WoW Classic Paladin Guide

• RoleHealer, Support
• ArmorMail, Plate from 40
• ResourceMana
• FactionAlliance

A Classic paladin is a healer wearing plate. Retribution and Protection both exist in the talent trees and both work well enough to level with, but raids ask paladins to heal, and the class is built so that healing is what it is best at — a huge mana pool, plate armour, and the only resurrection that works in combat.

What makes a paladin wanted is the blessings. Kings, Salvation, Might and Wisdom go on other people, and a raid without enough paladins simply has less of them to hand out. That, plus auras and the ability to remove magic effects, is the class contribution — much of a paladin's value in Classic is spent on other players.

It is also the safest class to level. Almost nothing kills a paladin: heal, shield, and keep going. Slow, but it never has to stop.

Talent trees

A Paladin spends 51 talent points by level 60 across three trees. Open any of them in the calculator, build what you want, and share the link.

• HolyOpen in the calculator →
• ProtectionOpen in the calculator →
• RetributionOpen in the calculator →

Where to train a Paladin in Classic

Every paladin trainer in Classic, by zone. Coordinates come from the 1.12 game data, not from a present-day map: Cataclysm redrew several of these zones, and a modern percentage points at ground the Classic map does not contain.

Which races can play a Paladin?

• AllianceHuman, Dwarf

Race is not cosmetic in Classic — racials like Will of the Forsaken, Stoneform and Fear Ward change how the class plays, particularly in PvP.

Strengths and weaknesses

Professions for a Paladin

Two that pay off, and why. Each links to its own route from 1 to 300 — the steps, the material total and where every trainer stands.

• Blacksmithingplate for yourself, and paladins keep the same weapon a long time
• Miningit feeds the blacksmithing, and ore sells while you level