WotLK Classic Protection Paladin Enchants and Consumables

Wrath of the Lich King requires fewer consumables and enchants than Classic or The Burning Crusade, but each of them is extremely important to maximizing your damage out put and survivability in any situation, but especially in Raids and Dungeons. Below will be a list of the optimal consumables and enchants to help you get the most out of your Paladin.

The advice given on this page uses the stat priority of Defense (to 540) -> Stamina -> Block Value -> Expertise -> Hit Cap -> Dodge -> Parry You can find an explanation for this priority over on our Stats page.

Slot	Enchantment
Head	Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector — Revered with the Argent Crusade in Icecrown.
Shoulders	Greater Inscription of the Gladiator, — from your faction's Honor quartermaster in Stormwind or Orgrimmar
Back	Enchant Cloak - Major Agility
Chest	Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats
Bracers	Enchant Bracers - Major Stamina
Gloves	Enchant Gloves - Precision
Legs	Frosthide Leg Armor
Feet	Enchant Boots - Greater Fortitude
Melee Weapon	Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mongoose

Austere Earthsiege Diamond is by far the best option for your Meta Gem, as it gives a considerable amount of Stamina and increases the amount of Armor you receive from your gear by 2% making every piece and point of Armor even more valuable for mitigating Physical damage.

Matching gem sockets in Wrath of the Lich King is usually the correct strategy as many socket bonuses are geared toward stats that you want whereas in The Burning Crusade their usefulness could vary. Keeping your Meta Gem activated is by far the most important rule when deciding what gems to use but below we will list what are likely to be the best gems for each socket type.

• In Red Sockets, you will use Sovereign Dreadstone.
• In Yellow Sockets, you will use Enduring Eye of Zul or Vivid Eye of Zul depending on if you are defense capped or need Hit rating. If you need neither consider ignoring the socket bonus for Solid Majestic Zircons instead.
• In Blue Sockets, you will use Solid Majestic Zircon but if you are struggling for defense cap or need Hit cap for taunt consider Enduring Eye of Zul or Vivid Eye of Zul for these slots.

Blackened Dragonfin is a great choice for a personal consumable and will offer you Armor from the Agility as well as Stamina, but more often than not in a group environment someone will have a Fish Feast which will more than suffice. Leveling your Cooking helps considerably in reducing the cost of these and, as a secondary profession, everyone can learn it with no limitations.

Protection Paladins greatly value health and Flask of Stoneblood provides a lot of it; the stat value of flasks in Wrath of the Lich King makes them the default choice for most classes.

Indestructible Potion are a nice added cooldown to allow you to mitigate even more Physical damage, so make sure to have them on hand to pre-pot to ease into pulling the boss or using it as a defensive cool down if needed.

Potion of Speed greatly increases your Haste for a short period and can allow for you to maximize your damage/threat generation, so consider using this pre-pull or if you need snap threat.