Protection Paladin Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.1.5)

In general, the gearing you will do with gems and enchants will all go in 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 a Culminating Blasphemite in your first available gem socket, and fill every other with Masterful Emerald.

Patch 11.1.5 brings Horrific Visions back, and with them, a new twist on Corruption effects on gear. Returning Corruption effects are ones which have a chance to proc to do something, however the effects from them are no longer scaled to your HP but similar to current weapon enchants where your stats influence the power of them. They also have 33% less power on them when playing as a Tank.

Due to this, we recommend the following:

• Single target: Greater Rune of the Void Ritual
• AoE: Greater Rune of the Void Ritual

Tuning after the Patch releases may change the power of the enchants for you, as well as the current state of your gear. We would strongly recommend simulating the effects using Raidbots to evaluate the relative performance of these enchants in the scenario that you are wanting to model (Single Target or short bursts of AoE).

Disclaimer:The Helmet enchant will only be available once the Horrific Visions open up on May 20th.

Use Flask of Alchemical Chaos as a general-use phial.

Algari Mana Oil as Templar or Rite of Sanctification as Lightsmith.

Tempered Potion should be your combat potion of choice.

You should use Algari Healing Potion for in-combat healing. Healing potions do not share a cooldown with Healthstones, so you can use both independently if you can access a Warlock.

Use Chippy Tea as your food buff of choice if a Feast is not available.

If a Feast of the Midnight Masquerade / Feast of the Divine Day is available, use this instead.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!