Paladin Loot Specialization in LFR

You could do this ingame through the Dungeon Journal but I like researching it ahead of time.

The loot table in LFR is different from the loot table in Normal/Heroic/Mythic and what loot you can be awarded changes based upon your chosen Loot Specialization.

Head, Shoulders, Feet, Bracers, Legs, Chest, Hands, and Belt are easy. Those pieces are universal. They will be on your loot table regardless of your chosen specialization. One of the new features in Warlords is that plate gear has both Strength and Intellect on it, but the Intellect and Strength trade depending on your spec. When you are Holy, the piece has Intellect and no Strength. When you are Ret or Prot, it has Strength and no Intellect.

Belt is a little more difficult than the other universal pieces because as far as I can tell no plate belts drop in LFR. That seems like an oversight on the part of the developers.

(P) means you can only get the drop if you have a Prot loot specialization selected.
(H) means you can only get the drop if you have Holy loot specialization.
(PR) means you can get the drop if you have a Prot or Ret loot specialization.

Kargath - Run with the Protection loot specification. That gives you a roll on everything in his loot table. He has a Cloak(P) and a Ring (PR).

Butcher - a Cloak(P) and a 1 hander(P). If you are trying to build a Holy offset, he has a Trinket(H) and a Ring(H).

Brackenspore - Neck(P) or Trinket(H).

Tectus - His table is loaded with Holy goodies (Weapon(H), Cloak(H), and Neck(H)). Prot or Ret only gives you a shot at a Trinket(PR).

Twins - A Ring(P) is all you can get. If you go Holy there is a Trinket(H) and a Neck(H).

Ko’ragh - This is the tough one. This is Ret’s only shot at a 2 hander in the instance, and you have to be in a Ret loot specialization to get it. Holy gets a Cloak(H). Prot gets a Trinket(P).

Imperator - He drops the Shield(P) and a Neck(P). If you have those covered Holy can get a Cloak(H) or a Ring(H).

I found a few minor errors:

- The Butcher cloak is Prot & Ret (PR), not just Prot (as it has haste/multi on it).
- Twins didn't have a Holy trinket, just a neck.
- Tectus has Holy's shield, not neck.

I actually took the liberty of taking your (fantastic) idea and expanding it into BRF and making it into a chart:



Bolded items are unique to that loot spec. This can be very useful for both prot and ret! For example, if you have the weapon from Blackhand in BRF, and you only need the trinket as ret, then spec prot because you won't get a second weapon. Un-bolded items are shared between Prot and Ret. Holy's items, of course, are all bold due to the whole "intellect and mana" thing.

This list only includes Necks, Cloaks, Rings, Trinkets, Weapons, and Shields. All other pieces are still shared between specs, as Honorshammer pointed out, so I found it pointless to list them when trying to disseminate information about loot that is unique to each spec.