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Best Bracers for Protection Paladins in WoW Forever

Premier Knight-Captain's Luminous Armguards / Premier Legionnaire's Lamellar Armguards and Premier Knight-Captain's Chevalier Armguards / Premier Legionnaire's Scaled Armguards are the S tier bracers for a tanking Paladin in WoW Forever. We graded 9 bracers S to D for Protection from their stats. BetaMany bracers were not revealed when we graded this list, so it grades only the bracers that were.

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STop2 bracersBest in slot for this role right nowClick any bracer for its gradeTap a card for its grade

Epic, item level 65Premier Knight-Captain's Luminous Armguards / Premier Legionnaire's Lamellar Armguards

Epic, item level 65Premier Knight-Captain's Chevalier Armguards / Premier Legionnaire's Scaled Armguards

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AStrong1 bracerClose behind the top pick

Rare, item level 65Bracers of Heroism

BSolid2 bracersGood bracers to use until a better one turns up

Epic, item level 65Berserker Bracers

Rare, item level 57Bracers of Valor

CSituational3 bracersWorth it for a specific need

Rare, item level 60Premier Luminous Armsplints / Premier Lamellar Armsplints

Rare, item level 60Premier Chevalier Armsplints / Premier Scaled Armsplints

Rare, item level 65Soulforge Bracers

DBottom1 bracerPlaceholders until something better turns up

Rare, item level 57Lightforge Bracers

What each tier means

STop Best in slot for this role right now
AStrong Close behind the top pick
BSolid Good bracers to use until a better one turns up
CSituational Worth it for a specific need
DBottom Placeholders until something better turns up

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What is the BiS bracer for a Protection Paladin in WoW Forever?

Premier Knight-Captain's Luminous Armguards / Premier Legionnaire's Lamellar Armguards leads our Protection Paladin list at 100, with the next best bracer at 98.

Score out of 100 on this list

SPremier Knight-Captain's Luminous Armguardsilvl 65100 of 100
SPremier Knight-Captain's Chevalier Armguardsilvl 6598 of 100
ABracers of Heroismilvl 65Battlegear of Heroism91 of 100

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Bracers of ValorB

Best for Protection and HolyTradeable

Is the Holy BiS bracer worth it for a Protection Paladin?

Yes. Premier Knight-Captain's Luminous Armguards / Premier Legionnaire's Lamellar Armguards tops our Protection list and the Holy list, so one bracer serves both.

Changes tierTankHealer
Berserker Bracers: Tank B, Healer D
Bracers of Valor: Tank B, Healer D
Premier Luminous Armsplints: Tank C, Healer A
Soulforge Bracers: Tank C, Healer B
Lightforge Bracers: Tank D, Healer C

Bracers left off the list

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