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Protection Warrior

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  • Last Updated: 18 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

Dðnkéykòng

Dðnkéykòng

<유독한>Ravencrest (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
Ragnara

Ragnara

<The Crimson Alliance>Ragnaros (us)

Talents (class)

Fearless
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Impenetrable Wall
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Boneshaker
One Against Many
Veteran Vitality

Talents (pvp)

Thunderstruck
Dragon Charge
Power Through Adversity
Sephik

Sephik

<Noßrain>Archimonde (eu)

Talents (class)

Fearless
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Storm Shield
Steadfast as the Peaks
Snap Induction
Gathering Clouds

Talents (pvp)

Morale Killer
Safeguard
Power Through Adversity

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 Human and for the Horde is Tauren

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

20% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Emblem

Galactic Aspirant's Emblem

Use: Increases maximum health by 30,110 for 15 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

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)

18% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 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)

8% 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 34 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.

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

19%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

15%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

14%

+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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

50%

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 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Wrist40%
  • Back30%
  • Off Hand17%
  • Waist7%
  • Feet3%
  • Head3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

45%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 769 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 152%
  • Ring 244%
  • Neck4%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

23%

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.

  • Wrist21%
  • Back21%
  • Feet21%
  • Main Hand14%
  • Head7%
  • Hands7%
  • Shoulders7%

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

5%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

50%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

22%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

37%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

23%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

7%

+3 Stamina

Angler

2%

+5 Fishing

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

68%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

7%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

45%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

12%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Pyrium Shield Spike

8%

Pyrium Spike

Thorium Shield Spike

2%

Thorium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

48%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

47%

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
98.3%
Defensive Stance
98.3%
Fast Footwork
61.7%
War Machine
93.3%
Thunder Clap
98.3%
Leeching Strikes
53.3%
Impending Victory
98.3%
Heroic Leap
98.3%
Crackling Thunder
93.3%
Storm Bolt
90%
Rend
91.7%
Second Wind
80%
Frothing Berserker
40%
Bounding Stride
86.7%
Pain and Gain
95%
Intervene
65%
Shockwave
95%
Overwhelming Rage
16.7%
Rallying Cry
90%
Field Dressing
86.7%
Spell Reflection
98.3%
Wrecking Throw
30%
Rumbling Earth
28.3%
Fearless
83.3%
Intimidating Shout
88.3%
Honed Reflexes
93.3%
Armored to the Teeth
96.7%
2 / 2
Double Time
96.7%
Reinforced Plates
98.3%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
16.7%
Javelineer
85%
Resonant Voice
46.7%
Crushing Force
68.3%
Cruel Strikes
78.3%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
81.7%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
95%
2 / 2
Anger Management
71.7%
Champion's Spear
60%
Stance Mastery
91.7%
Battlefield Commander
73.3%

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
98.3%
Demoralizing Shout
98.3%
Revenge
98.3%
Brace For Impact
98.3%
Armor Specialization
96.7%
Fight Through the Flames
66.7%
Devastator
96.7%
Disrupting Shout
30%
Strategist
98.3%
Devastating Focus
11.7%
Brutal Vitality
95%
Instigate
41.7%
Shield Wall
98.3%
Bloodsurge
36.7%
Best Served Cold
95%
Spellbreaker
21.7%
Thunderlord
83.3%
Defender's Aegis
98.3%
Last Stand
83.3%
Bloodborne
65%
Punish
95%
Tough as Nails
26.7%
Fueled by Violence
98.3%
Enduring Defenses
98.3%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
98.3%
Deep Wounds
10%
Into the Fray
98.3%
Focused Vigor
75%
Shield Specialization
98.3%
Enduring Alacrity
98.3%
Avatar
96.7%
Massacre
5%
Booming Voice
60%
Indomitable
90%
Violent Outburst
83.3%
Heavy Handed
3.3%
Shield Charge
98.3%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
86.7%
Whirling Blade
88.3%
Phalanx
248.3%

Best PvP Talents

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

78%

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

58%

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

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

52%

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

48%

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

Safeguard

Safeguard

12%

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 10 sec by 50% on group members within 12 yds.

Disarm

Disarm

8%

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

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

7%

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.

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

5%

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.

Oppressor

Oppressor

5%

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

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.

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

3%

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.

Demolition

Demolition

3%

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