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PROTECTION PALADIN

Tank

Protection Paladin is built on the Protection talent tree and plays as a tank in raids. The tree has 16 talents: 5 new in Forever, 10 changed from Classic.

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ROTATION, STATS, BUILD

PROTECTION GUIDE

Guide in progress

We'll write the Protection Paladin rotation, stat priority and recommended build as the beta data settles. For now, see the talent tree below, the talent calculator and the class discussions on the forum.

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RAID COMPOSITION

WHAT IT BRINGS TO A RAID

The catalogue has no raid contribution tied only to Protection; the ones below apply to every Paladin.

EVERY PALADIN BRINGS

Blessing of KingsBlessing of MightBlessing of WisdomBlessing of SalvationBlessing of LightDevotion AuraRetribution AuraConcentration AuraFire resistanceFrost resistanceShadow resistanceJudgement of WisdomJudgement of LightJudgement of the CrusaderMagic dispelPoison cleanseDisease cleanseOut-of-combat resurrectionBlessing of FreedomCC: UndeadLay on HandsBlessing of Protection

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PROTECTION TREE

TALENTS

Hover or tap a talent to read it below. Text is for the final rank.

5Toughness5Redoubt3Precision2Guardian's Favor5Anticipation1Improved Seal of Fury3Improved Righteous Fury3Shield Specialization2Sacred Duty1Swift Judgement3One-Handed Weapon Specialization3Improved Hammer of Justice1Templar's Bulwark5Reckoning5Iron Creed1Holy Shield
  1. ToughnessRow 1 · 5 rankMoved

    Increases your armor value from items by 10%.

  2. RedoubtRow 1 · 5 rankChanged

    Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 20%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.

  3. PrecisionRow 2 · 3 rankChanged

    Improves your chance to hit by 3%.

  4. Guardian's FavorRow 2 · 2 rank

    Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.

  5. AnticipationRow 2 · 5 rankChanged

    Increases your Defense Skill by 20.

  6. Improved Seal of FuryRow 3 · 1 rankNew

    When Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed, restore 60 Mana, increased by 15% per level the attacker is above you, up to 45%.

  7. Improved Righteous FuryRow 3 · 3 rankChanged

    While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 6%.

  8. Shield SpecializationRow 3 · 3 rankChanged

    Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%, and gives your blocks a 100% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec.

  9. Sacred DutyRow 3 · 2 rankNew

    Increases your total Stamina by 4% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec.

  10. Swift JudgementRow 4 · 1 rank · activeNew

    Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%.

  11. One-Handed Weapon SpecializationRow 4 · 3 rankChanged

    Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 10%.

  12. Improved Hammer of JusticeRow 4 · 3 rankMoved

    Decreases the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice spell by 15 sec.

  13. Templar's BulwarkRow 5 · 1 rank · activeNew

    When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.

  14. ReckoningRow 5 · 5 rankChanged

    Gives you a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 100% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.

  15. Iron CreedRow 6 · 5 rankNew

    Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 25%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 10% for 6 sec.

  16. Holy ShieldRow 7 · 1 rank · activeChanged

    Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 110 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.

Removed from Classic: Improved Devotion Aura, Blessing of Kings, Improved Concentration Aura, Blessing of Sanctuary

Talent, spell, race and raid data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), from the WoW Forever beta client; data date 2026-10-14. Numbers can lag live tuning. Spell names, icons and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. Paladin talent calculator.