Protection Warrior

3v3
18 players
Last Updated: 18 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Protection Warrior on the 3v3 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

Players

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<Таверна у Луны>Gordunni (eu)

2709

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Ahaferos

<Eternal Shadows>Drak'thul (eu)

2625

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<Каражан>Ashenvale (eu)

2542

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Stat Priority

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

Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike

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Best Races

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

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Best Items

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Trinket Combinations

44% 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.

17% 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 37 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to increase your Critical Strike by 790 and size, diminishing over 12 sec.

11% of the best players use this combination

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 275 for 10 sec.

Gaze of the Alnseer

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

25%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Masterful Lapis

17%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Deadly Peridot

15%

+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

139%

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.

Wrist32%
Back32%
Off Hand12%
Waist12%
Shoulders8%
Legs4%

Devouring Banding

44%

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.

Wrist38%
Back25%
Main Hand25%
Off Hand13%

Hunt

11%

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

78%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

22%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

61%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

11%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

+3 Stamina

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

78%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

22%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

56%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

17%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Off Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

11%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Thorium Shield Spike

Thorium Spike

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

94%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

44%

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

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Mountain Thane (100%)

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Best PvP Talents

Thunderstruck

61%

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

Morale Killer

50%

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

Bodyguard

22%

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.

Power Through Adversity

22%

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.

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.

Oppressor

17%

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.

Rebound

11%

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.

Disarm

11%

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

Safeguard

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

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.

Berserker Roar

Berserker Shout also reduces the duration of the next crowd control effect within 5 sec by 50% on group members within 12 yds.