Paladin Dragonflight Leveling Guide from 1 to 70 (2025)

Table of Contents

• 1. Leveling in The War Within
• 2. Best Leveling Spec for Paladin in The War Within
• 3. Ability Unlocks for Paladin Leveling in The War Within
• 4. Best Heirloom Items for Paladin Leveling in The War Within
• 5. Changelog

Welcome to our Paladin leveling guide. Here you will find all youneed to know to level up your Paladin efficiently. In addition, you may wishto check out our general Leveling guide,complete with detailed information on XP, mounts, addons, consumables, tips, andmore. We encourage to read it to increase your leveling speed even more.

Paladins are one of the stronger leveling classes. They have exceptionalutility and self-healing which allows them to be efficient when going throughthe leveling process. Their biggest weakness would come in the form of lowmobility.

Both Retribution and Protection are viable leveling specs. As Holy will lackdamage, you will want to stay away from it. Protection will allow you to benearly invincible when pulling enemies. It has competitive AoE damage but willsuffer when fighting bosses or having to deal single-target damage. Retributionon the other hand will deal strong damage regardless of situation, but it lacksthe survivability that Protection has. Which spec is better will vary on thesituation, and you will in most cases want to play the spec you are morecomfortable with.

If you choose to level in a large group or through dungeons, playing Holyis a completely viable choice. However, in most cases you will want to playeither Retribution or Protection as they more well-suited for the levelingexperience.

• At level 1, you unlock Crusader Strike, which gives you 1 Holy Powerwhen used on an enemy. You must be in melee range.
• At level 2, you unlock Shield of the Righteous, which deals damageto targets in front of you and provides armor. It costs 3 Holy Power to use.
• At level 3, you unlock Judgment. It does damage at longrange, and after reaching level 10, it will generate 1 Holy Power when used by aRetribution or Protection Paladin.
• At level 4, you unlock Flash of Light, which serves as your quickheal. It is very expensive but has a short cast time.
• At Level 5, you unlock Hammer of Justice, which allows you to stunyour target for 6 seconds.
• At level 6, you unlock Consecration, which deals damage to enemiescaught within its radius for 12 seconds.
• At level 7, you unlock Word of Glory. This ability has differentuses depending on your specialization. But, in every case, it is one the healsavailable to all specs. It costs 3 Holy Power to use.
• At level 8, you unlock Judgment, which increases the damageof Judgment by 50%.
• At level 9, you unlock Hand of Reckoning, which forces your targetto attack you. In solo content, you can use this to pull enemies, in all specs.
• At level 10, you unlock Divine Shield. This ability will allowyou to go immune to damage and harmful effects for 8 seconds.
• At level 10 you also unlock Sense Undead which will show the locationof nearby undead targets on your minimap.
• At level 13, you unlock Redemption, which allows you to resurrecta dead ally.
• At level 19, you unlock Intercession, which is a resurrection abilitythat can be cast in combat once every 10 minutes.
• At level 70 once The War Within launches you will have access to Hero Talents.Each specialisation has access to two:

1. Herald of the Sun: Holy and Retribution.
2. Lightsmith: Holy and Protection.
3. Templar: Retribution and Protection.

When purchasing Heirloom Items for Leveling in general, we recommendpicking the Heirloom items that have the highest amount of Haste possible.Haste speeds up the spec in almost every way, allowing you to quickly breezethrough your rotation, and move on to the next mob more quickly.

• 19 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
• 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
• 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
• 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
• 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
• 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
• 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
• 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
• 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
• 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
• 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
• 28 Nov. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
• 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.

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