Protection Paladin Leveling guide

[Damien 1,514]

This thread is for comments about our Protection Paladin Leveling guide for TBC Classic.

[Guest Mike]

How viable is leveling as Prot Paladin in TBC vs. leveling as Retribution? I am Prot right now and I want to play Prot in TBC content, I am just a bit worried that the spec will be a lot slower and clunkier to level with than the Ret counterpart. Obviously I would like to save the gold from changing talents too much, so staying Prot and leveling with a TBC Dungeon Tank build would be ideal.

[Sellinz 14]

2 hours ago, Guest Mike said:

How viable is leveling as Prot Paladin in TBC vs. leveling as Retribution? I am Prot right now and I want to play Prot in TBC content, I am just a bit worried that the spec will be a lot slower and clunkier to level with than the Ret counterpart. Obviously I would like to save the gold from changing talents too much, so staying Prot and leveling with a TBC Dungeon Tank build would be ideal.

Hey Mike! Thanks for checking out the guide. So that depends on your plans for leveling, if you are going to be in a group of people you know without a tank and plan on doing dungeons most of your leveling I'd say Prot is the way to go. Prot solo leveling is for sure viable but not optimal especially if you are going into Outland in the boosted gear they give you because of its poor stats. Tanking in pugs to level is for sure an option but if it were up to me I'd play ret if I didn't have a group I was confident in going into TBC to level with but there is a lot of really good pieces you can get while questing in Outland and can transition into prot in the later 60s so you'd only really need to respec once. Just keep an eye out for plate that has spell power on it, spell damage 1 handed weapons, and things with defense on them. I hope this helped!

[NashEquil 0]

Just letting you know that the talent slider points spent for levels under level 70 don't work, since you have talents selected that require level 70 with the slider as low as level 49.

[Sellinz 14]

2 hours ago, NashEquil said:

Just letting you know that the talent slider points spent for levels under level 70 don't work, since you have talents selected that require level 70 with the slider as low as level 49.

Hey Nash! is there anyway you could send me a screenshot or post an image here about what you're seeing?  This is what shows up on my end with the slider at level 49, all of those things should be obtainable at level 49.

[NashEquil 0]

On 6/4/2021 at 11:01 AM, Sellinz said:

Hey Nash! is there anyway you could send me a screenshot or post an image here about what you're seeing?  This is what shows up on my end with the slider at level 49, all of those things should be obtainable at level 49.

Sorry was level 50. I dont think it is possible to get Avenger's Shield till level 70 is it?

[Sellinz 14]

4 hours ago, NashEquil said:

Sorry was level 50. I dont think it is possible to get Avenger's Shield till level 70 is it?

Hey Nash, thanks for getting back to me. You can indeed get Avenger's Shield at level 50, you may have seen a tooltip that showed a higher rank that you can train at 70 but as long as you have 40 talent points in the Protection talent tree your 41st point can be spent on Avenger's Shield, which is possible at level 50.

[Mattyheroic 1]

I am currently leveling as prot. My son is my pocket dps with his warlock. My mana runs out after 1-2 mobs while questing. Will this get better? I feel like I can't even use the main abilities listed in the guide because I go out of mana so quickly. Thanks for any help here. 

[Sellinz 14]

5 hours ago, Mattyheroic said:

I am currently leveling as prot. My son is my pocket dps with his warlock. My mana runs out after 1-2 mobs while questing. Will this get better? I feel like I can't even use the main abilities listed in the guide because I go out of mana so quickly. Thanks for any help here. 

Hey Matty! I don't know what level you are at so it's hard to say exactly, Prot's biggest mana regen comes from Spiritually Attunement which gives you mana back when you get healed by an Ally, but since you aren't leveling with a healer you aren't able to really benefit from that. To lessen your downtime I'd make sure you are keeping Blessing of Wisdom up on yourself, don't hesitate on getting gear with Int on it even if it's lower armor value if you aren't running dungeons, your survivability should be more than enough if you guys are just questing, also consider using Seal of Wisdom both as what you judge on mobs and what you melee attack with. I hope this helps and that you guys continue to have a good time!

[Guest Seal of the crusader]

You say to judge seal of the crusader starting at level six for the extra holy damage. At that level with a mace and shield I am giving up 24 damage from judging seal of the righteous to pick up one additional damage per hit. My fights are not lasting 24 hits so it seems to be a rather big net loss for me. What am I missing?

BTW, I love the guide. I'm just confused on this point as seal of crusader has always seemed useless to me except for raising weapon skill and I find myself once again trying to understand it.

[Sellinz 14]

16 hours ago, Guest Seal of the crusader said:

You say to judge seal of the crusader starting at level six for the extra holy damage. At that level with a mace and shield I am giving up 24 damage from judging seal of the righteous to pick up one additional damage per hit. My fights are not lasting 24 hits so it seems to be a rather big net loss for me. What am I missing?

BTW, I love the guide. I'm just confused on this point as seal of crusader has always seemed useless to me except for raising weapon skill and I find myself once again trying to understand it.

Hey! I really appreciate you reaching out and your kind words about the guide. You're right that the seal itself doesn't do a ton for you other than the increased attack speed for things like leveling weapon skill, but it's a good habit to get into because the more you level the longer fights against mobs will be and the more you will see the benefit from the debuff of Judgement of the Crusader, it honestly may be a bit slower at the level you mentioned but I think the difference in the holy damage you will deal from having it active will become noticeable in the somewhat near future. 

 

Again, thanks for checking it out and I really am glad to receive your feedback.

[Guest Rayvee]

Do you have a similar guide for Dragonflight? I'm trying to teach a friend how to play a pally, but I've never played one before. 

[Natalia 20]

On 6/24/2023 at 2:05 PM, Guest Rayvee said:

Do you have a similar guide for Dragonflight? I'm trying to teach a friend how to play a pally, but I've never played one before. 

Hi! If you are looking for a Protection Paladin leveling guide for Dragonflight, please check our content here: https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/protection-paladin-leveling-guide

I hope this helps.

[Guest Askese]

Might just be my opinion, however, keeping seal of righteousness up is not valid at all. It should be changed to seal of wisdom.

[Sellinz 14]

On 11/10/2024 at 2:30 AM, Guest Askese said:

Might just be my opinion, however, keeping seal of righteousness up is not valid at all. It should be changed to seal of wisdom.

Hey! So I think its more than your opinion, there is certainly some merit to it in TBC while leveling I think the damage out put (especially at lower levels) is a bit more important, hence the Seal of Righteousness but I think Wisdom is a solid choice also to keep yourself active and in combat, but I think the difference is honestly quite marginal as you'd only be getting a few SoW procs in combat so I think it's largely personal preference.