Protection Paladin Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Shadowlands Pre-Patch 9.0.1

In general, the gearing you will do with gems and enchants will all go the same direction as the general way of gearing your character for specific stats. You can read more about it in the Stat page linked below.

You should use Leviathan's Eye of Strength in one socket, and Quick Sand Spinel (or the cheaper Quick Owlseye) in all other sockets.

Slot	Enchantment
Rings	Enchant Ring - Accord of Haste Enchant Ring - Seal of Haste (much cheaper)
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Force Multiplier IF Haste is your highest secondary stat. Enchant Weapon - Quick Navigation IF Haste is NOT your highest secondary stat.

Greater Flask of the Undertow should be used in most situations. If you need a bit of extra health during progression, Greater Flask of the Vast Horizon could be used.

When in combat, you have several options for which in-combat potion to use.

• Potion of Unbridled Fury should be used when potting for damage.
• Potion of Empowered Proximity should be used in Mythic+ where you can reliably tank 5 or more targets for its full duration.

You should use Abyssal Healing Potion for in-combat healing. Healing potions do not share a cooldown with Healthstones, so you can use both independently if you have access to a Warlock. Healthstone restores 25% of your health while Abyssal Healing Potion always restores 141k health, the amount they heal should be fairly close with decent gear but with full raid gear Healthstone will be superior per use.

You should eat Famine Evaluator And Snack Table for the buff to your Strength.

Baked Port Tato is your Haste food buff of choice should a feast not be available.

If you can afford it, you should use Battle-Scarred Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of these runes available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them for when you need them.

Starting in patch 8.3 you can also use the re-usable Lightning-Forged Augment Rune to increase your primary stat by an equal amount.