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Protection Warrior Guide for Shadowlands

Patch 9.2.7Fated Raids

Last Updated

Everything you need to improve your Tank performance in Raids.

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Data gathered from the top 1317 Logs and 418 Unique Players in the last 30 days
Also, check out how Protection Warrior performs in
the current Tank Rankings

Easy mode choices summary for Protection Warrior

Type
Top Choice
Max. DPS
Popularity
Talents
31.9K
62%
Weapons
30.5K
4%
Trinkets
26.6K
15%
Head
35.7K
91%
Neck
29.9K
30%
Shoulders
35.7K
96%
Back
30.6K
24%
Chest
31.9K
88%
Wrist
30.2K
24%
Hands
35.7K
60%
Waist
31.9K
42%
Legs
35.7K
85%
Feet
35.7K
75%
Rings
35.7K
22%
Legendaries
35.7K
81%
Covenants
35.7K
81%
Soulbinds
31.9K
74%
Soulbind Abilities
31.9K
34%
Conduit
35.7K
87%
Conduit Combination
31.9K
31%
Gem
35.7K
56%
Gem Combination
21.4K
10%
Back Enchant
30.5K
41%
Chest Enchant
35.7K
86%
Wrist Enchant
35.7K
31%
Belt Enchant
28.9K
13%
Feet Enchant
35.7K
39%
Ring Enchant
35.7K
49%
Weapon Enchant
35.7K
81%
Race
Performance Gain
Human
+1.26%

Shoulders for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
35.7K
96%
20.4K
2%
16.2K
1%
17.3K
1%

Legendaries for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
35.7K
81%
35.7K
77%
25.6K
20%
19.5K
10%
23.6K
8%
11.0K
1%
16.4K
1%
28.0K
1%

Covenants for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
35.7K
81%
19.5K
10%
23.6K
8%
13.6K
1%

Soulbinds for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
31.9K
74%
19.5K
8%
23.6K
7%
35.7K
6%
12.9K
2%
15.2K
2%
13.7K
1%
15.0K
1%

Conduit for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
35.7K
87%
35.7K
85%
31.9K
84%
35.7K
81%
35.7K
71%
35.7K
70%
35.7K
36%
30.5K
23%
25.0K
20%
25.8K
12%

Back Enchant for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
30.5K
41%
31.9K
35%
35.7K
14%
30.2K
8%

Chest Enchant for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
35.7K
86%
27.8K
8%
12.8K
1%

Wrist Enchant for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
35.7K
31%
17.9K
1%

Belt Enchant for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
28.9K
13%
35.7K
9%
14.9K
1%
23.5K
1%

Feet Enchant for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
35.7K
39%
26.6K
3%

Weapon Enchant for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Max. DPS
Popularity
35.7K
81%
30.3K
11%
16.3K
4%
11.4K
2%

Races for Protection Warrior

-
Name
Performance Gain
Lightforged Draenei
+1.26%
Human
+1.26%
Gnome
+1.18%
Mechagnome
+1.10%
Undead
+0.95%
Zandalari Troll Bwonsamdi
+0.89%
Void Elf
+0.89%
Zandalari Troll Kimbul
+0.87%
Orc
+0.87%
Kul Tiran
+0.87%
Goblin
+0.85%
Draenei
+0.85%
Hightmountain Tauren
+0.80%
Zandalari Troll Paku
+0.77%
Worgen
+0.74%
Vulpera
+0.71%
Troll
+0.66%
Tauren
+0.66%
Dwarf
+0.64%
Dark Iron Dwarf
+0.64%
Pandaren
+0.62%
Night Elf
+0.54%
Blood Elf
+0.38%
Mag'har Orc
+0.34%
Nightborne
+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 World of Warcraft 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.