Protection Warrior Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables (Legion 7.3.5)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 7.3 Changes for Protection Warriors
  • 3. Patch 7.2.5 Changes for Protection Warriors
  • 4. Patch 7.2 Changes for Protection Warriors
  • 5. Contents
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. The Basics of Protection Warriors
  • 2. Talent Choice for Protection Warriors
  • 3. Stat Choice for Protection Warriors
  • 4. Basic Rotation for Protection Warriors
  • 5. Active Mitigation Abilities for Protection Warriors
  • 6. Cooldown Usage for Protection Warriors
  • 7. ChangeLog
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Main Resource of Protection Warriors
  • 3. Basic Abilities of Protection Warriors
    • 3.1. Movement for Protection Warriors
  • 4. Important Procs for Protection Warriors
  • 5. Active Mitigation for Protection Warriors
  • 6. Defensive Cooldowns for Protection Warriors
  • 7. Offensive Cooldown for Protection Warriors
  • 8. ChangeLog
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices
  • 2. Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents for Protection Warriors
  • 3. Tier 2 (Level 30) Talents for Protection Warriors
  • 4. Tier 3 (Level 45) Talents for Protection Warriors
  • 5. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents for Protection Warriors
  • 6. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents for Protection Warriors
  • 7. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents for Protection Warriors
  • 8. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents for Protection Warriors
  • 9. ChangeLog
• +Artifact Traits and Relics
  • 1. Artifact Progression for Protection Warriors
  • 2. Relic Choice for Protection Warriors
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Netherlight Crucible Relic Paths
  • 1. General Optimization Advice for Protection Warriors
  • 2. Tier 2 Upgrade Priority for Protection Warriors
  • 3. Tier 3 Upgrade Priority for Protection Warriors
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Single Target Rotation for Protection Warriors
  • 2. Multiple Target Rotation for Protection Warriors
  • 3. Active Mitigation Abilities for Protection Warriors
  • 4. Cooldown Usage for Protection Warriors
  • 5. Taunting
  • 6. Mastering Your Protection Warrior
    • 6.1. Rage Generation
    • 6.2. Mastery: Critical Block
    • 6.3. Procs for Protection Warriors
    • 6.4. Active Mitigation for Protection Warriors
      • 6.4.1. Shield Block
      • 6.4.2. Ignore Pain
      • 6.4.3. Shield Block or Ignore Pain?
    • 6.5. Other Notable Abilities
      • 6.5.1. Intercept
      • 6.5.2. Heroic Leap
    • 6.6. Detailed Cooldown Usage for Protection Warriors
      • 6.6.1. Battle Cry
      • 6.6.2. Last Stand
      • 6.6.3. Shield Wall
      • 6.6.4. Demoralizing Shout
      • 6.6.5. Spell Reflection
      • 6.6.6. Berserker Rage
      • 6.6.7. Artifact Ability for Protection Warriors
      • 6.6.8. Tier 1 Talents
      • 6.6.9. Tier 3 Talents
      • 6.6.10. Tier 5 Talents
      • 6.6.11. Tier 6 Talents
      • 6.6.12. Tier 7 Talents
  • 7. ChangeLog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. Basics
  • 2. Getting a Better Understanding of Protection Warrior Stats
  • 3. ChangeLog
• ×Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Protection Warrior Gems
  • 2. Protection Warrior Enchants
  • 3. Protection Warrior Consumables
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Macros and Addons
  • 1. Macros
    • 1.1. Generic Macros for Warriors
      • 1.1.1. Mouseouver Interrupt Macro
    • 1.2. Specific Macros for Protection Warriors
      • 1.2.1. Mouseover Heroic Throw Macro
      • 1.2.2. Mouseover Taunt Macro
      • 1.2.3. Intercept Macros
  • 2. Addons
    • 2.1. Generic Addons for Warriors
      • 2.1.1. ElvUI
      • 2.1.2. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
      • 2.1.3. GTFO
      • 2.1.4. Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
      • 2.1.5. Weak Auras
      • 2.1.6. TellMeWhen
      • 2.1.7. Raeli's Spell Announcer
      • 2.1.8. Recount / Skada / Details!
    • 2.2. Specific Addons for Protection Warriors
      • 2.2.1. Omen Threat Meter
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot
  • 1. Protection Warrior Best in Slot List
  • 2. Protection Warrior Trinkets
    • 2.1. Non-Raid Trinkets
    • 2.2. Raid Trinkets
  • 3. Protection Warrior Tier 21 Set Bonuses
  • 4. Protection Warrior Legendary Items
  • 5. Protection Warrior Loot Competition
  • 6. ChangeLog

General Information

On this page, we present you with the best gems and enchants for a Protection Warrior in World of Warcraft Legion 7.3.5. We also list the best consumables (food, flasks, and potions) and profession-specific perks.

The other pages of our Protection Warrior guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Reviewer

This guide has been reviewed and approved by Treckie, who has been a long-time leading tank who has competed for world first kills for 5 years. He is one of the casters for both last year's and this year's upcoming Mythic Dungeon invitational. You can watch his stream on Twitch and you can follow him on Twitter.

1. Protection Warrior Gems

You should use Saber's Eye of Strength in one socket, and Quick Lightsphene (or the cheaper Quick Dawnlight) in all other sockets.

2. Protection Warrior Enchants

Slot	Enchantment
Neck	Enchant Neck - Mark of the Heavy Hide (survival) Enchant Neck - Mark of the Hidden Satyr (damage output)
Back	Enchant Cloak - Binding of Strength Enchant Cloak - Word of Strength (cheaper)
Rings	Enchant Ring - Binding of Haste Enchant Ring - Word of Haste (cheaper)

3. Protection Warrior Consumables

Flask of Ten Thousand Scars (better against burst damage) or Flask of the Countless Armies (stronger Ignore Pains) should be used for raids along with Potion of Prolonged Power. Unbending Potion is a good choice as a defensive cooldown, while Potion of the Old War does well as burst damage. You should eat Lavish Suramar Feast for the Stamina buff if you want survivability, or swap to Arms or Fury before eating to gain the Strength buff if you want more DPS. If you want a cheap but effective Haste buff, Azshari Salad is a great food buff. Astral Healing Potion can be used in place of Healthstones.

If you can afford it, you should also use augment runes (which work in both raids and Mythic+ dungeons). Defiled Augment Rune is the cheap rune with a one-time use. Lightforged Augment Rune costs 40,000 and requires exalted reputation with the Army of the Light faction.

4. ChangeLog

• 03 Dec. 2017: Replaced Ancient Healing Potion with Astral Healing Potion.
• 28 Aug. 2017: Added Lightforged Augment Rune and new 7.3 epic gems.
• 19 Aug. 2017: Updated consumables section.
• 13 Jun. 2017: Removed mention of Haste breakpoint.
• 23 May 2017: Added a mention of switching to Arms or Fury before eating in order to receive the Strength buff.
• 28 Mar. 2017: Changed food recommendation to Lavish Suramar Feast.
• 27 Mar. 2017: Added Mark of the Hidden Satyr as a neck enchant for damage output.
• 10 Jan. 2017: Checked and confirmed for Patch 7.1.5.
• 02 Nov. 2016: Fixed flask recommendations to correctly reflect which flask should be used for which situation.
• 22 Oct. 2016: Updated the recommendations to account for the new stat priority.
• 28 Sep. 2016: Renamed the "smoother damage intake" recommendations to "higher Shield Block uptime", to account for recent hotfixes.
• 20 Sep. 2016: Added separate recommendations for total damage reduction and a smoother damage intake, and also tweaked some of the other recommendations.
• 10 Sep. 2016: Updated recommendations to account for change in stat priority (now recommending Versatility).
• 29 Aug. 2016: Updated for Legion's launch.
• 19 Jul. 2016: Updated for the Legion pre-patch.

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