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Protection Warrior

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 60 players
  • Last Updated: 2 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

Quadpump

Quadpump

<HOG CRANKERS ONLY>Emerald Dream (us)

Talents (class)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

Quadpump

Quadpump

<HOG CRANKERS ONLY>Emerald Dream (us)

Talents (class)

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Talents (hero)

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Guthezzo

Guthezzo

<Senile>Area 52 (us)

Talents (class)

Wrecking Throw
Piercing Howl

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
Dragon Charge
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

22% 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)

5% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Sigil of Adaptation

Galactic Aspirant'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 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.

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

12%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

9%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

6%

+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 Off Hand item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

38%

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 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Off Hand48%
  • Back26%
  • Wrist22%
  • Feet4%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

23%

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 250%
  • Ring 136%
  • Neck14%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

20%

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.

  • Wrist25%
  • Feet17%
  • Back17%
  • Hands17%
  • Main Hand17%
  • Shoulders8%

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

7%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

17%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

12%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

20%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

8%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Zandalari Mining

2%

Kul Tiran Mining

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

33%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

8%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

17%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

13%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Pyrium Shield Spike

7%

Pyrium Spike

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

32%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

27%

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
91.7%
Defensive Stance
91.7%
Fast Footwork
50%
War Machine
86.7%
Thunder Clap
90%
Leeching Strikes
58.3%
Impending Victory
91.7%
Heroic Leap
91.7%
Crackling Thunder
85%
Storm Bolt
76.7%
Rend
91.7%
Second Wind
41.7%
Frothing Berserker
61.7%
Bounding Stride
80%
Pain and Gain
80%
Intervene
43.3%
Shockwave
85%
Overwhelming Rage
36.7%
Rallying Cry
80%
Field Dressing
61.7%
Spell Reflection
90%
Wrecking Throw
51.7%
Rumbling Earth
35%
Fearless
53.3%
Intimidating Shout
86.7%
Honed Reflexes
83.3%
Armored to the Teeth
91.7%
2 / 2
Double Time
91.7%
Reinforced Plates
91.7%
2 / 2
Barbaric Training
33.3%
Javelineer
73.3%
Resonant Voice
28.3%
Crushing Force
80%
Cruel Strikes
78.3%
2 / 2
One-Handed Weapon Specialization
86.7%
2 / 2
Wild Strikes
91.7%
2 / 2
Anger Management
73.3%
Champion's Spear
28.3%
Stance Mastery
78.3%
Battlefield Commander
68.3%

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
91.7%
Demoralizing Shout
91.7%
Revenge
91.7%
Brace For Impact
91.7%
Armor Specialization
76.7%
Fight Through the Flames
40%
Devastator
90%
Disrupting Shout
45%
Strategist
91.7%
Devastating Focus
36.7%
Brutal Vitality
90%
Instigate
70%
Shield Wall
91.7%
Bloodsurge
21.7%
Best Served Cold
86.7%
Spellbreaker
11.7%
Thunderlord
76.7%
Defender's Aegis
83.3%
Last Stand
51.7%
Bloodborne
65%
Punish
86.7%
Tough as Nails
38.3%
Fueled by Violence
91.7%
Enduring Defenses
86.7%
2 / 2
Unyielding Stance
91.7%
Deep Wounds
31.7%
Into the Fray
91.7%
Focused Vigor
80%
Shield Specialization
66.7%
Enduring Alacrity
76.7%
Avatar
91.7%
Massacre
23.3%
Booming Voice
76.7%
Indomitable
40%
Violent Outburst
80%
Heavy Handed
10%
Shield Charge
85%
Battle-Scarred Veteran
56.7%
Whirling Blade
83.3%
Phalanx
260%

Best PvP Talents

Morale Killer

Morale Killer

60%

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

47%

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

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 or Last Stand are active, healing reductions do not apply to you.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash

30%

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.

Disarm

Disarm

13%

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

Dragon Charge

Dragon Charge

12%

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.

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.

Safeguard

Safeguard

12%

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

7%

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

7%

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.

Demolition

Demolition

2%

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