Protection Warrior

2v2
7 players
Last Updated: 21 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!

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Players

See a short summary of the highest rated players in this category

Talents

See what the most popular talents are for every dungeon and raid boss

Stat Priority

See what the most important secondary stats are

Races

Find out what the best races for both Horde and Alliance are

Best Items

Scroll through the best items for each armor and weapon slot

Sockets

Discover what gems you should add to your armor

Embellishments

See what the most popular embellishments are for your class

Enchants

See what the best enchants to add to your armor are

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Sylvanas (eu)

2200

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<Guttakrutt>Ragnaros (eu)

2142

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Patrak

<Linear>Burning Legion (eu)

2112

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Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Protection Warrior is

Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility > Mastery

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Best Races

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

BothAllianceHorde

Best Items

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Trinket Combinations

29% of the best players use this combination

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

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

14% of the best players use this combination

Solarflare Prism

Equip: Your damaging abilities have a chance to unleash the prism's radiant light, increasing your Critical Strike by 218 for 10 sec, further increased by 1 for every 1% of the target's missing health, up to a maximum of 267.

Solar Core Igniter

Use: Ignite the Solar Core within you for 15 sec, forming a radiant shield that absorbs 50% of incoming damage, up to 138,890. Gain up to 369 Versatility for 10 sec if the shield expires, based on its remaining power. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

14% of the best players use this combination

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.

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to increase your Critical Strike by 742 and size, diminishing over 12 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 Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

32%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Deadly Peridot

12%

+16 Haste & +7 Critical Strike

Flawless Quick Amethyst

12%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

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

143%

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.

Wrist50%
Back20%
Waist10%
Feet10%
Shoulders10%

Devouring Banding

14%

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.

Back100%

Hunt

14%

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%

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.

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

71%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

14%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

29%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

29%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

14%

+3 Stamina

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

57%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

43%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

14%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

57%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

29%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

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

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Mountain Thane (100%)

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Best PvP Talents

Thunderstruck

29%

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

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.

Disarm

29%

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

Morale Killer

29%

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

Rebound

29%

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.

Shield Bash

14%

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.

Dragon Charge

14%

Run at high speed at a distance in front of you. All enemies in your path will take 25 Physical damage and be knocked back.