Paladin PvE Protection Tank Talent Tree Cataclysm 4.3.4 - Talent Guide

PvE Protection Tank Talent Tree Cataclysm 4.3.4 Talent Guide

PRIME GLYPHS  : 

• Shield of the Righteous  -  Increases the damage of Shield of the Righteous by 10%.
• Hammer of the Righteous  -   Increases the damage of both the physical and Holy components of Hammer of the Righteous by 10%.
• Seal of Truth  -  Your Seal of Truth and Seal of Righteousness also grant 10 expertise while active.

MAJOR GLYPHS  : 

• Glyph of Divine Protection  -  Removes the physical damage reduction of your Divine Protection, but increases the magical damage reduction by 20%.
• Glyph of Lay on Hands  -  Reduces the cooldown of your Lay on Hands spell by 3 min.
• Glyph of Holy Wrath   -  Your Holy Wrath now also stuns Elementals and Dragonkin.

MINOR GLYPHS :

• Glyph of Blessing of Kings  -  Reduces the mana cost of Blessing of Kings by 50%.
• Glyph of Blessing of Might  -  Reduces the mana cost of Blessing of Might by 50%.
• Glyph of Justice - Reduces the mana cost of Seal of Justice by 50%.

PRIORITY STATS :

HIT cap = 5% , EXPERTISE cap = 26 

Stamina > Strength > Mastery > Parry > Dodge

PROFESSIONS : 

Blacksmithing & Jewelcrafting

GEMS :

gems & enchants datasource credit : http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=227749

Meta : Austere Shadowspirit Diamond: +81 Stamina and 2% increased armor from items /

Eternal Shadowspirit Diamond:+81 Stamina and +1% shield block value (Requires 3 Blue gems)

Note: At 35% total avoidance and 50% block, the block meta and armor meta are roughly equal. At lower avoidance/block, the armor meta is up to 25% more effective than the block meta.

Single Stats:

Solid Ocean Sapphire: +60 Stamina (Counts as a Blue gem)

Fractured AMberjewel: +40 Mastery (Counts as a Yellow gem)

Combination with Stamina:

Puissant Dream Emerald: +20 Mastery Rating and +30 Stamina (Counts as a Yellow or Blue gem)

Defender's Demonseye: +20 Parry Rating and +30 Stamina (Counts as a Red or Blue gem)

Guardian's Demonseye:+20 Expertise Rating and +30 Stamina (Counts as a Red or Blue gem)

ENCHANTS :

• Head: Arcanum of the Earthen Ring (Currently unavailable due to bugged reputation quests. Use the PvP head enchant instead.)
• Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Unbreakable Quartz (Currently unavailable due to bugged reputation quests. Use the PvP shoulder enchant instead.)
• Back: Enchant Cloak - Protection
• Chest: Enchant Chest - Greater Stamina
• Wrist: Enchant Bracer - Dodge OR Enchant Bracer - Greater Expertise
• Hands: Enchant Gloves - Greater Mastery
• Finger: Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina (Enchanters Only)
• Legs: Drakehide Leg Armor
• Feet: Enchant Boots - Earthen Vitality (if you do not have Pursuit of Justice) OR Enchant Boots -Mastery
• Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Windwalk OR Enchant Weapon Mending (it's a cheaper alternative, if you don't have a good weapon yet)
• Shield: Enchant Shield Blocking

PVE TANK PROTECTION PALADIN BUILD :