Protection Paladin Tank Liberation of Undermine Raid Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Protection Paladin for each boss of the following raid: Liberation of Undermine. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.0).
Introduction
Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Liberation of Undermine. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Liberation of Undermine Boss guides.
On this page, you will find tips and tricks specifically tailored toward Protection Paladins and its toolkit based on the recommended talent build. It does not include general tips for mechanics, which are included in the full raid guide instead, whereas this page assumes that you are already familiar with most of the major mechanics of each encounter.
All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.
Liberation of Undermine Boss Guides for Protection Paladin
Liberation of Undermine Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Protection Paladin
Tips for Vexie Fullthrottle for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- N/A.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown, unless the intermission is coming up then you will want to save them to take advantage of the vulnerability.
Mechanical Tips
- All of the pit mechanics are susceptible to CC. This means you can interrupt a bunch of them with
Divine Toll, blind them with
Shining Light to stop multiple casts and stun them with
Hammer of Justice!
Mythic Difficulty
- No mythic changes for tanks on this boss.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Cauldron of Carnage for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use
Ardent Defender /
Guardian of Ancient Kings in addition to
Shield of the Righteous to mitigate the follow up damage from
Lightning Bash.
- Use
Ardent Defender /
Guardian of Ancient Kings to mitigate the damage from
Eruption Stomp.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- If you get stunned from moving too much with
Static Charge,
Divine Shield can remove it from yourself and
Blessing of Protection can remove it from other people.
Mythic Difficulty
- You may be tasked with kicking the miniature figurines, run into them to kick them and you want them to go in the middle of the room.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Rik Reverb for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- The auto attacks on this encounter deal Sonic damage. This means that they are not reduced by armour. Feel free to use
Word of Glory to keep yourself healthy as
Shield of the Righteous will just be for damage on this boss.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown but if the intermission is coming up, hold them as the boss takes 99% less damage during this phase and you will have nothing to hit.
Mechanical Tips
- N/A.
Mythic Difficulty
- No mythic changes for tanks on this boss.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Stix Bunkjunker for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
Final Stand can be great to pick up adds if
Divine Toll is not enough.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Heroic: You can remove
Infected Bite with
Cleanse Toxins.
Mythic Difficulty
- No mythic changes for tanks on this boss.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Sprocketmonger Lockenstock for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Heroic: If you opt to soak 2x
Foot-Blasters in a row, you won't need much on the first one but be ready to
Word of Glory yourself to heal the damage you took. For the second soak you will want to use
Ardent Defender or
Guardian of Ancient Kings. This damage goes through
Divine Shield.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- You should have a charge of
Divine Steed for every
Pyro Party Pack you get to help with running away from the raid.
Mythic Difficulty
- No mythic changes for tanks on this boss.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for One-Armed Bandit for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- If you ever need to click a pylon to trigger the effects again and remove
Shocking Fields you will take a large physical hit.
Shield of the Righteous should be plenty to live this.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Be ready with
Divine Steed to run away with
The Big Hit as it drops a pool after the cast completes. This does not give you a debuff so as soon as you see the boss casting the ability run away!
- The 3 Coin Attendants have fixed locations. Be ready to drag the boss on top of them after it uses
Pay to Win.
- Be mindful of the
Voltaic Streak beams in the enrage phase. These will connect from the pylons which you have placed in the previous phase to the boss.
Mythic Difficulty
- No mythic changes for tanks on this boss.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Mug'Zee for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- N/A.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
Spray and Pray can be cancelled by using
Blessing of Protection on the target.
- Do not soak any
Earthshaker Gaol's. If the boss follows you inside there the adds will enrage.
Molten Gold Knuckles requires heavy movement after you land from the knock back. Be ready to use
Divine Steed after landing to remove the stacks quickly.
Mythic Difficulty
- No mythic changes for tanks on this boss.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Chrome King Gallywix for Protection Paladin
This boss was not testable on the TWW Alpha/Beta servers. Information will be forthcoming once it is available on Live servers.
Defensive Tips
- This fight was not available for testing, as a result we can only speculate information. This page will be updated once the fight has been observed after release.
Cooldown Usage
- This fight was not available for testing, as a result we can only speculate information. This page will be updated once the fight has been observed after release.
Mechanical Tips
- This fight was not available for testing, as a result we can only speculate information. This page will be updated once the fight has been observed after release.
Mythic Difficulty
- This fight was not available for testing, as a result we can only speculate information. This page will be updated once the fight has been observed after release.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Changelog
- 20 Feb. 2025: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by Panthea, who raids in Catalyst and is the author of TankNotes. He plays all tanks and is a Moderator for the Hammer of Wrath Paladin Discord. You can follow him on Twitter.
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