Protection Warrior PvP Guide (Dragonflight 10.2)

Protection Warrior and tanks, in general, are often considered niche specializations for PvP, and especially arena, with very few regular players. However, Protection Warrior has seen high ratings in the past and is currently capable of dealing high amounts of damage while averting great pressure from enemy melees. The main struggle is magic damage-dealing specializations, as you have little passive sustain or defense against this type of damage.

Protection Warrior plays primarily as a bodyguard, averting dangers off of a serious damage dealing teammate and trying to stall out a game long enough for the enemy team to run dry on Mana. By using powerful damage-reducing abilities such as Bodyguard, Morale Killer, Shield Bash and Shockwave, Protection Warrior can single-handedly ruin the enemy team's chances of killing your team.

This guide is inspired by Troma's talent build and tested around his setup. You can find a link to his character, Twitch, Twitter and Youtube here.

• Ignore Pain no longer contributes towards Anger Management
• Safeguard and Battlefield Commander are two new PvP talents
• Storm of Destruction has been redesigned to apply a strong slow instead of Mortal Wounds
• Warrior Arms 10.2 Class Set 2pc and Warrior Arms 10.2 Class Set 4pc is this season's tier set

Strengths

• Incredible peeling abilities.
• Great damage for a tank.
• Almost impervious to enemy melees.
• Strong utility.

Weaknesses

• Struggles to keep up with consistent ranged slows.
• Vulnerable to magic damage.
• Lack of Bladestorm means high vulnerability to being hit with CC.
• Tanks sustain 50% more damage from all sources in PvP.