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Protection Warrior

  • Battleground Blitz
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 11 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Battleground Blitz characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Rahbekling

Rahbekling

<Rahbek>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Fearless
Intimidating Shout

Talents (Specialization)

Spellbreaker
Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Heavy Repercussions

Talents (Hero)

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

Talents (PvP)

Thunderstruck
Dragon Charge
Power Through Adversity
Lychezar

Lychezar

<PvP Scalpel>Chamber of Aspects (eu)

Talents (Class)

Fearless
Intimidating Shout

Talents (Specialization)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (Hero)

Storm Bolts
Steadfast as the Peaks
Flashing Skies
Gathering Clouds

Talents (PvP)

Thunderstruck
Dragon Charge
Power Through Adversity
Force

Force

<CHITÓN>Doomhammer (eu)

Talents (Class)

Fearless
Intimidating Shout

Talents (Specialization)

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

Stat Priority

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

Most Used Races

The best race for a Protection Warrior for the Alliance is Human and for the Horde is Highmountain Tauren

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

18% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 314 primary stat for 20 sec.

10% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

6% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Emblem

Venomous Gladiator's Emblem

Use: Increases maximum health by 82,526 for 15 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Most Used Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Protection Warrior is Flawless Masterful Lapis
Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

21%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

20%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

13%

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

Most Used 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 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Wrist38%
  • Back23%
  • Feet13%
  • Off Hand13%
  • Waist10%
  • Hands3%
  • Shoulders3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

22%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,442 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 147%
  • Ring 247%
  • Neck6%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

10%

Equip: Kulzi favors you, granting your healing spells and abilities a chance to grant your target 101 Versatility.

  • Ring 156%
  • Ring 244%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

6%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

52%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

32%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

54%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

20%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heat Wave

8%

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Falco Strikes

6%

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Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

74%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

12%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

38%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

30%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Pyrium Shield Spike

4%

Pyrium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

66%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

38%

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 talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 50 characters in this dataset selected each 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
78%
War Machine
94%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
70%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
90%
Storm Bolt
92%
Blood and Thunder
96%
Second Wind
82%
Frothing Berserker
26%
Bounding Stride
92%
Pain and Gain
98%
Intervene
70%
Shockwave
88%
Overwhelming Rage
8%
Rallying Cry
92%
Field Dressing
88%
Spell Reflection
98%
Wrecking Throw
28%
Rumbling Earth
52%
Fearless
90%
Intimidating Shout
92%
Honed Reflexes
94%
Armored to the Teeth
96%
2 / 2
Double Time
100%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
22%
Javelineer
72%
Resonant Voice
54%
Crushing Force
52%
Cruel Strikes
70%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
96%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
90%
2 / 2
Anger Management
62%
Champion's Spear
72%
Stance Mastery
76%
Battlefield Commander
80%

Mountain Thane

Hero class image
Thunder Blast
100%
Gathering Clouds
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
74%
Fight Through the Flames
84%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
50%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
22%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
32%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
32%
Best Served Cold
96%
Spellbreaker
18%
Thunderlord
92%
Defender's Aegis
98%
Last Stand
68%
Bloodborne
90%
Punish
94%
Tough as Nails
28%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
98%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
12%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
62%
Shield Specialization
88%
Enduring Alacrity
68%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
20%
Booming Voice
70%
Indomitable
82%
Violent Outburst
84%
Heavy Handed
8%
Shield Charge
96%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
80%
Whirling Blade
96%
Phalanx
94%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

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.

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

60%

Run at high speed at a distance in front of you. All enemies in your path will take 97 Physical damage and be knocked back.

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

56%

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.

Safeguard

Safeguard

20%

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.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

12%

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.

Rebound

Rebound

8%

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

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.

Berserker Roar

Berserker Roar

6%

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

Oppressor

Oppressor

6%

You focus the assault on this target, increasing their damage taken by 3% for 10 sec. Each unique player that attacks the target increases the damage taken by an additional 3%, stacking up to 6 times. Your melee attacks refresh the duration of Focused Assault.

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

6%

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.

Disarm

Disarm

4%

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