Protection Warrior PvP Talents and Builds (Dragonflight / 10.0.7)
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performance in PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you as an Protection Warrior and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Protection Warrior PvP Guide.
Talent Choices for Protection Warriors
PvP Talents for Protection Warriors
Important Choice Nodes
Wrecking Throw /
Shattering Throw: This node comes down to whether or
not the enemy has magical immunities, such as
Divine Shield or
Ice Block.
If they do, pick
Shattering Throw, otherwise use
Wrecking Throw for shield
breaking, and if the enemy team has none of both, simply skip this node and pick something
else in the talent tree.
Immovable Object /
Unstoppable Force: In general, you want to play
aggressively, but should you find yourself in a situation where you need another defensive
cooldown, then you can afford to give up
Unstoppable Force to get another one through
Avatar.
You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each has uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. As Protection Warrior, your choices are limited as you will be running the mandatory PvP talent almost every match.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Morale Killer is incredibly powerful and should be picked in
every match. The damage reduction for your team is huge, and extra Rage
generation is always welcome.
Situational PvP Talents
Sword and Board gives a great deal of offensive pressure and should
be used as often as you can get away with it. Estimate whether your team needs
another defensive, then switch this talent out as needed.
Thunderstruck is great for peeling a teammate that relies on kiting
against melees. This root is not affected by diminishing returns and can be a
total nightmare for enemy melees when paired with
Unstoppable Force.
Bodyguard gives a powerful Physical damage reduction to
an ally, which gets redirected to you. Protection Warrior can handle Physical
damage very easily, and this makes your partner very unlikely to die to
specializations based around Physical damage, such as
Subtlety Rogue or
Arms Warrior. The downside of this
strong talent is that it breaks if you move too far from your ally, and
you must consider if you have to kite a lot or not.
Disarm has a short cooldown and can completely ruin the damage of
weapon-based classes like
Retribution Paladins or
Subtlety Rogue. This ability can
even
be used offensively versus specializations that require weapons for their
defensives, such as stopping an Arms Warrior from using
Die by the Sword
or a Death Knights from using
Death Strike.
Shield Bash provides further damage reduction to the enemy and can
be kept up permanently if used successfully on enemies casting spells, allowing
you to significantly reduce the damage your team takes.
Changelog
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 29 Jul. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page updated for Patch 9.2.
- 08 Nov. 2021: Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 04 Jul. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
This guide has been written by Karanze, an experienced Gladiator Warrior player who has been a Stormforged/trusted member in the popular Warrior class discord Skyhold. You can watch his stream on Twitch.
- Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 DPS Log Rankings for Vault of the Incarnates: Day 1
- Mythic+ Tier List in Dragonflight Season 1 (Week 15)
- Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 Hotfixes: March 22nd
- Class Set Updates and Clarifications in Patch 10.1: March 22nd
- Dragonflight Patch 10.1 PTR Dev Notes: March 22nd
- Aberrus the Shadowed Crucible Raid Testing: March 24th
- Ebyssian and Emberthal Epilogue Cutscene in Patch 10.0.7
- How to Unlock Ancient Zul'Gurub Crafting in Patch 10.0.7