Protection Paladin Tank Molten Core Gear
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items from Molten Core for your Protection Paladin in WoW Classic. For more gearing advice, please refer to our Protection Paladin Gearing and Best in Slot guide.
Protection Paladin Raid Best in Slot (BiS) List for Molten Core / Onyxia's Lair
This is the gear we recommend you to chase while doing the first raids in the game: Molten Core and Onyxia's Lair.
Paladin's Tier 1, Lawbringer Armor is designed to be a set meant for Holy Paladins, making it not great for Protection Paladins. Instead, most of your BiS setup in this phase will come from off pieces from Molten Core, or even just dungeon gear in some slots. Sadly, competition for lots of these pieces will be quite high, since Warriors will want them as well, so be prepared to spend some time obtaining them.
The list below contains gear from: raids, epic PvP sets (above rank 11) and world bosses, as well as some gear from dungeons and quests, when warranted.
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| Helm |
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| Back |
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| Chest |
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| Wrists |  Fel Hardened Bracers |
Lord Hel'nurath in Dire Maul West |
| Hands |
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| Waist |  Deathbone Girdle |
Side bosses in Scholomance |
| Legs |
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| Rings |
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| Trinkets |
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| Weapons |  Quel'Serrar |
The Forging of Quel'Serrar, started by  Foror's Compendium of Dragon Slaying
which can be looted in Dire Maul. |
| Shield | ||
| Libram |  Libram of Hope |
Isalien in Dire Maul |
You can find more Protection Paladin BiS lists in our dedicated gear hub below.
Changelog
- 18 Nov. 2024: Page updated for Classic Anniversary.
- 26 Jul. 2020: Updated with Librams.
- 23 Feb. 2020: Guide added.
This guide has been written by Abide, TBC veteran for nearly a decade. Abide is a Warrior tank and multi-class expert currently playing on Faerlina as Horde. You can find him in the the Icy Veins Discord. You can also see him live on Twitch.
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