Protection Warrior Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Shadowlands 9.0.2
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Protection Warrior, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.0.2.
If you were looking for WoW Classic content, please refer to our Classic Tank Warrior enchants and consumables.
Best Gems for Protection Warriors
You should use Quick Jewel Cluster in all of your sockets.
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.
Best Enchants for Protection Warriors
Slot | Enchantment |
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Rings |
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Consumables for Protection Warriors
Best Flasks and Potions for Protection
Use Spectral Flask of Power as your flask.
Use Potion of Spectral Strength as your "pre-pot" and combat
potion. If you are fighting a single enemy you can also use
Potion of Phantom Fire. If there are multiple enemies you may opt for
Potion of Empowered Exorcisms for the damage benefit. These potions will
become even stronger if used together with according Weapon Oils.
During encounters, your combat potion 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 Spiritual 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.
Best Food for Protection
You should eat Feast of Gluttonous Hedonism for the Strength buff.
If that is unavailable, eat
Tenebrous Crown Roast Aspic instead.
Extra Consumables
In addition to Potions and Enchants mentioned above we can also use Weapon Oils, Armor kits and Weightstones that enhance our gear even further. These are not permanent and need to be re-applied after an hour or two, so be sure to get multiple of each.
Weapon Oils provide you with additional benefits like extra damage from
Shadowcore Oil or extra healing from
Embalmer's Oil. In addition
to this they also enhance certain potions like
Potion of Phantom Fire and
Potion of Empowered Exorcisms.
Weightstones are just a flat attack power increase for a hour. Be sure to
get the correct one for your weapon type: Shaded Sharpening Stone for
bladed weapons and
Shaded Weightstone for blunt weapons.
Heavy Desolate Armor Kit increases the Stamina on your Chest
piece by 32.
Augment Runes for Protection
If you can afford it, you should use Veiled 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.
Changelog
- 28 Dec. 2020: Added Celestial Guidance as possible weapon enchant.
- 23 Nov. 2020: Removed Augment Rune and added new Enchants, Gems, Potions and extra consumables.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Mwahi, a Protection Warrior theorycrafter and moderator of the Skyhold Warrior Discord.
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