
There are also a few encounters in which taunt rotations are all but necessary. The paladin tanking toolkit is very limited in scope, particularly for damage mitigation as they lack abilities similar to Shield Wall, Defensive Stance, and other powerful tanking abilities.

With the advent of TBC, Protection Paladins gained more tools and abilities that allowed to excel in heroic dungeons and as off-tanks in many raid encounters requiring vast amounts of AoE threat generation, but not yet able to fully replace warrior tanks in MT roles. For Protection Paladins, their tanking abilities were even more limited, particularly due to the lack of a taunt ability. Limited mana resource pool for spells and abilities.Ī Brief History of Paladin Tanks:Historically, the only viable (in terms of all raids and dungeons) tanks in Vanilla were Protection Warriors, with Feral Druids able to serve a similar, but still limited role.No emergency damage mitigation abilities (e.g.Almost no abilities available for single-target crowd control,.Limited access to raid-tier tanking gear.Large set of utility spells for aiding allies (e.g.Extremely high single-target threat generation in raid settings.Can tank dungeons more effectively than warrior tanks.Excellent at tanking large groups of mobs,.Massive multi-target threat generation.


What I define by success is being able to consistently tank the majority of end-game content such as dungeons and raids at approximately the same level as warrior tanks.įor those who don't want to read the entire guide, skip to the TL DR Summary sub-section. IntroductionThe goal of this guide is to provide aspiring paladin tanks a comprehensive introduction towards become a successful tank for the majority of end-game content, including 40-man raids. Welcome to Askalon's Protection Paladin Tanking guide for WoW Classic (v 1.13)!
