Protection Warrior Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2

1. Best Gems for Protection Warriors

You should use Leviathan's Eye of Strength in one socket, Kraken's Eye of Strength in another socket, and Quick Sand Spinel (or the cheaper Quick Owlseye) in all other sockets.

2. Best Enchants for Protection Warriors

3. Consumables for Protection Warriors

3.1. Best Flasks and Potions for Protection

Use Greater Flask of the Undertow as your flask.

Use Superior Battle Potion of Strength as your "pre-pot" and combat potion. If there are at least 4 enemies nearby, Potion of Empowered Proximity grants more Strength than Superior Battle Potion of Strength.

During combat, Superior 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 Abyssal 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 Famine Evaluator And Snack Table 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.

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