Protection Warrior Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.1.5)

You should aim to use gems that provide you with Haste, as that is our most valued secondary stat. The list below consists of gems that are all very good for Protection Warriors.

You should use Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit effect, ideally Quick Ruby/ Quick Onyx/ Quick Sapphire/ Deadly Emerald. Fill in remaining sockets with Deadly Emerald.

To better understand the suggestion above, you can take a look at our Stats page. This will explain every stat in-depth so you can get a better understanding of why these specific ones are the best for Protection Warriors.

Horrific Visions are a returning scenario, which rewards you with various things, most importantly, Corruption enchants. These effects can only be used on a helmet slot and provide you with a slight damage increase. All of the direct damage effects also deal 33% less for tanks. Taking all of this into consideration, you can find the best Corruptions below. For the most accurate results on various target counts, sim yourself.

• Single target: Greater Rune of the Void Ritual / Greater Rune of Gushing Wound
• AoE: Greater Rune of the Void Ritual

Disclaimer: The Helmet enchant will only be available once the Horrific Visions open up on May 20th.

You should be drinking the Flask of Alchemical Chaos at all times.

Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust/ Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should keep a stock of Algari Healing Potions to use when at low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they are best used separately! You can also obtain Fleeting Algari Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should be eating from a primary stat Feast at all times, either Feast of the Divine Day, Feast of the Midnight Masquerade, or Hearty Feast of the Midnight Masquerade.

If Feasts are not available, eat Outsider's Provisions, Beledar's Bounty, Jester's Board, or Empress' Farewell instead.

In addition to Potions and Enchants mentioned above, we can also use Weapon Oils, which enhance our weapons even further. These are not permanent and need to be re-applied after an hour or two, so be sure to get multiple.

• Algari Mana Oil for every content.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!