So you want to take a beating, do you? Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide Byron "Messiah" Mudry walks you through the basics of playing a protection based Paladin, or Tankadin as they are commonly called in the World of Warcraft. Playing a Tankadin can be a lot of fun, but can also be quite challenging, so you should enter into tanking prepared. The biggest difficulty now is actually learning how to tank and doing it well. That's where this guide helps.

Because all of the Paladin abilities are on timers or act for very short time frames, tanking as a Paladin involves very close management of spell casting. You constantly have to manage seals, judgments, holy shield, stuns, consecration, and more. It can take some serious getting used to.

You can find the first part of the guide here: Paladin Tanking Guide.