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Paladin – Protection tank

Endgame Split 14 / 37 / 0 (Holy / Protection / Retribution)

Redoubt, Anticipation, Reckoning and Holy Shield for block and threat, finishing with Shieldsworn; Holy points for Divine Strength and Improved Seals. Opinion build, not benchmarked. Values from the launch trees (Blizzard's Nov 2 notes).

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Talents in this build

Holy · 14

  • Spiritual Focus 1/5
  • Divine Strength 5/5
  • Healing Light 3/3
  • Improved Seals 5/5

Protection · 37

  • Redoubt 5/5
  • Precision 3/3
  • Guardian's Favor 2/2
  • Shield Specialization 2/2
  • Toughness 5/5
  • Improved Righteous Fury 3/3
  • Anticipation 5/5
  • Stoicism 2/2
  • Holy Shield 1/1
  • Reckoning 5/5
  • Iron Creed 3/3
  • Shieldsworn 1/1

Leveling order

One talent point per level from 10 to 60. Follow it top to bottom.

LevelTalentTree
10Redoubt 1/5Protection
11Redoubt 2/5Protection
12Redoubt 3/5Protection
13Redoubt 4/5Protection
14Redoubt 5/5Protection
15Precision 1/3Protection
16Precision 2/3Protection
17Precision 3/3Protection
18Guardian's Favor 1/2Protection
19Guardian's Favor 2/2Protection
20Shield Specialization 1/2Protection
21Shield Specialization 2/2Protection
22Toughness 1/5Protection
23Toughness 2/5Protection
24Toughness 3/5Protection
25Toughness 4/5Protection
26Toughness 5/5Protection
27Improved Righteous Fury 1/3Protection
28Improved Righteous Fury 2/3Protection
29Improved Righteous Fury 3/3Protection
30Anticipation 1/5Protection
31Anticipation 2/5Protection
32Anticipation 3/5Protection
33Anticipation 4/5Protection
34Anticipation 5/5Protection
35Holy Shield 1/1Protection
36Reckoning 1/5Protection
37Reckoning 2/5Protection
38Reckoning 3/5Protection
39Reckoning 4/5Protection
40Reckoning 5/5Protection
41Stoicism 1/2Protection
42Stoicism 2/2Protection
43Iron Creed 1/3Protection
44Iron Creed 2/3Protection
45Iron Creed 3/3Protection
46Shieldsworn 1/1Protection
47Divine Strength 1/5Holy
48Divine Strength 2/5Holy
49Divine Strength 3/5Holy
50Divine Strength 4/5Holy
51Divine Strength 5/5Holy
52Improved Seals 1/5Holy
53Improved Seals 2/5Holy
54Improved Seals 3/5Holy
55Improved Seals 4/5Holy
56Improved Seals 5/5Holy
57Healing Light 1/3Holy
58Healing Light 2/3Holy
59Healing Light 3/3Holy
60Spiritual Focus 1/5Holy

Other Paladin builds: Retribution leveling · Holy healer · Shockadin (Holy/Retribution)

This is a starter build – our pick, not the only good one. Change anything in the calculator and share your own link.