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Protection Warrior

  • Mythic+
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 18 hours ago

See what 50 high-ranked Mythic+ characters are using, based on Raider.IO’s worldwide 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 the dungeon, key level, affixes, and your group.

Sources: Raider.IO; Battle.net

Players

Nextpack

Nextpack

<Above Average>Hyjal (eu)

Talents (Class)

Fearless
Wrecking Throw

Talents (Specialization)

Into the Fray
Defender's Aegis
Whirling Blade
Thorim's Might
Flashing Skies
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
Storm Bolts

Talents (Hero)

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

Uglydraenor

<Asian Girls Supremacy>Draenor (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wrecking Throw
Piercing Howl

Talents (Specialization)

Into the Fray
Defender's Aegis
Whirling Blade
Thorim's Might
Flashing Skies
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
Storm Shield

Talents (Hero)

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

Spritepizza

<Parse Envy>Stormrage (us)

Talents (Class)

Fearless
Wrecking Throw

Talents (Specialization)

Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Defender's Aegis
Whirling Blade
Earthquaker
One Against Many
No Stranger to Pain

Talents (Hero)

Earthquaker
One Against Many
No Stranger to Pain

Stat Priority

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

Most Used Races

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

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

6% of the best players use this combination
Voracious Heart of Ula'tek

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek

Use: Bite the heart and embrace the ravening hunger, gaining 387 Strength for 20 sec. While the hunger persists, gain a very high chance to devour a morsel of your target with every attack, dealing 11,589 Physical damage and further increasing your Strength by 43. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Equip: You have a chance to follow up your attacks with Guillotine, hurling a massive axe in an arc at your target to deal 44,002 Physical damage. Damage increased by 2% for every 1% health the target is missing.

6% of the best players use this combination
Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Equip: You have a chance to follow up your attacks with Guillotine, hurling a massive axe in an arc at your target to deal 29,041 Physical damage. Damage increased by 2% for every 1% health the target is missing.

Tumor of the Swarm

Tumor of the Swarm

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to release toxic parasites that burst around you, dealing 27,351 Nature damage split among nearby enemies and healing you for 20,948.

4% of the best players use this combination
Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Equip: You have a chance to follow up your attacks with Guillotine, hurling a massive axe in an arc at your target to deal 25,230 Physical damage. Damage increased by 2% for every 1% health the target is missing.

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

Equip: You have a chance to pull an artifact of questionable value out of the bag when casting spells and abilities, enhancing your secondary stats in various ways. There are probably no fish left in the bag, but it's hard to be sure.

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 Deadly Peridot
Flawless Deadly Peridot

Flawless Deadly Peridot

22%

+16 Haste & +7 Critical Strike

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

22%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

18%

+32 Primary Stat

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 Off Hand item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

78%

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 67 and your ally's Primary Stat by 17.

  • Off Hand35%
  • Wrist32%
  • Feet15%
  • Waist8%
  • Back8%
  • Shoulders2%
Adorned Fang

Adorned Fang

24%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to imbue you with Rush of Fangs. Rush of Fangs increases your Haste by 27. This effect can stack up to 3 times. Attacking or healing targets at lower health will increase this chance.

  • Wrist50%
  • Off Hand13%
  • Feet13%
  • Head6%
  • Hands6%
  • Waist6%
  • Back6%
Hunt

Hunt

22%

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%

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

Flexweave Underlay

2%

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

86%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

10%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

68%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

18%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Legs icon

Legs

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

50%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

48%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

46%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

30%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

2%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

92%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

88%

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
8%
War Machine
100%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
96%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
98%
Storm Bolt
88%
Blood and Thunder
100%
Second Wind
6%
Frothing Berserker
34%
Bounding Stride
86%
Pain and Gain
100%
Intervene
2%
Shockwave
98%
Overwhelming Rage
8%
Rallying Cry
98%
Field Dressing
92%
Spell Reflection
100%
Wrecking Throw
94%
Rumbling Earth
90%
Fearless
26%
Piercing Howl
80%
Honed Reflexes
98%
Armored to the Teeth
100%
2 / 2
Double Time
98%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
20%
Javelineer
82%
Resonant Voice
42%
Crushing Force
70%
Cruel Strikes
100%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
100%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
100%
2 / 2
Anger Management
100%
Champion's Spear
0%
Stance Mastery
88%
Battlefield Commander
98%

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
76%
Fight Through the Flames
32%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
94%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
8%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
86%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
48%
Best Served Cold
98%
Spellbreaker
2%
Thunderlord
98%
Defender's Aegis
100%
Last Stand
20%
Bloodborne
14%
Punish
98%
Tough as Nails
78%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
100%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
0%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
16%
Shield Specialization
96%
Enduring Alacrity
56%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
0%
Booming Voice
100%
Indomitable
88%
Violent Outburst
98%
Heavy Handed
0%
Shield Charge
96%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
98%
Whirling Blade
100%
Phalanx
100%
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