Protection Warrior one of the Best Tank builds for PvE/Raiding [BFA 8.2] (2024)

1. Haste -the most important attribute for Protection Warriors. It increases your attack speed and reduces global cooldowns on your primary abilities, which increase your DPS and Rage generation. The extra Rage also contributes to how much damage is prevented withIgnorePain and to even more Rage generated by Anger Management.

2. Versatility -reduces all your damage taken, as well as, increases your damage and healing. It is a solid stat that grants passive bonuses regardless of the situation. It is extremely useful in magic-packed fights when playing as a Prot. Warrior

3. Mastery- Mastery: Critical Block passively increases your chance to block, the chance to critically block, and Attack Power. A great overall stat which synergizes well withIgnorePain

4. Critical Strike - increases your chance to parry attacks thanks to Riposte. Parrying an attack makes your next Revenge cost no Rage which is also very useful

5. Strength - Provides you with Attack Power that increases the damage of your auto attacks and abilities. It also increases your Armor thanks to Vanguard which passively reduces all your physical damage taken

Vengeancecauses your Ignore Pain to reduce the Rage cost of your next Revenge by 33% and causes Revenge to reduce the Rage cost of your next Ignore Pain by 33%. Majority of this talent's benefits is wasted as you 1)You should use Revenge only when it's Rage cost is removed; 2)You will usually use Revenge before Ignore Pain, increasing the total cost to cast Ignore Pain by 7 Rage when you have the pay the full Rage cost. Devastator is a replacementskill for Devastate, which increases its damage, and has a 20% chance to reset Shield Slam's cooldown. Compared to the other two talents it generates the least Rage and shouldn't be considered

1. Intercept nearly always is going to be your first initiating skill. Whether you are going to use Taunt afterward depends on your personal confidence on how well you can keep your aggro on the target for the initial few seconds

2. Avatar is an offensive cooldown which increases all your damage by 20%. It also removes all roots and snares, which you may want in certain encounters, so Avatar is not always going to be your opening skill

3. Demoralizing Shout should be always used early in the fight to generate extra Rage and increase your damage

4. Shield Block is a powerful defensive cooldown

5. Shield Slam whenever on cooldown. Keep in mind that its cooldown can be reset by Devastate, Thunder Clap, and Revenge. Keep an eye out on those procs

6. Use Thunder Clap when on cooldown

7. Revenge which should be cast only if the Rage cost is removed by parrying or dodging anattack. During encounters when you are not expecting to be in a dire need of Ignore Pain you spend excess Rage on Revenge

8. Devastate used on cooldown

1. Exact same opener as in Single-target rotation
   Intercept/Taunt⇒Avatar ⇒Demoralizing Shout⇒Shield Block⇒ 2.

2. Thunder Clap which should be used whenever off-cooldown. It's the primary skill for AoE DPS

3. Revengeon cooldown

4. Shield Slam on cooldown

5. Devastate on cooldown

1. Taunt is your primary single-target taunt. Warriors don't have an AoE taunt, so it's much more important to generate threat via Thunder Clap and Revenge abilities. Also, you can reset your Taunt's cooldown by using Heroic Leap

2. Heroic Throw is the second skill that can be used as a single-target taunt. You throw your weapon at your target, dealing damage and generating high threat. Be wary that it does not guarantee you getting targeted by the enemy

1. Shield Block is Protection Warrior's main damage mitigation mechanism. It is essential to have Shield Block active while you are expecting a lot of incoming blockable damage (mainly melee attacks and a lot of Bosses' abilities). Outside of big fights, when you aren't expecting a lot of incoming damage, you can use Shield Block to increase your Shield Slam's damage

2. Last Stand has similar usage to Shield Block. With Bolster talent picked up, it makes you block all incoming melee attacks. Last Stand and Shield Block shouldn't overlap each other

3. Ignore Pain is another important damage mitigation cooldown for Protection Warriors. However, its damage reduction is limited by a flat amount, making it an addition to Shield Block rather than a viable substitute. When using Ignore Pain, you should always make sure you will have enough Rage to use your next Shield Block when it comes off cooldown

4. Avatar is an offensive cooldown, which increases your damage and helps you generate Rage. Make sure you always dump excess Rage on Ignore Pain or Revenge

5. Shield Wall is a very powerful cooldown which should be used when you are expecting high burst damage coming your way

6. Demoralizing Shout with Booming Voice talent is a very powerful and low-cooldown skill. It reduces monsters' damage, increases your damage against affected enemies, and generates a substantial amount of Rage. It is easy to keep near 100% uptime on the buff with Anger Management

7. Spell Reflection is Warrior's primary magic damage mitigation skill. It can be used to either block a specific incoming spell, or to generally reduce magic damage taken. Keep in mind that reflecting a spell will cause the buff to end

1. Never exceed your maximum Rage! You should always make sure to dump it on useful skills when you are close to reaching your cap

2. Make sure you use your active abilities on cooldown, and Revenge whenever it becomes a free cast

3. Make sure you always have enough Rage for your next Shield Block cast which is your primary tanking cooldown

4. Analyze your threat generation - save your Taunt and Heroic Throw for targets that you are not confident with keeping on your

5. Learn fights prematurely, and make sure you know when to use your defensive cooldowns