Protection Warrior Guide for Shadowlands
Patch 9.2.5Fated Raids
Updated on December 4, 2022
Everything you need to improve your Tank performance in Raids.
Class
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Type | Top Choice | Max. DPS | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Talents | Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Bounding Stride Indomitable Into the Fray Anger Management | 31.9K | 62% |
Weapons | The Devouring Cold Ruined Crest of Lordaeron | 30.5K | 4% |
Trinkets | Shard of Annhylde's Aegis Old Warrior's Soul | 26.6K | 15% |
Head | Gaze of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 91% |
Neck | Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | 29.9K | 30% |
Shoulders | Pauldrons of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 96% |
Back | Grim-Veiled Cape | 30.6K | 24% |
Chest | Breastplate of the Infinite Infantry | 31.9K | 88% |
Wrist | Shadowghast Armguards | 30.2K | 24% |
Hands | Grasps of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 60% |
Waist | Shadowghast Waistguard | 31.9K | 42% |
Legs | Legplates of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 85% |
Feet | Shadowghast Sabatons | 35.7K | 75% |
Rings | Logic Loop of Recursion Overclocking Bit Band | 35.7K | 22% |
Legendaries | Glory | 35.7K | 81% |
Covenants | Necrolord | 35.7K | 81% |
Soulbinds |  | 31.9K | 74% |
Soulbind Abilities | Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | 31.9K | 34% |
Conduit | Stalwart Guardian | 35.7K | 87% |
Conduit Combination | Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Adaptive Armor Fragment | 31.9K | 31% |
Gem | Quick Jewel Cluster | 35.7K | 56% |
Gem Combination | Quick Jewel Cluster | 21.4K | 10% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | 30.5K | 41% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | 35.7K | 86% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing | 35.7K | 31% |
Belt Enchant | Dimensional Shifter | 28.9K | 13% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | 35.7K | 39% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 35.7K | 49% |
Weapon Enchant | Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | 35.7K | 81% |
Race | Performance Gain |
|---|---|
 Human | +1.26% |
Talents +
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Bounding Stride Indomitable Into the Fray Anger Management | 31.9K | 62% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Bounding Stride Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | 30.6K | 11% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Crackling Thunder Indomitable Into the Fray Anger Management | 35.7K | 10% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Crackling Thunder Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | 16.1K | 4% |
Devastator Double Time Best Served Cold Bounding Stride Indomitable Into the Fray Anger Management | 25.0K | 2% |
Devastator Double Time Best Served Cold Bounding Stride Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | 28.0K | 2% |
Devastator Double Time Best Served Cold Crackling Thunder Indomitable Ravager Anger Management | 13.4K | 1% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Bounding Stride Indomitable Into the Fray Bolster | 13.8K | 1% |
Devastator Double Time Best Served Cold Crackling Thunder Indomitable Into the Fray Anger Management | 17.9K | 1% |
Devastator Double Time Booming Voice Bounding Stride Indomitable Into the Fray Heavy Repercussions | 25.6K | 1% |
Weapons +
Devastated Worldshard Ruined Crest of Lordaeron | 25.7K | 4% |
The Devouring Cold Ruined Crest of Lordaeron | 30.5K | 4% |
Gazepiercer Arrowbreaker Greatshield | 17.8K | 3% |
Tearing Sawtooth Blade Arrowbreaker Greatshield | 20.9K | 3% |
Discordant Deathblade Assimilated Safeguard | 22.8K | 3% |
Scepter of Brutality Salvaged Mekacycle Shielding | 15.4K | 2% |
Fusion Hacker Salvaged Mekacycle Shielding | 16.4K | 2% |
Tearing Sawtooth Blade Salvaged Mekacycle Shielding | 17.1K | 2% |
Scepter of Brutality Assimilated Safeguard | 21.4K | 2% |
Skullcleaver of the Merciless One Ruined Crest of Lordaeron | 30.2K | 2% |
Trinkets +
Shard of Annhylde's Aegis Old Warrior's Soul | 26.6K | 15% |
Reactive Defense Matrix Old Warrior's Soul | 30.2K | 12% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Old Warrior's Soul | 30.5K | 8% |
Codex of the First Technique Old Warrior's Soul | 17.0K | 4% |
Salvaged Fusion Amplifier Old Warrior's Soul | 26.1K | 4% |
Weave of Warped Fates Old Warrior's Soul | 28.9K | 4% |
Old Warrior's Soul The First Sigil | 31.9K | 4% |
Splintered Heart of Al'ar Old Warrior's Soul | 21.5K | 3% |
Stone Legion Heraldry Old Warrior's Soul | 25.6K | 3% |
Old Warrior's Soul So'leah's Secret Technique | 28.6K | 3% |
Head +
Gaze of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 91% |
Shadowghast Helm | 26.6K | 3% |
Valorous Visage of Krexus | 28.9K | 2% |
Dark Tormentor's Gaze | 12.2K | 1% |
Helm of Phantasmal Scars | 14.3K | 1% |
Diadem of Imperious Desire | 15.9K | 1% |
Neck +
Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | 29.9K | 30% |
Amulet of the Last Guardian | 21.7K | 19% |
Shadowghast Necklace | 35.7K | 12% |
Interplanar Keystone | 30.6K | 9% |
Charm of Eternal Winter | 25.6K | 7% |
Periapt of Pristine Preservation | 18.7K | 6% |
Worldkiller Iris | 28.9K | 4% |
Cartel Xy's Proof of Initiation | 30.5K | 3% |
Weathered Talisman of the Shadowmoon | 31.9K | 3% |
Ornately Engraved Amplifier | 24.6K | 1% |
Shoulders +
Pauldrons of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 96% |
Epaulettes of Overwhelming Force | 20.4K | 2% |
Shadowghast Pauldrons | 16.2K | 1% |
Spires of Broken Hope | 17.3K | 1% |
Back +
Grim-Veiled Cape | 30.6K | 24% |
Crest of the Legionnaire General | 26.4K | 9% |
Lurking Predator's Camouflage | 26.1K | 8% |
Cowled Batwing Cloak | 29.9K | 8% |
Self-Replicating Tissue | 31.9K | 7% |
Mountebank's Colorful Cloak | 27.8K | 4% |
Favor of the Infinite Infantry | 30.3K | 4% |
Mantle of Manifest Sins | 30.5K | 4% |
Drape of Mournful Melodies | 35.7K | 4% |
Chest +
Breastplate of the Infinite Infantry | 31.9K | 88% |
Novaburst Warplate | 21.3K | 6% |
Cuirass of the Lonely Citadel | 35.7K | 3% |
Incarnadine Breastplate | 12.5K | 1% |
Duty's Ascendant Breastplate | 16.9K | 1% |
Shadowghast Breastplate | 27.8K | 1% |
Wrist +
Shadowghast Armguards | 30.2K | 24% |
Vambraces of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 15% |
Unstable Giant's Cuffs | 28.9K | 12% |
Hellhound Cuffs | 29.9K | 10% |
Airborne Abductor's Vambraces | 30.5K | 10% |
Vyraz's Parade Cuffs | 31.9K | 10% |
Vambraces of Verification | 15.9K | 4% |
Soldier's Stoneband Wristguards | 17.6K | 3% |
Inordinately Wondrous Wristguards | 19.5K | 3% |
Gutcrusher Bracers | 21.1K | 3% |
Hands +
Grasps of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 60% |
Colossal Plate Gauntlets | 25.8K | 8% |
Repurposed Golem Grips | 29.9K | 8% |
Kyra's Unending Protectors | 24.2K | 4% |
High Speed Gauntlets | 26.4K | 4% |
Guillotine Gauntlets | 30.5K | 4% |
Handguards of Hidden Realms | 23.6K | 3% |
Gutcrusher Gauntlets | 26.0K | 3% |
Achillite's Unbreakable Grip | 28.6K | 2% |
Cavalier Oathbreaker's Grasps | 17.4K | 1% |
Waist +
Shadowghast Waistguard | 31.9K | 42% |
Gutcrusher Greatbelt | 30.2K | 14% |
Binding of Warped Desires | 35.7K | 10% |
Greatbelt of the Infinite Infantry | 27.8K | 9% |
Stoic Guardsman's Belt | 24.2K | 8% |
Disintegration-Proof Waistband | 25.6K | 4% |
Spellwarding Waistguard | 26.0K | 3% |
Improvisational Cinch | 28.6K | 3% |
Well-Oiled Plate Girdle | 18.7K | 2% |
Enforcer's Containment Cinch | 15.2K | 1% |
Legs +
Legplates of the Infinite Infantry | 35.7K | 85% |
Shadowghast Greaves | 23.5K | 5% |
Agatha's Gothic Greaves | 17.3K | 2% |
Gutcrusher Legplates | 13.3K | 1% |
Endlessly Gluttonous Greaves | 14.4K | 1% |
Tassets of Perpetual Despair | 14.8K | 1% |
Anodized Plate Legguards | 15.4K | 1% |
Heavy Alloy Legplates | 16.6K | 1% |
Ceremonial Parade Legguards | 21.9K | 1% |
Rivet-Sealed Legplates | 30.2K | 1% |
Feet +
Shadowghast Sabatons | 35.7K | 75% |
March of the Infinite Infantry | 24.2K | 5% |
Errant Crusader's Greaves | 22.1K | 4% |
Greaves of Acid Resistance | 25.6K | 3% |
Implacable Weatherproof Treads | 16.9K | 2% |
Greaves of Haunting Ruination | 21.8K | 2% |
Pyroclastic Greatboots | 16.2K | 1% |
Stoneguard Attendant's Boots | 17.2K | 1% |
Gutcrusher Stompers | 18.7K | 1% |
Towering Shadowghast Greatboots | 23.5K | 1% |
Rings +
Logic Loop of Recursion Overclocking Bit Band | 35.7K | 22% |
Shadowghast Ring Signet of Collapsing Stars | 21.1K | 4% |
Logic Loop of Division Overclocking Bit Band | 22.8K | 4% |
Seal of Darkshire Nobility Signet of Collapsing Stars | 17.1K | 3% |
Logic Loop of Recursion Shorting Bit Band | 30.2K | 3% |
Hyperlight Band Signet of Collapsing Stars | 21.7K | 2% |
Overclocking Bit Band Signet of Collapsing Stars | 22.0K | 2% |
Signet of Collapsing Stars Sworn Oath of the Nine | 24.1K | 2% |
Ardent Sunstar Signet Signet of Collapsing Stars | 12.8K | 1% |
Terestian's Signet Ring Signet of Collapsing Stars | 16.6K | 1% |
Legendaries +
Glory | 35.7K | 81% |
Reprisal | 35.7K | 77% |
The Wall | 25.6K | 20% |
Elysian Might | 19.5K | 10% |
Nature's Fury | 23.6K | 8% |
Sinful Surge | 11.0K | 1% |
Signet of Tormented Kings | 16.4K | 1% |
Seismic Reverberation | 28.0K | 1% |
Covenants +
Necrolord | 35.7K | 81% |
Kyrian | 19.5K | 10% |
Night Fae | 23.6K | 8% |
Venthyr | 13.6K | 1% |
Soulbinds +
| 31.9K | 74% |
 | 19.5K | 8% |
 | 23.6K | 7% |
 | 35.7K | 6% |
 | 12.9K | 2% |
 | 15.2K | 2% |
 | 13.7K | 1% |
 | 15.0K | 1% |
Soulbind Abilities +
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | 31.9K | 34% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Kevin's Keyring Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | 24.2K | 5% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Viscous Trail | 24.6K | 3% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Kevin's Oozeling | 26.4K | 3% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Runeforged Spurs Forgeborne Reveries Heirmir's Arsenal: Marrowed Gemstone Carver's Eye | 35.7K | 3% |
Night Fae Niya's Tools: Burrs Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Swift Patrol Called Shot | 14.1K | 1% |
Necrolord Ultimate Form Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Undulating Maneuvers | 16.1K | 1% |
Necrolord Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | 16.8K | 1% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Ultimate Form Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Undulating Maneuvers | 21.8K | 1% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Heirmir's Arsenal: Gorestompers Runeforged Spurs Forgeborne Reveries Carver's Eye | 26.1K | 1% |
Conduit +
Stalwart Guardian | 35.7K | 87% |
Unnerving Focus | 35.7K | 85% |
Adaptive Armor Fragment | 31.9K | 84% |
Veteran's Repute | 35.7K | 81% |
Inspiring Presence | 35.7K | 71% |
Ashen Juggernaut | 35.7K | 70% |
Condensed Anima Sphere | 35.7K | 36% |
Safeguard | 30.5K | 23% |
Show of Force | 25.0K | 20% |
Brutal Vitality | 25.8K | 12% |
Conduit Combination +
Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Adaptive Armor Fragment | 31.9K | 31% |
Stalwart Guardian Safeguard Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Adaptive Armor Fragment | 30.5K | 11% |
Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Show of Force Adaptive Armor Fragment | 25.0K | 5% |
Inspiring Presence Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | 27.8K | 5% |
Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Unnerving Focus Piercing Verdict Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | 19.5K | 3% |
Stalwart Guardian Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | 26.6K | 3% |
Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Ashen Juggernaut Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Condensed Anima Sphere | 35.7K | 3% |
Stalwart Guardian Inspiring Presence Ashen Juggernaut Veteran's Repute Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | 16.9K | 2% |
Stalwart Guardian Safeguard Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Show of Force Adaptive Armor Fragment | 21.3K | 2% |
Stalwart Guardian Unnerving Focus Veteran's Repute Show of Force Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | 16.6K | 1% |
Gem +
Quick Jewel Cluster | 35.7K | 56% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | 30.2K | 45% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster | 30.6K | 12% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | 30.3K | 10% |
Straddling Sage Agate | 21.9K | 3% |
Straddling Jewel Doublet | 20.6K | 2% |
Leviathan's Eye of Strength | 17.4K | 1% |
Gem Combination +
Quick Jewel Cluster | 21.4K | 10% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 35.7K | 7% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | 21.3K | 6% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | 21.7K | 6% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 25.6K | 6% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 30.5K | 6% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 31.9K | 5% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | 24.2K | 5% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | 26.4K | 4% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 20.1K | 3% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | 30.5K | 41% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | 31.9K | 35% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | 35.7K | 14% |
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality | 30.2K | 8% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | 35.7K | 86% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Skirmish | 27.8K | 8% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Bulwark | 12.8K | 1% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing | 35.7K | 31% |
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | 17.9K | 1% |
Belt Enchant +
Dimensional Shifter | 28.9K | 13% |
Nitro Boosts | 35.7K | 9% |
Invisibility Field | 14.9K | 1% |
Damage Retaliator | 23.5K | 1% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | 35.7K | 39% |
Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | 26.6K | 3% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 35.7K | 49% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 30.2K | 30% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 27.8K | 4% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | 22.8K | 3% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | 26.6K | 3% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | 30.6K | 3% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 19.7K | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 25.0K | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 20.5K | 1% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 20.8K | 1% |
Weapon Enchant +
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | 35.7K | 81% |
Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation | 30.3K | 11% |
Enchant Weapon - Lightless Force | 16.3K | 4% |
Enchant Weapon - Ascended Vigor | 11.4K | 2% |
Races +
 | +1.26% |
| +1.26% |
 | +1.18% |
 | +1.10% |
 | +0.95% |
 | +0.89% |
 | +0.89% |
 | +0.87% |
 | +0.87% |
 | +0.87% |
 | +0.85% |
 | +0.85% |
 | +0.80% |
 | +0.77% |
 | +0.74% |
 | +0.71% |
 | +0.66% |
 | +0.66% |
 | +0.64% |
 | +0.64% |
 | +0.62% |
 | +0.54% |
 | +0.38% |
 | +0.34% |
 | +0.00% |
This guide covers all the essential parts of character optimization needed to maximize your Tank in Raids 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 Raid 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 Tank and Popularity metrics. If unsure what to choose, the safest option is to pick the most popular one. Also, be sure to use our boss filter when optimizing for different Raid Bosses.