What is Paladin defense cap?

Once the Defense Cap of 490 is reached, tanks should prioritize their itemization towards other stats since additional Defense above 490 has no additional benefit against Critical Hits other than slightly increasing Miss/Dodge/Parry/Block chance (+0.04% each per 1 Defense Skill).

Are Paladin tanks good in Wotlk?

Protection Paladin is one of the most resilient tanks you can have in the game due to its high amount of defensive cooldowns and overall utility.

Do Paladin tanks need spell hit?

Paladins rely on both Melee and Spell Hit Rating to ensure their attacks and spells land successfully, respectively. With Precision, we only need 6% of each to become capped.

What does Defense cap do?

It also increases your chance to dodge, block, parry, and miss* by 0.04%. Therefore, for every 25 points of defense, you also increase your dodge by 1%, your block by 1%, and your parry by 1%. This can be a helpful thing for tanks with a lot of defense.

What is the best tank in Wotlk?

Lastly, protection paladin is the best tank in Classic Wrath. Protection paladins are the absolute monster tanks of Wrath of the Lich King. Imagine the damage and threat of a TBC paladin with more utility, more taunts, and more survivability. Wrath patches up practically all of your TBC weaknesses.

Do prot paladins use spell power in Wotlk?

True. Most of the damaging spells paladins have scale both with AP and SP. For a protection pally, going full-spellpower with typically fudge up their defense rating and all. Judgement set gets +1337 to defense imo.

Is Agility good for Paladins?

Agility. Agility increases the melee critical hit chance and dodge. Point for point, critical strike rating is better for damage and dodge rating is better for tanking, but agility is still useful.

How much def rating is 1 def?

Furthermore, 4.918 Defense Rating = 1 Defense Skill, so 140*4.918 = 688.52, rounded up to 689, so 689 Defense Rating is what is needed from gear/enchants/etc in order to hit that 540 Defense mark. Note that these are minimums.

Do you need to be defense capped for heroics TBC?

You need 490 defense for the crit cap and 102.4% total avoidance for the crush cap. You will be able to do heroics currently but some pulls/mobs will hit hard.

What tank does the most damage WotLK?

Lastly, protection paladin is the best tank in Classic Wrath. Protection paladins are the absolute monster tanks of Wrath of the Lich King. Imagine the damage and threat of a TBC paladin with more utility, more taunts, and more survivability.

Do Paladins need intellect?

Protection paladins do NOT need intellect, mana regeneration, or spirit on their tanking gear.

Do ret paladins need spell power?

Stat Priority for Ret Paladins Attack Power; Spell Power; Stamina; Intellect.