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Protection Warrior

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 38 players
  • Last Updated: 4 hours ago

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

Lychezar

Lychezar

<PvP Scalpel>Chamber of Aspects (eu)

Talents (class)

Fearless
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

Storm Bolts
Steadfast as the Peaks
Flashing Skies
Gathering Clouds

Talents (pvp)

Disarm
Dragon Charge
Power Through Adversity
Kenchii

Kenchii

<The Ancient Paths>Black Dragonflight (us)

Talents (class)

Berserker Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray

Talents (hero)

Storm Shield
Steadfast as the Peaks
Flashing Skies
Thorim's Might

Talents (pvp)

Disarm
Bodyguard
Safeguard
Guojing

Guojing

<Starwell>Aszune (eu)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
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

Stat Priority

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

16% 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 41,377 for 15 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

11% 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.

8% 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.

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

17%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

16%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

10%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

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 Back item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

84%

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.

  • Back31%
  • Wrist31%
  • Off Hand25%
  • Feet9%
  • Shoulders3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

13%

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 140%
  • Ring 240%
  • Neck20%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

8%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 966 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Waist33%
  • Wrist33%
  • Main Hand33%

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.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

32%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

26%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

32%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

21%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

55%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

11%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

26%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

16%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

47%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

24%

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

Talent Tree Background
Battle Stance
100%
Defensive Stance
100%
Fast Footwork
28.9%
War Machine
97.4%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
65.8%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
97.4%
Storm Bolt
86.8%
Rend
100%
Second Wind
50%
Frothing Berserker
50%
Bounding Stride
92.1%
Pain and Gain
84.2%
Intervene
47.4%
Shockwave
94.7%
Overwhelming Rage
36.8%
Rallying Cry
97.4%
Field Dressing
76.3%
Spell Reflection
100%
Wrecking Throw
47.4%
Rumbling Earth
55.3%
Fearless
55.3%
Intimidating Shout
86.8%
Honed Reflexes
89.5%
Armored to the Teeth
100%
2 / 2
Double Time
100%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
10.5%
Javelineer
86.8%
Resonant Voice
31.6%
Crushing Force
78.9%
Cruel Strikes
86.8%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
94.7%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
97.4%
2 / 2
Anger Management
81.6%
Champion's Spear
34.2%
Stance Mastery
97.4%
Battlefield Commander
86.8%

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
84.2%
Fight Through the Flames
44.7%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
60.5%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
23.7%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
73.7%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
39.5%
Best Served Cold
100%
Hunker Down
5.3%
Thunderlord
97.4%
Defender's Aegis
100%
Last Stand
47.4%
Bloodborne
36.8%
Punish
97.4%
Tough as Nails
57.9%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
97.4%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
7.9%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
78.9%
Shield Specialization
86.8%
Enduring Alacrity
73.7%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
2.6%
Booming Voice
73.7%
Indomitable
65.8%
Violent Outburst
89.5%
Heavy Handed
2.6%
Shield Charge
100%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
76.3%
Whirling Blade
94.7%
Phalanx
100%

Best PvP Talents

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

68%

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

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

58%

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.

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

53%

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

26%

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

Disarm

Disarm

18%

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

Rebound

Rebound

16%

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.

Safeguard

Safeguard

8%

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.

Demolition

Demolition

8%

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

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

5%

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.

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.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

5%

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 Roar

3%

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