Protection Warrior · Tank
Protection Warrior guide · MoP Classic
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Overview
Protection Warrior is a tank specialization of the Warrior in Mists of Pandaria Classic. It is D tier on our ladder: 0% of the top players.
Weaknesses
- Rare at the top: only 0% of the 821 top players we read play it.
Build cheat sheet
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Builds
Protection Warrior build
When to use it
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Content
What this build is meant for, by priority.
RaidMainBuilt for raid bosses.- Challenge ModesBuilt for Challenge Mode dungeons.
- PvPBuilt for arena and Solo Shuffle.
- 3v3 ArenaBuilt for 3v3 arena.
- 2v2 ArenaBuilt for 2v2 arena.
- 5v5 ArenaBuilt for 5v5 arena.
- Rated BattlegroundsBuilt for rated battlegrounds.
- LevelingBuilt for leveling up to max level.
This build has no items or talents listed yet.
Abilities
BloodbathFor the next 12 sec, causes your melee special attacks to deal an additional 30% damage as a bleed over 6 sec. While bleeding, the target moves at 50% reduced speed.Key talent of the specialization.
Storm BoltHurl your weapon at an enemy, causing 125% weapon damage and stunning the target for 4 sec. Deals 500% weapon damage to targets that are permanently immune to stuns.Key talent of the specialization.
VigilanceFocus your protective gaze on a party or raid member, reducing their damage taken by 30% for 12 sec.
During the duration of Vigilance, your Taunt has no cooldown.Key talent of the specialization.
Strategy
1Your job in the group
As a tank, your job is to hold threat on every pull, keep the boss where the raid needs it and survive the big hits.
- Build threat before anyone attacks: mark the kill order and give your damage dealers a few seconds.
- Keep your threat rotation going and face the mobs away from the group.
- Save your defensive cooldowns for the enrage phase or the hardest hitting abilities of the boss.
2Common mistakes
- Pulling before the healer is ready: check their mana before every pack.
- Pulling threat off the tank: in Classic, threat is slow to build and a dead damage dealer deals no damage.
- Running out of consumables: potions, flasks and food are part of the build in Classic raids.
- Ignoring crowd control assignments: sheep, sap and fear the packs you are asked to, and don't break them.
Tips
- Explain the pull and the kill order before you start: fewer surprises, fewer deaths.
- Stack armor and stamina before damage: a tank that dies costs the whole pull.
- Spend your talent points in the order of this guide and only change the rows the content asks for.
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 5.5.4.
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