Guía Paladín Protección

Shield of Righteousness.

[TD]Paladins have no spell-hit increase whatsoever.

Almost impossible to get taunt hit capped without this glyph. Must take.[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Divine Plea[/TD]

[TD]Flat 3% damage reduction. Great.[/TD]

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[TD]Glyph of Seal of Vengeance[/TD]

[TD]Great threat increase. This glyph with Combat Expertise puts you on 16 expertise alone[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Salvtation[/TD]

[TD]20% damage reduction for 10 Seconds. Great for main-tank&off-tank, whether self casted or on dps&healer[/TD]

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[TD]Glyph of Judgement[/TD]

[TD]Simple threat increase. Average glpyh[/TD]

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[TD]Glyph of Consecration[/TD]

[TD]Better AoE threat. Not that great either[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Minor Glyph[/TD]

[TD]Information[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Glyph of Lay on Hands[/TD]

[TD]Cooldown reduction so you can use it more often[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Glyph of Sense Undead[/TD]

[TD]1% more damage in ICC[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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=> In conclusion: You basically have only 1 glyph spot free to swap around since Glyph of Divine Plea and Glyph of Righteous Defense are a must take. The most common 3rd glyph is Glyph of Seal of Vengeance for an easy expertise cap, if you manage to reach expertise soft cap without the glpyh though, you should go for Glyph of Salvtation as extra defensive.[/TD]

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Gear & Gear comparison [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Sanctified Lightsworn Faceguard[/TD]

[TD]Broken Ram Skull Helm[/TD]

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[TD]Essential item. if you dont have expertise cap you should choose Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates and

Broken Ram Skull Helm. Required to get your T10 Protection 4P Bonus[/TD]

[TD]Use this if you are using Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates or you have expertise cap already and miss alot of hit. E.g. when using Pillars of Might.[/TD]

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[TD]Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderguards[/TD]

[TD]Boneguard Commander's Pauldrons[/TD]

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[TD]Standard goto item to achieve your T10 Protection 4P Bonus.[/TD]

[TD]I have seen & been using this item alot when i didnt use T10 Protection 4P Bonus.[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50718]Royal Crimson Cloak[/TD]

[TD]Sentinel's Winter Cloak[/TD]

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[TD]This is a rather close decision and comes down to the fact if you need hit or not. When using only one hit offset like Legguards of Lost Hope or Broken Ram Skull Helm you should get it to reach your 8% hit rating.[/TD]

[TD]Use this when you are hit capped or hare have major armor deficits. On an almost BIS setup the bonus armor marginal because of heavy armor diminishing returns. Both cloaks give rather few stats over, so it really depends on your hit rating and armor which one you choose.[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51901]...e Spit Bracers[/TD]

[TD]Bracers of Dark Reckoning[/TD]

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[TD]This decision comes down to the rest of your setup and your armor value.[/TD]

[TD]Generally weaker than https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51901]...e Spit Bracers since most of your other gear pieces put your avoidance on a good level already. Still not too bad.[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50691]...f Broken Bones[/TD]

[TD]Verdigris Chain Belt[/TD]

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[TD]Again generally weaker than the EoF Waist due to already decently good Avoidance values.[/TD]

[TD]Solid all around Waist. Nice stat distribution. Easy to get.[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50612]...d of Lost Hope[/TD]

[TD]Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates[/TD]

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[TD]Essential for the classic 4/5 Offset. Gives alot of stats & hit.[/TD]

[TD]Use this if you need expertise. Gives a total of 13.8 expertise which in combination with talents sets you on 20 expertise alone.[/TD]

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[TD]Pillars of Might[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Really solid item on lower gear. More or less good on BIS because it forces you to skip T10 Protection 4P Bonus in order to get hit cap.[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50622]...ally Cold Ring[/TD]

[TD]Signified Ring of Binding[/TD]

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[TD]Simply best in slot ring out there. Must choose.[/TD]

[TD]Insane Armor but loosing quite alot of other stats for it. Cheap alternative would be the Loop. Additional the resistances are a nice touch but cause rather maginal damage reduction.[/TD]

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[TD]Juggernaut Band[/TD]

[TD]Ashen[/TD]

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[TD]Strong stamina & strenght stats. Use this if you are good on armor and hit[/TD]

[TD]Easy to get. Main reason to get this would be the hit rating. The armor proc is rather average.[/TD]

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[TD]Sindragosa's Flawless Fang[/TD]

[TD]Satrina[/TD]

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[TD]This Trinket is just broken OP. 2580 hp from stamina and an on use effect that gives 268 Resistance to all Spell dmg classes for 10 seconds.

In combination with Signified Ring of Binding you can have about 300 Resistance for 10 Seconds.

Reading up on Wotlk Resistances will give some more insight. 300 Resistance will give about 35% Spelldamage reduction vs level 83 bosses, while being the optimal number the propability of partial resists. Source[/TD]

[TD]Really nice trinket. Great flat stamina and an additional effect that gives bonus health (This effect is not to be underestimated since the 5000 health can be way more valueble due to certain cooldowns aswell as physical&magical mitigation)

Easy Alternative:Corroded Skeleton Key is almost the same stamina value, but the effect is just a flat 6.4k Absorb[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Petrified Twilight Scale[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]This one is a tricky one. A lot of tanks use it but just from looking at it, its not really appealing.

So i have decided to break it down compared to a stamina trinket.

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Note: Exemplary Calculations are done with my tanks in-combat armor value meaning proc's+armor potion

versus an average Lich King 25hc melee hit. My armor was 42506.

PTS vs Skeletton Key

Without PTS:

100/((467.5*83-22167.5)/42506+1)=71.87% Physical Damage reduction vs Lich King

134100 × -71.87 / 100 = -96377.67

134100 + -96377.67 = 37722.33

LK 25hc hit = 37720

With PTS:

100/ ((467.5*83-22167.5)/44100+1)=72.61% physical damage reduction vs Lich King

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LK 25hc hit = 36730

PTS reduces Lich king hits by 1010 Damage

->

Trinket Active Comparison:

PTS: Dodge rating: 828/45.25=32.15%

Total Dodge before DR=1.72%+4.65%+32.15%=38.52%

38.52*88.129021/(38.52+0.9560*88.129021)=27.65%

27.65%+5%+3.49430%=36.14% Dodge After DR

-> PTS proc gives 10.59% Dodge for 10 Sec after dodge-diminishing return

37720*(1-0.1059)=33725 // 37720-33725=3995

-> When PTS proc's it mitigates on average 3995 damage over 10 seconds. (45 sec cd)

Main issue is the requirement to proc the trinket with is rather uncommon.

=> In conclusion: After tanking with this trinket for a long time i start to dislike it more and more. After doing the calcutation ahead it was clear that for the one part the armor on the trinket isn't doing much at bis gear level and for the other part the proc does mitigate a decent amount of damage, the problem is that dropping below 35% rarely happens and is just a bad requirement which makes the proc worse. Personally i have decided to not use this trinket anymore, im currently playing with double stamina trinkets.[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Unidentifiable Organ[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Same problem as PTs regarding the armor but with a better effect. Effect discussion soon.[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50737]...ordaeron Kings[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Used to be a highly valued Weapon, but it has its flaws and i generally think there are better options.

Slow swing and offensive stats are nice but they dont really matter anymore. Eversince they fixed the soft expertise its crutial you get your caps and not waste stats like this weapon does.[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2][/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Bloodvenom Blade[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]The better version of Havocs. Marginal less weapon damage but way better stats with the hit rating it gives you aswell as 3 bonus expertise as human[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Mithrios[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Fast weapon (discussion about Fast versus Slow following below). A few avoidance stats on it but nothing too interesting.

The main reason to pick this up is expertise. You get 5.1 expertise aswell as 3 from being human ( 5 as dwarf) which is a huge deal eversince the expertise fixes.[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Last Word[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Underrated weapon. 340 healing Spellpower for healers and 115 strength.

The procs uptime is 100% so you get alot more strength than Mithrios gives you, but instead of putting a defensive bonus into your hands, it gives the bonus into healer hands.[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2][/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Slow Weapon vs. Fast Weapon

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50737]...ordaeron Kings vs. Mithrios[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Those two weapons are part of a very long discussion that doesnt seem to end.

First there are a few things you have to take into consideration:

Mithrios average weapon damage is lower compared to Havoc (423.5 // 688)
Mithrios swingtimer is 1.6 while Havoc's is 2.6 or 2.55 with the haste rating on the weapon itself( with Icy talons it is 1.33 and 2.13)
Mithrios gives more strength, but less crit

With these facts you can draw the following conclusions:

Mithrios swing is 60.1% faster than Havoc
Havoc melee 64.7% stronger
Havoc Seal of Vengeance 62.8% stronger

=> This means that Havoc does 4.6% more melee damage and 2.7% more Seal of Vengeance damage

At this point we have to discuss Seal of Vengeance a bit more.

With each melee hit you apply 1 debuff stack of Seal of Vengeance aswell as Hammer of the Righteous applying one additional stack. At 5 debuff stacks you "unlock" the 2nd part of the Spell which is bonus holy damage with each melee hit. Unlike the Seal of Vengeance DoT the bonus damage from melee hits scales with weapon damage. De facto: Mithrios should apply Seal of Vengeance debuff stacks faster but does less damage compared to Havoc's when meleeing with 5 stacks, but Havoc takes longer to reach 5 debuff stacks. But to be exact lets see the time each weapon needs to get 5 stacks of SoV.

Mithrios:

1 HotR + 4 Melees = 5.32 seconds for full stacks

Havoc:

1 HotR + 3 Melees = 6.39 seconds for 4 stacks

but since HotR cooldown is 6 seconds you can reuse the spell, meaning depending on your gcd in a best case/worst case scenario you can use HotR

between second 6.01 and 7.50 to get your 5th stack (avrg.would be 6.94 seconds)

=> In conclusion Mithrios reaches 5 debuff stacks on average 1.64 seconds faster but does almost 3% less damage.

Additionally: The cleave effect of Hammer of the Righteous can be ignored, since both weapons apply the debuff stacks in the same ammount of time due to 6 seconds HotR cooldown restriction, but also since the bonus melee hit damage unlocked at 5 debuff stacks only counts for your main target and doesnt apply on with HotR cleaved targets.

When it comes to Hammer of the Righteous damage done, both weapons actually deal almost the same damage due to the fact that you give up strength for haste and crit on Havoc's. Havoc's still has the advantage since you technically dont do more raw damage, but you increase your crit chance which means you are more likely to crit Hammer of the Righteous with Havoc's while the actual damage remains the same.

You should always go with either Mithrios or Bloodvenom Blade. The only difference really relevant difference here is the hit compared to expertise and the fact that Mithrios give you alot of aggro rather fast but Bloodvenom outaggros in the long run. Choose the weapon depended on the stats you need from it.

Additionally you can switch to Last Word or Crusaders in later stages of an encounter to get more defensive stats since aggro wont matter anymore. Will cost you 1 GCD.

My opinion is the following:

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[TD=colspan: 2]Maintank[/TD]

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[TD]Offtank[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Boss[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Bloodvenom/ Mithrios[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Last Word/Crusader’s Glory[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Boss[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8]Bloodvenom/Mithrios[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Last Word/Crusader’s Glory[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Marrowgar[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]after wings[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Marrowgar[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]after wings[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Lady Deathwhisper[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Lady Deathwhisper[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Gunship[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Gunship[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Deathbringer Saurfang[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]after wings[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Deathbringer Saurfang[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Rotface[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]after wings[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Rotface[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Festergut[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]after wings fall off[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Festergut[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Professor Putricide[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]after wings fall off[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Professor Putricide[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6][/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Bloodprince Council[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 6]Bloodprince Council[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Bloodqueen[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]after wings fall off[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Bloodqueen[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Valithria Dreamwalker[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Valithria Dreamwalker[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Sindragosa[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]in phase 3[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Sindragosa[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Lich King[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]in Phase 1 and

transitions[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]In Phase 2 and 3[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Lich King[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8]transitions[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]In Phase1, Phase 2 and 3[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 5]Halion[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]Halion[/TD]

[TD=colspan: 8][/TD]

[TD=colspan: 6]X[/TD]

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[TD]Libram of Valiance[/TD]

[TD]Libram of the Sacred Shield[/TD]

[TD]Libram of the Eternal Tower[/TD]

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[TD]One of the best choices. almost 100% uptime,

200 str from the first second of the fight as well as 100 block value[/TD]

[TD]Great defensive Libram. 450 block value with 100% uptime. Extraordinary good in solo-tank scenarios.[/TD]

[TD]Rather situational. The fact that you need 18sec. to gain full stacks is horrible. 219 Dodge Rating (4.8% Dodgre pre-DR

isnt that great either.[/TD]

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Enchants [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Slot[/TD]

[TD]Enchant[/TD]

[TD]Alternative[/TD]

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[TD]Head[/TD]

[TD]Mind Ampli[/TD]

[TD]Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector or

Northend Faction Enchants like this Arcanum of the Frosty Soul[/TD]

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[TD]Shoulder[/TD]

[TD]Greater Inscription of the Gladiator[/TD]

[TD]Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle is pretty bad but your only alternative

since Fortitude of tge Scourgeis no longer obtainable[/TD]

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[TD]Cloak[/TD]

[TD]Scroll of Enchant Cloak - Mighty Armor[/TD]

[TD]Scroll of Enchant Cloak - Titanweave is not that great but okay on lower gear[/TD]

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[TD]Chest[/TD]

[TD]Scroll of Enchant Chest - Super Health[/TD]

[TD]Scroll of Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats is a more offensive option[/TD]

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[TD]Wrist[/TD]

[TD]Scroll of Enchant Bracer - Major Stamina[/TD]

[TD]-[/TD]

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[TD]Hands[/TD]

[TD]Reticulated Armor Webbing[/TD]

[TD]Glove Reinforcements or

Heavy Borean Armor Kit[/TD]

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[TD]Waist[/TD]

[TD]Eternal Belt Buckle[/TD]

[TD]-[/TD]

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[TD]Legs[/TD]

[TD]Frosthide Leg Armor[/TD]

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[TD]Feet[/TD]

[TD]Nitro Boosts[/TD]

[TD]Scroll of Enchant Boots - Greater Fortitude if you use Pursuit of Justice

and Scroll of Enchant Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality if you don't[/TD]

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[TD]Weapon[/TD]

[TD]Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mongoose (for 2.6 swing weapons)[/TD]

[TD]Blood Drain (for fast weapons)

Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Blade Ward is just bad.[/TD]

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[TD]Shield[/TD]

[TD]Titanium Plating[/TD]

[TD]Scroll of Enchant Shield - Major Stamina is good too[/TD]

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[TD]Meta Socket[/TD]

[TD]Information[/TD]

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[TD]Austere Earthsiege Diamond[/TD]

[TD]2% more armor value is just OP.[/TD]

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[TD]Blue Socket[/TD]

[TD]Information[/TD]

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[TD]Solid Majestic Zircon[/TD]

[TD]Flat 300 hp, unquestionable.[/TD]

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[TD]Red Socket[/TD]

[TD]Information[/TD]

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[TD]Guardian's Dreadstone[/TD]

[TD]One of these gems is equal to 1.3 expertise. Use these

if you can skip an additional expertise item

and need a bit more expertise(use max 4-5 of these).[/TD]

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[TD]Shifting Dreadstone[/TD]

[TD]10 agility gives 20 armor and 0.56% crit.

Only use these to get +9 Socket Boni, otherwise

go back to Solid Majestic Zircon[/TD]

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[TD]Sovereign Dreadstone[/TD]

[TD]10 strength gives 20 attack power and 5 block value. This is another option for Shifting Dreadstone

Only use these to get +9 Socket Boni, otherwise

go back to Solid Majestic Zircon[/TD]

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[TD]Yellow Socket[/TD]

[TD]Information[/TD]

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[TD]Vivid Eye of Zul[/TD]

[TD]Use these to comeplete hit caps. E.g. when using https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50718]Royal Crimson Cloak,https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50612]...d of Lost Hope and

Bloodvenom Blade you will miss 13 hit rating to reach the cap of 263,

in such a case you can use 1 or 2 of this gems. Never use more than 3.

If hit capped use Solid Majestic Zircon no matter the Socket bonus[/TD]

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[TD]Alliance[/TD]

[TD]Boni[/TD]

[TD]Horde[/TD]

[TD]Boni[/TD]

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[TD]Human[/TD]

[TD]Sword Specialization: 3 expertise when wearing BvB

Mace Specialization: 3 expertise when wearing Mithrios or Last word

Every man for Himself: sometimes helpful in PvE[/TD]

[TD]Blood Elf[/TD]

[TD]Magic: Decent bonus, but RNG-factor makes it sub-optimal[/TD]

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[TD]Dwarf[/TD]

[TD]Stoneform: +10% armor for 8 seconds

Mace Specialization: 5 expertise when wearing Mithrios or Last word

Frost: Beneficial especially in ICC.[/TD]

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[TD]Draenei[/TD]

[TD]Heroic Presence: 1% more hit

Gift of the Naaru: Small self-heal

Shadow: Somewhat helpful for Bloodprince Keleseth and Halion inside tanking[/TD]

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[TD]Profession[/TD]

[TD]Boni[/TD]

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[TD]Engineering[/TD]

[TD]Reticulated Armor Webbing gives alot mitigation

Nitro Boosts is super good utility and can save lives[/TD]

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[TD]Jewelcrafting[/TD]

[TD]Solid Dragon's Eye

gives a total of 63 bonus stamina[/TD]

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[TD]Blacksmithing[/TD]

[TD]Socket Bracer

and Socket Gloves

gives a total of 60 bonus stamina[/TD]

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[TD]Mining[/TD]

[TD]Toughness

gives a total of 60 bonus stamina[/TD]

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[TD]Enchanting[/TD]

[TD]Enchant Ring - Stamina

gives a total of 60 bonus stamina[/TD]

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[TD]Leatherworking[/TD]

[TD]Stam

gives a total of 62 bonus stamina or 70 Resistance for Magic Damage heavy encounters like Halion and Sindragosa[/TD]

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[TD]Alchemy[/TD]

[TD]Resist

gives 90 Resistance against heavy spell damage encounters[/TD]

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Best profession combination is Engineering with any of the stamina giving profession.[/TD]

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[TD]Flask[/TD]

[TD]Information[/TD]

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[TD]Flask of Stoneblood[/TD]

[TD]Simply best flask there is. Elixir of Protection and Elixir of Accuracy or

Elixir of Expertise is a second option but in my opinion not as powerfull as the Stoneblood Flask[/TD]

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[TD]Potion[/TD]

[TD]Information[/TD]

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[TD]Indestructible Potion[/TD]

[TD]Super strong potion. Make sure to pre-pot this so you can use 2 per fight[/TD]

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[TD]Food[/TD]

[TD]Information[/TD]

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[TD]Fish Feast[/TD]

[TD]Classic[/TD]

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[TD]Blackened Dragonfin[/TD]

[TD]40 agility giving 80 armor and some crit and dodge[/TD]

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[TD]Rhinolicious Wormsteak

Snapper Extreme[/TD]

[TD]use either of these to boost your hit / expertise rating[/TD]

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[TD]Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops[/TD]

[TD]Questchain reward. This is very expensive but stacks with common bufffood.

Note: It’s not a bug, it stacked with food even on retail[/TD]

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Mitigation vs Avoidance vs Stamina [TABLE=align: center, border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Mitigation is flat percentage damage reduction

A 100k hit with 50% Mitigation will hit for 50k, every time

Avoidance is a percentage to possible full damage reduction

A 100k hit with 50% Avoidance will sometimes hit for 100k and sometimes for 0, but in a theoretical endless fight the average damage taken will be 50k

Stamina reduces total damage taken by a percentage

A 100k hit against a 200k target will do 50% of the target health as Damage, but a hit against a 1 million target will only do 10% of the targets health as Damage

With this demonstration one can see that Mitigation is certainly the strongest of the 3 possible defensive stats.

Avoidance is, when it comes down to bottom line damage taken, not worse, but from a healer perspective its easier to heal a player with Mitigation than avoidance simply because of the computability of incoming damage.

And Stamina look like a bad and hard to heal stat, since it technically doesn't reduce damage taken.

Before we draw a early conclusion you have to take diminishing returns of mitigation and avoidance into consideration. DR basically prevents you from going only one defensive stat like armor or dodge by giving you less the more you have. This and the fact that stamina is not diminished in any way makes stamina a viable defensive stat.

Therefore, in my opinion the best way to itemize is getting a healthy balance between all 3 stats. And yes, mitigation is technically still superior to the other stats, even with diminishing return, but only in a perfect world. Having a wider spectrum of defensive gives more options in the bigger picture. In uncommon situations, like soul reaper without defensives left, a dead heal pala or anything not standard, those stats are your life saver (and argent defender ofc). Mitigation makes you take less damage, but it requires constant healer attention and relentless healing, while avoidance and stamina gives some buffer.[/TD]

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4 piece T10 vs 2 piece T10 [TABLE=align: center, border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]T10 Protection 4P Bonus

Average damage reduction in a theoretical enviroment with my paladin's stats:

37720*(1-0.12)=33193 // 37720-33193=4527

Divine Plea reduced a Lich King 25hc melee hit by an average of 4527 dmg for 12 Seconds.

To set this into relation, T10 Protection 4P Bonus is a better version of Petrified Twilight Scale active proc. More damage reduction, 2 seconds longer duration, activate-able ability not required to drop below 35% Hp.

Additionally having another activate-able defensive is an exceptional benefit on e.g soul reaper.

So lets see what benefits come from skippingT10 Protection 4P Bonus:

First of all quick raw stat comparison [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD] [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Broken Ram Skull Helm and Boneguard Commander's Pauldrons instead of

Sanctified Lightsworn Faceguard and Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderguards[/TD]

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[TD]

- 44 strength ( 88 attackpower&22 block value)
- 16 stamina from Stats
- 96 parry rating (1.79% parry pre-dr)
+26 dodge rating (0.66% dodge pre-dr)
+26 defense rating (5.3 defense)
+30 stamina from 1 extra Gem Socket
+85 hit rating

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While most of these defensive stat trading is rather irelevant, gaining 85 hit rating is the main factor to use those items.

85 hit rating is equivalent to 2 offsets with hit rating e.g. https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50718]Royal Crimson Cloak,Ashen Band of Endless Courage or Bloodvenom Blade. Replacing those hit-offsets with their more defensive orientated counterparts is the place where the benefits of skipping T10 Protection 4P Bonus are noticeable.

In conclusion, skipping T10 Protection 4P Bonus is a question of playstyle. Having T10 Protection 4P Bonus means a decent additional defensive cooldown while skipping the bonus means additional mitigation.

My pesonal opinion on this topic is equivalent to my opinion on the Mitigation vs Avoidance vs Stamina topic, meaning im not skipping T10 Protection 4P Bonus since i want to keep a healthy stat balance and i have a good mitigation value already.[/TD]

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Rotation & Spell usage [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]There are 2 different aggro rotations, often called the 868 rotation and a simple priority rotation.

The so called 868 rotation is a common maintank rotation used to genereate the most threat possible while being gcd efficent.

The 868 is a rotatory use of the paladins 8 second cooldown spells which are Holy Shield,

Consecration and Judgement of Wisdom,

aswell as his 6 second cooldown spells which are Hammer of the Righteous and

A full rotation would look like this

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HS > HotR > Consec > SoR >Judge > HotR > HS > SoR > Consec > HotR > Judge > SoR >

This Rotation is recommended for maintanking purposes since it is very efficient regarding threat. The problems that can occur are when movement aswell as other utility spell-usage is required, because using gcds for other spells outside the rotation will disrupt it and can cause problems if handled wrong.

In that case you intuitively switch into a priority rotation, which can be either a threat priority or survival priority.

Breaking out of your classic 868 into a threat priority rotation would occur in situations like target switches, where fast and high aggro is required.

De facto that would mean prioritizing HotR or SoR over HS or SS in order to maintain aggro.

Breaking out of your 868 into a survival priority happens quite regularly due e.g. to having established good threat already or the need to have a 100% uptime of HS or SS.

De facto this means, if you are good on threat and delayed on your 868 rotation due to moving or other spell usage, its often the best choice to skip a threat spell in order to maintain your defensive HS and SS up. [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Spell[/TD]

[TD]Usage[/TD]

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[TD]SS[/TD]

[TD]Should have a 100% Uptime. When using only 1 paladin tank, make sure the heal paladin uses his significantly stronger Sacred on the non paladin tank, when using 2 heal paladins, make sure you prioritize the healers more powerful shields.[/TD]

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[TD]HS[/TD]

[TD]Unless you are in a threat focused rotation, this should have a 100% uptime.[/TD]

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[TD]Sac[/TD]

[TD]As main tank not very usefull, dont use it while you are tanking a boss. Use it when somebody else tanks the boss or in combination with a cooldown like divine protection[/TD]

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[TD]Hand of Salvation[/TD]

[TD]When Glpyhed, save it to use it defensively on yourself.

When not glyphed use it on DPS with too high threat (Preferably DPS that cant reset aggro like warrior, feral).[/TD]

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Full Itemization [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Note: This are example setups to give ideas of how you could build your protection paladin, these setups below are ideas and opinions of myself and what i regard as more or less good tanking setups

My Current Setup

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Gives you everything you want. Expertise and hit cap. 4p Divine Plea and Glyph of Salvation.

Good armor value and high health pool combined with decent avoidance [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Item[/TD]

[TD]Gems[/TD]

[TD]Glyphs[/TD]

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Mind Ampli[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

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[TD]Bile-Encrusted[/TD]

[TD]Guardian's Dreadstone[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Divine Plea[/TD]

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[TD]Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderguards[/TD]

Greater Inscription of the Gladiator[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Salvtation[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51265]...orn Chestguard[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51901]...e Spit Bracers[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51267]...orn Handguards[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Verdigris Chain Belt[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=54579]...g Resurrection[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50622]...ally Cold Ring[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Ashen Band of Endless Courage[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TR]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Satrina[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Bloodvenom Blade[/TD]

Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mongoose[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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Signified Ring of Binding

[TD][/TD]

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Possible adjustments:

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[TD]Option 1[/TD]

[TD]Option 2[/TD]

[TD]Option 3[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50718]Royal Crimson Cloak[/TD]

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[TD]Mithrios[/TD]

[TD]Last Word[/TD]

[TD]Juggernaut Band

Loop[/TD]

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Mitigation Setup

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Common Armor Setup, with a hard commitment on Armor [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Item[/TD]

[TD]Gems[/TD]

[TD]Glyphs[/TD]

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Shifting Dreadstone[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

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[TD]Bile-Encrusted[/TD]

[TD]Shifting Dreadstone[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Divine Plea[/TD]

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[TD]Boneguard Commander's Pauldrons[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Seal of Vengeance[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51265]...orn Chestguard[/TD]

Shifting Dreadstone

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51901]...e Spit Bracers[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51267]...orn Handguards[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Verdigris Chain Belt[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Pillars of Might[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=54579]...g Resurrection[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50622]...ally Cold Ring[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Signified Ring of Binding[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TR]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Satrina[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Bloodvenom Blade[/TD]

Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mongoose[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD][/TD]

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Possible adjustments:

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[TD]1. Scenario[/TD]

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[TD]Unidentifiable Organ[/TD]

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Expertise Setup

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Will be an option when they fix expertise hard cap. [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Item[/TD]

[TD]Gems[/TD]

[TD]Glyphs[/TD]

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Guardian's Dreadstone[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

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[TD]Bile-Encrusted[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Divine Plea[/TD]

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[TD]Boneguard Commander's Pauldrons[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Seal of Vengeance[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50968]Cataclysmic[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51901]...e Spit Bracers[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51267]...orn Handguards[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]Verdigris Chain Belt[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50625]Grinning[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50622]...ally Cold Ring[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Signified Ring of Binding[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Satrina[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Mithrios[/TD]

Blood Drain[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD][/TD]

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Possible adjustments:

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[TD]1. Scenario[/TD]

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[TD]Unidentifiable Organ[/TD]

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My 0% Buff setup

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Cutting a bit back on smaller threat gain for more defenses. PTS since a 42k LK hit will most likely proc the active effect whenever its ready.

Swap to Mithrios or Last Word with Blood Draining after you build up decent threat for maximum survivability. [TABLE=border: 0, cellpadding: 0]

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[TD]Item[/TD]

[TD]Gems[/TD]

[TD]Glyphs[/TD]

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[TR]

Mind Ampli[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

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[TR]

[TD]Bile-Encrusted[/TD]

[TD]Guardian's Dreadstone[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Divine Plea[/TD]

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[TR]

[TD]Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderguards[/TD]

Greater Inscription of the Gladiator[/TD]

[TD]Glyph of Salvtation[/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51265]...orn Chestguard[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51901]...e Spit Bracers[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=51267]...orn Handguards[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TR]

[TD]Verdigris Chain Belt[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=54579]...g Resurrection[/TD]

https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=50622]...ally Cold Ring[/TD]

[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Signified Ring of Binding[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]https://wotlk.ultimowow.com/?item=40119]...ajestic Zircon

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Petrified Twilight Scale[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Libram of the Eternal Tower[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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[TD]Bloodvenom Blade[/TD]

Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mongoose[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

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