Protection Warrior Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.0.2
On this page, we tell you all you need to know to prepare your Protection Warrior before entering Torghast and then how to pick up the right Anima Powers once you are inside!
Torghast as Protection Warrior
This page will guide you on how to get the most out of your Protection Warrior in Torghast, Tower of the Damned. For more information about Torghast in general, check out our dedicated page below.
Playing Protection Warrior in Torghast is fairly easy as our
tankiness and decent damage output provide us with the means to advance fairly
easily. One of our greatest strengths is that we can pull big packs of
enemies together and burst them down with our powerful AoE abilities like
Ravager,
Dragon Roar,
Avatar. We do have to
be careful though as some enemies are dangerous and we do not have any
emergency recovery healing in our kit outside of
Victory Rush /
Impending Victory. While our AoE is great we are lacking a bit
in single target department so choosing talents and Anima Powers that help with
this is preferable.
Legendaries for Protection Warriors in Torghast
Thunderlord is the best all around Legendary for Torghast when
paired together with
Booming Voice. It gets even stronger when picking
Unstoppable Force and
Anger Management. This makes it so you
have a very high uptime on
Demoralizing Shout and
Avatar.
There are also some Anima Powers that increase your damage to enemies while
affected by any of your shouts so the increased uptime on Demoralizing Shout
will be even more powerful then.
While not being so useful on lower floors The Wall will gain value
in higher ones. Once the damage of enemies goes up we are in need of more
defensive value and this is where The Wall comes in. Reducing the cooldown of
Shield Wall while also providing a significant amount of extra Rage
via
Shield Slam makes it a desirable option. The cooldown reduction
part can further be enhanced by picking
Anger Management making this
even better.Only pick this if you are really struggling with survivability.
Seismic Reverberation is another great option for Torghast. This one
is mainly AoE focused as it only works on 3+ enemies. As
Revenge deals
a lot of damage getting another cast for free will make quick work of your
enemies. It does come with the downside of having to use a lot of Rage for
Revenge but there are plenty of Rage generation increasing Anima Powers that
help resolve this issue.
If you wish to see about other available Legendaries or more in depth information about them please look at our Legendary guide.
Best Protection Warrior Covenant for Torghast
Kyrian is the best all around option for Torghast. It provides
us with a extra heal with Phial of Serenity and a 1-minute cooldown
damaging ability that can further be empowered by Anima Powers.
While Kyrian is the preferred choice you can also freely do Torghast as any other Covenant. To get a better understanding of all 4 Covenants and what they provide us take a look at our Covenant guide.
Best Protection Warrior Setup for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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Level 15 Talents for Torghast as a Protection Warrior
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While War Machine is lackluster in most content it is
really strong in Torghast due to enemies constantly dying. It will provide
you with a lot of extra Rage and movement speed making clearing the floors
a lot quicker.
Devastator is another great option as it also increases our Rage
generation by providing us more
Shield Slam casts. It is also better in
single target situations where you do not have enemies constantly dying. In
general if you need the extra single target damage then pick Devastator,
otherwise keep using War Machine.
Level 25 Talents for Torghast as a Protection Warrior
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Double Time provides us with 1 extra
Charge which helps
improve our mobility and chain pulling. As you can not mount up in Torghast
having some extra mobility to get around is a big strength.
Rumbling Earth provides us with a lot lower cooldown on
Shockwave. As we are in most situations fighting more than 3 enemies
then it is almost guaranteed to get the effect from this talent. If you are at
a high enough floor where enemies need to be crowdcontrolled more frequently
then you should pick this up instead of
Double Time
Level 30 Talents for Torghast as a Protection Warrior
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Best Served Cold provides you with a constant damage boost if you
have the Rage to spend on
Revenge. This becomes extremely powerful
when paired together with the Legendary power
Seismic Reverberation.
Early on you do not need to put the extra Rage into Defensives as the damage
does not warrant it so you should be able to cast plenty of Revenges.
Booming Voice should be your go-to talent. It is the highest
Rage generating ability on this row meaning we will be able to use this extra
Rage for offensive or defensive abilities depending on the situation. Using
Thunderlord enhances the power of this talent even further. Since
we are constantly fighting packs of 3+ enemies in Torghast we are guaranteed
to get the maximum out of this strong synergy.
Level 35 Talents for Torghast as a Protection Warrior
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Crackling Thunder increases the range of
Thunder Clap
making it easier to hit all the enemies around us. In general most enemies
should be in melee range of us regardless so the extra range does not always
matter.
Bounding Stride provides us more mobility by reducing the cooldown
of
Heroic Leap and making it provide us a short movement speed boost.
This helps us get out of sticky situations and recover while waiting for our
cooldowns to come back up so we could charge right back into the action. Not
to mention that running in the long halls of Torghast takes forever so having
some extra mobility to help with this is good.
Level 40 Talents for Torghast as a Protection Warrior
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Indomitable is a really solid choice in this tier due to the sheer
amount of healing we can get from the Rage. Furthermore there are some Anima
powers that increase our Rage generation making this talent extremely useful in
Torghast. Another choice would be
Impending Victory but when running
solo we will be getting the killing blows on all the enemies regardless
providing us with a lot of
Victory Rush resets.
Level 45 Talents for Torghast as a Protection Warrior
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Ravager will give you another offensive ability that
also provides a lot of Rage. This is on a 45 second cooldown so you can use
it pretty frequently.
Into the Fray is a solid consistent haste boost. You will more than
likely have maximum stacks of it for the majority of the time. It will lose
some value on bosses where you are fighting a single enemy.
Level 50 Talents for Torghast as a Protection Warrior
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Having Avatar up more often is a great
increase in our offensive and defensive abilities. Choosing Anima Powers that
increase our Rage generation will feed into this circle even more giving us
a very fast phased gameplay. If you do not need the extra defensive benefits
provided by
Bolster you should be running
Anger Management.
Bolster is the other more defensive option on the row. In
lower levels the damage intake is not high enough to warrant using this talent.
As you get higher and higher there might be places where you need more
Shield Block uptime and that is when you should start looking into
picking
Bolster .
Best Protection Warrior Anima Powers
While in Torghast you have access to Anima powers which modify how the class plays and provides useful benefits to various skills. Due to there being so many options out there choosing the correct one can be difficult. Below you can find a tier list for Anima powers to help make the choice a bit easier
Do not blindly follow this tier list as a lot of Anima powers strenghts
depend on your playstyle and talent choices. There is no point picking Anima
Powers that increase the damage of Whirlwind if you never use it.
For a complete list of Anima Powers available to Warriors, please refer to the pages linked just below.
Twisting Corridors
Twisting Corridors is a lot harder and more time consuming than your regular Torghast runs. The upside to this is that you will be provided with a lot more Anima Powers which makes for some significant stacking possibilities.
Shield Wall setup
While the regular Torghast run does warrant the usage of defensive Anima
Powers they are highly encouraged in Twisting Corridors due to the
increased damage intake. There is one particular setup of Anima Powers that
provides us with very high uptime on Shield Wall with little to no
effort. This setup is highly recommended for Twisting Corridors.
Unbound Fortitude increases the duration of your
Shield Wall,
depending on how many Soul Remnants you have collected.
Bladed Bulwark
provides
Ignore Pain a 50% chance to cast
Shield Wall.
Gibbering Skull makes getting hit have a 10% chance to grant you
Ignore Pain. All of these Anima Powers together give you an insane
uptime on Shield Wall reducing your damage taken by a significant amount.
You can further increase the power of this build by taking
Succulent Carpaccio, which increases the value of your
Ignore Pain.
In general, you should aim to get as many single target enhancing powers as possible. Bosses take the longest time and are often the deadliest enemies in the run so killing them faster increases the chances of a successful run.
S-Tier Anima Powers for Protection Warrior
Smoldering Inertia
Scratched Knife
Voracious Culling Blade
Shrieking Flagon
Spearheads of Eternity — Kyrian
Overgrowth Catalyst — Night Fae
Pridebreaker's Anvil
A-Tier Anima Powers for Protection Warrior
Shadehound Tooth
Edge of Hatred
Livingwood Pommel — Night Fae
Elysian Shoulderwrap — Kyrian
Brawler's Brass Knuckles
Zovaal's Warbanner
Resonant Throatbands
Warlord's Resolve
Pleonexian Command
Stonepiercer Signet
Spattered Soles — makes navigating the Tower a lot quicker
B-Tier Anima Powers for Protection Warrior
Petrified Wildseed — Night Fae
Bloodstained Whetstone
Writhing Noose — Venthyr (S-tier together with
Voracious Culling Blade)
Ancient Prolegomenon — Kyrian
Fan of Longswords
Kyrian Warhelm
Signet of Tormented Kings
Soulwrought Studs
C-Tier Anima Powers for Protection Warrior
Repulsive Pennant — Necrolord
Distillation of Sin — Venthyr
Hateful Fetish
Sinew-Sewn Tassels
Umbral Ear Trumpet (A-Tier with
Resonant Throatbands)
D-Tier Anima Powers for Protection Warrior
Hurricane Heart
Ragemote — Prevents healing from
Indomitable and
Anger Management cooldown reduction.(S-Tier on bosses together with
Voracious Culling Blade).
Champion's Decree
From the Talent providing Anima Powers these should be placed above B-Tier Anima Powers.
If the Anima Power you look for is not in the list above then it is because we have not been able to fully test it yet. The list will be updated as we get more experience with various Anima Powers.
Phantasma Anima Powers / Legendaries for Protection Warrior
There are some Anima Powers that either grant you Phantasma or provide you with a increase to your Phantasma generation. These are very situational and hard to rank as their strength depends on the Anima Powers you already have. You might want to get a few of them early on if there are no other solid options just so you can buy something from the vendors. Once you get to the higher levels these lose value.
Stable Phantasma Lure is a Legendary that increases your Phantasma
earned. If your goal is to get as much of it as possible then you should
definitely use this, otherwise it provides you with no real benefits.
Protection Warrior Playstyle for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Generally following the normal rotation in Torghast is all you need in order to be successful but below you can find some reminders to help you get the most out of your Warrior.
- Remember to keep
Shield Block up when tanking enemies to reduce the incoming damage.
- When running multiple
Brawler's Brass Knuckles keep a close eye on your Rage so you do not waste any.
- If you have your cooldowns up, pull big and burst all the enemies down. Due to being Tanks we can survive big pulls fairly easily.
- Remember to keep on using
Victory Rush to heal yourself when running solo as it refreshes on enemy deaths.
Spell Reflection can be very strong on certain bosses so be sure to test out which abilities are reflectable and which not.
- Pay close attention to your cooldowns as some Anima Powers reduce them
significantly. Stacking multiple
Shadehound Tooth makes it possible to cast
Shield Slam every other global cooldown.
- There are various environmental traps inside Torghast, be sure to avoid these as they deal heavy damage.
- There is no need to rush in Torghast as there is no Timer. You can wait for your cooldowns between packs if needed and just move on then. No point in dying an unnecessary death.
Changelog
- 16 Jan. 2021: Multiple Anima Power ranking changes to reflect the Twisting Corridors release.
- 07 Jan. 2020: Moved Voracious Culling Blade from A tier to S tier.
- 19 Nov. 2020: Page created
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This guide has been written by Mwahi, a Protection Warrior theorycrafter and moderator of the Skyhold Warrior Discord.
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