Protection Warrior Stat Priority - Midnight

By Pumps Updated: 2026/02/25

Best Stats for Protection Warrior

Survivability Stat Priority

Strength
Haste
Critical Strike
Versatility
Mastery

DPS Stat Priority

Strength
Haste
Critical Strike
Versatility
Mastery

Stats Explained Item Level Summary

Strength gives parry chance against melee swings, increases the armor gain from Vanguard, and attack power, which scales the power of abilities.

Armor reduces the damage you take from most physical non-bleed damage sources. Protection Warrior has several armor multipliers that make armor from gear more effective.

Stamina increases your raw health pool.

Block reduces the damage you take from attacks that you blocked. The only place to find this stat is the Shield slot.

Secondary stats - most items have two secondary stats, but there are exceptions.

Secondary Stats Summary

Haste reduces the global cooldown, which increases Rage generation, DPS, and damage reduction with Ignore Pain. It also increases the availability of Shield Block. It is the best secondary stat, hands-down.

#1 stat overall.

VersatilityCritical StrikeMasteryIgnore Pain Sim Your Protection Warriorsimming your characterit is recommended that you do not sim for defensive purposesRaidbots Diminishing Returns in

Critical Strike - Above 1380 rating

Haste - Above 1320 rating

Mastery - Above 1380 rating

Versatility - Above 1620 rating

Example
Let's assume you gain 1% Haste for 10 Haste Rating. When above the diminishing return breakpoint, 10 Haste Rating would give you 0.9% Haste instead, resulting in a 10% reduction from what you gained previously.
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Comments

Comment by iTitan86

Hi! Is there a haste cap for prot warrior? I'm feeling extremely squidgy, and I feel like letting my prot warrior gather dust... I've played prot since MoP and I've never felt this squidgy doing m+ in my entire time playing... am I doing something wrong? I know my rotation, I know my defensives. its not a case of 'get gud' scrub. I swear its a gearing thing.... any insights would be a massive help =] thank you fellow prot warriors... Tankmaximus - Nordrassil EU

Comment by elbardo

You should however not plan around this happening. As only a fool relies on chance.

I always believe in the heart of the cards.

Protection Warrior Stat Priority - Midnight

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