Prot Paladin PvP

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Going to relive the fun of protection paladin open world but I wanted to hear from anyone that playedit more than me in wotlk pre patch where I stamina stacked.

Ignoring defense rating since there’s a higher demand for resilience for casters, was it more effective to stack strength and reckoning for higher seal damage and autos, or to max int and spell power and use the DoT seal (idk if spell dmg increases reflect or not).

I remember having perpetual mana issues in pvp not having enough int and resilience

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Seal of righteousness scale on spell damage, not attack power, in TBC. The Prot paladin PvP gear is spell damage and Crit which is what you want.
Prot PvP isn’t effective in TBC like it is in WotLK but if you really want to play it, you’d focus on that spell damage to return damage against melee attacks and stick with allies who can deal with casters.

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So is seal of righteousness or the DoT seal more damage overall? With a fast spellmace.

I know prot was a death machine in wotlk but i played alot of tbc but was alot younger and less knowledgable.

Also is it more worth dropping avengers shield for sanctity aura in ret like shockadin, or does AS deal better efficiency with spell damage. Ignoring its snare/peel ability

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Avenger’s shield is bad because of its massive mana cost so you can just drop it.
Seal of vengeance takes too long to stack and the scalling isn’t that great. Righteousness scales very well and, with reckoning, you can double swing for an easy 1 to 2k damage overall depending on if you have a lot of spell damage, avenging wrath and judgment of crusader up.
The problem with going deep in Prot is that you don’t get much choices elsewhere.
I’d suggest looking into Shockadin which is a 40 holy, 21 ret and focus heavily on attacking with seal of righteousness.
You could also go an hybrid reckoning spec, using improved concentration aura, pursuit of justice and improved seal of righteousness + 4/5 spiritual focus.
You’ll be tossing a lot of heals no matter what in these specs so preventing interruption is paramount.

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Shockadin was looking very attractive from the videos i saw and I like healing support. Int builds in games are more fun.

I remember AS eating all my mana and dealt flash of light damage

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