Protection Warrior Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1.5
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Protection Warrior in World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1.5. We also give budget alternatives.
1. Best Gems for Protection Warriors
You should use 
Quick Owlseye (or the cheaper 
Quick Golden Beryl) in all sockets.
2. Best Enchants for Protection Warriors
| Slot | Enchantment |
|---|---|
| Rings | |
| Weapon |
3. Consumables for Protection Warriors
3.1. Best Flasks and Potions for Protection
Use 
Flask of the Undertow as your flask.
Use 
Battle Potion of Strength as your "pre-pot" and combat potion.
During combat, Battle Potion of Strength should generally be used in
combination with 
Bloodlust/
Heroism, if those are used later in
the fight, during periods of high damage as a defensive tool, or during your
offensive cooldowns to further increase damage.
You should use 
Coastal Healing Potion for in-combat healing.
Additionally, 
Healthstones do not share a cooldown with normal
healing potions, so if you have access to a Warlock make sure you are using
both.
3.2. Best Food for Protection
You should eat 
Bountiful Captain's Feast or 
Sanguinated Feast
(or the cheaper 
Galley Banquet) for the Strength buff.
Honey Potpie can be very useful in Mythic+, as it improves your
ability to kite enemies.
3.3. Augment Runes for Protection
If you can afford it, you should use 
Battle-Scarred Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of these runes
available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them
for when you need them.
4. Changelog
- 16 Apr. 2019: This page has been reviewed and there are no changes necessary for the release of the Crucible of Storms raid.
- 21 Jan. 2019: Updated for BfA Season 2.
- 10 Dec. 2018: This page has been reviewed and there are no changes necessary for Patch 8.1.
- 02 Sep. 2018: Changed weapon enchant recommendation to Haste enchant.
- 24 Aug. 2018: Added note about Haste weapon enchant.
- 18 Aug. 2018: Adjusted formatting.
- 13 Aug. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth launch.
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This guide has been written by Marok, a Protection Warrior theorycrafter, owner of the Skyhold Warrior Discord, and owner of skyhold.gg, a Warrior community website. He raids in Potent on Mal'Ganis-US. You can follow him on Twitter.
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