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WotLK Beta Articles containing information regarding the Wrath of the Lich King Closed Beta.
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WotLK Tanking Seals: Preliminary Analysis

Posted 07/22/08 at 11:15 PM by Theras
Updated 07/26/08 at 4:57 AM by Theras
Wrath of the Lich King appears to be dramatically overhauling the way that our Seal and Judgement system functions, to better accommodate our new shared equipment with Warrior and Death Knight tanking specs. Of particular relevance to Protection Paladins are the changes to Seal of Righteousness and Vengeance.

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Seal (and Judgement) of Righteousness have been changed such that they scale not only with spell power, but with attack power as well. The currently...
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WotLK Protection Bloat: Causes and Solutions

Posted 07/21/08 at 3:04 PM by Theras
Updated 07/26/08 at 4:56 AM by Theras
My very first impression of the Protection Paladin in WotLK was that the talent tree was absurdly bloated. There are 87 points worth of raid tanking relevant talents (including requisite filler points) in reach of a Protection build – 70 of which are in the Protection tree itself – and there's only 71 points for us to spend. That's a hell of a lot of points, especially compared to some of the almost perfectly streamlined Holy and Retribution builds I've been able to construct. I wouldn't...
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