Protection Warrior Tank Starter Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.5

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The Wall is good for raiding and Mythic+. It's a simple Rage generation increase, and its Shield Wall cooldown reduction is very good, too.

Reprisal is a great choice for raiding and Mythic+. It is tougher to use than The Wall, especially on raid fights in which you can't Charge often, but it is a stronger bonus if you can use it effectively.

ReprisalThe Walllegendary guidecrafting guideBest Protection Warrior Talents

Ravager is an excellent Mythic+ talent that gets overshadowed by the simple reliability of Into the Fray in raids.

The safe damage and cooldown increase of Anger Management is great in low-level Mythic+ and raid fights that aren’t too challenging, but the extra defensive value of Bolster is really, really valuable for high-level Mythic+ and intense progression raiding.

Protection Warrior Talent GuideProtection Warrior Stat PriorityStats GuideProtection Warrior Gear GuideStrength > Haste > Versatility > Mastery = Crit

Strength: Increases all damage done by native class spells, abilities, and auto attacks, and increases the value of your Ignore Pain. Historically the weakest stat, but now the most powerful, which makes raw item level more important.

Haste: Compresses the rotation by reducing both the GCD and the cooldown of the rotational abilities Shield Slam and Thunder Clap, and the cooldown of Shield Block. Increasing your Shield Block uptime is immensely valuable to improving your survivability. It is the preeminent secondary stat.

Versatility: Increases damage done and reduces damage taken by half the amount. It’s simple, but it’s great.

Critical Strike: Increases damage done by abilities, auto attacks, and trinkets, and increases your chance to parry enemy autoattacks. The defensive value of parrying attacks is actually quite high, and historically Critical Strike has been one of the best stats for reducing total damage taken, but that’s not nearly as important as it may seem, and the moment-to-moment smoothness provided by Haste and Versatility is much more reliable and valuable. It’s pretty good offensively, for what it’s worth.

Mastery: Increases your chance to block and Critically Block. It’s good for passively reducing your damage taken, and it’s more reliable than Critical Strike, but it’s still less reliable than Haste or Versatility, and it has less offensive value. It’s not a great stat.

Protection Warrior Enchants and Consumables

Cloak: Increase stamina and tertiary bonuses. Avoidance is good for reducing unavoidable AoE damage, and Speed can help make dodging boss effects easier - Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance or Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed

Chest: Strength & Stamina - Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats

Wrists: Hearth cooldown? - Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing

Gloves: Increases Strength - Enchant Gloves - Eternal Strength or Enchant Gloves - Strength of Soul (budget)

Boots: Reduced fall damage - Enchant Boots - Soul Treads

Rings: Increases Haste - Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste or Enchant Ring - Bargain of Haste (budget)

Weapon: AoE damage proc - Enchant Weapon - Lightless Force

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