Protection Paladin

Mythic+

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Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Protection Paladin is
  • Haste
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  • Mastery
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  • Versatility
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  • Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Protection Paladin for the Alliance is Dwarf and for the Horde is Blood Elf

Best Trinkets

The two most popular trinkets for a Protection Paladin are Alacritous Alchemist Stone and Whispering Incarnate Icon

Alacritous Alchemist Stone

59%
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Whispering Incarnate Icon

54%
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All-Totem of the Master

34%
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Best Weapons

The most popular weapon for a Protection Paladin is Broodsworn Legionnaire's Pavise

Broodsworn Legionnaire's Pavise

41%

Strike Twice

37%

Primal Molten Longsword

24%

Primal Molten Defender

22%

Edge of the First Blade

17%

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Protection Paladin is Keen Ysemerald

+70 Haste and +33 Mastery

69%

+70 Mastery and +33 Haste

13%

+75 Primary Stat and +66 Haste

12%

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Protection Paladin is Elemental Lariat on a Neck item

Elemental Lariat

90%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to empower one of your socketed elemental gems, granting 499 of their associated stat for 12 sec.

  • Neck100%

Unstable Frostfire

41%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to inflict a Lingering Frostspark, dealing 9,945 Frostfire damage over 10 sec. Enemies that die while under this effect will explode, leaving a cold sleet for 8 sec that slows enemies by 50%.

  • Waist100%

Prepared Time

41%

Equip: Damaging a new enemy grants you 239 Haste for 10 sec, up to 5 stacks.

  • Legs100%

Onyx Annulet

Primordial Stones are a new system in Patch 10.0.7. These stones will give players unique powers and can only be socketed in a new ring called the Onyx Annulet and can be upgraded, broken down and crafted! More info on Wowhead.com

Desirous Blood Stone

83%
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Prophetic Twilight Stone

83%
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Storm Infused Stone

39%
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Freezing Ice Stone

39%
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Indomitable Earth Stone

11%
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Shining Obsidian Stone

11%
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Cold Frost Stone

11%
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Humming Arcane Stone

11%
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Pestilent Plague Stone

6%
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Obscure Pastel Stone

6%
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Trinket Combinations

29% of the best players use this combination

Whispering Incarnate Icon

Equip: Succumb to the Icon's whispers and become Infused with Earth, increasing your Versatility by 567. Fighting alongside allies who are Infused with Fire or Frost has a chance to grant you 277 of their Infusion's stat for 12 sec. Infusion based on your current specialization.

Alacritous Alchemist Stone

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase your primary stat by 1,079 for 10 sec and reduce the cooldown of your combat potions by 10 sec.

12% of the best players use this combination

All-Totem of the Master

Equip: Enter an Elemental Stance. Successfully dodging or parrying an attack unleashes a powerful Elemental Counterattack to enemies in front of you as you assume the next stance. This effect can only occur once every 30 seconds.

Alacritous Alchemist Stone

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase your primary stat by 1,079 for 10 sec and reduce the cooldown of your combat potions by 10 sec.

10% of the best players use this combination

All-Totem of the Master

Equip: Enter an Elemental Stance. Successfully dodging or parrying an attack unleashes a powerful Elemental Counterattack to enemies in front of you as you assume the next stance. This effect can only occur once every 30 seconds.

Whispering Incarnate Icon

Equip: Succumb to the Icon's whispers and become Infused with Earth, increasing your Versatility by 567. Fighting alongside allies who are Infused with Fire or Frost has a chance to grant you 277 of their Infusion's stat for 12 sec. Infusion based on your current specialization.

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
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Back

Regenerative Leech

78%

Regenerative Leech

Graceful Avoidance

20%

Graceful Avoidance

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Chest

Sustained Strength

56%

Sustained Strength

Waking Stats

44%

Waking Stats

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Feet

Watcher's Loam

83%

Watcher's Loam

Plainsrunner's Breeze

15%

Plainsrunner's Breeze

Legs icon

Legs

Fierce Armor Kit

98%

Fierce Armor Kit

Frosted Armor Kit

2%

Frosted Armor Kit

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Main Hand

Sophic Devotion

95%

Sophic Devotion

Frozen Devotion

2%

Frozen Devotion

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Ring

+82 Haste

171%

+82 Haste

+82 Mastery

24%

+82 Mastery

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Wrist

+200 Leech

93%

+200 Leech

+200 Avoidance

5%

+200 Avoidance

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (always good)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

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Best Class Talents

Tier 1

Best Specialization Talents

Tier 1