Best professions for Holy, Prot and Ret Paladin

What changes between Holy, Prot and Ret?

Changes almost everything:

• most valued type of bonus
• utility weight
• stamina, threat, mana or damage value
• how flexible the duo needs to be for dual spec

That's why the generic Paladin profession almost always becomes an incomplete answer.

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Recommended professions for each spec

Holy

• Engineering
• Jewelcrafting -Blacksmithing
• Alchemy in more economical setups
• Enchanting on some profiles

Protection

• Engineering -Blacksmithing
• Jewelcrafting
• Mining in a more practical/defensive context

Retribution

• Engineering
• Jewelcrafting -Blacksmithing
• Enchanting on some routes

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Priority differences between healing, tanking and damage

Holy

values comfort, throughput and well-managed mana

Prot

wants robustness, threat and usefulness

Ret

want more aggressive bonuses and clean scaling

This makes Engineering very constant between the three, while the second profession changes depending on the main function.

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Versatile pairs for those who alternate roles

The best pairings for Paladins who change roles a lot are:

• Engineering + JC
• Engineering + BS

These two work very well because they remain strong in: -Holy -Prot -Ret

When a person trades a lot, versatility weighs almost as much as gross bonuses.

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Value for money by play style

I want min-max

Engineering + JC or Engineering + BS

I want versatility between specs

Engineering + JC

I want stable progression with less pain

Alchemy + Engineering or Mining + Engineering

I want Prot with more comfort early

Mining + Engineering still makes sense

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Common mistakes when choosing a Paladin

1. Choose as if Holy, Prot and Ret were equal

2. Changing roles too much with an unversatile partner

3. Copy endgame setup on a character without gold

4. Ignore Engineering too soon

5. Underestimating the weight of the second profession

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Minimum recommendation

For Paladin:

1. Engineering is almost always excellent
2. JC and BS are the second strongest professions in most scenarios
3. Mining still has room for Prot
4. Alchemy works well when the priority is balance between cost and performance

Paladin highly values strong professions, but values them even more when they accompany the role you actually play.