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Hello everyone i'm currently leveling a paladin up and would like to level as prot. Only problem is im not sure where to put my talents. I looked online and found guides for pre patch but nothing new.

Any help would be great.

Also if you reccomend a different spec for leveling faster that would be helpful also. Thanks again.

You really can’t level that well as Prot until you get into your mid 30s. That’s when you get into AOE Tank/Grinding – which is a very efficient way to fight multiple mobs. (Remember Questing is still faster than grinding, But many quests require you to kill X mobs or collect Y drops… Doing it in 2 – 3 pulls of 5 mobs each is very helpful.)

Others will disagree, but here’s my opinion. Go Ret for 1 – 70. I leveled as Prot and it WAS a bit slower than Ret. Plus you CAN tank as ret until you get into Outlands. (Plus nearly every party you enter before Northrend will likely have at least 1 OP member.)

Ret does great damage, can tank Vanilla wow Easily, can tank TBC if you have a good group, and is just a great way to move through content.

Spec for +STR, +STA, and +Crit. (I don’t think you can find much +hit stuff early in the game.) Try to stick with plate, but if a piece of mail or leather REALLY boosts your stats, slap it on. You are a DPS – you shouldn’t be getting hit much anyway.

If you choose to AOE tank – Google it and follow the instructions. Start small – AOE grind 2 guys, then 3, then 4… Your limit should be where you can end a fight with >50% health and mana. Anything below that is getting risky and MAY cause excessive downtime through eating/Drinking.