Protection Paladin Tank Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (11.0.7)
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Protection Paladin for each boss of the following raid: Nerub-ar Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.7).
Introduction
Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Nerub-ar Palace. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Nerub-ar Palace guides.
This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Protection Paladin and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.
All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.
Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Protection Paladin
Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Protection Paladin
Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use a cooldown for every
Brutal Crush cast. As Templar, you should always have something available.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
Blessing of Freedom can be used to run through
Stalker's Netting to remove it without getting rooted.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
Blessing of Spellwarding or
Divine Shield will negate the effects of
Goresplatter, meaning you do not need to run away from it.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Pay attention to where the shadows of the adds are before going down into the other realm, as you can position
Gruesome Disgorge on top of them and let your DPS hit stuff straight away!
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Sikran for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- If your co-tank did not taunt after 2x
Expose be ready to use
Divine Shield!
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Taunt after the second
Expose has hit your co-tank.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Rasha'nan for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
Savage Assault will apply a DoT based on the amount of unmitigated damage you took (damage to your health bar).
Ardent Defender will be available for every cast.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
Divine Steed to chase the boss in the intermission.
Avenger's Shield to interrupt the boss from a distance.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
Volatile Concoction will deal raid wide damage based on your missing HP when it expires. Get healthy with
Word of Glory or
Lay on Hands before it expires.
- Mythic:
Empyreal Ward will allow you to top yourself or the other tank to full health before
Volatile Concoction triggers if they have a lot of Necrotic stacks.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Keep the boss on top of any Voracious Worms to cleave them down.
- Tank Colossal Spiders next to the boss to cleave them down.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use
Ardent Defender and
Eye of Tyr for each set of
Void Shredders.
- Avoid going below 10% HP, as the boss will try to kill you with
Reaper.
Divine Shield /
Blessing of Spellwarding can allow you to stand in the zones during the intermission and not need to move. This gives the raid more space to avoid Regicide lines.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Swap after each set of
Void Shredders.
- Pay attention to where the raid has placed their mechanics and move the boss to the opposite side of the
arena to counter the effects of
Nether Rift.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for The Silken Court for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
Cleanse Toxins can be used to dispel
Poison Bolt in Phase 1.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- The Scarabs from Anub'arash can be stunned with
Hammer of Justice.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Queen Ansurek for Protection Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Phase 1: If you are taking
Feast then use
Ardent Defender for the initial hit and
Word of Glory or
Lay on Hands to heal the absorb shield off.
- Phase 1: If you are taking
Liquefy then use
Ardent Defender or
Guardian of Ancient Kings. Immediately follow this up with a
Word of Glory as your co tank will taunt the boss from you and you need to stay healthy for the DoT.
- Phase 3: If you are taking
Infest then use
Ardent Defender and run away. Run back to the boss and taunt it to save your co tank from
Gorge.
- Phase 3: If you are taking
Gorge then use
Ardent Defender or
Guardian of Ancient Kings. Get ready to use your
Shining Light's and heal yourself. Survive until your co tank returns to taunt the boss.
- For all of the above you can opt to
Divine Shield with
Final Stand talented. This does not negate the damage, but will help you to buy some time for resources.
- If you are playing with
Sentinel your reliance on defensive cooldowns will be lessened, but you may run into threat issues.
Cooldown Usage
- On cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- N/A.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Changelog
- 15 Dec. 2024: Typo fix on queen tips.
- 22 Oct. 2024: More tips added and adjusted talent builds with recent lightsmith buffs making it better on a few more encounters.
- 16 Sep. 2024: Ansurek Tips added.
- 09 Sep. 2024: 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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