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Lightsmith Protection Paladin PvE Guide For Mythic+

Paladin class icon Protection Paladin specialization icon
Protection Paladin
Lightsmith icon
Lightsmith
The War Within Season 1
Based on 50 Characters
From 3580 to 3798 Rating

Welcome to Murlok.io's PvE guide for Lightsmith Protection Paladins in Mythic+ Dungeons. This guide covers the best stats, races, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems for Patch 11.0.7, based on data from the top 50 Lightsmith Protection Paladins in The War Within Season 1 across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions. This includes Kirapal (Kazzak EU) , who is currently the highest-ranked with a rating of 3798.

Updated every 12 hours with the latest data from the Battle.net API , this guide also examines each character's recent playtime, specialization frequency, and equipment choices for greater accuracy.

Top Protection Paladins

  1. Kirapal's icon
    1
    Kirapal
    Kazzak (EU)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 640 ilvl
    3798
  2. Yonteaux's icon
    2
    Yonteaux
    Drakthul (EU)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 640 ilvl
    3763
  3. Albuswulfric's icon
    3
    Albuswulfric
    Azshara (KR)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 640 ilvl
    3741
  4. Skylarkedd's icon
    4
    Skylarkedd
    Kazzak (EU)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 639 ilvl
    3736
  5. Dwarfgoh's icon
    5
    Dwarfgoh
    Illidan (US)
    Dwarf | Lightsmith | 640 ilvl
    3733

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They determine the character's strength and overall playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various equipment pieces, consumables created by Alchemy, certain foods, some enchantments, and gems.

Each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. Optimizing a character's performance involves finding a balanced distribution. Here is the optimal way to balance Lightsmith Protection Paladin secondary and minor stats for Mythic+:

Secondary Stats

+8337
21% Critical Strike
+18486
28% Haste
+9297
25% Mastery
+2664
3% Versatility
  1. Haste
  2. Mastery
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility

Minor Stats

+388
1% Avoidance
+4181
4% Leech
+456
3% Speed
  1. Leech
  2. Speed
  3. Avoidance

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Paladin specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Paladin class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Paladin's overall capabilities. The following tree reproduces the in-game class talents disposition as a heatmap. Each color represents the usage frequency and general recommendation level of the talents:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Lightsmith Protection Paladins with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. The following tree reproduces the in-game specialization talents disposition and shows the best talents as a heatmap:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow deeper customization of the Protection Paladin class fantasy, enhancing character builds. The following trees show the Templar and Lightsmith hero talents as a heatmap, highlighting the most effective choices:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Templar hero talent icon Templar

Lightsmith hero talent icon Lightsmith

Best In Slot Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from various sources: dungeons, raids, world drops, crafted through professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the top items for Lightsmith Protection Paladins in Mythic+, tailored for each equipment slot:

Head

  1. Captured Earthen's Ironhorns icon
    Captured Earthen's Ironhorns
    24
  2. Entombed Seraph's Casque icon
    Set
    Entombed Seraph's Casque
    23
  3. Everforged Helm icon
    Craft
    Everforged Helm
    2
  4. Wrathbark Greathelm icon
    Wrathbark Greathelm
    1

Neck

  1. Sureki Zealot's Insignia icon
    Sureki Zealot's Insignia
    37
  2. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Craft
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship
    10
  3. \
    "Emergency Stop" Keychain
    2
  4. Locket of Broken Memories icon
    Locket of Broken Memories
    1

Shoulders

  1. Entombed Seraph's Plumes icon
    Set
    Entombed Seraph's Plumes
    39
  2. Earthshape Pauldrons icon
    Earthshape Pauldrons
    6
  3. Kraken Shell Pauldrons icon
    Kraken Shell Pauldrons
    3
  4. Everforged Pauldrons icon
    Craft
    Everforged Pauldrons
    1
  5. Seasoned Earthen Boulderplates icon
    Seasoned Earthen Boulderplates
    1

Back

  1. Wings of Shattered Sorrow icon
    Wings of Shattered Sorrow
    30
  2. Consecrated Cloak icon
    Craft
    Consecrated Cloak
    10
  3. Anvilhide Cape icon
    Anvilhide Cape
    5
  4. Entombed Seraph's Greatcloak icon
    Entombed Seraph's Greatcloak
    3
  5. Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar icon
    Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar
    2

Chest

  1. Entombed Seraph's Breastplate icon
    Set
    Entombed Seraph's Breastplate
    49
  2. Harpooner's Plate Cuirass icon
    Harpooner's Plate Cuirass
    1

Wrist

  1. Everforged Vambraces icon
    Craft
    Everforged Vambraces
    31
  2. Ravaged Lamplighter's Manacles icon
    Ravaged Lamplighter's Manacles
    17
  3. Bracers of Umbral Mending icon
    Bracers of Umbral Mending
    2

Hands

  1. Entombed Seraph's Castigation icon
    Set
    Entombed Seraph's Castigation
    50

Waist

  1. Entombed Seraph's Waistguard icon
    Entombed Seraph's Waistguard
    27
  2. Everforged Greatbelt icon
    Craft
    Everforged Greatbelt
    17
  3. Belt of the Forgemaster icon
    Belt of the Forgemaster
    3
  4. Nether Bounty's Greatbelt icon
    Nether Bounty's Greatbelt
    3

Legs

  1. Entombed Seraph's Greaves icon
    Set
    Entombed Seraph's Greaves
    50

Feet

  1. Heritage Militia's Stompers icon
    Heritage Militia's Stompers
    30
  2. Boots of the Black Bulwark icon
    Boots of the Black Bulwark
    11
  3. Ballast Sinkers icon
    Ballast Sinkers
    3
  4. Entombed Seraph's Sabatons icon
    Entombed Seraph's Sabatons
    3
  5. Ichor-Stained Sollerets icon
    Ichor-Stained Sollerets
    2

Rings

  1. Cyrce's Circlet icon
    Cyrce's Circlet
    50
  2. Binding of Binding icon
    Craft
    Binding of Binding
    35
  3. Key to the Unseeming icon
    Key to the Unseeming
    5
  4. Band of the Ancient Dredger icon
    Band of the Ancient Dredger
    4
  5. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Craft
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship
    2

Trinkets

  1. Ara-Kara Sacbrood icon
    Ara-Kara Sacbrood
    39
  2. Swarmlord's Authority icon
    Swarmlord's Authority
    35
  3. Skarmorak Shard icon
    Skarmorak Shard
    14
  4. Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg icon
    Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg
    10
  5. Mark of Khardros icon
    Mark of Khardros
    2

Main Hand

  1. Duelist's Dancing Steel icon
    Duelist's Dancing Steel
    35
  2. Ansurek's Final Judgment icon
    Ansurek's Final Judgment
    4
  3. Everforged Longsword icon
    Craft
    Everforged Longsword
    4
  4. Axe of the Deadgrove icon
    Axe of the Deadgrove
    2
  5. Mace of Transformed Bone icon
    Mace of Transformed Bone
    2

Off Hand

  1. Husk of Swallowing Darkness icon
    Husk of Swallowing Darkness
    16
  2. Acidslough Bulwark icon
    Acidslough Bulwark
    8
  3. Crest of the Caustic Despot icon
    Crest of the Caustic Despot
    8
  4. Everforged Defender icon
    Craft
    Everforged Defender
    6
  5. Old-Blood Hielaman icon
    Old-Blood Hielaman
    5

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects associated with crafted items, either as predefined elements in a recipe or added with an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Given that only a maximum of two embellished items can be equipped at a time, here are the best embellishments for Lightsmith Protection Paladins in Mythic+:

  1. Everforged Vambraces icon
    Dawnthread Lining
    54
  2. Binding of Binding icon
    Bind Binding Of Binding
    35
  3. Everforged Longsword icon
    Ascendance
    4
  4. Everforged Greatbelt icon
    Elemental Focusing Lens
    2
  5. Everforged Vambraces icon
    Writhing Armor Banding
    2

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Back, Chest, Wrist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here is a list of the top enchantments for Lightsmith Protection Paladins in Mythic+, essential for optimizing combat effectiveness:

Back

  1. Chant of Leeching Fangs icon
    Chant of Leeching Fangs
    50

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance icon
    Crystalline Radiance
    50

Wrist

  1. +2040 Leech icon
    +2040 Leech
    49
  2. +1325 Leech icon
    +1325 Leech
    1

Legs

  1. Stormbound Armor Kit icon
    Stormbound Armor Kit
    45
  2. Defender's Armor Kit icon
    Defender's Armor Kit
    4
  3. Sunset Spellthread icon
    Sunset Spellthread
    1

Feet

  1. Defender's March icon
    Defender's March
    36
  2. Scout's March icon
    Scout's March
    13
  3. Plainsrunner's Breeze icon
    Plainsrunner's Breeze
    1

Ring 1

  1. +315 Haste icon
    +315 Haste
    26
  2. +315 Mastery icon
    +315 Mastery
    14
  3. +315 Critical Strike icon
    +315 Critical Strike
    10

Ring 2

  1. +315 Haste icon
    +315 Haste
    26
  2. +315 Critical Strike icon
    +315 Critical Strike
    14
  3. +315 Mastery icon
    +315 Mastery
    10

Main Hand

  1. Authority of Radiant Power icon
    Authority of Radiant Power
    39
  2. Stormrider's Fury icon
    Stormrider's Fury
    6
  3. Authority of the Depths icon
    Authority of the Depths
    5

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession that provide stat bonuses to improve gear and fine-tune character stats. These gems can be socketed into various item slots, including Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings.

While the availability of sockets on these items is generally random when they drop, Head, Wrist, and Waist items can have a single socket added using the Nerubian Gemweaver , which costs 6 Algari Token of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Additionally, for non-PvP Neck and Rings items, sockets can be added with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting . This item, crafted by Jewelcrafters, can increase the number of sockets to 2 for Neck and Rings slots.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, the following are the top gem choices for Lightsmith Protection Paladins in Mythic+:

  1. Deadly Emerald icon
    Deadly Emerald
    69
  2. Quick Ruby icon
    Quick Ruby
    58
  3. Quick Onyx icon
    Quick Onyx
    45
  4. Masterful Emerald icon
    Masterful Emerald
    40
  5. Culminating Blasphemite icon
    Culminating Blasphemite
    33

Citrine Gems

Citrine Gems are a new type of gem socketed into the Cyrce’s Circlet : a powerful ring introduced in World of Warcraft’s The War Within 11.0.7 patch. These gems provide a versatile range of effects to enhance performance in battle.

Obtained through various activities on Siren Isle, Citrine Gems are a compelling choice for adventurers wielding the Cyrce’s Circlet. Here are the best Citrine Gems for Lightsmith Protection Paladin in Mythic+:

Thunder Citrine

  1. Stormbringer's Runed Citrine icon
    Stormbringer's Runed Citrine
    50

Sea Citrine

  1. Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine icon
    Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine
    50

Wind Citrine

  1. Legendary Skipper's Citrine icon
    Legendary Skipper's Citrine
    36
  2. Windsinger's Runed Citrine icon
    Windsinger's Runed Citrine
    14

Races

Each race in World of Warcraft has unique traits that enhance abilities or improve in-game quality of life. Although these racial traits offer minor advantages, they can provide a competitive edge in certain scenarios.

With Dwarf currently being the top race for Lightsmith Protection Paladins in Mythic+, here are the other races that also stand out due to their advantageous traits:

  1. Dwarf icon
    Dwarf
    44
  2. Tauren icon
    Tauren
    3
  3. Dark Iron Dwarf icon
    Dark Iron Dwarf
    2
  4. Blood Elf icon
    Blood Elf
    1