AOE Protection Pally leveling Guide

[Shinyshoes]

Hey guys! I'm creating this guide to help some lower level paladins get through some of the toughest levels(most annoying more like it) in the game - 40-50. Getting through your 40's can be a pain, and pallies hit slow, and don't do amazing damage even with the best gear and a ret spec. This is a guide to a known but not well spread technique of pally protection Aoe Grinding.

Here it is!:

1. Spec: Spec yourself protection this is a sample protection spec that I will use, this may be modified but keep the "holy shield" talent and Reckoning these are one of the main compenents when it comes to AOE grinding. - *Da spec:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/paladin/talents.html?0000000000000000000005025123400001520010000000000000000000000000
This spec is for Level 40 - I chose these talents as they focus on pve defense, not pvp - it's to keep you alive while doing damage. Follow that pattern as you level 40-50

2. Gear: Get yourself geared in the best gear possible, if you can't afford boe's, run instances and grab the plate/mail +defense/dodge/block ect. and get a good shield. You want a fast, weapon as this will be key to hit often and proc more effects of your protection talent tree. Keep Intellect in mind also, you are going to use ALOT more mana than a paladin usually does - It will pay off though.

3. Playstyle: A protection pally that uses Aoe grinding basically follows this simple process: 1. Gather large lower(green) non-snaring, melee mobs. 2. (before) Buff with either Ret or Devotion aura, Imp Righteous Fury, and blessing of sanctuary or BoW 3. Seal either Seal of Wisdom or the Healing seal 4. Activate Holy Shield whenever possible. 5. Cast Consecration often as it adds to aoe. 6. Shield at needed times, heal. 7. Repeat the process.

4. Tips + Tricks: Here are some tips to make the process more clear
Scouting - Look for mobs green to you, make sure they aren't ranged or cast some type of spell to ensnare you. Remember these areas and keep them posted, make a round of groups, a large one so that when you get back to the 1st it has repopped - this speeds leveling extremely.

Recovery - After each group killed your mana/hp will be drained. Keep a healthy supply of water(food optional, heals ftw ). Also for a quick, easy semi recovery when out of water or if you prefer always - choose a low level mob, that can take some dmg, Low on mana: Cast Seal of Wisdom, judge it on the mob, cast it once more so that you get x2 the mana Low on health: same process - healing seal.

5. Uses and Benefits:

Use - This spec is for use for 40- mid 50's I would not suggest using this later in the 58's to 70.... it is too slow, too many people to gank you and mobs are harder. At 40-50 mobs are in large easy to find groups and can be killed easily with this combo.

Tank Much? - You are a tank now my friend! 2x the groups will become available as you are now a healer and tank! Yet another + to being prot during this segment. Leveling+loot = pwn

Double gear..maybe triple - As you group with people you can also take items that pertain to any spec, as you can say I'm prot but I need this Ret later or I need this for holy later as you won't get much negative flack for it! This helps future levels as you can build decent gear for each spec.

And much more.....

MAIN PURPOSE!:
A protection AOE grind style is this. You gather lower level mobs, green to you in game. You cast defensive spells and outlast 4-10 enemies at a time, 4-10 enemies in one "yellow" enemies time = ALOT MORE EXP alot more fast. This style can be tricky to master but you will get the handle on it i"m sure. The main idea is that you will be able to take multiple enemies at a time while not taking damage and have low down time. Make sure to get the right gear and in no time you will be sailing by. ON my protection pally each group (I was lvl 40) got me about 1/2 bar...amazing as that it took the time I would to kill one to two enemies as ret. I love this playstyle I hope you'll like it too.

Any questions/comments? Feel free to share. I'll add more stuff if asked. Sorry if it's a repost(I searched it). - Shiny

[reveng_]

Precision is much more helpful then righteous fury imp.

[$hOTty]

I do this all the time on my Pali, may I suggest a really good area to aoe grind - when your about 44/45/46, head down to those pirates in tanaris (make surre u have a weapon chain as they disarm from time to time) it's excellent to AoE grind. I have a priest friend and i can pull about 20 mobs at a time with him healing

[Hounro]

FIX colorS! (yes elite caps)

[Shinyshoes]

Thanks for the comments guys, and yes Sorry I forgot to fix the colors. Some look almost the same my bad. Tell me if you need anymore advice or tips ect. about retail wow, I have played a long...long time

[wingedwolf123]

i HIGHLY disagree with ur statement of its not meant for lvl 58-70 as it is too slow .... thats the biggest crop of shit i went from 58-67 in hellfire in 2 days just from rounding up 10-15 vultures near the temple before entering in to zangarmarsh and at around 800-1000xp per kill do the math hmmm 12kexp for a 30 min to hour or even longer quest or a total of 186k exp per hour from rounding birds up non stop that if u have ur protection tree spec'd proply and good gear can AoE them all down in 3 mins or so...... so truely learn ur pally specs shineyshoes before u make arrogant remarks

[Shinyshoes]

i HIGHLY disagree with ur statement of its not meant for lvl 58-70 as it is too slow .... thats the biggest crop of shit i went from 58-67 in hellfire in 2 days just from rounding up 10-15 vultures near the temple before entering in to zangarmarsh and at around 800-1000xp per kill do the math hmmm 12kexp for a 30 min to hour or even longer quest or a total of 186k exp per hour from rounding birds up non stop that if u have ur protection tree spec'd proply and good gear can AoE them all down in 3 mins or so...... so truely learn ur pally specs shineyshoes before u make arrogant remarks

WTF? I JUST PUT THIS AS MY POINT OF VIEW I HAD NO IDEA OK? GOOD FOR YOU!
Look, I made NO arrogant remarks. I mean to help people, I said you could make your own judgements, but don't accuse me of a false tone...did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something? I took this knowledge from higher level paladin friends that most said that they don't like prot at higher levels... seriously man calm down.

[haryon]

A list of spots would have been extremely usefull.

[rccali]

nice post would like to hear more about were to go while lvling or were u went to lvl and at what lvls but very nice post i would give you rep if i had any

[TehGoggles]

I suggest putting a shield spike on your shield, fel if you can afford. I did this on my pally and it helped a lot.

[Jaeden]

Precision is much more helpful then righteous fury imp.

6% damage reduction vs. 3% hit chance? Id rather have the damage reduction.

anyway, good guide ^^ +repness

[hainzey]

nice post

also WPL and EPL are really good places to grind at higher levels as of undead enemys