i found 2 so far
h ttps://www.icy-veins.com/wow-classic/protection-paladin-tank-pve-spec-builds-talents but not so sure is instance friendly…? is it?
h ttps://classic.wowhead.com/guides/lights-bulwark-protection-paladin-tanking
which guide is better? i just want to tank dungeons and thats it
Tanking with prot pally will be very difficult after level 55. As long as you know that going in.
Proct paladin is worst thing you can play in vanila
Which is why I’m staying in bfa…prot is much better on this side.
It really doesn’t matter, the Classic Paladin Protection spec is a gimped and incomplete tanking spec(no taunt, no gear). You wont be tanking in raids as a Paladin in WoW Classic unless its charity and you are being carried. Why create a guide for a non-viable spec?
Classics design was not “bring the player not the class” design retail is loosely based around today. In classic there was one “Tank”. Warriors. Feral Druid could do the job, but not really well.
The primary reason that Paladin was purposeful gimped in that role? Their equal in the horde couldn’t. Both were healer/support classes.
It wasn’t until TBC when both factions had access to the others class (BE Pallys and Draenei Shamans) that the Prot pally became 5man viable. They really didn’t become main Tank raid viable until WoTLK when “player not class” was attempted.
I’m sorry, but if you want to tank full time in classic, warriors are the only viable choice (by design)
Classic paladins were such an emasculated class lol.
I have introduced my son to Classic though, after having left WoW after Wrath for 6 years, then coming back again for a few months in Warlords before qyuitting again.
He is so excited about the idea of doing instances, so I would like to tank for him. Can a classic Paladin ‘do the job’? For 5 mans only.
I’m not the most skilled player and wouldn’t trust myself to do it as a warrior. I tried, but TBC and WotlK prot pally was easy to play.
because they are bad tanks prot tree is useless in classic unless you want to rekbomb for pvp.
the reason is mana issues and no taunt.
Fake news by some of these posters. Prot Pally is currently the best dungeon tank in Classic. They have the hands down best AoE aggro control. And this is double down especially in Strath and Scholo. The lack of a taunt is annoying, but easy to work around. Just Blessing of Salvation your DPS and you will never, ever have aggro problems.
Blessing salvation on everyone if need be… Should be fine tanking especially anything undead. Warriors are the only viable tank for raids but 5 mans pally will do ok.
Could I get some advice on 5man rotations.
I haven’t started tanking yet, I’m only lvl 15 still but some ideas on how you all do it would be appreciated.
Last time I tanked I had that handy flying shield that hit 3 targets or something, but clearly not an option in classic.
Do you all Righteousness judge the skulled mob, then hit away with Righteousness? Spread among the mobs that need to be ranked? And consecrate?
What about when you cc? Do you all cc the caster, or simply mark the caster with skull to be killed without tanking while you tank the hard hitting mobs?
Paladin tanking is largely taking advantage of consecration and reflect damage with righteous fury and holy shield to generate threat.
While Paladins do get righteous fury in the teens, they don’t have the toolset until 31 points in the prot tree.
How you judge or seal depends on what your doing. Using judgment of wisdom and a fast weapon for mana procs is nice because it’s incredibly mana intensive.
The lack of real tier gear sets and a strong mana return mechanic basically disqualifies it for raids but it’s more than capable of doing any 5 man in the game.
I think the only reason ferals work in raids is because they can take advantage of the fact that they are built around a physical tank, which bears are.
The devs had a fear of a lack of healers so they intended to pigeonhole hybrids. The dev lead during development had a warrior bias, and the developers generally have a horde bias. Which is why horde warriors have zero loot competition for plate gear.
https:/ /classic.wowhead.com/guides/lights-bulwark-protection-paladin-tanking#enchantments-back i like this one.
In WoW classic right now when it comes to dungeon Tanking Prot Pally is absolute king and the way people are playing especially mages makes them the number dungeon 1 tank
There is absolutely no reason to bring a prot warrior over a prot paladin for dungeon tanking
Sure you have to drink after every few pulls and the lack of taunt sucks but the threat output is so high that taunt is barely needed in dungeons.
I really don’t get people who are saying Pallys suck at dungeon tanking!! they have no flippin idea what they’re talking about!
Just have to adjust your Seal Rotations for every fight
Thanks for the advice. Good guide there.
I am far from 60 though, meantime should I use a fast 1-hander for SoR?
prots the best dungeon tank in classic and the best threat generation tank. it also is perfectly viable in raids. I reccoment warcraft taverns classic prot guide. Icy veins/wow head guides are almost always wrong. Also you should have all consecration ranks bound as well as holy shield ranks
yes fast is good
Thanks for all the advice. I hit 20 and tanked Deadmines today, and it was a blast.
I was so apprehensive before that, worried about lack of aoe threat building, or even the ability to successfully tank more than a single trash mob given the only tool available at lvl 20 is no more than a Righteousness Judge or sometimes not even that, just a weak Righteousness hit.
Still it all went well, as long as people play properly and focus on kill targets, it was perfectly fine to be tanking just 1 or 1.5 mobs in a trash pull.
Of course healer ended up copping quite a lot of aggro, but all things considered, it went reasonably well. Especially on bosses, no worries about losing threat if given sometime to build threat.
Good thing about tanking at this low level there are so few tools my mana bar was always close to full.
But I’m really excited about tanking the other instances now, and can’t wait to get Consecration, Holy Shield and Imp RF.
So any other paladins worried about tanking 5 mans, don’t hesitate. Do it, instant instance groups should be all the incentive anyone needs. And it’s fun to tank.
I saw a guide that recommended 1-handed weapon specialization over Reckoning in the Protection tree.
Would Reckoning not be better for generating threat than 1-H Wep Spec? An extra hit with Holy damage versus extra white damage?
Also looking at Blessing of Sanctuary:
Places a Blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage dealt from all sources by up to 24 for 5 min. In addition, when the target blocks a melee attack the attacker will take 35 Holy damage.
Would this not be the default blessing for a Paladin tanking?
reckoning esp at max level will have horrible uptime as with defense you wont be getting crit. wep specia gives you best threat gen