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Protection Warrior

  • 3v3
  • 10 players
  • Last Updated: 13 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!

Players

Crushedlol

Crushedlol

<Wrathful>Bleeding Hollow (us)

Talents (class)

Berserker Shout
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Hunker Down
Defender's Aegis
Sudden Death
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
Thunderstruck
Crazybigbear

Crazybigbear

<Duckbubi>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (class)

-

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

-

Talents (pvp)

Biophage

Biophage

<Particle>Stormscale (us)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Berserker Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Storm Shield
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 > 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

20% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

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

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

20% 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 708 and size, diminishing over 12 sec.

10% of the best players use this combination
Crucible of Erratic Energies

Crucible of Erratic Energies

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to induce Voidlust. Voidlust increases your Critical Strike by 135, Leech by 1%, and Movement Speed by 10%. Protocol of Violence: The Voidlust consumes you more often. Protocol of Sustenance: Voidlust episodes last longer. Protocol of Predation: Voidlust episodes are more intense.

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 264 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 Amethyst
Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

16%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Garnet

Flawless Quick Garnet

13%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Haste

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

13%

+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

120%

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.

  • Wrist42%
  • Back25%
  • Waist8%
  • Head8%
  • Feet8%
  • Off Hand8%
Hunt

Hunt

20%

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

10%

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.

  • 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 icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

40%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

30%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

20%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

20%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

40%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

40%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

30%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

30%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Thorium Shield Spike

10%

Thorium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

50%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

40%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

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
80%
Defensive Stance
80%
Fast Footwork
20%
War Machine
80%
Thunder Clap
80%
Leeching Strikes
50%
Impending Victory
80%
Heroic Leap
80%
Crackling Thunder
80%
Storm Bolt
80%
Rend
80%
Second Wind
20%
Frothing Berserker
40%
Bounding Stride
60%
Pain and Gain
70%
Intervene
30%
Shockwave
80%
Overwhelming Rage
10%
Rallying Cry
60%
Field Dressing
70%
Spell Reflection
80%
Wrecking Throw
60%
Rumbling Earth
70%
Berserker Shout
30%
Piercing Howl
70%
Honed Reflexes
80%
Armored to the Teeth
80%
2 / 2
Double Time
80%
Reinforced Plates
80%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
10%
Javelineer
70%
Resonant Voice
10%
Crushing Force
80%
Cruel Strikes
80%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
80%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
70%
2 / 2
Anger Management
80%
Champion's Spear
0%
Stance Mastery
80%
Battlefield Commander
70%

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
80%
Demoralizing Shout
80%
Revenge
80%
Brace For Impact
80%
Armor Specialization
70%
Fight Through the Flames
30%
Devastator
80%
Disrupting Shout
70%
Strategist
80%
Devastating Focus
0%
Brutal Vitality
80%
Instigate
80%
Shield Wall
80%
Bloodsurge
30%
Best Served Cold
80%
Hunker Down
20%
Thunderlord
80%
Defender's Aegis
80%
Last Stand
30%
Sudden Death
10%
Punish
80%
Tough as Nails
60%
Fueled by Violence
80%
Enduring Defenses
80%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
80%
Deep Wounds
0%
Into the Fray
80%
Focused Vigor
80%
Shield Specialization
80%
Enduring Alacrity
70%
Avatar
80%
Massacre
0%
Booming Voice
80%
Indomitable
40%
Violent Outburst
80%
Heavy Handed
0%
Shield Charge
80%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
60%
Whirling Blade
70%
Phalanx
180%

Best PvP Talents

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

60%

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

Morale Killer

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.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

30%

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.

Disarm

Disarm

20%

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

Demolition

Demolition

20%

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

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

10%

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.

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

10%

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.

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

10%

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.

Oppressor

Oppressor

10%

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

Rebound

10%

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.