

However, if you're just gearing up you'll want to favor item level of the Azerite piece over the traits themselves. In order words, these are the traits you'll always want to include in your gear sets. But each type of trait has value and can be useful in the right situation.Īs you travel Azeroth, you should keep your eye out for the following traits as they will provide the best consistent value in all content types. Some traits syngerize well with how Protection Paladins work and some don't. And utility traits provide you or your group bonuses to make things easier. Defensive traits will help you live a little longer. Offensive traits will increase your damage contribution to the group and make it easier to hold threat. Each trait has a strengths, weakness, and places where it shines.

These include DPS, defensive strength, and the type of content you're doing. You can find him posting random opinions on Twitter.īest Azerite Powers for Protection PaladinsĪs a Prot Paladin, you want to take into account a number of factors when selecting your Azerite traits. Feel free to message him questions, comments or concerns about what you read here. He is a moderator for the Hammer of Wrath Community where he helps players on a daily basis get better at playing Protection. This page won't be updated for Shadowlands Pre-Patch and may be out of date.
