Prot Pally Weapon ChoiceFollow

Hey guys! I went ahead and rolled a Prot. Pally last night and I was curious as to what weapon i should use. Obviously a sheild in off hand...so what in main hand? Or since weapon skills are gone now, is it just whatever weapon i stumble upon while leveling that is the best?

First thing, congrats on settling with a class. Paladin's are an enjoyable class to play.

To answer your question you will primarily just stick with whatever the quests award you with for the most part. Since you no longer have to train to learn each type of weapon skill you can just pick what is best and slowly upgrade as you go.

A side note, remember to use Crusader Strike every time it comes off cooldown to help build holy power. Once you get Hammer of Righteous you will have to decide which to use based on how many mobs are beating on ya since they share the same cooldown.

Anywho... good luck in your paladin adventure.

Slow weapons are usually better, but I think Blizzard removed +Strength (you always want +Strength) from fast weapons (except Outland and Northrend!).

You won't see a Fast +Strength weapon until you get to Outland (Level 58+) and some in Northrend (Level 68+) but when you get to Cataclysm, you'll see slow strength 1-handers again.

Don't let that fool you, in the end they want you to use a slow 1H weapon.

Other tips: As someone mentioned above, Humans and Dwarves get Expertise bonus with their favored weapons which will actually matter to you in some situations at Level 85 (especially if you are making a decision on whether to get the Unbreakable Guardian, or the crafted Axe which I forget the name of).

Basically, before you get to Northrend, just throw on whatever has the most Strength and Stamina. When you get a choice of what secondary stats you want, you'll be looking for Dodge/Parry and then Hit/Expertise and at the very last, Haste and Critical are things you tend to avoid if you have a choice.

Once you get Level 80, Mastery rules all AFAIK. Mastery first, then Dodge/Parry, then pick up Hit/Expertise when you can. Haste and Crit are about useless to a Prot Paladin. All of your gear should be Strength/Stamina, there's no use for anything with +Intellect except for maybe early-early levels when you trade 1 strength for 2 intellect and 3 stamina for example.

Edited, Jul 27th 2011 9:06pm by Lyrailis