & Strategies

At the start of the fight, if you're tanking the troll mobs near Jindo, make sure your mages and druids quickly decurse you to remove Maldición de sangre and Velo de Sombras from you.

It is recommended that you tank Jin'do near the pool where the Trol sacrificado spawn so that you can get aggro on them using Conscration after somebody has been teleported into the pool.

Make sure other tanks are ready to pick up aggro on Jin'do in case the main tank gets Desterrar.

If Jin'do casts Maleficio on you, you will temporarily lose aggro until the debuff is removed. Have your healers dispel the Hex from you as soon as possible.

Have your melee DPS prioritize destroying the Brain Wash and Healing Ward totems, as keeping either totem up will prolong and complicate the fight.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Hakkar is untauntable.

Approximately every 20 seconds, Hakkar will cast Provocar demencia on its current aggro target which will mind-control them and cause them to temporarily lose aggro. Hakkar will then aggro on the player with the next highest threat until Provocar demencia expires on the mind-controlled tank, effectively making this a soft tank swap. Throughout the entirety of the fight, you and the other tank must be the top two on threat or else Hakkar will aggro on DPS and healers if one of the tanks gets mind-controlled.

If you get afflicted with Sangre corrupta, reposition yourself away from any nearby melee DPS so that they do not get hit by it as well.

Sangre corrupta deals Shadow damage, so have priests buff everybody in the raid with to increase the chance of partially mitigating damage ticks taken from Sangre corrupta.

Before Hakkar casts his Succión de sangre ability, make sure you obtain the Sangre envenenada debuff by stepping into the poison gas cloud that spawns after killing a Hijo de Hakkar. Each person without the Sangre envenenada debuff during Succión de sangre will heal Hakkar for approximately 8000 health.

Paladin Tank PoVRuins of Ahn'Qiraj (AQ20)

The Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj is a 20-man raid instance. The difficulty of this raid tier is generally considered to be above that of Molten Core and Zul'Gurub, as many boss and mob mechanics here cannot be brute-forced, instead requiring coordination from all players. Due to the 20-player cap, the threat potential of GBoK spam will be significantly reduced, so paladin tanks will have to increasingly rely upon their entire arsenal of abilities for threat and equip Spellpower-heavy gear such as the Armadura de la sentencia.

Tips & Strategies

This fight is a DPS check for the most part, particularly towards the end of the fight, as Kurinaxx enrages at 30% HP.

As the fight will be relatively short due to high DPS, prioritize threat generation.

The Herida mortal stacking debuff CANNOT be removed by nor . If you have too many stacks, let the other tank take aggro until your stacks wear off. To force a temporary aggro switch in case the other tank has too many stacks, you can cast .

Watch out for Trampa de arena that may spawn below you. Be prepared to reposition the boss so that you don't get hit by it.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

Use Consecration to maintain aggro on adds that come during each wave.

This encounter is a fairly long gauntlet, so it’s very easy to become OOM. Be sure to bring mana consumables.

Have your DPS prioritize killing the Swarmguards before other mobs/minibosses due to their dangerous Whirlwinds.

Rajaxx' AoE Knockback will cause a full threat reset to all those hit by it. Due to a lack of taunt, this can be an annoying ability to deal with as a paladin tank. However, this can be cheesed by having everybody get hit by his AoE knockback. Note that his AoE knockback ability hits everybody for 50% of their max HP.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

This fight is a fairly straightforward DPS race. Prioritize threat generation.

Moam does a mana drain on everybody, so you may need to use mana consumables.

Have your priests/warlocks mana drain the boss. Moam casts an explosion if it reaches full mana, which effectively causes a wipe.

If 90 seconds elapse during fight, three Arcane elementals will spawn that spam Arcane Explosion. Use GBoK spam to aggro them and move them away from raid. Have your warlocks banish as many elementals as possible.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

With good coordination, this is the easiest boss in AQ20. Have all the eggs damaged until they're at 5k HP, then have the boss kited towards each egg and destroy the egg once Buru is directly standing above it.

Every time an egg is destroyed, Buru will change aggro to a random player.

Once all the eggs have been destroyed and/or Buru is at low HP, he will apply a powerful stacking debuff that will quickly wipe the raid if Buru isn't killed fast enough.

Paladin Tank PoVTips & Strategies

During Phase 1, Ayamiss is airborne, but you can maintain aggro by spamming GBoK.

When Ayamiss lands, she has an aggro reset. Don’t bother building threat UNTIL she’s on the ground.

Once Ayamiss lands, the fight turns into a quick tank and spank. Make sure that the DPS kill golden larva to avoid sacrifices.

Try to tank Ayamiss at the base of the altar so that in case swarms of wasps spawn, you can quickly aggro them with Consecration.

Paladin Tank PoVGuardián Anubisath

These mobs are found in Watcher’s Terrace, where Ossirian is located. All 8 must be killed before engaging Ossirian, as the entire area must be used during the encounter. They only have 50k HP, but have several mechanics that can easily wipe raids.

Each Guardian will randomly use two out of the four possible abilities: Plague, Meteor, Shadowbolt Volley, and Thunder Clap. Each of these abilities can easily wipe the raid if not dealt with correctly.

Throughout the fight, the Guardian will spawn 2-3 mobs, including Swarmguards. Swarmguards must be tanked away from the raid due to their Whirlwinds or killed immediately.

Anybody afflicted with the Efecto de peste debuff must immediately move 20 yards or more away from the raid.

Meteoro damage can be mitigated by having two tightly stacked groups - one group for melee DPS and tanks, and the other group for range DPS and healers.

When the Guardian is anywhere between 10k to 25k HP, they will either Enrage or begin to Explode. If the Guardian begins to explode, the raid must either kill him before it explodes, or run away at least 20 yards from the mob. The explosion deals about 4k-6k damage.

Ayamiss Trash Packs

Aguijonero Colmen'Zara use an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS Carga de aguijonero and Carga de aguijonero abilities that deal very high amounts of Nature damage, from randing from 500 to 3.5k damage, which can easily kill your tanks.

Have your raid DPS prioritize killing the Stingers first.

Have a hunter or range DPS pull these packs -not a tank- as the player who pulls will likely get charged MULTIPLE times, which will more than likely result in death.

Carga de aguijonero and Carga de aguijonero do not have a minimum range, so the Stingers can charge anybody at melee range. The max range appears to be 25-30 yards.

Damage from Salva de descarga de las Sombras can be mitigated with Shadow Protection Aura or Prayer of Shadow Protection.

Tips & Strategies

Ossirian starts off with the Fuerza de Osirio buff (commonly referred to as Supreme Mode) which allows him to easily terminate tanks in one to two hits, even with Flask of the Titans. Fuerza de Osirio increases his damage by 300%.

The pull is the trickiest part of the fight. You can use Divine Shield during the pull so that you don’t take damage from Ossirian while moving him to first crystal.

Crystals have a 15-20 yard range and take about 3-5 seconds to activate after clicking on them. Once activated, the crystals temporariliy remove the Fuerza de Osirio buff from Ossirian for approximately 45 seconds. During this 45-second window, Ossirian is easily tankable, and must be kited by the tanks to the next crystal before he reenters Supreme Mode.

Have a spotter guide you to the next crystals. Hunters or mounted players make for excellent spotters, as they can quickly search for spawned crystal nodes and ping them on the map.

To ensure that tanks have a strong threat lead throughout the entire fight, don’t allow DPS to start until you have reached the SECOND crystal.

Have your healers move AHEAD of you, not following you, as everybody is moving towards the next crystal.

Take advantage of Ossirian’s Pisotón de guerra knockbacks so that they throw you into the next crystals.

Ossirian will occasionally cast Vientos envolventes on the current tank, forcing a temporary tank swap similar to Hakkar's Mind Control. Make sure all tanks are prepared to gain aggro on Ossirian and continue moving him towards crystals.

Paladin Tank PoVTemple of Ahn'Qiraj (AQ40)

The Temple of Ahn'Qiraj is a 40-man raid instance. and is the next raid tier after Blackwing Lair. The foes found within the depths of Ahn'Qiraj are numerous, vicious and cunning, and will push many guilds to their limit. Raid consumables are absolutely required at this point, and odds are that you will only be tanking this instance once you've proven yourself as a reliable tank in Blackwing Lair. Despite the challenges and handicaps present in this raid, paladins are more than capable of being viable tanks for the majority of encounters.

Upcoming endgame content will be covered in future updates once reliable strategies for paladin tanks have been developed. Stay tuned!

MiscellaneousRecommended Addons

PallyPower

Twitch Summary
This add-on provides an interactive and easy to use interface that allows you to set your own blessings (Righteous Fury, Aura, Seal and Blessings) and automatically checks for missing buffs with an easy to read indicator. While in a Party or RAID Pally Power can be used to assign blessings to other Paladins.
Usage as Paladin Tank
This addon facilitates being able to cast Greater Blessings on players of the same class for GBoK spamming. When pressing the button for a specific class, the addon will automatically search for a player of that class that is within 40 yards of you and in Line of Sight. As an additional feature, hovering your mouse over a class button will also display a dropdown list of players of that class, from which you can manually select which player to cast GBoK on, which is an excellent backup in case the autotarget button isn't working.

Recommended Weak Auras

Tank Stats Table

This WA displays your complete tank stats table based on the level of the mob that you are currently targetting and updates in real-time. Works on raid bosses as well. This WA is an excellent tool for planning out what gear to equip for your tanking sets depending on your needs.

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Comentarios

Comentario de Mithrox

Hello Askalon,

thanks for the effort put in the guide. While I enjoyed reading most of the stuff, there are 3 points I cannot agree with.

1. Dont base e.g. the viability of Paladins at certain Boss Encounters on your private Server experience, especially since the one you played on is commonly known as very badly scripted. (Hakkar has no Taunt Mechanic, Ayamiss is untankable for Prot Pallies since threat Generation without holy Shield is too low (flying Phase), etc.. You are only stacking defensive values, you should really more focus on threat instead. (Seal of Light Aggro, Reflective Tanking etc.)
3. Also your Talent tree is nowhere near good, stacking defensive stats on gear and only speccing 1/5 into improved Parry? 4% equal a networth of 25 def. While I can understand that you dont get improved 1H specialisation, not getting improved righteousness is a very big mistake in my eyes, because of the threat you lose.

Comentario de orionaegis7

What about the 17% spell miss bug(?) On ret aura, BoSanc, and Holy shield?

Comentario de Coeren

With all respect, lack of taunt ability drops the idea of paladin tanking dead. It requires to apply very high requirements to your party/raid mates, I doubt many of them will be happy of this besides runs for fun, "look how we can!".

Comentario de Maldaf

I registered just to add my reply here so, if you want to tank as paladin, do not aim for raid tanking as this guide says, it heavily cripples your guild and relies on them putting up with you.

You want to tank as paladin? Roll this build:
https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-calc/paladin/055031105-053241330001531

With this build you can heal raids and tank dungeons effectively.
You don't need defense rating to tank dungeons so aim for T2 raid set, mainly intellect and spell damage, followed by stamina and strength.
Paladin's strengths lie in AoE tanking so just dropping a consecration and getting hit once will get you aggro.

Have fun!

Comentario de demotivation

paladin prot spec in vanilla is for aoe farming, not for tanking

Comentario de Sultx

Glad to see a guide that is in dept as this one is. I very much enjoyed the formatted drop downs for the different items you further broke down into the supporting math. My biggest qualm is that this guide primarily focuses on a Paladin Tanks Main Tanking or #2 Off tanking.

I believe that a large majority of Prot Paladins know that the real strengths of the Prot spec lie in the AoE Tank/Off Tanking Adds capabilities while providing Raid utility: Blessing of Sanc, cheap cleanses, ability to heal when not needing to tank with only the simplest of hybrid talent points (3/3 Healing Light and maybe even 5/5 Illumination) with a large majority of gear and consumable overlap. Why not add more information to better equip this smarter play-style?

I recognized that to further break down these AoE encounters or how to tank boss adds (while providing further utility for the raid) would increase the complexity of the "Can I Tank THIS Raid Boss, Mom?" subsection. But in my mind, this is what the standard player population Needs. The majority of the dedicated Prot player-base does not play Prot because its a "meme spec," so why then create a "guide" that in my mind shows very little on how to optimize your play-style and your general uses/utility to the raid?

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing back!

Comentario de Dommey

So guys, now to the paladins. Paladins are really good healers if you skill right, because if you put five points in the talent in the holy tree you get 100% mana back if you crit with a heal.

Comentario de fedelars

Thank you for this guide!

Very interesting and so much useful information! As with any guide, it's just one way to look at the task at hand, and in this case substantiated with useful data and even graphs! Don't mind the trolls that confuse viable and optimal :) Looking forward to reread once you get more data from classic.

Comentario de yougonogo

I would bring one for trash clearing and maybe as a third tank when you have lots of adds on a boss fight. at lease tell you have things down then have them change to ret or holy. also when there is undead or elementals they have 2 spells that give a lot more damage and threat on the spot if needed. word to wise if you are paly heavy in such a place don,t tell them to light it up on all the trash. I think my druid friend is still trying to get his sight back.

Comentario de CameHonor

Hey Askalon,

Any idea if your guide will be updated in the same manner as the other guides?
WoWHead has it on the news headline that DM items will be swapped to phase 1 BiS gear/etc.

Cheers!

Comentario de nodoze

What about using Argent Defender when there are lots of mobs? What are the uptimes and how does the proc affect mitigation?

Defensor Argenta#comments

It should be ideal for use when there are lots of mobs (assuming your priority is damage mitigation).

Would the block of an attack prevent the proc?

Comentario de kring

Why is Mastersmith's Hammer mentioned for phase 2, wasn't this available in phase 1 or did something else change?

Comentario de Sharizon

Hey Askalon

I really appreciate the amount of depth that was put into this guide for protection paladins and actually learned a few new things by going through it. The only real issue I have is with the BiS list. How come there was so much depth put into the rest of the guide but when it came to the BiS list it was carelessly thrown together with wrong information? It is missing things like Medallion of Steadfast Might and Heavy Dark Iron ring from the list. The irony is that it has items listed like Verek's Collar which has literally the same stats as the Medallion in lesser amounts and just missing the defense completely. I would love if someone could go through it and update the BiS with correct information.

Comentario de Pickrobber

Askalon, thank you for this guide! Im vanila wow veteran, but the BOK changed game. Here is proof. I was bit nerveus and my positing is bad. But my guild was able to burn all cds at start when i was on place! Thi si awesome. Before phase 2 i did 70000 threath and second most threath had 17000, so this blowed my mind. I counted just buffs did around 85 casts x 8 wars! So again thank you!

https://youtu.be/dOZ2-2-PkFg

Comentario de Aarandal

Hey Askalon,

Let me first say thank you for writing this incredible guide. This information is the first in a great many steps to inform others that Paladins can in fact, Main Tank a vast majority of raiding content. As a passionate and aspiring Paladin Tank myself there have been quite a few theorems I have come up with myself. One of which I feel the need to tell you in a comment, especially in regards to the "Paladin can't taunt" crowd. With the newly released Add-on known as "Classic Threat 2" an individual developer has created the ability to accurately calculate threat generated by Greater Blessing of Kings. This, and the fact that GBoK threat is static means that you can easily calculate and maintain the 2nd Highest Threat in a raid. After that you can Simply use a Target-of-Target Macro for Blessing of Protection on the main tank, after casting a few more GBoK, You have successfully "Taunted" the boss. In addition this acts as a Tank-Swap that a great many fights require. To be noted this technique SHOULD work on un-taunt-able bosses, but has not been tested by myself. It is also to be noted that when talented, Blessing of Protection has a 3 min CD.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Comentario de Bladechaos

Like everyone said Thank you very much for the time invested in this.
So what is your thoughts on taking Divine Strength over Imp SoR?
I feel like I run SoW 90% of the time and only use Crusader/ SoR on the kill target IF there is a kill order. I'm only 51 but have tanked my way to 51 so I might be missing something end game.
But with the threat from SoW I'm not seeing the SoR need other than maybe questing.
Thoughts? Thanks for your time!

Comentario de veganfood

I can see that using Greater Blessing of Kings is the most efficient to generate threat but the guide mentions that BOW does not generate any threat. I did a quick test using a threat add-on and casting the spell and Regen tick would generate threat. Why does the guide say that BOW does not generate any threat when it does? Maybe I am missing something.

Comentario de Forvaine

Thanks so much for this guide - Been using it a while now, very in-depth.
I was wondering, in the context of the Season of Discovery changes, would a slower weapon with Seal of Martyrdom, and ideally a druid with Windfury in the party, be better, or would you still go for a fast one-hand and improved hand of righteousness? I've been thinking about testing this, but maybe you have some input on this already?

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