Curated for Mythic+ tanking — Avenger's Shield on priority casters, Consecration maintained under each pack, and Lay on Hands held as a last-resort safety net on dangerous pulls. Reviewed 28 Jun 2026.
Recommended M+ build — Templar with Hammer of Light burst aligned to dangerous pack pulls. Consistent mitigation through Shield of the Righteous uptime with strong AoE threat from Consecration.
Optimised for high-key progression — swaps Solace and Vision of Sanctity for single-target burst damage on priority targets. Top pick for pushing +10 and above where dangerous casters need to die fast.
Beginner-friendly alternative — Lightsmith's simpler rotation with more group utility (Blessing of the Forge, Sacred Weapon) makes it ideal for players learning Protection Paladin or prioritising group support over personal damage.
Record your own talent build alongside your addons — it's included when you share your setup. Get a talent string from the Wowhead talent calculator or export directly from the in-game talent tree (press N → share icon). Paste the URL or the raw string — both work.
194.0M downloads
For Protection Paladin in M+, knowing when an ability lands or a cast completes lets you line up Ardent Defender or Divine Shield precisely rather than spending it reactively. LittleWigs is required for dungeon boss modules — install both.
95.9M downloads
For Protection Paladin, as a tank managing multiple mechanics simultaneously, the alarm gives an immediate signal to reposition even when your attention is on cooldown timing. Install knowing it's significantly more limited than pre-Midnight — it covers specific tracked boss mechanics only, not general ground effects.
345.4M downloads
For Prot Paladin, the damage-taken breakdown shows which abilities are bypassing active mitigation and need more deliberate Ardent Defender or Guardian of Ancient Kings coverage. In M+, your healer can see your Word of Glory self-sustain and redirect attention to the group when you're handling your own health.
9.5M downloads
Cast bars and debuff icons on enemy nameplates — lets you time Avenger's Shield for the cleanest interrupt before the cast fires, choosing between it and Hammer of Justice rather than reacting after. Also helps with Consecration positioning by showing where multiple enemies are casting simultaneously.
743.8K downloads
Tanks are frequently targeted by mechanics that require a specific response — a magical hit where Blessing of Spellwarding outperforms Divine Shield, a bleed where Ardent Defender's cheat death is better held in reserve. TargetedSpells fires a visual and audio alert the moment a dangerous ability starts casting at you specifically, so you're choosing the right defensive for the hit rather than reacting after it lands.
33.4M downloads
Tracks group cooldowns from the combat log — for Prot Paladin, most valuable for knowing when Blessing of Protection and Blessing of Sacrifice are available and when healer externals like Pain Suppression or Ironbark are already deployed. Critical for knowing whether Ardent Defender is your only safety net or a healer CD is already on its way.
938.2K downloads
Configurable timers for your major cooldowns on screen. Lets you prioritise Ardent Defender at the top with an audio cue — the one most often forgotten mid-rotation — with Divine Shield lower as a caution since using it drops threat, and offensive CDs grouped separately so they don't compete for attention during damage spikes.
2.4M downloads
Renders Holy Power and Mana as solid horizontal bars — Holy Power with a threshold highlight at 3 (the SotR minimum) and Mana scaled to show when you have enough for a Word of Glory emergency heal. Fully resizable to fit alongside your existing tank frames.
1.3M downloads
Scrolling timeline of your recent cast history with GCD gaps visible. For Prot Paladin, exposes the two silent losses — Holy Power overcapping (generating past 5 with spenders available, wasting a GCD) and Shield of the Righteous dropping off (gaps between SotR casts where incoming hits land without mitigation) — both invisible in Details! spell breakdowns.
6.1M downloads
BetterBlizzFrames improves the default Blizzard frames without replacing them. For Protection Paladin it clarifies the Holy Power display, adds a castbar to your target frame so you see what the boss is casting at a glance, and tints your health bar with class color.
22.2M downloads
Dominos gives you full control over action bar layout — move, resize, and add extra bars. For Protection Paladin, a dedicated secondary bar for Ardent Defender, Divine Shield, and Guardian of Ancient Kings keeps your defensive toolkit visible at a consistent location on screen.
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Most of what ElvUI covers for Protection Paladin is better handled by BetterBlizzFrames (frames), Dominos (action bars), and Platynator (nameplates). Only install if you want a fully unified UI aesthetic and are prepared for the configuration overhead.
93.8M downloads
For Protection Paladin, plan pulls around Avenger's Shield proc timing and Holy Power generation — knowing where you want to use Ardent Defender versus where you can push hard. Share your route string with the group so everyone's prepared for each pull.
431.7M downloads
Adds a tooltip to every player showing their M+ score and raid progression. As a tank your score is often the most scrutinised — group members check it before your first pull and during the key if things go wrong, so a high score builds trust before you've said a word.
17.5M downloads
Shows your group's keystones, M+ ratings, and vault progress before you pull. As the tank, knowing your group's experience with a specific dungeon directly affects pull strategy — experienced groups get bigger pulls; learning groups need deliberate stops at dangerous caster packs.
19.3M downloads
Bind spells to mouse button and modifier combinations on any unit frame — right-click for Blessing of Protection, shift-click for Blessing of Sacrifice, alt-click for Lay on Hands, all without breaking your target or stopping your rotation. When a healer is about to die mid-pull, a one-click BoP is the difference between saving the pull and a wipe.
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Avenger's Shield interrupt macro, Blessing of Protection mouseover, Divine Shield cancel-aura
M+ stat priority, Haste vs Mastery by key level, avoidance vs stamina
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