Introduction
Hi everyone, I’m Tief, and I welcome you to the Protection Paladin guide! I’m tanking for Method in the RWF and I’ve been tanking high Mythic+ keys for multiple seasons. In this guide I’ll be going through everything you need to know about the Protection Paladin in Season 1 of The War Within.
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What has changed
Coming into 11.0.5, Protection Paladin is getting some class talent tree changes and quality of life improvements:
- Consecrated Ground was removed from the Protection tree and put into the Class tree.
- Empyreal Ward was added, Lay on hands now grants 30% increased armor for 8 seconds and now ignores healing reduction effects.
- Righteous Protection was added which allows us to use Blessing of Sacrifice now to remove and prevent all Poison and Disease effects on our target.
- Eye for an Eye was added. Enemies that attack us while we have Ardent Defender or Divine Protection up will now take holy damage.
- Light's Revocation is a new keystone talent node, added to the general tree, which allows paladins the use of Divine Shield while impacted by the Forbearance debuff. In addition, the paladin will be healed 10% HP for each harmful effect removed by Divine Shield up to a max of 30% HP.
Apart from that, the locations of some talents in both the class and protection tree were changed, which allows us to get some talents easier than before, such as Divine Toll, Divine Resonance and Divine Purpose. Due to the incredible buffs to Lightsmith, this will now be our go-to hero talent.