Protection Paladin Leveling Guide
Protection Paladin Leveling Guide
11.1.5 - Nightfall
Last Updated:April 22, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Protection Paladin leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.1.5! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!
It is highly recommended to level as Retribution Paladin!
Talents
Protection Paladin
Templar Level 70
Spec Tree
- Avenging Wrath is your main cooldown, use it as often as possible.
- Soaring Shield makes your Avenger's Shield hit more targets which boosts your AOE damage.
- Moment of Glory greatly reduces cooldown of Avenger's Shield, providing burst damage as well as a way of pulling different mobs back-to-back.
Class Tree
- Divine Steed + Cavalier provides a lot of mobility in combat.
- Unbound Freedom + Blessed Calling turns your Blessing of Freedom into another movement ability.
Hero Talents
- Templar turns Eye of Tyr into an offensive cooldown. Paired with Inmost Light it gives you a 40 second AOE burst cooldown, which is ideal for leveling.
- Light's Guidance allows you to use Hammer of Light after using Eye of Tyr.
- It is a big AOE burst that also triggers additional effects like Shake the Heavens and Undisputed Ruling.
- Therefore, use Eye of Tyr followed by Hammer of Light on cooldown.
Leveling Talent Points
Milestones: 0 / 10
- ChoosTemplar as your Hero Talent.
- Pick Light's Guidance.
- Pick Shake the Heavens.
- Pick Zealous Vindication.
- Pick Higher Calling.
- Pick Wrathful Descent.
- Pick Hammerfall.
- Pick Light's Deliverance.
- Pick Sacrosanct Crusade.
- Pick Unrelenting Charger.
- Pick Undisputed Ruling.
Rotation
Protection Paladin
Single-Target
- Use Eye of Tyr followed by Hammer of Light on cooldown.
- Don't overcap Holy Power, spend on Shield of the Righteous.
AoE
- Pull as many enemies as possible using Avenger's Shield, Judgement and Hand of Reckoning
- Moment of Glory resets cooldown of Avenger's Shield, so you can use it back-to-back.
- Use Eye of Tyr followed by Hammer of Light on cooldown.
- Use Divine Toll on cooldown.
Shopping List
Protection Paladin
Milestones: 0 / 12
- 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
- 40x Fried Bonefish
- 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
- 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
- 4x Howling Rune
- Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
or - 10x Draconic Augment Rune
- 20x Goblin Glider Kit
- Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
- 20x Gunshoes
- Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
- Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
- Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
- Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
- Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
- Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination
Credits
Written by: Tief
Reviewed by: Meeres