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How the 0/45/6 build works
A 45-point Protection tank build to Holy Shield. Redoubt, Toughness, Anticipation, Reckoning and Forever's new Iron Creed are maxed, with Improved Righteous Fury and Shield Specialization alongside.
Forever adds five talents to Protection and this build takes all of them: Iron Creed, Improved Seal of Fury, Sacred Duty, Swift Judgement and Templar's Bulwark. Six points in Retribution buy Benediction and one point of Deflection.
Leveling a Protection Paladin
We don't give Protection its own leveling route: most players level as another Paladin spec and switch at 60. Level with one of these, one talent point a level from 10, then respec into the build above:
Every talent in the Protection Paladin build
Each talent with its Forever tooltip at the rank the build takes.
Protection· 45 points
Toughness 5/5
Increases your armor value from items by 10%.
Redoubt 5/5
Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 20%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.
Precision 3/3
Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
Guardian's Favor 2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.
Anticipation 5/5
Increases your Defense Skill by 20.
Improved Seal of Fury 1/1New in Forever
When Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed, restore 0 Mana, increased by 15% per level the attacker is above you, up to 45%.
Improved Righteous Fury 3/3
While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 6%.
Shield Specialization 3/3
Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%, and gives your blocks a 100% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec sec.
Sacred Duty 2/2New in Forever
Increases your total Stamina by 4% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec.
Swift Judgement 1/1New in Forever
Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%.
One-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3
Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 10%.
Templar's Bulwark 1/1New in Forever
When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
Reckoning 5/5
Gives you a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 100% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.
Iron Creed 5/5New in Forever
Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 25%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 10% for 6 sec.
Holy Shield 1/1
Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 110 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.
Retribution· 6 points
Deflection 1/5
Increases your Parry chance by 1%.
Benediction 5/5
Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%.
New Protection talents in WoW Forever
The 5 talents in Forever's Protection tree that Classic does not have, shown at full rank. Another 10 carry over from Classic with different ranks, positions or numbers.
Improved Seal of Fury · row 3, 1 rank
When Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed, restore 0 Mana, increased by 15% per level the attacker is above you, up to 45%.
Sacred Duty · row 3, 2 ranks
Increases your total Stamina by 4% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec.
Swift Judgement · row 4, 1 rank
Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%.
Templar's Bulwark · row 5, 1 rank
When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
Iron Creed · row 6, 5 ranks
Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 25%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 10% for 6 sec.
Questions
What are the best Prot Paladin talents in WoW Forever?
Our recommended Protection Paladin build is 0/45/6: Protection to Holy Shield, Benediction from Retribution. It is one of the Forever sim's preset builds. Nobody has played a level 60 yet, so treat it as a starting point until launch on 4 November.
Are WoW Forever's Protection talents the same as Classic's?
No. Forever's Protection tree has 16 talents, and 5 of them do not exist in Classic: Improved Seal of Fury, Sacred Duty, Swift Judgement, Templar's Bulwark and Iron Creed. Another 10 have different ranks, positions or numbers. The tree is still seven rows deep, and each row still needs five points spent above it.
What is the Protection 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
Holy Shield. Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 110 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.
How should I level a Protection Paladin in WoW Forever?
Level as Retribution Paladin, then respec to Protection at 60. Few players level as Protection, so we give the leveling routes on those pages: one talent point a level from 10, with no respec on the way.
How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?
51 at level 60, one per level from level 10, as in Classic. The Legacy perk Talented starts them at level 5 instead, which matters for alts while levelling.
Where does this talent data come from?
From the WoW Forever beta client's own talent tables (build 1.60.1.70338), not from Classic. Every tooltip on this page is rendered from the client's spell data, and we checked them against the numbers the beta's own tooltips show. The trees can still change before launch.
