Every week, WoW Insider brings you The Light and How to Swing It for holy, protection and retribution paladins. Protection specialist Matt Walsh spends most of his time receiving concussions for the benefit of 24 other people, obsessing over his hair (a blood elf racial!), and maintaining the tankadin-focused blog Righteous Defense.

Perhaps you’re a player new to WoW, attracted by the new free-to-play-ish 20 levels of the game, or just someone bored with your main and stable of alts looking to take the One True Tank (I kid, I kid — I swear, I kid) out for a spin. Either way, you’re going to be getting on at the ground floor of a very fun class and a very fun role.

The game needs more tanks, so I’ll do my best in this column to get you off to a proper start. I’ll go over the benefits of leveling as a tank, what race you should choose, what heirlooms you can arm yourself with if you have a main bankrolling the whole enterprise, what stats will be important for your new tank when gear drops, and the talenting and glyphing choices you should make on your way to the top.Continue reading The Light and How to Swing It: How to roll a new paladin tankFiled under: Paladin, (Paladin) The Light and How to Swing ItThe Light and How to Swing It: How to roll a new paladin tank originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Every week, WoW Insider brings you The Light and How to Swing It for holy, protection and retribution paladins. Protection specialist Matt Walsh spends most of his time receiving concussions for the benefit of 24 other people, obsessing over his hair (a blood elf racial!), and maintaining the tankadin-focused blog Righteous Defense.

Perhaps you’re a player new to WoW, attracted by the new free-to-play-ish 20 levels of the game, or just someone bored with your main and stable of alts looking to take the One True Tank (I kid, I kid — I swear, I kid) out for a spin. Either way, you’re going to be getting on at the ground floor of a very fun class and a very fun role.

The game needs more tanks, so I’ll do my best in this column to get you off to a proper start. I’ll go over the benefits of leveling as a tank, what race you should choose, what heirlooms you can arm yourself with if you have a main bankrolling the whole enterprise, what stats will be important for your new tank when gear drops, and the talenting and glyphing choices you should make on your way to the top.Continue reading The Light and How to Swing It: How to roll a new paladin tankFiled under: Paladin, (Paladin) The Light and How to Swing ItThe Light and How to Swing It: How to roll a new paladin tank originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments