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Protection Warrior

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 1 hour ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Protection Warrior on the Solo Shuffle 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

Ediwarri

Ediwarri

<StoraE>Ragnaros (eu)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

Force

Force

<CHITÓN>Doomhammer (eu)

Talents (class)

Berserker Shout
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)

Morale Killer
Dragon Charge
Power Through Adversity
Caleb

Caleb

<heavy is the crown>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Berserker Shout
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Morale Killer
Thunderstruck
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 Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

29% 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.

10% of the best players use this combination
Solarflare Prism

Solarflare Prism

Equip: Your damaging abilities have a chance to unleash the prism's radiant light, increasing your Critical Strike by 222 for 10 sec, further increased by 1 for every 1% of the target's missing health, up to a maximum of 272.

Heart of Wind

Heart of Wind

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to awaken the Heart of Wind, surrounding you with strong gales that increase your Haste by 264 for 10 sec.

10% 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.

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

23%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

14%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

11%

+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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

53%

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.

  • Wrist32%
  • Waist23%
  • Off Hand13%
  • Back13%
  • Feet6%
  • Chest6%
  • Hands3%
  • Head3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

36%

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 248%
  • Ring 148%
  • Neck5%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

14%

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.

  • Wrist25%
  • Back25%
  • Feet25%
  • Main Hand13%
  • Waist13%

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

Flexweave Underlay

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

47%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

39%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

44%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

25%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

10%

+3 Stamina

Angler

2%

+5 Fishing

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

66%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

17%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

41%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

20%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Pyrium Shield Spike

3%

Pyrium Spike

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

2%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

58%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

32%

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
94.9%
Defensive Stance
94.9%
Fast Footwork
52.5%
War Machine
88.1%
Thunder Clap
94.9%
Leeching Strikes
54.2%
Impending Victory
94.9%
Heroic Leap
94.9%
Crackling Thunder
83.1%
Storm Bolt
84.7%
Rend
91.5%
Second Wind
59.3%
Frothing Berserker
40.7%
Bounding Stride
94.9%
Pain and Gain
81.4%
Intervene
67.8%
Shockwave
91.5%
Overwhelming Rage
20.3%
Rallying Cry
76.3%
Field Dressing
67.8%
Spell Reflection
91.5%
Wrecking Throw
54.2%
Rumbling Earth
49.2%
Berserker Shout
66.1%
Intimidating Shout
91.5%
Honed Reflexes
86.4%
Armored to the Teeth
94.9%
2 / 2
Double Time
94.9%
Reinforced Plates
94.9%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
28.8%
Javelineer
78%
Resonant Voice
42.4%
Crushing Force
76.3%
Cruel Strikes
78%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
79.7%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
91.5%
2 / 2
Anger Management
71.2%
Champion's Spear
50.8%
Stance Mastery
61%
Battlefield Commander
83.1%

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 Shield
100%
Capacitance
100%
Conductivity
100%
Storm Surge
100%
Ignore Pain
94.9%
Demoralizing Shout
94.9%
Revenge
94.9%
Brace For Impact
94.9%
Armor Specialization
71.2%
Fight Through the Flames
66.1%
Devastator
94.9%
Disrupting Shout
49.2%
Strategist
94.9%
Devastating Focus
30.5%
Brutal Vitality
91.5%
Instigate
47.5%
Shield Wall
94.9%
Bloodsurge
28.8%
Best Served Cold
94.9%
Hunker Down
13.6%
Thunderlord
84.7%
Defender's Aegis
89.8%
Last Stand
55.9%
Bloodborne
59.3%
Punish
94.9%
Tough as Nails
32.2%
Fueled by Violence
94.9%
Enduring Defenses
89.8%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
94.9%
Deep Wounds
22%
Into the Fray
94.9%
Focused Vigor
74.6%
Shield Specialization
74.6%
Enduring Alacrity
79.7%
Avatar
94.9%
Massacre
20.3%
Booming Voice
72.9%
Indomitable
57.6%
Violent Outburst
76.3%
Heavy Handed
5.1%
Shield Charge
93.2%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
76.3%
Whirling Blade
84.7%
Phalanx
266.1%

Best PvP Talents

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

66%

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

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

51%

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.

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

36%

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

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

31%

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.

Safeguard

Safeguard

17%

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.

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

14%

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.

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.

Disarm

Disarm

12%

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

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

12%

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

12%

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

12%

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.

Berserker Roar

Berserker Roar

7%

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

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%.