WoW Forever Protection Paladin Leveling Build & Talents
Protection Paladin leveling talents: 0/32/19 in Holy / Protection / Retribution, from Wowhead (updated 2026-11-04) and checked against the live talent trees on . Click talents to make it your own.
Load a ready-made build
Based on Maxroll, Wowhead, Wowhead leveling guides, checked against the trees on this page.
This source's level order isn't loaded here, so only the finished build is shown. The source guide has the order.
- Build
- 0 / 32 / 19
- Points left
- 0
- Required level
- 60
Protection Paladin leveling talents
0/32/19 by tree, each talent at the rank this build takes. Source: Wowhead, updated .
Protection
Redoubt5/5
Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 30%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.
Precision3/3
Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
Guardian's Favor2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.
Sacred Duty2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec, and reduces the duration of Forbearance by 10 sec.
Templar's Bulwark1/1
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.
Shield Specialization2/2
Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%, and gives your blocks a 100% chance to restore 4% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec.
Toughness3/5
Increases your armor value from items by 6%.
Swift Judgement1/1
Unleash the energy of a Seal spell upon an enemy. Does not consume the Seal. Refer to individual Seals for Judgement effect. Does not share a cooldown with your Judgement ability.
Improved Righteous Fury3/3
While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 9%.
Holy Shield1/1
Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 75 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.
Reckoning5/5
Gives you a 40% chance after Blocking and a 100% chance after receiving a non-periodic critical strike to gain an extra attack. Stores up to 4 extra attacks. Cannot occur from Blocks more than once every 1.5 sec.
Iron Creed3/3
Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 30%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 6% for 6 sec.
Shieldsworn1/1
Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 sec. Additionally, Holy Strike now strikes with your shield, triggering your active Holy Shield and Shield Specialization talents without consuming their charges or triggering their cooldowns, and allowing you to Block spells for 6 sec.
Retribution
Benediction5/5
Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%.
Improved Judgement2/2
Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 2 sec.
Conviction3/3
Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 6%.
Sanctified Judgement3/3
Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
Vindication3/3
Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by (3 /- 3 * 6) for 30 sec.
Pursuit of Justice2/2
Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
Sacred Arbiter1/1
Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
Protection Paladin leveling (Maxroll) talents
7/31/13 by tree, each talent at the rank this build takes. Source: Maxroll, updated .
Holy
Divine Strength5/5
Increases your Strength by 10%.
Reverence2/2
Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Protection
Divine Intellect5/5
Increases your total Intellect by 10%.
Redoubt5/5
Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 30%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.
Guardian's Favor2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.
Sacred Duty2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec, and reduces the duration of Forbearance by 10 sec.
Templar's Bulwark1/1
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.
Shield Specialization2/2
Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%, and gives your blocks a 100% chance to restore 4% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec.
Swift Judgement1/1
Unleash the energy of a Seal spell upon an enemy. Does not consume the Seal. Refer to individual Seals for Judgement effect. Does not share a cooldown with your Judgement ability.
Improved Righteous Fury3/3
While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 9%.
Holy Shield1/1
Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 75 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.
Reckoning5/5
Gives you a 40% chance after Blocking and a 100% chance after receiving a non-periodic critical strike to gain an extra attack. Stores up to 4 extra attacks. Cannot occur from Blocks more than once every 1.5 sec.
Iron Creed3/3
Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 30%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 6% for 6 sec.
Shieldsworn1/1
Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 sec. Additionally, Holy Strike now strikes with your shield, triggering your active Holy Shield and Shield Specialization talents without consuming their charges or triggering their cooldowns, and allowing you to Block spells for 6 sec.
Retribution
Deflection5/5
Increases your Parry chance by 5%.
Benediction3/5
Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 6%.
Conviction3/3
Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 6%.
Pursuit of Justice2/2
Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
Talent order by level
- 10 Redoubt
- 11 Redoubt
- 12 Redoubt
- 13 Redoubt
- 14 Redoubt
- 15 Sacred Duty
- 16 Sacred Duty
- 17 Guardian's Favor
- 18 Guardian's Favor
- 19 Divine Intellect
- 20 Shield Specialization
- 21 Shield Specialization
- 22 Templar's Bulwark
- 23 Divine Intellect
- 24 Divine Intellect
- 25 Swift Judgement
- 26 Improved Righteous Fury
- 27 Improved Righteous Fury
- 28 Improved Righteous Fury
- 29 Divine Intellect
- 30 Holy Shield
- 31 Reckoning
- 32 Reckoning
- 33 Reckoning
- 34 Reckoning
- 35 Iron Creed
- 36 Iron Creed
- 37 Iron Creed
- 38 Reckoning
- 39 Divine Intellect
- 40 Shieldsworn
- 41 Deflection
- 42 Deflection
- 43 Deflection
- 44 Deflection
- 45 Deflection
- 46 Conviction
- 47 Conviction
- 48 Conviction
- 49 Benediction
- 50 Benediction
- 51 Pursuit of Justice
- 52 Pursuit of Justice
- 53 Divine Strength
- 54 Divine Strength
- 55 Divine Strength
- 56 Divine Strength
- 57 Divine Strength
- 58 Reverence
- 59 Reverence
- 60 Benediction
More Paladin builds
Buy WoW Forever gold
Respecs, your mount and the skills you train every level all cost gold. Timesaver.gg sells WoW Forever gold for US and EU: pick any amount up to 900 gold, choose face-to-face trade or in-game mail, and a trader delivers to your character, usually within a day. See the live price per 100 gold on the WoW Forever gold page.
Questions players ask
- What is the best Protection Paladin leveling build in WoW Forever?
- Protection leveling (0/32/19 in Holy / Protection / Retribution, from Wowhead, updated 2026-11-04); Protection leveling (Maxroll) (7/31/13 in Holy / Protection / Retribution, from Maxroll, updated 2026-11-04). It is checked against the launch talent trees and loads into the calculator on this page.
- How many talent points does a Paladin have at level 60 in WoW Forever?
- One point per level from 10, so 51 points at level 60. This build spends 51.
- Can I respec my Paladin in WoW Forever?
- Yes. A class trainer in any major city resets your talents, Legacy talents included, and Dual Specialization unlocks at level 40 so you can keep a second build.
Want all 51 points sooner?
Timesaver.gg WoW Forever powerleveling gets your character from 1 to 60 without the grind.