Protection Paladin Tank The Eternal Palace Raid Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.5 (2024)

This page will focus on how to best prepare as a Protection Paladin for TheThe Eternal Palace encounters,rather than a general guide for the instance.These guides and their talent recommendations are purely for progressionkills, allowing you to increase your chances of killing the bosses. Once youhave killed a boss and are more familiar with the fight and feel comfortablewith it, you may very well wish to change talents in order to do moredamage.

Minor Essences such as Strife, Sphere of Suppression,and Lifeblood, which give more or less passive Versatility,Haste, or Strengthare always viable options should no encounter specific abilities play much of arole with other Essences.

We advise you to use the following essences against Abyssal Commander Sivara.

• Major Slot
  • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
• Minor Slots
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
  • Memory of Lucid Dreams — Rank 3: Lucid Dreams

Make sure to try to stand still if you have Toxic Brand, orconstantly move around on the spot should you have Frost Mark. Everytime you tank swap to drop your debuff( Rimefrost/ Septic Taint), take care for when the durationexpires, as it will create a pool on the ground, with its size depending on howmany stacks you had.

The damage from Crushing Reverberation is split between all targetswithin 5 yards. This damage is rather manageable to solo as long as Shield of the Righteous is active, and there is no need to stack.

For more information, please refer to our Abyssal Commander Sivara strategy guide.

Nothing really changes on Mythic other than you get stacks slightly faster.This should be a rather irrelevant change for tanks, but you may want toreset them more often.

We advise you to use the following essences against Blackwater Behemoth.

• Major Slot
  • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
• Minor Slots
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife

Avoid picking up Bioluminescence from the cloud, as tanks will beable to be healed again due to the Radiant Biomass debuff the bossapplies and refreshes on you every time he attacks. By swapping shortly beforeor after thedebuff fades, you will also naturally reset his Feeding Frenzy, whichwould otherwise force him to hit very quickly.

Note that Divine Steed does not work on this fight as you areswimming. Blessing of Spellwarding is also useful because it makes youimmune to the damage over time effect when tanking. You can also throwBlessing of Spellwarding on another player who find themselves unable to behealed but may be on very low health when a Shock Pulse isincoming.

For more information, please refer to our Blackwater Behemoth strategy guide.

Mythic changes nothing for tanks, and the only thing that is added is Piercing Barb. This is a 1.3-million Nature damage hit, which oneperson will take after a channel on this person. You want to help soak thisbeam that goes between the boss and the player in order to split the damage. Blessing of Spellwarding will make the player immune to the damage andeffectively makes any player able to solo it if they receive Spellwarding.

We advise you to use the following essences against Radiance of Azshara.

• Major Slot
  • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
• Minor Slots
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
  • Memory of Lucid Dreams — Rank 3: Lucid Dreams

You are safe to taunt during the Tide Fist cast. The boss frequentlyknocks the tanks back, so you will not have to tank for very long at a time.Make sure to always have 3 charges of Shield of the Righteous saved upfor when you start tanking.

Paladins are great at helping interrupt the Stormlings adds whichdamages the group. Try to keep them interrupted and silenced rightbefore the Gale Buffet cast.

For more information, please refer to our Radiance of Azshara strategy guide.

The Mythic mechanic here splits the raid into two groups during theintermission. This means that you will have to tank the bigStormwraith as well as all 3 Stormlings by yourself. Each waveof Stormlings spawn in the exact middle of the Eye of the Storm, sotry to keep the Stormwraith close so Avenger's Shield always hits all4 targets.

We advise you to use the following essences against Lady Ashvane.

• Major Slot
  • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
• Minor Slots
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
  • Memory of Lucid Dreams — Rank 3: Lucid Dreams

While tanking, make sure to keep Shield of the Righteous activeagainst Barnacle Bash. Tanks can and will be the target of severalabilities on this encounter, meaning that you may sometimes have to take anextra stack at times. You are able to use Blessing of Spellwarding aswell as Divine Shield before you get stunned by the Briny Bubble in order to not spawn the bubble on you.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Ashvane strategy guide.

There are two popular strategies for Lady Ashvane, one involves 3 tankingit while dealing with 3 Shield Phases, while one strategy involves 2-phasingit with only 2 tanks. Generally speaking either case will be somewhat of aDPS race, and it can be recommended to use more offensive Essences such as Concentrated Flame together with Seraphim to deal moredamage, however only do this if you feel comfortable doing so withoutdying. If you have Null Barrier from Nullification DynamoRank 3, it will deal a lot of damage. Make sure to pick up a Waterlogged debuff from the very first wave, as it will keep itproccing for a lot of extra damage through the whole fight.

Should you be 2-phasing the fight (i.e., you expect to deal about 50% ofher health in damage during each Exposed Azerite phase and have her dead on thesecond phase), you can generally go for a more offensive setup, as the fight willbe a lot shorter. You should most likely help by soaking the very last Rippling Wave before you break the second shield, and take a bunch of Waterlogged stacks so the raid does not have to.

Should you be 3-tanking it, one tank is designated to be soaking most ofthe Rippling Wave bubbles. Paladin tanks do this task very well dueto having immunities to survive when you run around and pick up the bubblesas you should be reaching around 20+ stacks. It also involves Combat Resurrections onyou as healers will not be able to keep you alive for prolonged periods oftime. This strategy is falling out of favor as better gear (and more DPS)makes the 2-phase strategy easier.

We advise you to use the following essences against Orgozoa.

• Major Slot
  • Memory of Lucid Dreams — Rank 3: Memory of Lucid Dreams + Lucid Dreams
• Minor Slots
  • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Hardened Azerite
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

As the boss damage will be incredibly high before you have obtained a coupleof Desensitizing Sting debuffs, you will need to start tanking withheavy cooldowns or externals active right away as Shield of the Righteousis not enough alone at the start.

You are able to soak the pools on the ground in Phase 1 with Divine Shield,as well as Blessing of Spellwarding should you need to soak without Desensitizing Sting debuffs.

Help interrupt all casts from the Azshari Witch should it spawn.

For more information, please refer to our Orgozoa strategy guide.

Outside of Mythic hitting a lot harder, Orgozoa spawns adds a lot fasteras well. Most guilds use 3 tanks on the boss for this reason, as it makes swappingtanks a lot easier with one tank on adds full time, and the other two swapping onboss and soaking the pools on the ground that Zoatroids spawn. If youare tanking the Zoatroids you are not going to be taking a lot of damage andcan basically focus on damage output on those adds instead. If you aretanking the boss, make sure you have a heavy cooldown as well as Shield of the Righteous for the first few stacks, as the boss deals anincredible amount of damage. If you soak a wave of Zoatroid Amniotic Splatter with Divine Shield or Blessing of Spellwarding, you can offset when you need to changetanks, and can let the tanks reach 9 stacks a lot more often and make itsafer to tank and soak.

In Phase two you also need to tank and soak the Dreadcoil Hulk andits Powerful Stomp, which deals 2 million Nature damage split betweenpeople in the circle. Note that the Dungeon Journal says it is Physicaldamage, but this has been changed to Nature damage and not been updatedproperly. This is a lot of damage and you definitely need some form ofcooldown or immunity to survive it even with 7 stacks of Desensitizing Sting. Help interrupt the Azshari Witch as muchas you can when you are not on the boss.

We advise you to use the following essences against The Queen's Court.

• Major Slot
  • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
• Minor Slots
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife

You can use Blessing of Spellwarding against Deferred Sentence to move around freely without taking damage. It canalso be used to help another player solo soak the Frenetic Chargefrom Silivaz the Zealous.

You are able to use abilities such as Shield of the Righteous and Rebuke during Repeat Performance should you want to cast 2x Judgment or Hammer of the Righteous/ Blessed Hammer ina row.

For more information, please refer to our The Queen's Court strategy guide.

On Mythic, there is no downtime between edicts, and they simply rotatearound the room quickly (disabling a big part of the room close to thecorresponding banner). This leads to some complicated overlaps, but mainlythe one right after Deferred Sentence ends and the Obey or Suffer phase begins. Divine Shield as well as Blessing of Spellwarding prevents the application of Suffering which makes you immune to healing for 5 seconds, this isespecially useful if you are tanking Pashmar the Fanatical during Zealous Eruption, as you will be immune to both. Blessing of Spellwarding is also a powerful tool against certain Frenetic Charge during awkward timings should people not have theirown immunities. Aegis of Light can be a great tool to help your raidsurvive Potent Spark overlapping with Form Ranks.

We advise you to use the following essences against Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha.

• Main Tank
  • Major Slot
    • Memory of Lucid Dreams — Rank 3: Memory of Lucid Dreams + Lucid Dreams
  • Minor Slots
    • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
    • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Hardened Azerite
• Off Tank
  • Major Slot
    • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Empowered Null Barrier + Null Barrier
  • Minor Slots
    • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
    • Vision of Perfection — Rank 3: Strive for Perfection

When main-tanking, make sure to try to take as little damage as possiblewith high effective uptime of Shield of the Righteous to make lifeeasier for your co-tank.

If you should be off-tanking, you are able to use Blessing of Spellwarding toavoid taking any damage from your co-tank through Mind Tether.

For more information, please refer to our Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha strategy guide.

This fight is a lot about having proper movement with the boss, out oftentacles, into adds, and into the Maddening Eruption as well asconstantly picking up all the small Horrific Vision adds. We heavilyrecommend using Aegis of Light against specific Dread and Manic Dread dispells, as most guilds mass dispell them or Tremor totemto dispell them all at once. If you are off-tanking, you should be able tosurvive just fine with Seraphim, considering you will take close tono Physical damage and all the damage you do take is magic.

Blessing of Spellwarding can be used to make sure people who comeout of the Delirium Realm with a lot of stacks of Hysteriato help them survive.

We advise you to use the following essences against Queen Azshara.

• Major Slot
  • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
• Minor Slots
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife

Prepare to be mainly taking Physical damage when tanking Cyranus,while mostly Physical with a lot of Magic burst when tanking Aethanel.Make sure you keep them out of line of sight of each other during Painful Memories and within line of sight of each other during Longing. During Phase One, keep an eye on the energy bar of the bossyou are tanking, as they will drop a puddle of Cursed Heart under youwhenever they reach 100 energy (keep in mind they sometimes cast it onthemselves when they are casting other spells.

Blessing of Spellwarding will make a person immune to Sanction dot damage should they have a few too many stacks.

Tanking Azshara herself will involve taking a fair amount of spiky Arcanedamageregularly, most of which you can avoid with Blessing of Spellwarding,including Arcane Detonation.

Divine Shield can be used to remove the System Shockdebuff in the last phase, should you be clicking the console.

For more information, please refer to our Queen Azshara strategy guide.

This encounter changes a fair amount in Mythic, but from a tankingperspective it is very similar. The biggest difference is generally theQueen's Decree, which is not tank specific and the whole raid has todeal with it.

In Phase Two, Queen Azshara radiates Arcane Mastery, whichstacks Arcane Vulnerability throughout the whole fight every fewseconds. This only lasts for 5 seconds on DPS and healers, but it lasts for15 seconds on tanks due to us naturally getting vulnerability from Arcane Jolt. This means you will need to reset by line of sightingthe boss for quite a while every time you tank swap.

Be careful when she casts Arcane Detonation as she may sometimescast Arcane Jolt instantly through line of sight, if that should beher next ability as soon as the detonation ends.

In Phase Three, raid position as well as tank position can be awkward tomake sure you are in line of sight and be able to be healed in the firstplace. Make sure you and your healers know where you guys want to be standingto make sure you can receive healing.

As mentioned above, you can pre- Blessing of Spellwarding the System Shock, or Divine Shield it away if you are clickingthe console.