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Protection Warrior

  • 2v2
  • 14 players
  • Last Updated: 20 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Protection Warrior on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Beerstorm

Beerstorm

<Deviation Valley>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Storm Bolts
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
Flashing Skies
Thorim's Might

Talents (pvp)

Disarm
Shield Bash
Thunderstruck
Bludsplatter

Bludsplatter

<Misanthropic>Ravencrest (us)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Piercing Howl

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Storm Bolts
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
Flashing Skies
Thorim's Might

Talents (pvp)

Morale Killer
Rebound
Demolition
Аь

Аь

Howling Fjord (eu)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Piercing Howl

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Storm Bolts
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
Flashing Skies
Thorim's Might

Talents (pvp)

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Protection Warrior is
Haste > Critical Strike > Mastery > Versatility

Best Races

The best race for a Protection Warrior for the Alliance is Gnome and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

14% of the best players use this combination
Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 30 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to increase your Critical Strike by 731 and size, diminishing over 12 sec.

7% of the best players use this combination
Heart of Wind

Heart of Wind

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to awaken the Heart of Wind, surrounding you with strong gales that increase your Haste by 247 for 10 sec.

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 30 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

7% of the best players use this combination
Desecrated Chalice

Desecrated Chalice

Equip: Taking damage has a high chance to fill the chalice with Despair, drop by drop, up to 10 times. Once full, the chalice spills, blanketing the ground beneath you in a dark mire dealing 3,735 Void damage each second split between enemies inside for 10 sec while granting you 453 versatility.

Heart of Wind

Heart of Wind

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to awaken the Heart of Wind, surrounding you with strong gales that increase your Haste by 247 for 10 sec.

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Protection Warrior is Flawless Versatile Peridot
Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

19%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

17%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

10%

+32 Primary Stat

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Protection Warrior is Arcanoweave Lining on a Off Hand item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

100%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Strength by 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Off Hand43%
  • Wrist36%
  • Feet7%
  • Back7%
  • Waist7%
Hunt

Hunt

36%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have the chance to grant 85 secondary stats for 15 sec based on the target creature's type.

  • Main Hand100%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

21%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,765 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Off Hand33%
  • Waist33%
  • Feet33%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

7%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

64%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

7%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

43%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

36%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

64%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

14%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

57%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

29%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Thorium Shield Spike

7%

Thorium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

36%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

Enchant Ring - Nature's Fury

29%

Enchant Ring - Nature's Fury

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Battle Stance
100%
Defensive Stance
100%
Fast Footwork
21.4%
War Machine
100%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
78.6%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
100%
Storm Bolt
92.9%
Rend
100%
Second Wind
21.4%
Frothing Berserker
57.1%
Bounding Stride
71.4%
Pain and Gain
100%
Intervene
14.3%
Shockwave
100%
Overwhelming Rage
21.4%
Rallying Cry
100%
Field Dressing
85.7%
Spell Reflection
100%
Wrecking Throw
85.7%
Rumbling Earth
64.3%
Fearless
14.3%
Intimidating Shout
100%
Honed Reflexes
78.6%
Armored to the Teeth
100%
2 / 2
Double Time
100%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
14.3%
Javelineer
92.9%
Resonant Voice
14.3%
Crushing Force
92.9%
Cruel Strikes
100%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
92.9%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
100%
2 / 2
Anger Management
100%
Champion's Spear
14.3%
Stance Mastery
85.7%
Battlefield Commander
92.9%

Mountain Thane

Hero class image
Thunder Blast
100%
Thorim's Might
100%
Flashing Skies
100%
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
100%
Ground Current
100%
Lightning Strikes
100%
Avatar of the Storm
100%
Burst of Power
100%
Strength of the Mountain
100%
Crashing Thunder
100%
Storm Bolts
100%
Capacitance
100%
Conductivity
100%
Storm Surge
100%
Ignore Pain
100%
Demoralizing Shout
100%
Revenge
100%
Brace For Impact
100%
Armor Specialization
100%
Fight Through the Flames
14.3%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
71.4%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
14.3%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
78.6%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
50%
Best Served Cold
100%
Spellbreaker
0%
Thunderlord
92.9%
Defender's Aegis
100%
Last Stand
35.7%
Bloodborne
35.7%
Punish
100%
Tough as Nails
78.6%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
100%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
7.1%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
100%
Shield Specialization
78.6%
Enduring Alacrity
85.7%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
0%
Booming Voice
92.9%
Indomitable
35.7%
Violent Outburst
92.9%
Heavy Handed
0%
Shield Charge
100%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
78.6%
Whirling Blade
100%
Phalanx
271.4%

Best PvP Talents

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

64%

After casting Avatar, Shockwave, or Stormbolt, your next Thunder Clap roots all targets it damages for 4 sec.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

50%

When Shield Slam is used on targets that are casting, it reduces their damage done by 15% for 8 sec and the cooldown is instantly reset.

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

43%

Reduces the cooldown of Demoralizing Shout by 15 sec, and Demoralizing Shout now reduces the damage enemies deal to all targets, not just you.

Disarm

Disarm

36%

Disarm the enemy's weapons and shield for 5 sec. Disarmed creatures deal significantly reduced damage.

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

29%

Second Wind reduces damage taken by 10% to 40%, with larger attacks being reduced by more. While Shield Wall is active, healing reductions do not apply to you.

Rebound

Rebound

14%

Spell Reflection reflects the next 2 incoming spells cast on you and reflected spells deal 100% extra damage to the attacker. Spell Reflection's cooldown is increased by 10 sec.

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

14%

Run at high speed at a distance in front of you. All enemies in your path will take 24 Physical damage and be knocked back.

Demolition

Demolition

7%

Reduces the cooldown of your Shattering Throw or Wrecking Throw by 50% and increases its damage to absorb shields by an additional 250%.

Oppressor

Oppressor

7%

You focus the assault on this target, increasing their damage taken by 3% for 6 sec. Each unique player that attacks the target increases the damage taken by an additional 3%, stacking up to 5 times. Your melee attacks refresh the duration of Focused Assault.

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

7%

Protect an ally, causing 40% of all Physical damage they take to be transfered to you. When the target takes Physical damage, your Shield Slam cooldown has a 30% chance to be reset. Bodyguard is cancelled if the target is further than 20 yards from you. Lasts 1 min. Only one target can be Bodyguarded at a time.

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

7%

Bladestorm, Ravager, and Demolish now snare all targets you hit by 60% for 6 sec and decrease their healing taken by 50% for 10 sec.