Protection Warrior Guide for WoW WotLK Classic PvP

Patch Phase 4WotLK Classic Arena Season 8

Last Updated April 3, 2024

Best Protection Warrior WotLK PvP Build, Talents, Stat Priority, Trinkets, BiS gear, etc., ranked by their performance and popularity based on the World Top PvP Players in WotLK Classic Arena Season 8.

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Type	Top Choice	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Talents	Improved Rend Improved Heroic Strike Tactical Mastery Improved Charge Impale Deep Wounds Taste for Blood Two-Handed Weapon Specialization Improved Overpower Poleaxe Specialization Sweeping Strikes Trauma Mortal Strike Strength of Arms Improved Slam Weapon Mastery Juggernaut Improved Mortal Strike Unrelenting Assault Blood Frenzy Endless Rage Sudden Death Wrecking Crew Bladestorm Armored to the Teeth Cruelty Improved Bloodrage Improved Thunder Clap Incite	2351	2310	18%
Main Hand	Wrathful Gladiator's Truncheon	2472	2472	9%
Off Hand	Wrathful Gladiator's Shield Wall	2421	2421	9%
Trinket	Medallion of the Horde	2440	2440	9%
Trinket Combination	Deathbringer's Will Sharpened Twilight Scale	2477	2388	36%
Head	Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Helm	2440	2431	18%
Neck	Lana'thel's Chain of Flagellation	2477	2477	9%
Shoulders	Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Pauldrons	2477	2472	27%
Back	Recovered Scarlet Onslaught Cape	2440	2421	27%
Chest	Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Chestpiece	2472	2431	36%
Wrist	Polar Bear Claw Bracers	2477	2440	27%
Hands	Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Gauntlets	2477	2440	27%
Waist	Coldwraith Links	2477	2440	45%
Legs	Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Legguards	2472	2456	18%
Feet	Apocalypse's Advance	2472	2472	9%
Rings	Signet of Twilight	2477	2477	9%
Item Level	278	2477	2475	18%
Tier	Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Pauldrons	2477	2472	27%
Gem	Puissant Dreadstone	2477	2475	18%
Gem Combination	Relentless Earthsiege Diamond Fractured Cardinal Ruby Nightmare Tear Mystic King's Amber Fractured Dragon's Eye Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Mystic King's Amber Fractured Cardinal Ruby Mystic King's Amber Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Mystic King's Amber Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Dragon's Eye	2440	2381	18%
Back Enchant	Scroll of Enchant Cloak - Major Agility	2472	2421	45%
Chest Enchant	Scroll of Enchant Chest - Exceptional Resilience	2472	2431	36%
Wrist Enchant	Scroll of Enchant Bracers - Greater Assault	2477	2421	63%
Feet Enchant	Scroll of Enchant Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality	2477	2421	63%
Weapon Enchant	Brutal Totem of Third WInd	2421	2421	9%

Stat	Median Value
Crit	33%

Race	Representation
Human	8 (50%)

Type	Choice
Food	Rhinolicious Wormsteak
Flask	Flask of Stoneblood
Elixir	Elixir of Expertise

Talents for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Improved Rend Improved Heroic Strike Tactical Mastery Improved Charge Impale Deep Wounds Taste for Blood Two-Handed Weapon Specialization Improved Overpower Poleaxe Specialization Sweeping Strikes Trauma Mortal Strike Strength of Arms Improved Slam Weapon Mastery Juggernaut Improved Mortal Strike Unrelenting Assault Blood Frenzy Endless Rage Sudden Death Wrecking Crew Bladestorm Armored to the Teeth Cruelty Improved Bloodrage Improved Thunder Clap Incite	2351	2310	18%

Stat Name for Protection Warrior

Name	Median Value
Crit	33%
Haste	0%

Main Hand for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Wrathful Gladiator's Truncheon	2472	2472	9%
Wrathful Gladiator's Handaxe	2477	2449	18%
Shadowmourne	2440	2351	27%
Bone Warden's Splitter	2342	2342	9%
Bloodvenom Blade	2321	2312	18%
Mithrios, Bronzebeard's Legacy	2280	2280	9%
Wrathful Gladiator's Sunderer	2268	2268	9%

Off Hand for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Wrathful Gladiator's Shield Wall	2421	2421	9%
Icecrown Glacial Wall	2477	2397	36%
Neverending Winter	2342	2342	9%
Icecrown Glacial Wall	2280	2280	9%
Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand	2183	2183	9%

Trinket for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Medallion of the Horde	2440	2440	9%
Death's Verdict	2421	2421	9%
Deathbringer's Will	2477	2396	54%
Sharpened Twilight Scale	2477	2388	36%
Mjolnir Runestone	2421	2345	18%
Whispering Fanged Skull	2342	2342	9%
Sharpened Twilight Scale	2351	2336	18%
Deathbringer's Will	2342	2332	18%
Sindragosa's Flawless Fang	2280	2280	9%
Unidentifiable Organ	2280	2280	9%
Death's Choice	2268	2268	9%

Trinket Combination for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Deathbringer's Will Sharpened Twilight Scale	2477	2388	36%

Head for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Helm	2440	2431	18%
Helm of Wrath	2342	2342	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Helmet	2477	2336	54%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Greathelm	2280	2280	9%
Hellscream's Helmet of Triumph	2268	2268	9%

Neck for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Lana'thel's Chain of Flagellation	2477	2477	9%
Penumbra Pendant	2472	2412	18%
Ahn'kahar Onyx Neckguard	2440	2381	18%
Wodin's Lucky Necklace	2421	2345	18%
Infected Choker	2342	2342	9%
Noose of Malachite	2303	2303	9%
Bile-Encrusted Medallion	2280	2280	9%
Rimetooth Pendant	2183	2183	9%

Shoulders for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Pauldrons	2477	2472	27%
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Shoulders	2440	2421	27%
Ymirjar Lord's Pauldrons	2342	2342	9%
Boneguard Commander's Pauldrons	2280	2280	9%
Hellscream's Shoulderplates of Triumph	2268	2268	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Shoulderplates	2351	2267	18%

Back for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Recovered Scarlet Onslaught Cape	2440	2421	27%
Vereesa's Dexterity	2477	2351	45%
Titanskin Cloak	2342	2342	9%
Magni's Resolution	2303	2303	9%
Pride of the Eredar	2280	2280	9%

Chest for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Chestpiece	2472	2431	36%
Cataclysmic Chestguard	2342	2342	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Battleplate	2477	2327	36%
Blightborne Warplate	2280	2280	9%
Hellscream's Battleplate of Triumph	2268	2268	9%

Wrist for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Polar Bear Claw Bracers	2477	2440	27%
Wrathful Gladiator's Bracers of Triumph	2421	2421	9%
Gargoyle Spit Bracers	2342	2342	9%
Toskk's Maximized Wristguards	2472	2321	27%
Bracers of Dark Reckoning	2303	2303	9%
Bracers of the Shieldmaiden	2280	2280	9%
Bracers of the Silent Massacre	2268	2268	9%

Hands for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Gauntlets	2477	2440	27%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Gauntlets	2351	2351	9%
Gauntlets of the Kraken	2342	2342	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Handguards	2472	2321	27%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Handguards	2280	2280	9%
Sunreaver Assassin's Gloves	2268	2268	9%
Aldriana's Gloves of Secrecy	2183	2183	9%

Waist for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Coldwraith Links	2477	2440	45%
Wrathful Gladiator's Girdle of Triumph	2421	2421	9%
Astrylian's Sutured Cinch	2351	2351	9%
Girdle of the Nether Champion	2342	2342	9%
Verdigris Chain Belt	2280	2280	9%
Etched Dragonbone Girdle	2268	2268	9%
Vengeful Noose	2183	2183	9%

Legs for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Legguards	2472	2456	18%
Legplates of Painful Death	2421	2421	9%
Leggings of Northern Lights	2351	2351	9%
Ymirjar Lord's Legguards	2342	2342	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Legguards	2477	2312	36%
Hellscream's Legplates of Triumph	2268	2268	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Legplates	2183	2183	9%

Feet for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Apocalypse's Advance	2472	2472	9%
Hellfrozen Bonegrinders	2421	2421	9%
Blood-Soaked Saronite Stompers	2477	2381	36%
Frostbitten Fur Boots	2351	2351	9%
Greaves of the Iron Army	2342	2342	9%
Grinning Skull Greatboots	2303	2292	18%
Greaves of Ruthless Judgment	2268	2268	9%

Rings for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Signet of Twilight	2477	2477	9%
Ashen Band of Unmatched Vengeance	2421	2421	9%
Wrathful Gladiator's Band of Triumph	2421	2421	9%
Might of Blight	2472	2397	18%
Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance	2477	2396	36%
Frostbrood Sapphire Ring	2472	2351	45%
Loop of the Twin Val'kyr	2342	2342	9%
Seal of Many Mouths	2303	2303	9%
Ashen Band of Endless Courage	2342	2303	27%
Devium's Eternally Cold Ring	2280	2280	9%
Ashen Band of Greater Vengeance	2268	2268	9%
Saurfang's Cold-Forged Band	2268	2268	9%

Item Level for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
278	2477	2475	18%
264	2421	2421	9%
274	2440	2381	18%
255	2342	2342	9%
277	2351	2327	18%
270	2280	2280	9%
256	2268	2268	9%
276	2183	2183	9%

Tier for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Pauldrons	2477	2472	27%
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Legguards	2472	2456	18%
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Gauntlets	2477	2440	27%
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Helm	2440	2431	18%
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Chestpiece	2472	2431	36%
Wrathful Gladiator's Plate Shoulders	2440	2421	27%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Gauntlets	2351	2351	9%
Ymirjar Lord's Pauldrons	2342	2342	9%
Ymirjar Lord's Legguards	2342	2342	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Helmet	2477	2336	54%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Battleplate	2477	2327	36%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Handguards	2472	2321	27%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Legguards	2477	2312	36%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Handguards	2280	2280	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Greathelm	2280	2280	9%
Hellscream's Battleplate of Triumph	2268	2268	9%
Hellscream's Shoulderplates of Triumph	2268	2268	9%
Hellscream's Helmet of Triumph	2268	2268	9%
Hellscream's Legplates of Triumph	2268	2268	9%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Shoulderplates	2351	2267	18%
Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Legplates	2183	2183	9%

Gem for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Puissant Dreadstone	2477	2475	18%
Mystic King's Amber	2477	2440	45%
Mystic Dragon's Eye	2440	2431	18%
Kharmaa's Grace	2421	2421	9%
Rigid King's Amber	2421	2421	9%
Resplendent Ametrine	2440	2421	27%
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond	2477	2351	81%
Sovereign Dreadstone	2342	2342	9%
Rigid Autumn's Glow	2342	2342	9%
Fractured Cardinal Ruby	2477	2342	81%
Nightmare Tear	2477	2336	72%
Inscribed Ametrine	2351	2327	18%
Bold Cardinal Ruby	2477	2327	54%
Shifting Dreadstone	2342	2323	18%
Fractured Dragon's Eye	2472	2312	54%
Austere Earthsiege Diamond	2342	2311	18%
Enduring Eye of Zul	2303	2303	9%
Solid Dragon's Eye	2342	2303	27%
Solid Majestic Zircon	2342	2303	27%
Etched Ametrine	2421	2303	45%
Vivid Eye of Zul	2303	2292	18%
Guardian's Dreadstone	2303	2292	18%
Bold Dragon's Eye	2268	2226	18%

Gem Combination for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond Fractured Cardinal Ruby Nightmare Tear Mystic King's Amber Fractured Dragon's Eye Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Mystic King's Amber Fractured Cardinal Ruby Mystic King's Amber Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Mystic King's Amber Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Dragon's Eye	2440	2381	18%
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond Bold Cardinal Ruby Etched Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Nightmare Tear Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Etched Ametrine Etched Ametrine Inscribed Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Inscribed Ametrine Inscribed Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby	2351	2327	18%
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond Fractured Dragon's Eye Etched Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Nightmare Tear Etched Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Dragon's Eye Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Etched Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Etched Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Etched Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Dragon's Eye Etched Ametrine Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Bold Cardinal Ruby Fractured Cardinal Ruby	2268	2226	18%

Back Enchant for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Scroll of Enchant Cloak - Major Agility	2472	2421	45%
Flexweave Underlay	2477	2332	54%

Chest Enchant for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Scroll of Enchant Chest - Exceptional Resilience	2472	2431	36%
Scroll of Enchant Chest - Super Health	2342	2311	18%
Scroll of Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats	2477	2303	45%

Wrist Enchant for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Scroll of Enchant Bracers - Greater Assault	2477	2421	63%
Scroll of Enchant Bracer - Major Stamina	2342	2312	36%

Feet Enchant for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Scroll of Enchant Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality	2477	2421	63%
Nitro Boosts	2351	2342	27%
Scroll of Enchant Boots - Icewalker	2183	2183	9%

Weapon Enchant for Protection Warrior

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Terrokar Free Webbed Creature	2421	2421	9%
Brutal Totem of Third WInd	2421	2421	9%
	2472	2397	18%
Frightening Shout	2342	2342	9%
Netherbomb	2342	2342	9%
	2477	2327	54%
Quest - Fel Siphon Dummy	2477	2321	45%
War Stomp	2280	2280	9%

Race for Protection Warrior

Name	Representation
Human	8 (50%)

Food

Name
Rhinolicious Wormsteak
Snapper Extreme
Blackened Dragonfin
Dragonfin Filet
Fish Feast

Flask

Name
Flask of Stoneblood

Elixir

Name
Elixir of Expertise
Elixir of Accuracy
Elixir of Protection

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