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Protection Warrior

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  • Last Updated: 15 hours ago

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

Force

Force

<CHITÓN>Doomhammer (eu)

Talents (class)

Berserker Shout
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Morale Killer
Thunderstruck
Dragon Charge
Pirpitsolis

Pirpitsolis

<Shein Factory>Outland (eu)

Talents (class)

Fearless
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Thunderstruck
Dragon Charge
Power Through Adversity
Sephik

Sephik

<Noßrain>Archimonde (eu)

Talents (class)

Berserker Shout
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Storm Shield
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
Snap Induction
Thorim's Might

Talents (pvp)

Morale Killer
Dragon Charge
Berserker Roar

Stat Priority

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

32% 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 Emblem

Galactic Gladiator's Emblem

Use: Increases maximum health by 32,652 for 15 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

32% 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
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.

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to increase your Critical Strike by 790 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

Flawless Quick Lapis

39%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

19%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

13%

+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 Prismatic Focusing Iris on a Ring 1 item
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

82%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 754 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 151%
  • Ring 244%
  • Neck5%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

56%

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 48 and your ally's Primary Stat by 12.

  • Back46%
  • Wrist32%
  • Off Hand11%
  • Waist4%
  • Feet4%
  • Shoulders4%
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 Hand40%
  • Wrist40%
  • Feet20%

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.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

6%

Flexweave Underlay

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

50%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

48%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

70%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

16%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

10%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

92%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

4%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

46%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

28%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Pyrium Shield Spike

6%

Pyrium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

92%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

36%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

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
70%
War Machine
94%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
38%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
92%
Storm Bolt
96%
Rend
90%
Second Wind
80%
Frothing Berserker
20%
Bounding Stride
98%
Pain and Gain
100%
Intervene
82%
Shockwave
92%
Overwhelming Rage
4%
Rallying Cry
94%
Field Dressing
92%
Spell Reflection
100%
Wrecking Throw
20%
Rumbling Earth
28%
Fearless
90%
Intimidating Shout
96%
Honed Reflexes
96%
Armored to the Teeth
98%
2 / 2
Double Time
98%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
4%
Javelineer
98%
Resonant Voice
56%
Crushing Force
60%
Cruel Strikes
80%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
66%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
100%
2 / 2
Anger Management
76%
Champion's Spear
84%
Stance Mastery
86%
Battlefield Commander
94%

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
96%
Fight Through the Flames
82%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
20%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
12%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
24%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
18%
Best Served Cold
100%
Spellbreaker
12%
Thunderlord
90%
Defender's Aegis
100%
Last Stand
86%
Bloodborne
84%
Punish
100%
Tough as Nails
18%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
100%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
4%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
74%
Shield Specialization
92%
Enduring Alacrity
96%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
8%
Booming Voice
44%
Indomitable
88%
Violent Outburst
80%
Heavy Handed
2%
Shield Charge
98%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
96%
Whirling Blade
96%
Phalanx
98%

Best PvP Talents

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

68%

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.

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

66%

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

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

64%

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.

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

54%

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

Safeguard

Safeguard

16%

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.

Berserker Roar

Berserker Roar

10%

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

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

6%

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.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

4%

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

Oppressor

4%

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.

Disarm

Disarm

4%

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

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

2%

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.

Rebound

Rebound

2%

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.