Protection Paladin Guides

Protection is one of the three Paladin talent trees, and guide authors play it as Tank. In Classic the Protection tree was the paladin's shield tree, built around blocking, damage reduction and holding threat. In the WoW Forever talent data its deepest talent is Holy Shield, and 14 of its 16 talents are marked new or changed from Classic 1.12.

This page lists 6 published Protection Paladin guides (1 PvE endgame, 1 PvP endgame, 1 solo leveling, 2 dungeon leveling and 1 group leveling), newest or top rated first. Plan the build in the Paladin talent calculator, put it next to other specs with talent compare, or follow the Paladin leveling guides. Every dungeon group needs a tank; the dungeon level chart shows which dungeons open at each level, up to the level 55–60 dungeons at the top of the chart.