Protection Warrior
- Rated Battlegrounds
- 16 players
- Last Updated: 2 days 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!
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Best Races
Best Items
Trinket Combinations
Astral Gladiator's Medallion
Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)
Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.
Astral Antenna
Equip: The antenna has a chance to detect and draw ambient arcane energy towards you, granting 147 Critical Strike for 10 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
Ara-Kara Sacbrood
Equip: Your abilities have a chance to stir the sac, releasing an egg which grants you 15 Strength. Each egg hatches after 1 min, and the new brood attacks your next target, inflicting 2,067 Nature damage over 8 sec.
Astral Antenna
Equip: The antenna has a chance to detect and draw ambient arcane energy towards you, granting 5,486 Critical Strike for 10 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
Tome of Light's Devotion
Equip: Advance to the 50 Verses of Inner Resilience, reading as you are attacked. Inner Resilience increases your armor by 4,498 and grants your attacks a chance to invoke a ward which absorbs 1.4 million Magic damage. When finished, sift through the passages to another chapter.
Use: Sift through the passages in the tome with increased Radiance. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)
Best Sockets
Masterful Sapphire
+10 Versatility and +3 Mastery
Versatile Ruby
+10 Critical Strike and +3 Versatility
Quick Ruby
+10 Critical Strike and +3 Haste
Best Embellishments
Elemental Focusing Lens
Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 442 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.
- Ring 147%
- Ring 241%
- Neck12%
Bind Binding of Binding
Use: Offer to bind your spirit with that of another player also wearing this ring. This binding is permanent, but can be severed at the cost of 1 Blasphemite. (2 Min Cooldown)
- Ring 1100%
Binding's Boon
Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to empower each unique gem color of an ally's socketed gems. This boon grants 3 to each empowered secondary stat for 15 sec. This effect will always target your bonded ally, if able.
- Ring 1100%
Best Enchants
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Chant of Leeching Fangs
Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 18 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Chant of Winged Grace
Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 25 Avoidance and reducing fall damage by 10%. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Chest
Crystalline Radiance
Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Oathsworn's Strength
Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Strength by 24 and Stamina by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Feet
Defender's March
Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Scout's March
Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Hands
Zandalari Mining
Zandalari Mining
Legs
Stormbound Armor Kit
Use: Apply a Stormbound Armor Kit to your leg armor, causing it to permanently gain 8 Agility or Strength. Additionally, the item also gains 8 Stamina. (1 Sec Cooldown)
Defender's Armor Kit
Use: Apply a Defender's Armor Kit to your leg armor, permanently increasing its Agility or Strength by 8. Additionally, the item also gains 10 armor. (1 Sec Cooldown)
Main Hand
Authority of Radiant Power
Permanently enchants a weapon with the Authority of Radiant Power. Dealing damage has a chance to call upon that authority, smiting your target for 998 Radiant damage and temporarily increasing your Primary stat by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Oathsworn's Tenacity
Permanently enchants a weapon to sometimes grant you Forged Tenacity, bestowing 21 Versatility to you for 12 sec. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Ring
+315 Versatility
Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Versatility by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Cursed Mastery
Permanently infuses a ring with a cursed chant, sapping 3 of your Critical Strike while granting 16 Mastery. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Wrist
+2040 Leech
Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 38 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
+66 Speed
Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
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
Mountain Thane
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Best PvP Talents
Morale Killer
Reduces the cooldown of Demoralizing Shout by 15 sec, and Demoralizing Shout now reduces the damage enemies deal to all targets, not just you.
Thunderstruck
After casting Avatar, Shockwave, or Stormbolt, your next Thunder Clap roots all targets it damages for 4 sec.
Disarm
Disarm the enemy's weapons and shield for 5 sec. Disarmed creatures deal significantly reduced damage.
Oppressor
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.
Dragon Charge
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
Second Wind reduces damage taken by 10% to 40%, with larger attacks being reduced by more. While Shield Wall or Last Stand are active, healing reductions do not apply to you.
Bodyguard
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
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.
Demolition
Reduces the cooldown of your Shattering Throw or Wrecking Throw by 50% and increases its damage to absorb shields by an additional 250%.
Rebound
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
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 Shout also reduces the duration of the next crowd control effect within 10 sec by 50% on group members within 12 yds.