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Protection Warrior Tank Stat Priority (Legion 7.3.5)

Last updated on Aug 28, 2017 at 22:38 by Vlad 212 comments

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General Information

On this page, we explain what the best statistics are for Protection Warriors in World of Warcraft Legion 7.3.5, how the class benefits from each of them.

The statistics priority is important as it influences itemisation choices (gear, enchants, and gems).

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. Basics

The stat priority for a Protection Warrior is:

  1. Strength;
  2. Haste;
  3. Mastery >= Versatility;
  4. Critical Strike.

The Haste breakpoint for maximum Shield Block Icon Shield Block uptime is way above 30% with Heavy Repercussions Icon Heavy Repercussions, with the effective number depending more on how the encounter works with regards to tank swaps and movement. Regardless of your current Haste level, Haste remains the strongest stat because it speeds up your rotation and generates more Rage.

2. Getting a Better Understanding of Protection Warrior Stats

Mastery: Critical Block Icon Mastery: Critical Block increases your chance to block, your chance to critically block, and your attack power. The increased attack power also increases the strength of your Ignore Pain Icon Ignore Pain. The amount by which these are increased depends on your actual amount of Mastery.

Critical Strike provides additional avoidance due to increased parry chance (thanks to Riposte Icon Riposte), and also gives your attacks and heals a chance to double their effectiveness.

Versatility increases all your damage and healing done (including Ignore Pain Icon Ignore Pain), and decreases all damage taken.

Haste lowers the cooldown of your auto attacks and of Shield Block Icon Shield Block, Revenge Icon Revenge, Shield Slam Icon Shield Slam, and Thunder Clap Icon Thunder Clap, which indirectly boosts your survivability and damage output.

Strength increases your attack power.

Most encounters have abilities that cannot be mitigated or avoided. Also, you need to have a decent amount of health, in order to give yourself the chance to be healed before a subsequent attack kills you. As such, you need a minimum amount of Stamina. This amount will, in most cases, simply come from the Stamina found innately on your gear. Therefore, item level is the determining factor in keeping your health pool growing.

⋘Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
Gems, Enchants, and Consumables⋙

3. ChangeLog

  • 28 Aug. 2017: No changes needed for Patch 7.3.
  • 19 Aug. 2017: Made a small clarification regarding the lack of a Haste breakpoint.
  • 13 Jun. 2017: Removed Haste breakpoint (as the actual breakpoint is so high that you will not realistically reach it).
  • 27 Mar. 2017: Slightly updated the stat priority.
  • 10 Jan. 2017: Updated the stat priority slightly.
  • 22 Oct. 2016: Updated the stat priority.
  • 28 Sep. 2016: Tweaked stat priority following recent hotfixes.
  • 20 Sep. 2016: Added separate stat priorities for smoother damage intake and total damage reduction.
  • 10 Sep. 2016: Updated stat priority (Versatility now best secondary stat).
  • 29 Aug. 2016: Updated for Legion's launch.
  • 19 Jul. 2016: Updated for the Legion pre-patch.
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