Protection Warrior
- Blitz
- 50 players
- Last Updated: 1 hour 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!
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Players
Stat Priority
Best Races
Best Items
Trinket Combinations
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
Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.
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
Use: Increases maximum health by 32,652 for 15 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)
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
Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)
Best Sockets
Flawless Quick Lapis
+16 Versatility & +7 Haste
Enduring Heliotrope
+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control
Flawless Masterful Lapis
+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery
Best Embellishments
Prismatic Focusing Iris
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 150%
- Ring 247%
- Neck3%
Arcanoweave Lining
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 30 and your ally's Primary Stat by 8.
- Wrist42%
- Back35%
- Off Hand10%
- Waist6%
- Head3%
- Feet3%
Devouring Banding
Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.
- Wrist33%
- Main Hand33%
- Back17%
- Waist8%
- Feet8%
Best Enchants
Back
Goblin Glider
Chest
Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk
Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk
Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul
Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul
Feet
Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt
Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt
Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots
Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots
Hands
Heavy Knothide Armor Kit
+3 Stamina
Legs
Forest Hunter's Armor Kit
+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina
Blood Knight's Armor Kit
+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor
Main Hand
Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis
Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis
Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei
Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei
Off Hand
Pyrium Shield Spike
Pyrium Spike
Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage
Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage
Ring
Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity
Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity
Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity
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
Mountain Thane
Best Class Talents
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Best PvP Talents
Power Through Adversity
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
Run at high speed at a distance in front of you. All enemies in your path will take 25 Physical damage and be knocked back.
Morale Killer
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
After casting Avatar, Shockwave, or Stormbolt, your next Thunder Clap roots all targets it damages for 4 sec.
Safeguard
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
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.
Berserker Roar
Berserker Shout also reduces the duration of the next crowd control effect within 5 sec by 50% on group members within 12 yds.
Disarm
Disarm the enemy's weapons and shield for 5 sec. Disarmed creatures deal significantly reduced damage.
Bodyguard
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.
Rebound
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.
Storm of Destruction
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
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.
Demolition
Reduces the cooldown of your Shattering Throw or Wrecking Throw by 50% and increases its damage to absorb shields by an additional 250%.