Protection Warrior Mythic+ Guide for Shadowlands
Patch 9.2.5Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 4
Updated on December 4, 2022
Everything you need to improve your Tank performance in Mythic+ Dungeons.
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Type | Top Choice | Max. Key | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Talents | Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Crackling Thunder Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | +31 | 40% |
Weapons | Scepter of Brutality Arrowbreaker Greatshield | +27 | 7% |
Trinkets | Shard of Annhylde's Aegis Old Warrior's Soul | +30 | 11% |
Head | Gaze of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 90% |
Neck | Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | +29 | 40% |
Shoulders | Pauldrons of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 95% |
Back | Grim-Veiled Cape | +31 | 14% |
Chest | Breastplate of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 87% |
Wrist | Shadowghast Armguards | +29 | 28% |
Hands | Grasps of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 67% |
Waist | Shadowghast Waistguard | +30 | 33% |
Legs | Legplates of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 76% |
Feet | Shadowghast Sabatons | +31 | 85% |
Rings | Logic Loop of Recursion Overclocking Bit Band | +31 | 16% |
Legendaries | Reprisal | +31 | 86% |
Covenants | Necrolord | +31 | 77% |
Soulbinds |  | +31 | 73% |
Soulbind Abilities | Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | +31 | 34% |
Conduit | Stalwart Guardian | +31 | 85% |
Conduit Combination | Stalwart Guardian Safeguard Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Adaptive Armor Fragment | +31 | 22% |
Gem | Quick Jewel Cluster | +31 | 51% |
Gem Combination | Quick Jewel Cluster | +25 | 11% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | +31 | 55% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +31 | 87% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing | +31 | 37% |
Belt Enchant | Dimensional Shifter | +31 | 20% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | +31 | 42% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +31 | 39% |
Weapon Enchant | Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +31 | 82% |
Race | Performance Gain |
|---|---|
 Lightforged Draenei | +3.31% |
Talents +
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Crackling Thunder Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | +31 | 40% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Bounding Stride Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | +31 | 20% |
Devastator Double Time Best Served Cold Crackling Thunder Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | +28 | 8% |
Devastator Double Time Best Served Cold Bounding Stride Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | +30 | 5% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Bounding Stride Indomitable Into the Fray Anger Management | +27 | 4% |
Devastator Rumbling Earth Booming Voice Crackling Thunder Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | +26 | 2% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Crackling Thunder Indomitable Into the Fray Anger Management | +29 | 2% |
Devastator Double Time Best Served Cold Crackling Thunder Indomitable Into the Fray Anger Management | +22 | 1% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Crackling Thunder Indomitable Unstoppable Force Anger Management | +22 | 1% |
Devastator Rumbling Earth Booming Voice Bounding Stride Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | +23 | 1% |
Weapons +
Scepter of Brutality Salvaged Mekacycle Shielding | +26 | 7% |
Scepter of Brutality Arrowbreaker Greatshield | +27 | 7% |
Tearing Sawtooth Blade Salvaged Mekacycle Shielding | +31 | 6% |
Tearing Sawtooth Blade Arrowbreaker Greatshield | +28 | 6% |
Fusion Hacker Arrowbreaker Greatshield | +24 | 5% |
Fusion Hacker Salvaged Mekacycle Shielding | +25 | 4% |
Blade of Grievous Harm Arrowbreaker Greatshield | +30 | 4% |
Blade of Grievous Harm Salvaged Mekacycle Shielding | +28 | 4% |
Tearing Sawtooth Blade Package Protector | +30 | 4% |
Blade of Grievous Harm Package Protector | +28 | 3% |
Trinkets +
Shard of Annhylde's Aegis Old Warrior's Soul | +30 | 11% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Codex of the First Technique | +26 | 9% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Old Warrior's Soul | +28 | 7% |
Reactive Defense Matrix Old Warrior's Soul | +26 | 6% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade So'leah's Secret Technique | +24 | 5% |
Codex of the First Technique Old Warrior's Soul | +25 | 4% |
Codex of the First Technique So'leah's Secret Technique | +22 | 3% |
Codex of the First Technique Shard of Annhylde's Aegis | +27 | 3% |
Weave of Warped Fates Old Warrior's Soul | +30 | 2% |
Splintered Heart of Al'ar Old Warrior's Soul | +30 | 2% |
Head +
Gaze of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 90% |
Shadowghast Helm | +27 | 3% |
Valorous Visage of Krexus | +26 | 2% |
Hooktail's Commanding Gaze | +20 | 1% |
Diadem of Imperious Desire | +22 | 1% |
Helm of Phantasmal Scars | +22 | 1% |
Gutcrusher Coronet | +26 | 1% |
Neck +
Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | +29 | 40% |
Amulet of the Last Guardian | +31 | 21% |
Shadowghast Necklace | +31 | 11% |
Ornately Engraved Amplifier | +27 | 8% |
Choker of Barbed Reins | +30 | 5% |
Charm of Eternal Winter | +25 | 2% |
Interplanar Keystone | +28 | 2% |
Worldkiller Iris | +30 | 2% |
Periapt of Pristine Preservation | +22 | 1% |
Weathered Talisman of the Shadowmoon | +30 | 1% |
Shoulders +
Pauldrons of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 95% |
Shadowsteel Pauldrons | +19 | 1% |
Shadowghast Pauldrons | +22 | 1% |
Back +
Grim-Veiled Cape | +31 | 14% |
Drape of Titanic Dreams | +25 | 10% |
Duplicating Drape | +29 | 8% |
Mountebank's Colorful Cloak | +27 | 8% |
Cloak of Sweltering Flame | +30 | 6% |
Drape of Shame | +27 | 6% |
Favor of the Infinite Infantry | +28 | 5% |
Wine-Stained Mantle | +30 | 5% |
Origin | +31 | 3% |
Chest +
Breastplate of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 87% |
Novaburst Warplate | +31 | 7% |
Incarnadine Breastplate | +26 | 2% |
Shadowghast Breastplate | +24 | 1% |
Duty's Ascendant Breastplate | +26 | 1% |
Breastplate of Obligation | +26 | 1% |
Gutcrusher Chestplate | +30 | 1% |
Wrist +
Shadowghast Armguards | +29 | 28% |
Vambraces of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 18% |
Gutcrusher Bracers | +29 | 11% |
Vambraces of Verification | +30 | 10% |
Inordinately Wondrous Wristguards | +25 | 6% |
Anodized Deflectors | +27 | 6% |
Bite-Marked Wristplates | +25 | 3% |
Soldier's Stoneband Wristguards | +31 | 3% |
Unstable Giant's Cuffs | +30 | 2% |
Airborne Abductor's Vambraces | +27 | 2% |
Hands +
Grasps of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 67% |
Repurposed Golem Grips | +31 | 10% |
High Speed Gauntlets | +30 | 7% |
Gutcrusher Gauntlets | +27 | 3% |
Achillite's Unbreakable Grip | +28 | 2% |
Colossal Plate Gauntlets | +30 | 2% |
Horkin' Stuff-Lobbers | +23 | 1% |
Gauntlets of Absolute Authority | +24 | 1% |
Gauntlets of the End | +28 | 1% |
Handguards of Hidden Realms | +28 | 1% |
Waist +
Shadowghast Waistguard | +30 | 33% |
Gutcrusher Greatbelt | +30 | 24% |
Greatbelt of the Infinite Infantry | +30 | 10% |
Well-Oiled Plate Girdle | +30 | 7% |
Spellwarding Waistguard | +31 | 6% |
Improvisational Cinch | +30 | 5% |
Girdle of Unity | +25 | 4% |
Stoic Guardsman's Belt | +29 | 3% |
Binding of Warped Desires | +28 | 2% |
Automatic Waist Tightener | +29 | 2% |
Legs +
Legplates of the Infinite Infantry | +31 | 76% |
Shadowghast Greaves | +25 | 7% |
Rivet-Sealed Legplates | +29 | 3% |
Anodized Plate Legguards | +29 | 2% |
Tassets of Perpetual Despair | +25 | 2% |
Heavy Alloy Legplates | +26 | 2% |
Gutcrusher Legplates | +27 | 2% |
Ceremonial Parade Legguards | +29 | 2% |
Agatha's Gothic Greaves | +29 | 1% |
Quantum Leapers | +29 | 1% |
Feet +
Shadowghast Sabatons | +31 | 85% |
March of the Infinite Infantry | +24 | 4% |
Greaves of Acid Resistance | +26 | 3% |
Pyroclastic Greatboots | +22 | 2% |
Gutcrusher Stompers | +24 | 2% |
Implacable Weatherproof Treads | +21 | 1% |
Stoneguard Attendant's Boots | +22 | 1% |
Treads of the Depraved | +24 | 1% |
Rings +
Logic Loop of Recursion Overclocking Bit Band | +31 | 16% |
Seal of Darkshire Nobility Signet of Collapsing Stars | +28 | 11% |
Shadowghast Ring Signet of Collapsing Stars | +30 | 4% |
Logic Loop of Recursion Protecting Bit Band | +27 | 3% |
Overclocking Bit Band Signet of Collapsing Stars | +29 | 3% |
Rebooting Bit Band Logic Loop of Recursion | +22 | 2% |
Terestian's Signet Ring Signet of Collapsing Stars | +22 | 2% |
Signet of Collapsing Stars Seal of the Panoply | +22 | 2% |
Seal of Darkshire Nobility Seal of the Panoply | +24 | 2% |
Logic Loop of Division Overclocking Bit Band | +29 | 2% |
Legendaries +
Reprisal | +31 | 86% |
Glory | +31 | 77% |
Elysian Might | +24 | 20% |
The Wall | +29 | 7% |
Nature's Fury | +22 | 3% |
Seismic Reverberation | +26 | 3% |
Thunderlord | +21 | 1% |
Signet of Tormented Kings | +22 | 1% |
Unbreakable Will | +25 | 1% |
Covenants +
Necrolord | +31 | 77% |
Kyrian | +24 | 20% |
Night Fae | +22 | 3% |
Soulbinds +
| +31 | 73% |
 | +24 | 16% |
 | +22 | 3% |
 | +22 | 2% |
 | +27 | 2% |
 | +30 | 2% |
 | +21 | 1% |
Soulbind Abilities +
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | +31 | 34% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Kevin's Keyring Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | +25 | 4% |
Kyrian Forgelite Filter Hammer of Genesis Regenerating Materials Bron's Call to Action Soulglow Spectrometer | +22 | 4% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Viscous Trail | +29 | 4% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Kevin's Oozeling | +29 | 2% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Travel with Bloop Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | +28 | 1% |
Necrolord Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | +23 | 1% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers Kevin's Oozeling | +25 | 1% |
Necrolord Ultimate Form Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Undulating Maneuvers | +25 | 1% |
Necrolord Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers Kevin's Oozeling | +25 | 1% |
Conduit +
Stalwart Guardian | +31 | 85% |
Adaptive Armor Fragment | +31 | 83% |
Veteran's Repute | +31 | 77% |
Unnerving Focus | +31 | 77% |
Ashen Juggernaut | +31 | 53% |
Inspiring Presence | +30 | 43% |
Condensed Anima Sphere | +31 | 41% |
Safeguard | +31 | 40% |
Show of Force | +29 | 33% |
Piercing Verdict | +24 | 18% |
Conduit Combination +
Stalwart Guardian Safeguard Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Adaptive Armor Fragment | +31 | 22% |
Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Adaptive Armor Fragment | +28 | 11% |
Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Show of Force Adaptive Armor Fragment | +23 | 5% |
Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Unnerving Focus Piercing Verdict Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | +22 | 4% |
Stalwart Guardian Safeguard Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Show of Force Adaptive Armor Fragment | +29 | 4% |
Stalwart Guardian Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Disturb the Peace Adaptive Armor Fragment | +26 | 3% |
Stalwart Guardian Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Show of Force Disturb the Peace Adaptive Armor Fragment | +23 | 2% |
Safeguard Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | +31 | 2% |
Stalwart Guardian Safeguard Ashen Juggernaut Veteran's Repute Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | +24 | 2% |
Stalwart Guardian Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | +29 | 2% |
Gem +
Quick Jewel Cluster | +31 | 51% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | +30 | 46% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | +30 | 10% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster | +30 | 10% |
Straddling Sage Agate | +31 | 4% |
Straddling Viridium | +22 | 1% |
Leviathan's Eye of Strength | +26 | 1% |
Straddling Jewel Doublet | +29 | 1% |
Gem Combination +
Quick Jewel Cluster | +25 | 11% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +30 | 10% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | +25 | 9% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +25 | 7% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +26 | 6% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +26 | 4% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +27 | 3% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +31 | 3% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +27 | 3% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | +31 | 55% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | +29 | 20% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | +28 | 10% |
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality | +26 | 9% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +31 | 87% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Skirmish | +26 | 4% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Bulwark | +25 | 2% |
Enchant Chest - Sacred Stats | +22 | 1% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing | +31 | 37% |
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +27 | 1% |
Belt Enchant +
Dimensional Shifter | +31 | 20% |
Nitro Boosts | +28 | 7% |
Damage Retaliator | +22 | 1% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | +31 | 42% |
Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | +30 | 4% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +31 | 39% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +30 | 32% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +29 | 6% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +30 | 4% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | +30 | 4% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +23 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +25 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +27 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +29 | 2% |
Weapon Enchant +
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +31 | 82% |
Enchant Weapon - Lightless Force | +27 | 6% |
Enchant Weapon - Ascended Vigor | +22 | 4% |
Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation | +26 | 3% |
Races +
| +3.31% |
 | +1.58% |
 | +1.22% |
 | +1.19% |
 | +1.18% |
 | +1.18% |
 | +1.15% |
 | +1.07% |
 | +1.06% |
 | +1.02% |
 | +1.02% |
 | +0.99% |
 | +0.99% |
 | +0.94% |
 | +0.92% |
 | +0.92% |
 | +0.82% |
 | +0.77% |
 | +0.68% |
 | +0.58% |
 | +0.54% |
 | +0.47% |
 | +0.34% |
 | +0.33% |
 | +0.00% |
This guide covers all the essential parts of character optimization needed to maximize your Tank in Mythic+ Dungeons as Protection Warrior.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the data come from?
Our guides are based on statistics. We use algorithms to process thousands of Mythic+ Logs (from Warcraft Logs) every day. By analyzing this Big Data from top parses we are able to precisely calculate what are World's Best Players using now.
How to use this guide?
We evaluate each item by their Maximum Key and Popularity metrics. If unsure what to choose, the safest option is to pick the most popular one. Also, be sure to use our dungeon filter when optimizing for different M+ Dungeons.