Starting Down The Road To Main Tank

Tankadins are a part of the solid backbone of any raid.

Wicked AOE tanking, wicked buffs, and a well-timed Divine Intervention to save the entire raid from running back are marks of a well-geared Protection Paladin.

Just coming up to 80, however, you won't be well-geared enough to be truly awesome, but with a bit of focused efforts you can be there in no time!

Do you know what type of gear you're aiming for, and how to tell "paladin tanking gear" from "warrior tanking gear" or "death knight tanking gear"?

If not, do you want to waste the time looking up where to find it all? Or do you just want to PLAY?

I know my own answer - I developed this gearing guide in advance so I wouldn't have to waste time I could be spending in a more fun manner once I got to 80.

And I'm happy to share this guide and all of its knowledge with you, so you, too, can play instead of spending time waiting for slow, graphic-laden websites to load up.

About This Pre-Naxx Gearing List

This document was written by WoWGrrl of http://WoWGrrl.com based on her own play experiences and online research.

This document is designed to help Protection Paladins get into Heroics and Entry-Level Raids with a solid starting gear set.

The topics of this document include:

• Starting Point (Tankadin Leveling and Raiding Build)
• Gearing Prior to First 10 man Naxxramas Raid
  • Level 68-79, 5-man instances

  • The Violet Hold
  • Halls of Stone
  • Gundrak
  • The Caverns Of Time: Culling of Stratholme
  • Utgarde Pinnacle
  • Halls of Lightning
  • The Oculus
• Level 80 5-man Heroic instances
  • The Nexus
  • Ahn'Kahet: The Old Kingdom
  • Drak'Theron Keep
  • The Violet Hold
  • Gundrak
  • The Culling of Stratholme
  • Utgarde Pinnacle
  • Halls of Lightning
• Non-Dungeon Sources of Pre-Naxx Paladin Gear
  • Quest Rewards
  • Reputation Rewards
  • Crafted Items and BoEs
  • Heroic Badge Reward

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Level 80 Protection Pally Pre-Raid Gearing List

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