WoW Forever Protection Paladin Guide

Hunting

Upkeep

Prepare

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When an enemy reaches you, activate Holy Shield first, then use Holy Strike. Shieldsworn makes Holy Strike strike with your shield and trigger Holy Shield. Use both on cooldown. Use Judgement on cooldown too, and only drop Consecration when you have mana to spare. When fighting a single enemy, finish it with Hammer of Wrath once it drops below 20% health.

Solo

• Saving manaUse Judgement and Holy Strike together so your mana spending lands at the same moment. Spend no mana for 5 sec in between and your mana starts regenerating again.
• Several enemiesOnly drop Consecration when several enemies are on you. It deals damage over 8 sec, so stay in it.
• Heavy damageTemplar's Bulwark absorbs damage equal to your maximum health for 8 sec.
• FinishingUse Hammer of Wrath from 30 yards on runners and nearly dead enemies. It costs a lot of mana.
• Long fightsCast Seal of the Crusader and use Judgement to raise the Holy damage the enemy takes for 40 sec, then go back to your usual Seal.
• Dangerous enemiesStun a dangerous enemy with Hammer of Justice, then heal or keep hitting while it can't act. It has a 10 yard range.
• Harmful effectsRemove poisons, diseases and magic effects with Cleanse.
• ManaIf you rest too often, swap your blessing to Blessing of Wisdom.
• Undead and demonsPull Undead and Demons with Exorcism from 30 yards and use it on cooldown.
• Slows and rootsBreak slows and roots with Blessing of Freedom and get away.
• RunnersCast Seal of Justice and use Judgement so the enemy can't flee for 10 sec, and kill it before it brings friends.
• Recovering healthUse Flash of Light when you've lost a little health and Holy Light when you've lost a lot.
• In troubleDivine Shield blocks all attacks. Your damage drops by 50%, but you can still heal or keep fighting.
• Stopping physical hitsBlessing of Protection stops physical attacks for a short time. You can't attack during it, so heal up.
• About to dieLay on Hands restores all your health. It drains your remaining mana and has a 20 min cooldown.

Party

Hold threat and packs with your shield and Holy damage.

• Holding threatRighteous Fury increases all your threat, and the threat of your Holy attacks even more. Keep it on throughout dungeons.
• Picking up enemiesWith Seal of Fury active, Judgement forces the target to attack you for 3 sec. Use it on enemies attacking your party.
• Damage on hitRetribution Aura deals Holy damage to enemies that strike your party, which helps you hold threat.
• Pack threatGather the pack, drop Consecration and hold them inside it. Drop it again on cooldown.
• PullingPull Undead and Demons from 30 yards with Exorcism. Walk up to other enemies and hit them first.
• Single-target threatIron Creed raises the threat of Holy Strike and briefly reduces damage taken, so use it on cooldown.
• Keeping blocks upActivate Holy Shield on cooldown. Each block deals Holy damage and adds threat.
• Blocking spellsShieldsworn makes Holy Strike strike with your shield, triggering Holy Shield and letting you block spells for 6 sec. Activate Holy Shield before Holy Strike.
• Stopping castsYou have no interrupt, so stop dangerous casts by stunning with Hammer of Justice.
• An extra tauntSwift Judgement unleashes your active Seal right away and doesn't share a cooldown with Judgement, so you can taunt again when another enemy breaks loose after a Judgement.
• In troubleWhen a boss hits hard, use Templar's Bulwark to buy time for your healer.
• Before a wipeWhen a wipe is certain, use Divine Intervention on your healer so they can resurrect the party afterwards.
• Undead packsHoly Wrath damages Undead and Demon packs and stuns them for 2 sec.

Dungeons

• Lower Blackrock Spire57–60
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• Dire Maul West59–60
• Dire Maul North59–60
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• Stratholme Main Gate59–60
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• Stratholme Service Gate59–60
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• Scholomance59–60
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• Upper Blackrock Spire60–60
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Build Order

Holy0Protection32Retribution19

1. LV 10–14Benediction5/5
2. LV 15–17Sanctified Judgement3/3
3. LV 18–19Improved Judgement2/2
4. LV 20–21Pursuit of Justice2/2
5. LV 22–26Redoubt5/5
6. LV 27–29Precision3/3
7. LV 30–31Sacred Duty2/2
8. LV 32–33Shield Specialization2/2
9. LV 34Templar's Bulwark1/1
10. LV 35–36Guardian's Favor2/2
11. LV 37Swift Judgement1/1
12. LV 38–40Improved Righteous Fury3/3
13. LV 41Toughness1/5
14. LV 42Holy Shield1/1
15. LV 43–47Reckoning5/5
16. LV 48–50Iron Creed3/3
17. LV 51–52Toughness3/5
18. LV 53Shieldsworn1/1
19. LV 54–56Vindication3/3
20. LV 57Sacred Arbiter1/1
21. LV 58–60Conviction3/3

Recommended professions

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  Blacksmithing

  Make a thorium one-handed axe from the Western Plaguelands vendor's plans, and the plate you learn from quests.

  • LV 55Imperial Plate ChestSkill 275×40×2
    Plans · quest “Imperial Plate Chest”
  • LV 56Imperial Plate LeggingsSkill 280×44×2
    Plans · quest “Imperial Plate Leggings”
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  Mining

  Mine Thorium Ore for your plate.

Camping

• LV 6LodestoneSkill 20×1×1
• LV 28Rock GardenSkill 140×2×1×1
  Blueprint · drops in Excavation Site: Wetlands
• LV 6Sharpening WheelSkill 20×1×1
• LV 28AnvilSkill 140×5×2×2
  Blueprint · drops in The Deadmines

• You need Cooking to place the campfire.
• Blacksmithing's Sharpening Wheel and Mining's Lodestone raise Strength and melee attack power, which boosts your auto-attacks and Holy Strike.
• Lots of players take Mining for Blacksmithing and Engineering, but Lodestone doesn't work together with Blessing of Might, your only blessing early on. When your party sets up camp, you may not want to spend a camp slot on Lodestone.

Mounts

• Apprentice Riding90g
• Summon Warhorse