Protection Warrior PvP Talents and Builds — Midnight (12.0.1)

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.

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.

Thunderstruck is great for peeling a teammate if your team composition features no roots to be affected by the Diminishing Returns.

Berserker Roar is compelling versus teams with a lot of crowd control, like RMP (Rogue/Mage/Priest) or Jungle Cleave (Feral Druid/Hunter/Priest). Timed correctly, this ability alone can completely ruin the enemy team's setup and cooldowns.

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.