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Protection Warrior

  • 2v2
  • 8 players
  • Last Updated: 23 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

Retrô

Retrô

<The Playas Club>Uldum (us)

Talents (class)

Berserker Shout
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Bodyguard
Morale Killer
Storm of Destruction
Gooball

Gooball

<Kismet>Mal'Ganis (us)

Talents (class)

Fearless
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Spellbreaker
Defender's Aegis
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Storm Shield
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
Flashing Skies
Gathering Clouds

Talents (pvp)

Dragon Charge
Safeguard
Power Through Adversity
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

Stat Priority

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

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

63% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 198 primary stat for 20 sec.

13% of the best players use this combination
Umbral Plume

Umbral Plume

Equip: The Plume's gloom grants you 276 Critical Strike, waning over 60 sec before returning to full darkness. The Plume's power also regenerates while out of combat.

Use: While out of combat, invoke the Plume's dual nature to transform it into a Radiant Plume. (5 Min Cooldown)

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 32 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

13% of the best players use this combination
Sporelord's Mycelial Insignia

Sporelord's Mycelial Insignia

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to nourish the mycelium, granting you 345 of a random secondary stat and Leech for 12 sec.

Ultradon Cuirass

Ultradon Cuirass

Use: Don Ultradon scales granting you an 532,498 absorb shield for 1 min. (2 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Best Sockets

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

Flawless Quick Lapis

42%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

13%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Deadly Peridot

Flawless Deadly Peridot

11%

+16 Haste & +7 Critical Strike

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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

150%

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 29 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Wrist33%
  • Waist25%
  • Back25%
  • Shoulders8%
  • Chest8%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

25%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 974 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Chest50%
  • Back50%
Voidstone Barrier

Voidstone Barrier

13%

On Use: Activate the array and generate a Voidstone Barrier, absorbing 76,092 damage for the next 10 sec. The barrier is further empowered by 1% per unique gem color you have socketed.

  • Neck100%

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

25%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

88%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

13%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

63%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

25%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

13%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

88%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

38%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

25%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

75%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

50%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

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
12.5%
War Machine
100%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
50%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
100%
Storm Bolt
100%
Rend
100%
Second Wind
50%
Frothing Berserker
12.5%
Bounding Stride
75%
Pain and Gain
100%
Intervene
50%
Shockwave
100%
Overwhelming Rage
0%
Rallying Cry
87.5%
Field Dressing
87.5%
Spell Reflection
100%
Wrecking Throw
62.5%
Rumbling Earth
62.5%
Fearless
62.5%
Intimidating Shout
87.5%
Honed Reflexes
100%
Armored to the Teeth
100%
2 / 2
Double Time
100%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
0%
Javelineer
100%
Resonant Voice
25%
Crushing Force
75%
Cruel Strikes
100%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
100%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
100%
2 / 2
Anger Management
100%
Champion's Spear
37.5%
Stance Mastery
75%
Battlefield Commander
100%

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
87.5%
Fight Through the Flames
37.5%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
75%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
12.5%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
87.5%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
25%
Best Served Cold
100%
Spellbreaker
12.5%
Thunderlord
100%
Defender's Aegis
87.5%
Last Stand
62.5%
Bloodborne
37.5%
Punish
100%
Tough as Nails
37.5%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
100%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
0%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
87.5%
Shield Specialization
87.5%
Enduring Alacrity
87.5%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
12.5%
Booming Voice
87.5%
Indomitable
75%
Violent Outburst
100%
Heavy Handed
0%
Shield Charge
100%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
87.5%
Whirling Blade
100%
Phalanx
87.5%

Best PvP Talents

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

75%

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

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

50%

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.

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

50%

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

Disarm

Disarm

38%

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

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

13%

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

13%

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.

Safeguard

Safeguard

13%

Intervene now has 2 charges and reduces the ally's damage taken by 20% for 5 sec. Intervene's cooldown is increased by 10 sec.

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

13%

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.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

13%

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.

Rebound

Rebound

13%

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.

Oppressor

Oppressor

13%

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.