Pimp my Pally

[thinus]

Recently 80 and not at defense cap, missing enchants, gems, etc. 20K odd gold in the kitty, 14 odd triumph badges.

Head:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Tempered Titansteel Helm
Neck: 	www.wowhead.com/?item=Titanium Earthguard Chain
Shlder:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Liadrin's Shoulderguards of Conquest
Chest: 	www.wowhead.com/?item=Breastplate of the Solemn Council
Waist: 	www.wowhead.com/?item=Spiked Metal Cilice		-> www.wowhead.com/?item=Girdle of Obscuring
Legs: 	www.wowhead.com/?item=Special Issue Legplates	-> www.wowhead.com/?item=Liadrin's Legguards of Conquest
Feet: 	www.wowhead.com/?item=Tempered Titansteel Treads
Wrist: 	www.wowhead.com/?item=Wyrmbane Wristguards		-> www.wowhead.com/?item=Saronite Swordbreakers
Hands: 	www.wowhead.com/?item=Horn Tipped Gauntlets		-> www.wowhead.com/?item=Liadrin's Handguards of Conquest
Ring 1:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Ring of Indignant Rage	-> www.wowhead.com/?item=Titanium Earthguard Ring
Ring 2:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Gal'darah's Signet		-> www.wowhead.com/?item=Titanium Impact Band
Trink1:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Seal of the Pantheon
Trink2:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Lavanthor's Talisman
Back: 	www.wowhead.com/?item=Durable Nerubhide Cape
Libram:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Venture Co. Libram of Protection
Weapon:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Infantry Assault Blade
Shield:	www.wowhead.com/?item=Titansteel Shield Wall

WoW Heroes

[Coltimar]

I don't know if I would go all out on the breastplate. It's very nice, but I dunno. Champion Wyrmrest and Argent Crusade. Get the lesser crafted BoE epics (lvl200 stuff) for less than that breastplate. Also get the JC neck and ring. Get PvP gear from WG on your DPS and Healer and start doing Heroic UK ASAP. You get a tanking weapon from the first boss. Then you can do 3 or 4 other heroics and myabe (with practice) ToC normal and ICC 5 mans on normal (first bosses at least).

[Talos]

if possible buy the mats for the breastplate and ask a friendly BS to make it for 50 or 100g.
on my server they try to sell it made on the AH for 6k, i got it made for 3.4k by buying the mats myself
jam in some +30 stam gems (or in my case a +10def/+15 stam, +30 stam, +10agi/+15 stam to unlock the socket bonus)

the stamina you gain buy this item will greatly help with progressing trough the heroics on your team
also the titansteel shield is not a bad choice, there are no shields in heroics to beat that except for the one that drops in heroic CoS

edit:
other cheap upgrades if you got the money for it
the tempered titansteel helm and boots add in a nice +def and +stam to your gear, depending on the price on your server, once again buy the mats yourself if that turns up cheaper

edit2:
check my pally's armory (click on wow characters under my forum name) to see how i geared him, have only been gearing him for 3 weeks now and already at 38.5k HP

[Ualaa]

I would think you'd get more out of numerous smaller upgrades, then the one massive upgrade.
But that depends on prices on your server.

A lot of the iLV 200 stuff should be pretty cheap.

If you can get into a few Naxx10 runs for badges, some of the gear will be ups for you, and the badges might add up to a piece too.

The random dungeon tool is excellent too, as people cannot "gear score" you, prior to your joining the group.

If you gear is at least, say crit immune, and 20k health buffed, you have the same gear everyone else had when we were all just reaching 80th. And heroics were doable then.

[thinus]

lol, thanks for the feedback everyone!! Trying frantically to update haha.

Raid gear: I don't really feel up to doing 10/25 solo with the Pally or even running 5 mans solo. I would have to be a gimp Ret dps as I won't feel comfortable tanking content I've never even seen.

I am more or less just trying to get the Pally to a stage where I can start concentrating on the other 4 classes. So cheap and quick gear ideally.

I am working on Wyrmrest Accord rep and more than halfway to revered at which time I will switch to Argent Crusade (honored already) to get the head enchant at revered. I'll be doing the Argent Tournament dailies to get enough badges for the weapons as well for the entire team which is a boost to Argent Crusade rep as well.

[thinus]

If you gear is at least, say crit immune, and 20k health buffed, you have the same gear everyone else had when we were all just reaching 80th. And heroics were doable then.

I am not crit immune yet but I have 2 gem slots available and missing some defense enchants. Up to 24K HP buffed though.

EDIT: I have downed some heroic bosses already (Skava, Slad'ran) but I haven't really seriously gone after a heroic yet, just messed around to gauge the difficulty gap between normal and heroic.

[Knytestorme]

http://www.lootrank.com/wr.asp?Cla=2...0&Exp=20&Ver=6 is the list generator for Prot PvE paladins. There are other templates there is you want to check out gear upgrade paths for other classes and specs

learn it, love it. Just pick and choose where you can hit up the top and go with options it gives for easy upgrade path. Picking the top choices in each section might not give theorycrafted optimal stats but if that was a concern then it is easier to create your own lists anyway

[Shodokan]

You have 20k gold you said?

What are your professions?

I suggest if you have any friendly healers to go through ToC normal a few times and pick up some of the upgrades.

The chest piece (about 3k to make) will be the biggest upgrade, especially enchanted and with +10 defence/15 stam gems

Normal toc gives you a nice stam trinket, the BS helm is nice as well for starters. The breast plate is very good mitigation.

Get the boots/belt if you want from a BS as well (should cost you about 2k each) i highly suggest the belt + a socket... 3 socket belt = 120 extra stam OR 30 def + 45 stam.

Also if you want you can level jewelcrafting for the 2 trinkets + dragons eyes (very helpful imo)

You can get def capped and over 30k life for the money you have, and if you are mainly going to do instances you'll make it back from all the items you can DE (mostly blues) as well as trash + coin etc. while gearing your shaman or whatever you're doing now.


Heres the list i made in my "guide" before it was deleted.

Helm: www.wowhead.com/?item=Tempered Titansteel Helm - argent head enchant + stam/armor metagem OR defense metagem + stam gem
Chest: www.wowhead.com/?item=Breastplate of the White Knight - 20 def enchant + 3x 10 def/15 stam
Wrists: www.wowhead.com/?item=Saronite Swordbreakers - 40 stam enchant + stam gem or 10 def/15 stam
Pants: www.wowhead.com/?item=Daunting Legplates stam leg enchant
Shoulders: www.wowhead.com/?item=Wapach's Spaulders of Solidarity hodir or inscription enchant
Gloves: www.wowhead.com/?item=Daunting Handguards forget what enchant
Boots: www.wowhead.com/?item=Spiked Deathdealers stam/def gems
Belt: www.wowhead.com/?item=Indestructible Plate Girdle stam or stam/def gems
Weapon: Not available from BOE. Need to get from quest or something.
Back: www.wowhead.com/?item=Cloak of the Iron Council 16 def enchant
Shield: www.wowhead.com/?item=Northern Barrier 20 def enchant (this ranges from 7-10k, titansteel is cheaper)
Ring1:www.wowhead.com/?item=Signet of the Earthshaker - 24 stam enchant (enchanter only)
Ring2: www.wowhead.com/?item=Signet of the Accord -24 stam enchant (enchanter only)
Amulet: www.wowhead.com/?item=Titanium Earthguard Chain

[Sajuuk]

Heres the list i made in my "guide" before it was deleted.

/BS/

http://tankadin.com

A site dedicated to the tanking aspect of the powerhouse we know as the paladin. More/better information that the quoted poster.

[Shodokan]

http://tankadin.com

A site dedicated to the tanking aspect of the powerhouse we know as the paladin. More/better information that the quoted poster.

All information on the "main" page of that website is outdated. If you want any relevant information you need to go to their forums and dig for it.

If you can explain how BOE gear is BS then please go ahead and do so. It's how to effectively gear a character of any class for content without grinding heroics up front (which you can't do with a poorly geared tank if your DPS are also poorly geared unless you'd like to have trouble for a while). Obviously at this point you can get better gear than what the BOE options are, as well as better gear than what is listed on that website you've posted but that is from heroics and ToC/ToGC/ICC raids..

Get off my back, if you're going to continue to insult or troll me i will just ignore every post you make from now on in regards to me.


Tanking basics....

Get def capped, get stamina and then avoidance(parry/dodge)/mitigation(shield block) when you feel your health is high enough stop gemming for stamina and go for more avoidence/mitigation.