[EN] Protection Paladin Guide (In-Depth 7.2.5.)

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[EN] Protection Paladin Guide (In-Depth 7.2.5.)



1. Introduction

Hi, my in-game name is Zerodeaths and I am playing on Freakz since Mists of Pandaria, i did a lot of PvE since then.



This guide will cover almost everything about the Paladin Protection spec.

All of those being said, let's get on with it.

2. Races

Draenei
Passive:Heroic Presence - Increase strength, agility, and intellect by 425 at lvl 110.
Passive:Shadow Resistance - Reduces Shadow damage taken by 1%.
Active:Gift of the Naaru - Heals the friendly target for 20% of the caster's total health over 5 seconds. 40 yard range. 3 minute cooldown.
Dwarf
Passive:Might of the Mountain - Critical Strike damage and healing increased by 2%.
Passive:Frost Resistance- Reduces Frost damage taken by 1%.
Active:Stoneform- Removes all poison, disease, curse, magic, and bleed effects and reduces all physical damage taken by 10% for 8 seconds. 2 minute cooldown.
Human
Passive:The Human Spirit - You gain 2% more from all secondary stats "Haste, Crit, Mastery, Versatility" from all sources.
Active:Every Man for Himself - Remove all stun effects has a 2 minute cooldown, shares a 30 second cooldown similar effects (trinkets).

Blood Elf
Passive:Arcane Acuity - Increases critical strike chance by 1%.
Passive:Arcane Resistance - Reduces Arcane damage taken by 1%.
Active:Arcane Torrent - Silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds and restore 1 Holy Power, 1.5 minute cooldown(only on Retribution).
Tauren
Passive:Brawn - Critical strike damage and healing increased by 2%.
Passive:Endurance - Increases your stamina by 1283 at lvl 110.
Active:War stomp - Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds with 0.5 second cast time and 1.5 minute cooldown.

What race should you play if you are tanking?
1.Draenei=Dwarf=Blood Elf=Tauren(they all have good Racials for PvE)
2.Human(human doesn't have a PvE purpose Racial)
3. Talents/Builds
Raiding build

Spoiler:

Here you might want to change First Avenger with Crusader's Judgement and Consecrated Ground with Judgement of Light for extra healing/survivability.
Blessing of Spellwarding talent will replace your Blessing of Protection and it negates every Magical damage for 10 seconds, and it is a "go for" talent on certain encounters.

Mythic+ build

Spoiler:

Divine Shield is a good choice for Mythic+ Keystone, but Blessed Hammer deals a lot of damage, and each target hit by Blessed Hammer will deal 12% less damage to you, so it's a very good talent for big pulls.
Final Stand is a going to taunt every single target whenever you use Divine Shield (this is very useful in Mythic+ keystones with Necrotic, however you are going to loose the Hand of the Protector talent, that let's you heal any friendly target for 30% of their missing health)
Here you might want to takeSeraphim for extra damage;Righteous Protector is a fairly good talent for Mythic+ keystones because whenever you useShield of the Righteous you have a chance to reduce cooldown on Light of the Protector and Avenging Wrath by 3 seconds; but my opinion is that you should go for Last Defender, it reduces the damage taken and increases your damage done by 3% for each enemy within 8 yards.

4. Stats priority
Those are the stats:
Critical Strike:Chance for extra effectiveness on attacks and heals.
Haste:Increases attack speed and spell casting speed.
Mastery:Increases damage reduction from Shield of the Righteous by x%, and increases your chance to block melee attacks by x%.
Versatility:Increases damage and healing done by x%, and decreases damage taken by x%.

Stats priority:
Survivability:Haste>Mastery>Versatility>Critical Strike(Haste:27%+/Mastery:27%+/Versatility:5%+/Critical Strike:20%+)
Damage:Critical Strike>Haste>Versatility>Mastery(Critical Strike:25%+/Haste:25%+/Versatility:5%+/Mastery:25%+)

Spoiler:

A frequent asked question: Why haste? Because Haste helps you keep Shield of the Righteous up, so you can use it almost every second.Shield of the Righteous is your main Active cooldown defence.

5. Artifact path/Bis Relics

Artifact bis relics:
Survivability:Use relics that empower the following traits in order: Unflinching Defense , Righteous Crusader and Faith's Armor
Damage:Use relics that empower the following traits in order:Consecration in Flame, Hammer Time and Stern Judgment.
6. Bis legendaries/items
Bis legendaries:
Survivability:Saruan's Resolve and Heathcliff's Immortality
Damage:Tyelca, Ferren Marcus's Stature and Pillars of Inmost Light

Spoiler:

My advice for survivability and damage is that you should get 4x T20 pieces(2 set:Judgment has a 30% to reset the cooldown on Avenger's Shield ; 4 set:Each enemy hit by Avenger's Shield deals 5% less damage to you)

Trinkets(the order doesn't matter, i've choosed only obtainable trinkets):
Survivability: Parjesh's Medallion; Reliquary of the Damned; Feverish Carapace; Shifting Cosmic Sliver.
Damage:Umbral Moonglaives; Terrorbound Nexus; Cradle of Anguish; Infernal Cinders
7.Main spells and how to use them correctly
Judgment:Ranged damage active spell, you can use it to empower your Shield of the Righteous(only if you have the Blessed Stalwart trait)
Blessed Hammer/Hammer of the Righteous: Damage active spell, you can spam it on cooldown.(if yo have the Blessed Hammer talent it reduces damage taken by 12%)
Shield of the Righteous:Damage active spell, main defence spell(it gives you 40+ damage reduction based on your mastery stat)
Avenger's Shield:Ranged damage active spell, spam on cooldown(when it hits the target it spreads to another 2 close targets intrerupting and silencing them for 3 seconds(non-players targets))
Consecration:Damage active spell, spam on cooldown(while standing in Consecration, Shield of the Righteous and Hand of the Protector/Light of the Protector affects are increased by 20%)
Avenging Wrath:Damage cooldown/burst(increases all damage and healing done by 35% for 20 seconds)
Ardent Defender:Defensive cooldown(reduces all damage you take by 20%, while Ardent Defender is active the next attack that will otherwise kill you will instead bring you to 12% of your maximum life)(use it when you think the next mechanic will kill you)
Guardian of Ancient Kings :Strong defensive cooldown(reduces damage taken by 50%)(use it only when needed)
Divine Shield]:Strong defensive cooldown(protects you from all damage and spells for 8 sec)(use it only when needed)(if you dont have the Final Stand talent, you will loose aggro)
Eye of Tyr :Artifact active defensive/damaging spell(all the targets hit by Eye of Tyr deal 25% less damage to you)
Blessing of Protection:Defensive active cooldown(can be placed on any party member and friendly targets and it reduces damage received by physical attacks by 100%)
Blessing of Sacrifice:Defensive active cooldown(can be placed only on party members and friendly targets, and it transfers 30% of damage taken by the target to you, or until the transferred damage cause you to fall bellow 20%)
Blessing of Freedom:Active spell(can be placed on party members and friendly targets, making them immune to movement impairing effects for 8 seconds)
8. Gems, Enchants and Consumables
Gems:Quick Dawnlight
Enchants: Mark of the Heavy Hide/Mark of the Claw;Binding of Strength; Binding of Haste
Consumables: Azshari Salad;Potion of Prolonged Power(for aoe/trash pulls); Potion of the Old War(for single target); Flask of Ten Thousand Scars(HP); Flask of the Countless Armies(damage)

This was my first guide ever on anything, I hope it will help some of you, if you have any questions just PM me in-game or leave a message on forum. Thanks!


Special thanks to Meow, i've got some pictures and ideas from his Guide!

Spoiler:

https://forum.wow-freakz.com/EN-Retribution-Paladin-Guide-PvE-In-Depth-7.2.5-t529291.html

[EN] Protection Paladin Guide (In-Depth 7.2.5.)

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