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Protection Warrior

  • 2v2
  • 6 players
  • Last Updated: 3 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

Akorsa

Akorsa

<Aurora>Kazzak (eu)

Talents (class)

Fearless

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Heavy Repercussions
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Bodyguard
Morale Killer
Thunderstruck
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
Patrak

Patrak

<Linear>Burning Legion (eu)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Fearless

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Heavy Repercussions
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Disarm
Morale Killer
Rebound

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

17% of the best players use this combination
Heart of Ancient Hunger

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to increase your Critical Strike by 757 and size, diminishing over 12 sec.

Gloom-Spattered Dreadscale

Gloom-Spattered Dreadscale

Use: Unleash a burst of hungering Gloom, dealing 125,486 Shadow damage split between nearby enemies and absorbing up to 50% of incoming damage until an equal amount of damage has been prevented. Damage increased by 30% per additional enemy, up to 150%. (2 Min Cooldown)

17% 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.

17% 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.

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 37 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

Best Sockets

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

Flawless Deadly Peridot

21%

+16 Haste & +7 Critical Strike

Flawless Quick Amethyst

Flawless Quick Amethyst

18%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

18%

+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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

133%

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%
  • Back25%
  • Off Hand13%
  • Waist13%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

17%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 2,053 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Main Hand100%
Voidstone Barrier

Voidstone Barrier

17%

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.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

67%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

33%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

33%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

33%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

67%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

17%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

50%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

50%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

83%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

50%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

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
0%
War Machine
100%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
83.3%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
100%
Storm Bolt
100%
Rend
100%
Second Wind
16.7%
Frothing Berserker
33.3%
Bounding Stride
83.3%
Pain and Gain
100%
Intervene
0%
Shockwave
100%
Overwhelming Rage
16.7%
Rallying Cry
100%
Field Dressing
83.3%
Spell Reflection
100%
Wrecking Throw
66.7%
Rumbling Earth
100%
Fearless
66.7%
Intimidating Shout
50%
Honed Reflexes
100%
Armored to the Teeth
100%
2 / 2
Double Time
100%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
16.7%
Javelineer
83.3%
Resonant Voice
33.3%
Crushing Force
66.7%
Cruel Strikes
100%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
100%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
100%
2 / 2
Anger Management
100%
Champion's Spear
0%
Stance Mastery
100%
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
83.3%
Fight Through the Flames
16.7%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
83.3%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
16.7%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
100%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
50%
Best Served Cold
100%
Spellbreaker
0%
Thunderlord
100%
Defender's Aegis
100%
Last Stand
33.3%
Bloodborne
0%
Punish
100%
Tough as Nails
83.3%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
100%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
0%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
83.3%
Shield Specialization
100%
Enduring Alacrity
83.3%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
0%
Booming Voice
100%
Indomitable
50%
Violent Outburst
100%
Heavy Handed
0%
Shield Charge
100%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
66.7%
Whirling Blade
100%
Phalanx
100%

Best PvP Talents

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

83%

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

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

67%

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

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.

Disarm

Disarm

33%

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

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

17%

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

17%

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.

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

17%

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.

Rebound

Rebound

17%

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.