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Protection Warrior

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 60 players
  • Last Updated: 2 days 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

Gabrijel

Gabrijel

<R E B O R N>Draenor (eu)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

Termana

Termana

<Infusion>Azjol-Nerub (us)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Fearless

Talents (spec)

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
Rebound
Dærçël

Dærçël

<Jesus Pop De Healthstone>Ragnaros (eu)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Fearless
Piercing Howl

Talents (spec)

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
Power Through Adversity

Stat Priority

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

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

18% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

8% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Emblem

Galactic Aspirant's Emblem

Use: Increases maximum health by 30,110 for 15 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

7% 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 34 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 757 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

20%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

16%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

8%

+32 Primary Stat

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 Off Hand item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

32%

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.

  • Off Hand37%
  • Wrist32%
  • Back26%
  • Waist5%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

28%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist35%
  • Back18%
  • Feet12%
  • Hands12%
  • Off Hand6%
  • Chest6%
  • Waist6%
  • Main Hand6%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

25%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 748 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 147%
  • Ring 240%
  • Neck13%

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%

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

30%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

25%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

28%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

15%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

43%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

15%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

22%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

20%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Pyrium Shield Spike

10%

Pyrium Spike

Thorium Shield Spike

3%

Thorium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

35%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

33%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

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
96.7%
Defensive Stance
96.7%
Fast Footwork
43.3%
War Machine
91.7%
Thunder Clap
96.7%
Leeching Strikes
68.3%
Impending Victory
96.7%
Heroic Leap
96.7%
Crackling Thunder
86.7%
Storm Bolt
88.3%
Rend
95%
Second Wind
48.3%
Frothing Berserker
61.7%
Bounding Stride
80%
Pain and Gain
83.3%
Intervene
41.7%
Shockwave
95%
Overwhelming Rage
31.7%
Rallying Cry
91.7%
Field Dressing
68.3%
Spell Reflection
95%
Wrecking Throw
55%
Rumbling Earth
40%
Fearless
61.7%
Intimidating Shout
88.3%
Honed Reflexes
86.7%
Armored to the Teeth
95%
2 / 2
Double Time
95%
Reinforced Plates
96.7%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
30%
Javelineer
80%
Resonant Voice
41.7%
Crushing Force
80%
Cruel Strikes
76.7%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
91.7%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
95%
2 / 2
Anger Management
70%
Champion's Spear
38.3%
Stance Mastery
85%
Battlefield Commander
81.7%

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
96.7%
Demoralizing Shout
96.7%
Revenge
96.7%
Brace For Impact
96.7%
Armor Specialization
81.7%
Fight Through the Flames
53.3%
Devastator
95%
Disrupting Shout
50%
Strategist
96.7%
Devastating Focus
25%
Brutal Vitality
91.7%
Instigate
68.3%
Shield Wall
96.7%
Bloodsurge
33.3%
Best Served Cold
95%
Spellbreaker
10%
Thunderlord
86.7%
Defender's Aegis
95%
Last Stand
51.7%
Bloodborne
50%
Punish
95%
Tough as Nails
48.3%
Fueled by Violence
96.7%
Enduring Defenses
95%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
96.7%
Deep Wounds
23.3%
Into the Fray
96.7%
Focused Vigor
85%
Shield Specialization
78.3%
Enduring Alacrity
85%
Avatar
96.7%
Massacre
15%
Booming Voice
70%
Indomitable
53.3%
Violent Outburst
86.7%
Heavy Handed
5%
Shield Charge
95%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
76.7%
Whirling Blade
81.7%
Phalanx
260%

Best PvP Talents

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

63%

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

Thunderstruck

58%

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

Power Through Adversity

Power Through Adversity

48%

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.

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

22%

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.

Disarm

Disarm

22%

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

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

20%

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.

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

13%

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.

Storm of Destruction

Storm of Destruction

7%

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.

Safeguard

Safeguard

7%

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

3%

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

Berserker Roar

Berserker Roar

3%

Berserker Shout also reduces the duration of the next crowd control effect within 10 sec by 50% on group members within 12 yds.

Oppressor

Oppressor

3%

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.