Paladin

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Paladin

Classes
Class races	Death Knight	Demon Hunter	Druid	Ev	Hunter	Mage	Monk	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
Quests	Death Knight	Demon Hunter	Druid	Evuid	Hunter	Mage	Monk	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
Abilities	Death Knight	Demon Hunter	Druid	Evuid	Hunter	Mage	Monk	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
Trainers	Death Knight	Demon Hunter	Druid	-	Hunter	Mage	Monk	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
Armor sets	Death Knight	Demon Hunter	Druid	Evuid	Hunter	Mage	Monk	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
Useful macros	Death Knight	Demon Hunter	Druid	-	Hunter	Mage	Monk	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
Class Halls	Death Knight	Demon Hunter	Druid	-	Hunter	Mage	Monk	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior

This article is a description of the character class Paladin.

For a description of the role of paladins within the lore of Warcraft, see Paladin lore.

For related articles, see Category:Paladins

Weapons and Armor

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Human Paladin

From the start, paladins can wear cloth, leather, or mail armor, and can train to wear plate armor at level 40. They may use a shield. They can summon their own Warhorse at level 40 (which they can obtain for 90 silver from a trainer), which can be quested to an epic Charger at level 60. They can use the following melee weapons (either innately or through training):

swords, one- and two-handed
maces, one- and two-handed
axes, one- and two-handed
polearms (at level 20)
Fishing Poles

Paladins can't use ranged weapons

Paladins cannot dual wield or use any conventional ranged weapons. For ranged damage, a paladin has several limited options:

taking the Engineering profession in order to obtain limited ranged capabilities such as dynamite, bombs, and trinkets.
one notable option for a paladin who specializes in Gnomish Engineering is the [Gnomish Death Ray], since a paladin's invulnerability shield prevents the player from taking the damage normally associated with using this item. (Note: Blizzard has mentioned that this will no longer work in past patch notes, although it has not been changed yet. Actually, they noted that while in blessing of protection if the trinket fails and backfires, you will still take damage, however you do not take damage while casting it, and nothing official has been stated on this topic.)
a ranged trinket such as [Linken's Boomerang] It has a 3 minute cooldown each time it is used.
non-engineering explosives such as EZ-Thro Dynamite or EZ-Thro Dynamite II
using Judgement in combination with a seal (see below) allows for a limited range attack similar to (but more limited than) a druid's [Moonfire].
spending talents in the Holy tree to acquire the spell [Holy Shock]
using [Hammer of Wrath] on an enemy with less than 20% of their health left
As of Patch 2.0 [Avenger's Shield] has been added to the Protection tree.
Blood Elf paladins can also use their racial ability, [Mana Tap], to have some limited pulling of mana-based mobs.