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Lightsmith Protection Paladin Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 3

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Lightsmith Protection Paladin PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 3.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Lightsmith Protection Paladin Tanks across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 11.2 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Lightsmith Protection Paladins

  1. Miyamoto's icon
    1
    Miyamoto
    Ravencrest (EU)
    Dark Iron Dwarf | Lightsmith | 730 ilvl
    4087
  2. Vîvîlouf's icon
    2
    Vîvîlouf
    Tarren Mill (EU)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 729 ilvl
    4005
  3. Executionèr's icon
    3
    Executionèr
    Hyjal (US)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 729 ilvl
    3984
  4. Launchz's icon
    4
    Launchz
    Silvermoon (EU)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 730 ilvl
    3981
  5. 牛德滑丶's icon
    5
    牛德滑丶
    Crystalpine Stinger (TW)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 730 ilvl
    3978

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Protection Paladin's Tank performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 41% Critical Strike +22406
  • 30% Haste +20204
  • 27% Mastery +10703
  • 7% Versatility +5683

Stat priority

  1. Critical Strike
  2. Haste
  3. Mastery
  4. Versatility

Additional Minor Stats

  • 2% Avoidance +852
  • 4% Leech +4135
  • 3% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Leech
  2. Avoidance
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Lightsmith Protection Paladins.

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best-in-Slot Gear for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Protection Paladins in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Lightmane of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 42
    Lightmane of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Bone-Melted Faceplate

    • 3
    Bone-Melted Faceplate icon

  3. Crown of Absolute Command

    • 3
    Crown of Absolute Command icon

  4. Everforged Helm

    • Craft
    • 1
    Everforged Helm icon

  5. Wing Commander's Helmet

    • 1
    Wing Commander's Helmet icon

Neck

  1. Ornately Engraved Amplifier

    • 19
    Ornately Engraved Amplifier icon

  2. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • Craft
    • 12
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  3. Cabochon of the Infinite Flight

    • 5
    Cabochon of the Infinite Flight icon

  4. Bloodstained Memento

    • 4
    Bloodstained Memento icon

  5. Chrysalis of Sundered Souls

    • 4
    Chrysalis of Sundered Souls icon

Shoulders

  1. Chargers of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 34
    Chargers of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Everforged Pauldrons

    • Craft
    • 6
    Everforged Pauldrons icon

  3. Stoneflesh Spaulders

    • 5
    Stoneflesh Spaulders icon

  4. Reanimator's Pyreforged Shoulders

    • 2
    Reanimator's Pyreforged Shoulders icon

  5. Spaulders of Unleashed Pride

    • 2
    Spaulders of Unleashed Pride icon

Back

  1. Reshii Wraps

    • 50
    Reshii Wraps icon

Chest

  1. Cuirass of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 49
    Cuirass of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Manaforged Displacement Chassis

    • 1
    Manaforged Displacement Chassis icon

Wrist

  1. Everforged Vambraces

    • Craft
    • 39
    Everforged Vambraces icon

  2. Discarded Nutrient Shackles

    • 5
    Discarded Nutrient Shackles icon

  3. Vambraces of Verification

    • 3
    Vambraces of Verification icon

  4. Flameforged Armguard

    • 2
    Flameforged Armguard icon

  5. Vambraces of the Lucent Battalion

    • 1
    Vambraces of the Lucent Battalion icon

Hands

  1. Protectors of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 47
    Protectors of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Everforged Gauntlets

    • Craft
    • 2
    Everforged Gauntlets icon

  3. Breached Containment Guards

    • 1
    Breached Containment Guards icon

Waist

  1. Everforged Greatbelt

    • Craft
    • 25
    Everforged Greatbelt icon

  2. Seal of the Lucent Battalion

    • 14
    Seal of the Lucent Battalion icon

  3. Fresh Ethereal Fetters

    • 5
    Fresh Ethereal Fetters icon

  4. Girdle of Somber Ploys

    • 3
    Girdle of Somber Ploys icon

  5. Venture Contractor's Floodlight

    • 2
    Venture Contractor's Floodlight icon

Legs

  1. Cuisses of the Lucent Battalion

    • Set
    • 46
    Cuisses of the Lucent Battalion icon

  2. Overpressure Platelegs

    • 2
    Overpressure Platelegs icon

  3. Quantum Leapers

    • 2
    Quantum Leapers icon

Feet

  1. Interloper's Plated Sabatons

    • 50
    Interloper's Plated Sabatons icon

Rings

  1. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 18
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  2. Band of the Shattered Soul

    • 13
    Band of the Shattered Soul icon

  3. Binding of Binding

    • Craft
    • 10
    Binding of Binding icon

  4. Devout Zealot's Ring

    • 10
    Devout Zealot's Ring icon

  5. Logic Gate: Alpha

    • 10
    Logic Gate: Alpha icon

Trinkets

  1. Brand of Ceaseless Ire

    • 49
    Brand of Ceaseless Ire icon

  2. Astral Antenna

    • 30
    Astral Antenna icon

  3. All-Devouring Nucleus

    • 9
    All-Devouring Nucleus icon

  4. Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker

    • 3
    Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker icon

  5. Tome of Light's Devotion

    • 2
    Tome of Light's Devotion icon

Main Hand

  1. Factory-Issue Plexhammer

    • 22
    Factory-Issue Plexhammer icon

  2. Blade of Grievous Harm

    • 12
    Blade of Grievous Harm icon

  3. Oath-Breaker's Recompense

    • 8
    Oath-Breaker's Recompense icon

  4. Shipwrecker's Bludgeon

    • 4
    Shipwrecker's Bludgeon icon

  5. Everforged Longsword

    • Craft
    • 2
    Everforged Longsword icon

Off Hand

  1. Ward of the Weaving-Beast

    • 29
    Ward of the Weaving-Beast icon

  2. Package Protector

    • 7
    Package Protector icon

  3. Starlit Safeguard

    • 6
    Starlit Safeguard icon

  4. Event Horizon

    • 3
    Event Horizon icon

  5. Everforged Defender

    • Craft
    • 3
    Everforged Defender icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Protection Paladins.

  1. Dawnthread Lining

    • 64
    Everforged Vambraces icon

  2. Bind Binding Of Binding

    • 10
    Binding of Binding icon

  3. Duskthread Lining

    • 9
    Everforged Vambraces icon

  4. Elemental Focusing Lens

    • 6
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  5. Ascendance

    • 1
    Everforged Longsword icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Protection Paladin gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during The War Within Season 3.

Back

  1. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 44
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  2. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 5
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  3. +355 Avoidance

    • 1
    +355 Avoidance icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 47
    Crystalline Radiance icon

  2. Oathsworn's Strength

    • 3
    Oathsworn's Strength icon

Wrist

  1. +2040 Leech

    • 44
    +2040 Leech icon

  2. +1090 Avoidance

    • 4
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  3. +1325 Leech

    • 1
    +1325 Leech icon

Legs

  1. Stormbound Armor Kit

    • 43
    Stormbound Armor Kit icon

  2. Defender's Armor Kit

    • 4
    Defender's Armor Kit icon

  3. Charged Armor Kit

    • 2
    Charged Armor Kit icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 37
    Defender's March icon

  2. Scout's March

    • 12
    Scout's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Critical Strike

    • 37
    +315 Critical Strike icon

  2. +315 Mastery

    • 28
    +315 Mastery icon

  3. +315 Haste

    • 19
    +315 Haste icon

Main Hand

  1. Council's Guile

    • 36
    Council's Guile icon

  2. Stormrider's Fury

    • 6
    Stormrider's Fury icon

  3. Authority of Radiant Power

    • 4
    Authority of Radiant Power icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

Sockets can be added to Necklaces and Rings with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear through seasonal vendor items.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Protection Paladins in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 38
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  2. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 9
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

  3. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 1
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 32
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

  2. Pure Chronomantic Fiber

    • 6
    Pure Chronomantic Fiber icon

  3. Pure Dexterous Fiber

    • 6
    Pure Dexterous Fiber icon

  4. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 6
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

Prismatic

  1. Quick Ruby

    • 82
    Quick Ruby icon

  2. Deadly Emerald

    • 63
    Deadly Emerald icon

  3. Deadly Sapphire

    • 51
    Deadly Sapphire icon

  4. Versatile Ruby

    • 43
    Versatile Ruby icon

  5. Deadly Onyx

    • 34
    Deadly Onyx icon

Most Played Races for Protection Paladin M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Protection Paladin Tank players in The War Within Season 3.

  1. Dwarf

    • 37
    Dwarf icon

  2. Blood Elf

    • 6
    Blood Elf icon

  3. Dark Iron Dwarf

    • 5
    Dark Iron Dwarf icon

  4. Human

    • 2
    Human icon

Lightsmith Protection Paladin Guide FAQ

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Lightsmith Protection Paladins in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for The War Within Season 3 and Patch 11.2.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.