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Protection Warrior

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 13 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Solo Shuffle characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US 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 your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Killimanjaro

Killimanjaro

<The Committed>Aggramar (us)

Talents (Class)

Wrecking Throw
Piercing Howl

Talents (Specialization)

Defender's Aegis
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (Hero)

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

Talents (PvP)

Shield Bash
Thunderstruck
Safeguard
Theocritus

Theocritus

<Iscariot>Antonidas (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wrecking Throw
Fearless

Talents (Specialization)

Defender's Aegis
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
Storm of Destruction
Raloth

Raloth

<The Old Gods>Earthen Ring (us)

Talents (Class)

Berserker Shout

Talents (Specialization)

Defender's Aegis
Into the Fray
Whirling Blade

Talents (Hero)

Boneshaker
One Against Many
No Stranger to Pain

Talents (PvP)

Morale Killer
Shield Bash
Rebound

Stat Priority

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

Most Used Races

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

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

10% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

6% 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 29 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.

6% of the best players use this combination
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.

Resonant Bellowstone

Resonant Bellowstone

Equip: Your damaging abilities have a chance to echo with Xathuux's furious roar, increasing your Critical Strike by 183 for 30 sec. During this time, each of your attacks increases your Critical Strike by an additional 24, stacking up to a maximum of 5 times.

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 Quick Garnet

Flawless Quick Garnet

20%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Haste

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

15%

+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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

64%

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.

  • Wrist33%
  • Off Hand29%
  • Feet20%
  • Back16%
  • Waist2%
Hunt

Hunt

20%

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%
Adorned Fang

Adorned Fang

8%

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.

  • Wrist40%
  • Feet40%
  • Off Hand20%

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.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

66%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

16%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

30%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

18%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

2%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

62%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

12%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

32%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

28%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Pyrium Shield Spike

2%

Pyrium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

56%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

42%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

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
28%
War Machine
98%
Thunder Clap
100%
Leeching Strikes
90%
Impending Victory
100%
Heroic Leap
100%
Crackling Thunder
96%
Storm Bolt
80%
Blood and Thunder
96%
Second Wind
26%
Frothing Berserker
58%
Bounding Stride
88%
Pain and Gain
96%
Intervene
24%
Shockwave
92%
Overwhelming Rage
26%
Rallying Cry
88%
Field Dressing
84%
Spell Reflection
98%
Wrecking Throw
78%
Rumbling Earth
64%
Fearless
34%
Piercing Howl
82%
Honed Reflexes
96%
Armored to the Teeth
98%
2 / 2
Double Time
98%
Reinforced Plates
100%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
34%
Javelineer
88%
Resonant Voice
38%
Crushing Force
74%
Cruel Strikes
98%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
94%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
98%
2 / 2
Anger Management
94%
Champion's Spear
16%
Stance Mastery
76%
Battlefield Commander
92%

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
74%
Fight Through the Flames
46%
Devastator
100%
Disrupting Shout
76%
Strategist
100%
Devastating Focus
24%
Brutal Vitality
100%
Instigate
82%
Shield Wall
100%
Bloodsurge
42%
Best Served Cold
100%
Spellbreaker
2%
Thunderlord
90%
Defender's Aegis
98%
Last Stand
22%
Bloodborne
48%
Punish
100%
Tough as Nails
68%
Fueled by Violence
100%
Enduring Defenses
100%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
100%
Deep Wounds
10%
Into the Fray
100%
Focused Vigor
50%
Shield Specialization
90%
Enduring Alacrity
62%
Avatar
100%
Massacre
8%
Booming Voice
96%
Indomitable
68%
Violent Outburst
92%
Heavy Handed
6%
Shield Charge
88%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
70%
Whirling Blade
98%
Phalanx
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

64%

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

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

54%

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

42%

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.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

24%

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.

Rebound

Rebound

20%

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.

Disarm

Disarm

18%

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

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

14%

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.

Demolition

Demolition

10%

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

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

8%

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

8%

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.

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

4%

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.

Safeguard

Safeguard

2%

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.

Berserker Roar

Berserker Roar

2%

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