Imp Judgement is a huge amount of threat.

Ardent defender doesn't look good for hard hitting boss fights, but from a multiboxer perspective (4 ele shammies - dps, no dedicated healer while leveling) it saved my BUTT many times.

Imp HoJ is unnecessary, unless you think you're going to PvP as prot.

Reckoning gets worse as your gear gets better -- the less you get hit (i.e. the more you mitigate), the less it procs. It's OK threat, but you shouldn't be having threat problems. Pally weakness = mitigation, not threat. I take zero points in reckoning and I still do fine aoe powerleveling lowbies, aoe grinding the guys in Shadowmoon, etc.

Precision is a matter of opinion. Are your shammies totem of wrath specced? Do you REALLY need to hit something to generate threat, or do things hitting YOU generate threat? Paladins can go AFK and still hold aggro due to their reflective holy damage. I chose not to take it - draenei racial plus option to go TOW spec made it lackluster. Anticipation makes it easier to reach uncrittable/uncrushable, particularly in poor gear or when doing resist fights.

Divine Intellect is completely useless for prot pallies -- your mana comes from heals, not Int. You won't have much Int to start out with, so it gives you very little return per point, and using it to get to imp SoR is a waste of 5 talent points.


http://www.wowarmory.com/character-t...monde&n=Velath -- you can swap imp SotC for Precision (or even reckoning) if you feel like it. This build maximizes mitigation.

http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com is also a great prot pally resource.