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Best Trinkets for Protection Paladin in Midnight Season 2
Every current dungeon and raid trinket, simulated on the standard Protection Paladin profile with SimulationCraft and ranked by single-target DPS across upgrade tracks. Refreshed weekly with the latest engine build.
As of September 2, 2026, Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique (The Venomous Abyss) leads Protection Paladin single-target at Myth track (item level 334), 0.3% ahead of Voracious Heart of Ula'tek and 1.1% ahead of Vile Vial of Volatile Venom. 26 trinkets from current dungeons and raids were simulated at 4 item levels each.
Trinket rankings
| # | Trinket | 295 | 308 | 321 | 334 | DPS gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zul'jin's Guillotine TechniqueThe Venomous Abyss · The Coiled Altar | 116k | 118k | 119k | 120k | |
| 2 | Voracious Heart of Ula'tekThe Venomous Abyss · Ula'tek | 117k | 118k | 119k | 120k | |
| 3 | Vile Vial of Volatile VenomAltar of Fangs · Rav'i | 116k | 117k | 118k | 119k | |
| 4 | Sapling of the DawnrootThe Blinding Vale · Ziekket | 115k | 116k | 117k | 119k | |
| 5 | Tumor of the SwarmVoidscar Arena · Atroxus | 115k | 116k | 118k | 119k | |
| 6 | Merektha's FangTemple of Sethraliss · Merektha | 115k | 116k | 117k | 119k | |
| 7 | Keeper's Seething CoreThe Venomous Abyss · Entombed Sentinels | 116k | 117k | 117k | 118k | |
| 8 | Blazebinder's HoofRuby Life Pools · Kokia Blazehoof | 116k | 116k | 117k | 118k | |
| 9 | Gebbo's Bottomless BagThe Venomous Abyss · The Lost Explorers | 115k | 116k | 117k | 117k | |
| 10 | Font of Venomous RageThe Venomous Abyss · Ula'tek | 114k | 115k | 116k | 117k | |
| 11 | Seed of the Devouring WildThe Blinding Vale · Ikuzz the Light Hunter | 115k | 116k | 116k | 117k | |
| 12 | Tattered Amani War BannerAltar of Fangs · Zul'jan | 114k | 115k | 116k | 117k | |
| 13 | Resonant BellowstoneMurder Row · Xathuux the Annihilator | 114k | 115k | 116k | 116k | |
| 14 | Idol of the War LoaDen of Nalorakk · Nalorakk | 115k | 115k | 115k | 116k | |
| 15 | Ruby Whelp ShellRuby Life Pools · Melidrussa Chillworn | 114k | 114k | 115k | 116k | |
| 16 | First Mate's ShellwardThe Venomous Abyss · The Lost Explorers | 113k | 113k | 114k | 115k | |
| 17 | Sszorak's FerocityThe Venomous Abyss · Sszorak | 113k | 114k | 114k | 115k | |
| 18 | Coiled FangstoneAltar of Fangs · Rav'i | 113k | 114k | 114k | 115k | |
| 19 | Mchimba's Ritual BandagesKings' Rest · Mchimba the Embalmer | 113k | 113k | 114k | 115k | |
| 20 | Manaheart's Binding FlameMurder Row · Kystia Manaheart | 113k | 113k | 114k | 114k | |
| 21 | Mindpiercer's SigilVoidscar Arena · Charonus | 112k | 112k | 113k | 114k | |
| 22 | Preternatural AntivenomThe Venomous Abyss · The Twin Fangs | 111k | 111k | 111k | 112k | |
| 23 | Kyrakka's Searing EmbersRuby Life Pools · Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein | 111k | 111k | 111k | 111k | |
| 24 | Hex Lord's Dooming IdolThe Venomous Abyss · The Coiled Altar | 111k | 111k | 111k | 111k | |
| 25 | Permafrost EssenceDen of Nalorakk · Sentinel of Winter | 110k | 111k | 111k | 111k | |
| 26 | Idol of the Howling NexusThe Venomous Abyss · Sszorak | 111k | 111k | 111k | 111k |
DPS gain bar: trinket's contribution over an empty trinket slot at Myth track (334). Differences within ~0.4% are statistical noise — treat close trinkets as tied (what target error means).
Methodology
- Profile: the SimC project's canonical MID2 Protection Paladin profile (MID2_Paladin_Protection.simc), with both trinket slots emptied as baseline.
- Simulation: each trinket equipped alone in slot 1 at item levels 295, 308, 321, 334 — fight style Patchwerk, 300s fight, target error 0.4%.
- Engine: SimulationCraft, current Midnight Season 2 build; the identical engine runs in this site's in-browser simulator.
- Raw data: data.json for this page.
Other Paladin specs
No other Paladin specs are currently simmable.
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