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Protection Warrior

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 15 hours 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

Beeftko

Beeftko

Ner'zhul (us)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Heavy Repercussions
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Bodyguard
Shield Bash
Power Through Adversity
Gooball

Gooball

<Kismet>Mal'Ganis (us)

Talents (class)

Berserker Shout
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Bloodborne
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Morale Killer
Thunderstruck
Safeguard
Lvladën

Lvladën

<The Next Level>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Berserker Shout
Intimidating Shout

Talents (spec)

Defender's Aegis
Sudden Death
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Morale Killer
Oppressor
Storm of Destruction

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 Gnome and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

78% 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.

4% of the best players use this combination
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.

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 208 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

4% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Sigil of Adaptation

Galactic Gladiator's Sigil of Adaptation

Equip: Removes any loss of control effect with a duration of 5 seconds or more. This effect can only occur once every 1 min.

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 Versatile Peridot
Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

33%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

29%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

11%

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

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

98%

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.

  • Back43%
  • Wrist24%
  • Waist14%
  • Chest6%
  • Shoulders4%
  • Off Hand4%
  • Head2%
  • Feet2%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

38%

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.

  • Back37%
  • Waist16%
  • Chest16%
  • Hands16%
  • Wrist11%
  • Main Hand5%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

24%

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 250%
  • Ring 150%

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

Goblin Glider

18%

Flexweave Underlay

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

76%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

14%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

76%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

4%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

20%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

70%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

18%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

70%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

8%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

2%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

96%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

52%

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
42%
War Machine
98%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
16%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
96%
Storm Bolt
98%
Rend
100%
Second Wind
56%
Frothing Berserker
14%
Bounding Stride
92%
Pain and Gain
98%
Intervene
86%
Shockwave
96%
Overwhelming Rage
4%
Rallying Cry
68%
Field Dressing
56%
Spell Reflection
100%
Wrecking Throw
50%
Rumbling Earth
62%
Berserker Shout
84%
Intimidating Shout
98%
Honed Reflexes
98%
Armored to the Teeth
100%
2 / 2
Double Time
100%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
16%
Javelineer
86%
Resonant Voice
30%
Crushing Force
90%
Cruel Strikes
96%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
94%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
100%
2 / 2
Anger Management
96%
Champion's Spear
76%
Stance Mastery
22%
Battlefield Commander
94%

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
100%
Demoralizing Shout
100%
Revenge
100%
Brace For Impact
100%
Armor Specialization
54%
Fight Through the Flames
62%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
76%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
36%
Brutal Vitality
98%
Instigate
82%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
18%
Best Served Cold
100%
Spellbreaker
4%
Thunderlord
96%
Defender's Aegis
80%
Last Stand
40%
Bloodborne
88%
Punish
100%
Tough as Nails
30%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
100%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
14%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
94%
Shield Specialization
38%
Enduring Alacrity
94%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
34%
Booming Voice
90%
Indomitable
28%
Violent Outburst
90%
Heavy Handed
12%
Shield Charge
98%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
74%
Whirling Blade
96%
Phalanx
98%

Best PvP Talents

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

90%

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

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

46%

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.

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

42%

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

Safeguard

Safeguard

34%

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.

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

24%

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

18%

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.

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

12%

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.

Disarm

Disarm

12%

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

Demolition

Demolition

6%

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

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

6%

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.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

4%

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

4%

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

Rebound

Rebound

2%

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.