Protection Paladin

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

1. 1Hand of Reckoning+0.7s75%
2. 2Judgment+0.7s50%
3. 3Empowering Venom+0.9s50%
4. 4Sentinel+1.2s100%
5. 5Light's Potential+1.4s75%
6. 6Divine Toll+1.6s100%
7. 7Sacred Weapon+2.6s50%
8. 8Shield of the Righteous+2.8s100%
9. 9Hammer of Wrath+3.6s100%
10. 10Avenger's Shield+4s100%
11. 11Blessed Hammer+4.2s50%

What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

• Shield of the Righteous51 casts→Blessed Hammer22%Judgment20%Hammer of Wrath18%
• Blessed Hammer47 casts→Shield of the Righteous35%Judgment17%Hammer of Wrath13%
• Judgment38 casts→Blessed Hammer41%Judgment14%Shield of the Righteous14%
• Hammer of Wrath25 casts→Blessed Hammer36%Shield of the Righteous28%Avenger's Shield16%
• Avenger's Shield24 casts→Shield of the Righteous52%Judgment22%Blessed Hammer9%
• Consecration13 casts→Avenger's Shield23%Judgment23%Blessed Hammer23%

Casts per minute across 20 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

Updated 01/09/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

• Haste29.8%745 avg
• Critical Strike26.5%669 avg
• Mastery24.5%609 avg
• Versatility19.1%464 avg