Protection Paladin Tank Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.0.0

Last updated on Oct 24, 2022 at 21:56 by Panthea 50 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Protection Paladin for each boss of the following raid: Castle Nathria. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.0.0.

1.

Disclaimer

In this section, you will find information pertaining to each boss individually in Castle Nathria.

2.

Talent Cheatsheet

You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the following string:

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3.

Shriekwing

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Shriekwing.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

3.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.

4.

Huntsman Altimor

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Huntsman Altimor.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

4.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.

5.

Sun King's Salvation

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Sun King's Salvation.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

5.1.

Tips

  • As a Protection Paladin you have a unique strength over every other tank in that you are able to provide incredibly high amounts of healing to low health targets. There are many low health targets on this encounter, so make full use of that and support your healer team with talents such as Hand of the Protector Icon Hand of the Protector and Holy Avenger Icon Holy Avenger to flood yourself with Holy Power to fuel those heals.
  • Phase 1: Swap on 2 stacks of Vanquished Icon Vanquished. If you are a Kyrian you can use Phial of Serenity Icon Phial of Serenity to remove these stacks should it be required. Likewise you can remove this on yourself with Divine Shield Icon Divine Shield or on yourself or co-tank with Blessing of Protection Icon Blessing of Protection
  • Keep threat on the adds spawning in this phase.
  • Help interrupt Vulgar Brand Icon Vulgar Brand from the Vile Occultists.
  • Priortise damage on the Soul Infuser adds to prevent them from reaching Kael'thas.
  • Phase 2: Swap on 2-3 stacks of Burning Remnants Icon Burning Remnants.
  • If you are using Blessing of Spellwarding Icon Blessing of Spellwarding you can prevent the Burning Remnants Icon Burning Remnants stacks from applying.
  • When you are not tanking the Shade do not be in front of the boss.

For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.

6.

Artificer Xy'Mox

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Artificer Xy'Mox.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

6.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.

7.

Hungering Destroyer

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Hungering Destroyer.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

7.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.

8.

Lady Inerva Darkvein

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Lady Inerva Darkvein.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

8.1.

Tips

  • Swap on 2 stacks of Expose Desires Icon Expose Desires.
  • Container of Desires 33% Energy and above: Shared Cognition Icon Shared Cognition is active/ Damage taken from Expose Desires Icon Expose Desires will be replicated to other players.
  • Container of Desires 66% Energy and above: Use your mobility cooldowns such as Divine Steed Icon Divine Steed, Soulshape Icon Soulshape or Door of Shadows Icon Door of Shadows to help get to away from the raid for Change of Heart Icon Change of Heart. Alternatively, you can use Blessing of Spellwarding Icon Blessing of Spellwarding or Divine Shield Icon Divine Shield before it has applied to negate the mechanic.
  • The tank who is not actively tanking the boss should tank the Harnessed Specter add when it spawns. Once it spawns it is immobile. This add will cast Unconscionable Guilt Icon Unconscionable Guilt which increases the damage of Warped Desires Icon Warped Desires.
  • Container of Concentrated Anima 33% Energy and above: Rooted in Anima Icon Rooted in Anima is applied to the players with Concentrated Anima Icon Concentrated Anima. Ideally the raid should be pre-positioned on the boss, however should this not be the case, the non-boss tank will need to move to the location of the Harnessed Specter as soon as possible.
  • Container of Sin 33% Energy and above: Anima Web Icon Anima Web will link the 3 Sins of the Past orbs together. Aim to have the boss near the side of the room at all times to not get caught in the middle of this.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.

9.

The Council of Blood

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against The Council of Blood.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

9.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.

10.

Sludgefist

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Sludgefist.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity
10.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.

11.

Stone Legion Generals

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Stone Legion Generals.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

11.1.

Tips

  • Utilise the Stone Breaker's Combo Icon Stone Breaker's Combo to remove bleeds gained throughout the encounter.
  • The stun from Stone Breaker's Combo Icon Stone Breaker's Combo can be negated with Blessing of Spellwarding Icon Blessing of Spellwarding you can also break free from the stun with Divine Shield Icon Divine Shield.
  • Stone Breaker's Combo Icon Stone Breaker's Combo is cast on random raid members and never the tank. If they are not near the boss, go to them if you need to clear your debuffs.
  • There should strictly be one tank on the boss and one on adds during Phase 1 and 2. In Phase 3, both bosses will be active and you will take one boss each.
  • When your tanking partner is clearing their bleeds in Phase 3 have defensive cooldowns ready as you will likely be tanking both bosses for a short period of time.
  • Mythic: The bleeds on this encounter cannot be removed with Blessing of Protection Icon Blessing of Protection.

For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.

12.

Sire Denathrius

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Sire Denathrius.

  1. The Mad Paragon Icon The Mad Paragon
  2. Unity Icon Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

12.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.

13.

Changelog

  • 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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