Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2 Best in Slot Gear - WotLK Classic

By WaltherLeopold Updated: 2023/03/02

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Emblems of Conquest for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Emblem of Conquest is the new raid currency introduced in Phase 2, this is obtainable through 10 and 25-man Ulduar, as well as the daily heroic dungeon quest from Archmage Lan'dalock.

All gear from the conquest vendor is iLevel-232 and because of that is likely to be an upgrade in one way or another for most players, we're only providing one way to approach your emblem gear though consider that some of these upgrades can be situationally very strong and might be just the item you're looking for.

Conqueror's Aegis Breastplate is a lucrative initial pick up, it sits as one of the best chests in phase 2, Conqueror's Aegis Faceguard also being a contender for the BiS head slot lets you capitalize on guaranteeing your 2-set bonus as well as having some of the best items for these slots.

Gauntlets of the Royal Watch, Shard of the Crystal Forest, and Shieldwarder Girdle are optional pieces but being cheaper you are investing less emblems for a higher return on iLevel than if you were to buy an expensive tier piece ahead of these. Well itemized for hit, these will also assist you in capping out early and are hard to replace for that purpose.

Runed Orb is a definitive consideration if you know that your guild is not giving you early dibs on your orbs, Spiked Deathdealers and Indestructible Plate Girdle are both powerful BoE crafts that likewise contend for BiS in their respective slots.

Wyrmguard Legplates is not really a worthwhile pick-up, the primary use of these legs are for solo tanking the adds on heroic Anub'arak in Trial of the Crusader.

Rank	Item	Price
1	Conqueror's Aegis Breastplate	58 Emblem of Conquest
2	Conqueror's Aegis Faceguard	58 Emblem of Conquest
3	Shieldwarder Girdle	28 Emblem of Conquest
4	Shard of the Crystal Forest	19 Emblem of Conquest
5	Gauntlets of the Royal Watch	28 Emblem of Conquest
7	Runed Orb	18 Emblem of Conquest
6	Wyrmguard Legplates	39 Emblem of Conquest

Body Armor for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Head for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Helm of the Faceless and Conqueror's Aegis Faceguard are very similar helmets. Conqueror's Aegis Faceguard ends up easier to slot into most sets, giving you an avenue to access your set bonuses as well as having substantially more defense.

It's important to remember that meta gems such as Austere Earthsiege Diamond requires a red and two blue gems to activate. A purple gem will count towards both red and blue requirement when utilized with this meta gem.

Recommended BiS Helm Enchant: Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector or Mind Amplification Dish if you have Engineering.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Avoidance BiS	Helm of the Faceless		General Vezax	Ulduar (25)
EHP BiS & Set Bonus	Conqueror's Aegis Faceguard		Drops from Thorim and is purchaseable for 58 Emblem of Conquest	Ulduar (25)
Generally Balanced	Valorous Aegis Faceguard		Mimiron	Ulduar (10)
Expertise Option	Ironbark Faceguard		Freya	Ulduar (10)
P1 BiS	Valorous Redemption Faceguard		Token drops from 25 man Kel'Thuzad	Naxxramas

Shoulders for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Shoulderplates of the Deconstructor are the best phase 2 shoulders. Conqueror's Aegis Shoulderguards real advantages are its EHP, access to a socket, and lastly the fact that it's a tier piece. This being a tier slot complicates what shoulder you want to prioritize and as you gear you will probably want to swap between either of these as more pieces come in.

Otherwise there is very little room to play with in phase 2, there aren't that many shoulders for us to choose from.

Recommended BiS Shoulder Enchant: Greater Inscription of the Gladiator > Master's Inscription of the Pinnacle > Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Hit Option	Shoulderplates of the Deconstructor		XT-002 Deconstructor	Ulduar (25)
EHP Option	Conqueror's Aegis Shoulderguards		Yogg-Saron	Ulduar (25)
EHP Lite	Valorous Aegis Shoulderguards		Thorim	Ulduar (10)
Phase 1 BiS	Valorous Redemption Shoulderguards		Token purchaseable for 60 Emblem of Valor and it drops from 25 man Loatheb & Gluth	Griselda Hunderland/Magister Brasael & Naxxramas

Back for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

All options in this slot for phase 2 are linear upgrades from each other and from phase 1. That is to say that they're all virtually identical just get incrementally better until you get Titanskin Cloak which is your best in slot.

Recommended BiS Cloak Enchant: Enchant Cloak - Mighty Armor = Enchant Cloak - Major Agility = Enchant Cloak - Titanweave. With Engineering you can alternatively get Flexweave Underlay.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Best	Titanskin Cloak		Mimiron (HM)	Ulduar (25)
Great	Cloak of the Makers		Auriaya	Ulduar (25)
Good	Saronite Animus Cloak		General Vezax	Ulduar (10)
P1 BiS	Platinum Mesh Cloak		Token purchaseable for 25 Emblem of Valor	Norvin Alderman

Chest for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Breastplate of the Timeless is the best chest for you in phase 2, however due to restrictions around tier set bonuses, you may want to opt for Conqueror's Aegis Breastplate. Essentially this slot will determine which helmet you decide to pick up and we advise you to, at least initially use a first come first serve discretion.

Otherwise this slot doesn't allow you much creative control, there are very few chests in phase 2, Unbreakable Chestguard is the odd one out as you will want this for an encounter later down the line. So should Unbreakable Chestguard drop, just bank it for phase 3.

Recommended BiS Chest Enchant: Enchant Chest - Super Health = Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats = Enchant Chest - Greater Defense

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Best Avoidance	Conqueror's Aegis Breastplate		Drops from Hodir and is purchaseable for 58 Emblem of Conquest	Ulduar (25)
High EHP & Expertise	Breastplate of the Timeless		Algalon the Observer	Ulduar (10)
Good Avoidance	Valorous Aegis Breastplate		Yogg-Saron	Ulduar (10)
SBR & SBV	Unbreakable Chestguard		Auriaya	Ulduar (25)
P1 Avoidance	Dragonstorm Breastplate		Sartharion (10) & (25)	The Obsidian Sanctum

Wrist for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Mimiron's Inferno Couplings or Flamewatch Armguards will depend on your flavor of raid size, phase 2 is completely lacking in viable options.

Recommended BiS Bracer Enchant: Fur Lining - Stamina > Enchant Bracers - Major Stamina. Blacksmithing can also attach Socket Bracer to their wrists.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Best	Mimiron's Inferno Couplings		Flame Leviathan	Ulduar (25)
Strong	Flamewatch Armguards		Flame Leviathan	Ulduar (10)
P1 Avoidance	Bracers of the Unholy Knight		Instructor Razuvious (10) & (25)	Naxxramas
P1 Balanced	Bracers of Dalaran's Parapets		Purchaseable for 60 Emblem of Valor	Griselda Hunderland

Hands for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Handguards of Revitalization are significantly better statted than any of the other gloves, though most of that is afforded through its major leap in iLevel, the stat spread itself is not extraordinary and in this case, the addition of an extra gem slot makes this weaker than it otherwise would be. Despite all that, it's got a fairly huge leg up on its competitors in tankyness.

Gauntlets of the Royal Watch is a well balanced set of gloves with a very efficient budget, it doesn't waste any of it on parry or otherwise expensive stats. The hit might be overkill for some though there are no real alternative gloves if you aren't doing hardmode. However perhaps best of all is that it's purchaseable for Emblem of Conquest, meaning there is no competition or unnecessary waiting for these.

Conqueror's Aegis Handguards, Valorous Aegis Handguards, and Handguards of the Enclave are all leaning a bit too heavily into their SBV to pick them up and while there's nothing wrong with block value in phase 2, there's just too much magic damage to rely on this situational mitigation.

Gauntlets of the Iron Furnace is just a weird item, you might pick these up if you don't have anything else, they compete with Valorous Redemption Handguards but both of them are obsolete by the time you step your foot into Ulduar.

We don't recommend that you pick Enchant Gloves - Precision or Enchant Gloves - Expertise as an offensive glove enchant, it's almost always better to go with Enchant Gloves - Armsman.

Recommended BiS Glove Enchant Reticulated Armor Webbing > Enchant Gloves - Armsman. If you have Blacksmithing you can also attach Socket Gloves to your gloves.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Best Overall	Handguards of Revitalization		Freya (HM)	Ulduar (25)
Strong Balanced	Gauntlets of the Royal Watch		Sold for 28 Emblem of Conquest	Griselda Hunderland
Decent Mitigation	Conqueror's Aegis Handguards		Mimiron	Ulduar (25)
Okay Mitigation	Valorous Aegis Handguards		Freya	Ulduar (10)
SBR & SBV	Handguards of the Enclave		Steelbreaker	Ulduar (25)
Phase 1 BiS	Valorous Redemption Handguards		Sartharion (10) & (25)	The Obsidian Sanctum
Weird itemization	Gauntlets of the Iron Furnace		Ignis the Furnace Master	Ulduar (10)

Waist for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Indestructible Plate Girdle sits unique in the belt slot for phase 2 as the only belt with a focus on high meaningful avoidance, compared to the alternatives this is the tankiest option. While worse in threat and DPS than most other counterparts on this list it does have high strength from which it draws considerable offensive power from. Being a crafted BoE makes this highly accessible and may lighten the load on your raid, and provide you with a solid guaranteed item

Shieldwarder Girdle is the clear tanking belt for when you need to hit cap, it's a straight linear upgrade from Stormtempered Girdle. Belt of Colossal Rage is a DPS belt, we try and avoid taking gear like this though it's warranted a mention since it being a 252 iLevel item, has an above the norm item budget, putting this on par or ahead in EHP with actual tanking belts.

Dragonslayer's Brace is a consolation prize if you never get any of the above belts, though seeing how accessible they are you'll likely never use this in Phase 2. However keep this in your bank, it may be relevant to you in phase 3.

Eternal Belt Buckle is a universal item enhancement for your belt. Those with Engineering also get access to a Frag Belt.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
High Avoidance	Indestructible Plate Girdle		BoE Crafted Indestructible Plate Girdle	Blacksmithing
High Hit	Shieldwarder Girdle		Sold for 28 Emblem of Conquest	Griselda Hunderland
High Hit	Stormtempered Girdle		Razorscale	Ulduar (10)
Highly Contested Hit	Belt of Colossal Rage		Steelbreaker (HM)	Ulduar (25)
SBR & SBV	Dragonslayer's Brace		Razorscale	Ulduar (25)
P1 BiS	Ablative Chitin Girdle		Drops from 25 man Maexxna	Naxxramas

Legs for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Legplates of the Endless Void unsurprisingly sits as the highest value legs that you can acquire in phase 2. Besides the huge iLevel upgrade over the alternatives the additional socket and emphasis on high value avoidance put these ahead.

Conqueror's Aegis Legguards is advantageous over Saronite Plated Legguards, while the latter have similar EHP to Legplates of the Endless Void the tier legs gives you additional access to the set bonus, as well as an overall more balanced item.

Gilded Steel Legplates are very advantageous in that they come from 10-man and give a solid middle ground between first and second best options in this slot. In some respects this is even better than Conqueror's Aegis Legguards assuming you don't get 2 or 4-piece set bonus through your legs.

Recommended BiS Leg Armor: Frosthide Leg Armor otherwise if you have Leatherworking you can make Jormungar Leg Reinforcements.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Best Overall	Legplates of the Endless Void		Algalon the Observer	Ulduar (25)
Strong Avoidance, well balanced	Conqueror's Aegis Legguards		Freya	Ulduar (25)
High EHP & Expertise	Gilded Steel Legplates		Flame Leviathan (HM)	Ulduar (10)
Very EHP Dense	Saronite Plated Legguards		Kologarn	Ulduar (25)
Strong Avoidance, decently balanced	Valorous Aegis Legguards		Hodir	Ulduar (10)
Phase 1 BiS	Legplates of Sovereignty		Malygos	The Eye of Eternity (10) & (25)
High SBR & SBV	Wyrmguard Legplates		Sold for 39 Emblem of Conquest	Griselda Hunderland

Feet for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Greaves of the Iron Army is a hefty piece, while a little lacking in strong avoidance it offers a substantial addition of expertise and pulls ahead in EHP over its counterparts. It's from a hardmode which means you may not see these for a while, though when you do get them they are easy to slot into most sets.

Spiked Deathdealers being a BoE crafted makes these quite lucrative, allowing you to bypass all RNG to get these ASAP. On top of that, they're very strong and are competitive with any of the boots that we can get in phase 2.

Charred Saronite Greaves stands as your prime hit option in your feet slot, however since we are not short on strong hit alternatives already these mostly serve the purpose of giving you a diversity of option while still gearing.

Greaves of the Stonewarder are really high in SBV and doesn't offer much else, kind of a stepping stone item that you can wear while still acquiring other pieces, this does have good anti physical properties.

Recommended BiS Feet Enchant: The unique properties of Nitro Boosts lends itself extremely well to tanks, and it's recommended to keep multiple sets of boots with this and Enchant Boots - Greater Fortitude. If you don't have Engineering, Enchant Boots - Greater Fortitude stands as the best option with the exception of Enchant Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality when you're not specced into Pursuit of Justice.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
EHP/Expertise Skew	Greaves of the Iron Army		Mimiron (HM)	Ulduar (10)
Avoidance Skew	Spiked Deathdealers		BoE Crafted Spiked Deathdealers	Blacksmithing
Hit Skew	Charred Saronite Greaves		Ignis the Furnace Master	Ulduar (25)
Mitigation Skew	Greaves of the Stonewarder		Zone Drop	Ulduar (25)

Jewelry for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Neck for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Neck for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 1
Bronze Pendant of the Vanir has the most stamina and a socket, it's anemic for a 252 item but still the best neck around.

Titanstone Pendant and Shard of the Crystal Forest are effectively the same item, just exp or hit.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Best Overall	Bronze Pendant of the Vanir		Freya (HM)	Ulduar (25)
Great Balanced; Hit bias	Shard of the Crystal Forest		Sold for 19 Emblem of Conquest	Harold Winston
Great Balanced; Expertise bias	Titanstone Pendant		Zone Drop	Ulduar (25)
Phase 1 BiS	Nexus War Champion Beads		Reward from requires The Heroic Key to the Focusing Iris	The Eye of Eternity
Strong Mitigation	Necklace of Unerring Mettle		Kologarn	Ulduar (25)
Decent Mitigation	Mark of the Unyielding		Kologarn	Ulduar (10)
Entry-level	Boundless Ambition		Kel'Thuzad	Naxxramas (10) & (25)
Good Stats w/no Defense	Fervor of the Protectorate		Zone Drop	Ulduar (10)

Rings for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Fate's Clutch is a really strong ring, that's also readily obtainable by most teams. The iLevel inflation and the sort of stats you're getting with this means that you're unlikely to ever unequip it.

The Leviathan's Coil is a solid jack of all trades ring that while lacking the explicit direction of some other rings this is easily slotted for most sets.

Platinum Band of the Aesir pairs really well with Fate's Clutch for a high expertise setup.

Seal of Ulduar is just a better version of Signet of Winter and neither of these have any defense, making them more difficult to equip, especially during your gearing process. Seal of Ulduar is solid however as it presents you with the 2nd highest EHP out of any tanking ring in phase 2.

Seal of the Betrayed King bears mentioning though we don't expect any protection paladin to actually need or acquire this for quite some time, though with the right setup this is a very powerful threat slot in, however you do not need this at any point in phase 2.

Recommended BiS Ring Enchant: Enchant Ring - Stamina - Only Enchanters may apply Ring Enchants on their own rings.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Best Overall	Fate's Clutch		Thorim (HM)	Ulduar (25)
Great Balanced; EHP bias	The Leviathan's Coil		Flame Leviathan	Ulduar (25)
Great Balanced; expertise bias	Platinum Band of the Aesir		Auriaya	Ulduar (25)
Good Stats w/no Defense	Seal of Ulduar		XT-002 Deconstructor (HM)	Ulduar (10)
Good Stats w/no Defense	Signet of Winter		Auriaya	Ulduar (10)
Highly Contested Hit w/ high EHP ring	Seal of the Betrayed King		Yogg-Saron (+1)	Ulduar (25)
Phase 1 BiS	Signet of the Impregnable Fortress		Purchaseable for 25 Emblem of Valor	Harold Winston
Hit & Exp	Bladebearer's Signet		Zone Drop	Ulduar (25)
SBR & SBV	Signet of the Earthshaker		XT-002 Deconstructor	Ulduar (25)

Trinkets for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Not much changes in phase 2. Heart of Iron and Royal Seal of King Llane are practically linear upgrades from phase 1 and what was strong then is still functional now. Generally you pick and choose trinkets based on the occasion, every trinket has extraordinary use when applied correctly. If you're unsure, stamina & armor trinkets are very strong.

Furnace Stone is perhaps the most interesting, with a weak passive but potentially wicked on-use this is very similar to the beloved Shadowmoon Insignia from TBC in both form and function against physical attacks.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
BiS Stamina & Dodge on-use	Heart of Iron		Ignis the Furnace Master	Ulduar (25)
Strong Stamina & Parry on-use	Royal Seal of King Llane		Yogg-Saron (+4)	Ulduar (10)
Stamina & Dodge on-use	Figurine - Monarch Crab		BoP Crafted Monarch Crab	Jewelcrafting
Stamina & minor absorb proc	Essence of Gossamer		Drops from Heroic Hadronox	Azjol-Nerub
Stamina & on-use movespeed	Figurine - Ruby Hare		BoP Crafted Ruby Hare	Jewelcrafting
Dodge & Armor on-use	Furnace Stone		Ignis the Furnace Master	Ulduar (10)
Dodge & Mitigation proc	The General's Heart		General Vezax	Ulduar (25)
Armor + Dodge on-use	Defender's Code		Maexxna, Gothik the Harvester, Grobbulus, and Heigan the Unclean (10) & (25)	Naxxramas
BiS Threat	Darkmoon Card: Greatness		Reward from Darkmoon Nobles Deck	Professor Thaddeus Paleo
Hit & AP proc on critical-strikes	Blood of the Old God		Yogg-Saron (+4)	Ulduar (25)
Hit & AP proc on critical-strikes	Pyrite Infuser		Flame Leviathan	Ulduar (10)

Weapons and Offhands for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Caress of Insanity is the highest performing weapon in Phase 2 for us in a vacuum, however since it is so highly contested and only narrowly superior to the alternatives we recommend that you focus efforts on Serilas, Blood Blade of Invar One-Arm.

The alternative is that if you rolled a you will have access to Mace Specialization, making all of the good mace alternatives equal to Serilas, Blood Blade of Invar One-Arm. In turn giving you a higher degree of choice and less competition for your weapon upgrades. For dwarves we recommend that you get Vulmir, the Northern Tempest so that you can pass on the swords for potential DPS or other tanks, at least initially as this will really help out your raids gearing process.

Furious Gladiator's Truncheon and other PvP weapons are special in that it will require a massive PvP investment from you to acquire. These are slated to require 2200 Rating to purchase, which we don't consider to be all too realistic for the majority of players out there. However if you are going to get this, know that the real utility of the weapon (beside having a weapon and not competing for a PvE drop) is that the additional resilience on this, will come crucial if you want to wear more than 2 OS/DPS pieces such as belt & ring later down the line.

Lastly Sorthalis, Hammer of the Watchers or Shiver bears mention, they're both hardmode weapons and are strictly worse than most options from Ulduar, fast weapons with parry are unfortunately just way too weak compared to slow weapons with agility. The only real saving grace of this is that they have a significant stamina pool and it's less contested than Last Laugh was last phase, however note that some DPS might still want these as a middle of the road upgrade to their BiS though much less likely to be contested.

Recommended BiS Weapon Enchants: Enchant Weapon - Blood Draining = Enchant Weapon - Accuracy > Enchant Weapon - Mongoose > Titanium Weapon Chain

Shields for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

Both Bulwark of Algalon and The Boreal Guard are roughly of equal performance and both are unfortunately locked behind high demand content. We recommend that you don't fret over your shield too much, Northern Barrier is a solid option for those with few prospects to farm hardmode encounters.

Otherwise 10-man Naxxramas (as well as 25man) and 10-man Ulduar will give you access to a myriad of functional shields if you're still in the need to catch up or prepare for phase 2.

Recommended BiS Shield Enchants: Titanium Plating or Enchant Shield - Major Stamina

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Excellent Stat Spread	Serilas, Blood Blade of Invar One-Arm		Freya (HM)	Ulduar (10)
Strong Dwarf option	Vulmir, the Northern Tempest		Thorim	Ulduar (25)
Highly Contested BiS	Caress of Insanity		Yogg-Saron (HM +1)	Ulduar (10)
Unrealistic PvP Option	Furious Gladiator's Truncheon		3150 Arena Points	Dalaran
EHP Option	Sorthalis, Hammer of the Watchers		XT-002 Deconstructor (HM)	Ulduar (25)
EHP Option	Shiver		Hodir (HM)	Ulduar (10)
Slightly better than P1	Titanguard		Flame Leviathan	Ulduar (25)
Phase 1 BiS	Broken Promise		Four Horsemen Chest

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
BiS Overall	Bulwark of Algalon		Algalon the Observer	Ulduar (25)
BiS EHP	The Boreal Guard		Hodir (HM)	Ulduar (10)
Hit & Exp option	Northern Barrier		Hodir	Ulduar (25)
Entry-level Replacement	Shieldwall of the Breaker		Auriaya	Ulduar (10)
Phase 1 BiS	Wall of Terror		Kel'Thuzad	Naxxramas (10) & (25)
Phase 1 Optional	Hero's Surrender		Patchwerk/Gluth	Naxxramas (10) & (25)

Librams for Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2

There's not much love for Librams in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Libram of the Sacred Shield is a straight upgrade over Libram of Obstruction.

Rank	Item	Sockets	Source	Location
Phase 2 BiS	Libram of the Sacred Shield		General Vezax	Ulduar (25)
Phase 1 BiS	Libram of Obstruction		15 Emblem of Heroism	Arcanist Ivrenne

Comments

Comment by Xubera

Why Seal of the Pure (3/5 +9% Seal of Vengenance damage) over Crusade (3/3 +3% damage)?

I looked at Warcraft Logs on my patchwerk kill, reduced all damage sources by 6% (to remove the +6% damage from crusade versus undead) and then compared the two talents, and Crusade had a slight advantage (about an extra 1% damage done). Crusade also works with Seal of Command for Add fights and trash.

Comment by chpicker

You show Helm of the Faceless dropping from hard mode Mimiron 25. It actually drops from normal mode General Vezax 25.

Comment by Brighthammer

Appears to be a mistake in the gloves socket where a blue gem is used to a red slot whereas a purple gem is used in the belt buckle which could go in gloves to get socket bonus.

Comment by Thetjco

Could you please help me understand why a slow weapon is increasing the dps of a prot paladin. I can't find any ability which is scaling with weapon dmg and not weapon dps. even the seals are affected percentage wise and therefore scale with the speed.

Comment by Criaree

At what point should we be swapping from tier7 to tier8? Two items, or all four?

Comment by Kloda

Is Blood Draining really worth it over mongoose or berserking as an option if you don't need accuracy? I've tried it but on most fights it's pretty much useless because you rarely fall under 35% and even on Algalon, what one would assume to be the best fight for it, it only pulls like 10k healing at best over the course of an entire encounter, it's a pretty crappy enchant.

Comment by DigitalDecaf

Hello! Thanks for your guides! I've been Prot Pally main tanking for all of wrath, almost BiS now, and I'm wondering why your balanced set has so much expertise? I know legplates of endless void are very strong so that would break the 4 piece, but objectively the Tier chest is still better mitigation than breastplate of the timeless if you are already at soft Expertise cap. We get so much expertise that I was able to drop the vengeance glyph even without breastplate of the timeless, which I do have but am not currently using. I know that expertise above the soft cap does still help with parries, but I look at my meters and I have 2-5 parries out of 150+ in a whole boss fight for my melee attacks (similar for other skills that can be parried) and so I find myself asking is it worth losing a defensive stat that is on the tier piece. And you also have some expertise gemmed. Even in the EHP set you have 44 expertise and 3% hit, which is easily fixed too while losing almost no effective mitigation. Just genuinely curious about the thoughts because I'm always trying to improve my understanding of tanking, thanks!

Comment by RedACE

Titanskin Cloak has a socket that isn't listed in the "Back" section

Between your Balanced and EHP sets, you have the same items with different gems. Would you consider reworking these sets so the same gems are used in identical items?

Comment by Lolkeks

Could i suggest adding the Brewfest tank trinkets - they both have 170stam and are 2 different trinks so you can use both.

Protection Paladin Tank Phase 2 Best in Slot Gear - WotLK Classic

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