Paladin vs warrior tank gear choices

[Kirkus]

Hi all

Firstly, please forgive my ignorance. I've been tanking happily on my warrior for ages but I want to level and gear up a protection paladin to help out my casual guild's raiding class balance (he's currently level 69)

My big question is: How similar is a warrior and a paladin's gear? I would say - extremely similar. But are there different choices you'd make? e.g. less / more focus on shield block rating, expertise and so on.

Are there any instances where you'd want +spell damage (in the trinket slot for example)

Thanks

[Jayson]

Hi all

Firstly, please forgive my ignorance. I've been tanking happily on my warrior for ages but I want to level and gear up a protection paladin to help out my casual guild's raiding class balance (he's currently level 69)

My big question is: How similar is a warrior and a paladin's gear? I would say - extremely similar. But are there different choices you'd make? e.g. less / more focus on shield block rating, expertise and so on.

Are there any instances where you'd want +spell damage (in the trinket slot for example)

Thanks

Hey Kirkus,

Paladin and Warrior gear is very similar except for a few suprising differences (the largest being the near-uselessness of Expertise). For a guide listing the best available pieces in each slot check my post here. I would suspect that if you look through the BiS choices there it will give you a good understanding of what stats you need to be looking for.

Specifically, in regards to Spell Power, the need for it has been almost entirely irradicated due to Touched by the Light and the weapon DPS scaling of Hammer of the Righteous but in extreme AoE/Consecrate situations (i.e. more then 3-4 mobs) a SP weapon does pull ahead for threat on the pack as a whole.

[Kirkus]

Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I was looking for