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Protection Warrior

  • 3v3
  • 21 players
  • Last Updated: 35 minutes 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

Bigtastybacn

Bigtastybacn

Blackrock (eu)

Talents (class)

Berserker Shout
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Sudden Death
Into the Fray

Talents (hero)

Boneshaker
Arterial Bleed
No Stranger to Pain

Talents (pvp)

Morale Killer
Oppressor
Safeguard
Сарухое

Сарухое

<Таверна у Луны>Gordunni (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
Thorim's Might

Talents (pvp)

Thunderstruck
Dragon Charge
Power Through Adversity
Ahaferos

Ahaferos

<Eternal Shadows>Drak'thul (eu)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Fearless

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Bodyguard
Rebound
Safeguard

Stat Priority

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

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

57% 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 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

10% of the best players use this combination
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 275 for 10 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.

5% 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 Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 208 for 15 sec. (1 Min 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

45%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

13%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

11%

+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control

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 Back item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

124%

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.

  • Back35%
  • Wrist31%
  • Off Hand12%
  • Chest8%
  • Waist8%
  • Legs4%
  • Shoulders4%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

38%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 966 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Back38%
  • Hands25%
  • Wrist25%
  • Off Hand13%
Hunt

Hunt

10%

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 icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

81%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

14%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

67%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

14%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

19%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

76%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

19%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

67%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

14%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Pyrium Shield Spike

5%

Pyrium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

138%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

24%

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
57.1%
War Machine
95.2%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
33.3%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
100%
Storm Bolt
95.2%
Rend
100%
Second Wind
52.4%
Frothing Berserker
28.6%
Bounding Stride
95.2%
Pain and Gain
95.2%
Intervene
66.7%
Shockwave
81%
Overwhelming Rage
14.3%
Rallying Cry
85.7%
Field Dressing
71.4%
Spell Reflection
100%
Wrecking Throw
47.6%
Rumbling Earth
38.1%
Berserker Shout
81%
Intimidating Shout
85.7%
Honed Reflexes
95.2%
Armored to the Teeth
100%
2 / 2
Double Time
100%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
4.8%
Javelineer
90.5%
Resonant Voice
23.8%
Crushing Force
90.5%
Cruel Strikes
95.2%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
95.2%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
100%
2 / 2
Anger Management
95.2%
Champion's Spear
57.1%
Stance Mastery
52.4%
Battlefield Commander
90.5%

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 Shield
100%
Capacitance
100%
Conductivity
100%
Storm Surge
100%
Ignore Pain
100%
Demoralizing Shout
100%
Revenge
100%
Brace For Impact
100%
Armor Specialization
66.7%
Fight Through the Flames
57.1%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
76.2%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
23.8%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
85.7%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
14.3%
Best Served Cold
100%
Spellbreaker
0%
Thunderlord
95.2%
Defender's Aegis
95.2%
Last Stand
38.1%
Bloodborne
81%
Punish
100%
Tough as Nails
23.8%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
100%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
0%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
81%
Shield Specialization
38.1%
Enduring Alacrity
90.5%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
42.9%
Booming Voice
100%
Indomitable
28.6%
Violent Outburst
90.5%
Heavy Handed
4.8%
Shield Charge
95.2%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
95.2%
Whirling Blade
90.5%
Phalanx
100%

Best PvP Talents

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

76%

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

52%

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

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

38%

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.

Oppressor

Oppressor

33%

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.

Power Through Adversity

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.

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

24%

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.

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

14%

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

10%

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.

Rebound

Rebound

5%

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

Shield Bash

5%

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

5%

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

Berserker Roar

Berserker Roar

5%

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