Protection Warrior Mythic+ Build & Gear Guide in Midnight Season 2

Spec Popularity

Overall Played: 9.6%
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Popular Team Comps

groups
Protection
+3
Alternatives
Blood 6%
Protection 6%
Guardian 4%
Vengeance 2%
+1 rarer (<1%)
Mistweaver
+5
Alternatives
Holy 11%
Restoration 3%
Holy 3%
Preservation 1%
Restoration 2%
Discipline 1%
+1 rarer (<1%)
Arcane
+5
Alternatives
Retribution 2%
Arms 1%
Devourer 1%
Demonology 1%
Beast Mastery 1%
Balance 1%
+19 rarer (<1%)
Unholy
+7
Alternatives
Retribution 4%
Demonology 3%
Balance 2%
Shadow 1%
Beast Mastery 2%
Devourer 2%
Havoc 1%
Arms 2%
+15 rarer (<1%)
Elemental
+6
Alternatives
Retribution 3%
Shadow 1%
Devourer 3%
Arms 2%
Beast Mastery 2%
Demonology 1%
Balance 1%
+18 rarer (<1%)
2.3 K Runs 87% Timed Highest Key: +19
Protection
+1
Alternatives
Blood 1%
Protection 1%
+3 rarer (<1%)
Restoration
Retribution
Frost
+10
Alternatives
Feral 3%
Arcane 9%
Beast Mastery 5%
Windwalker 4%
Unholy 3%
Marksmanship 1%
Arms 4%
Devourer 2%
Shadow 1%
Balance 2%
Demonology 1%
+15 rarer (<1%)
Outlaw
+13
Alternatives
Arms 4%
Subtlety 2%
Arcane 8%
Beast Mastery 5%
Demonology 4%
Havoc 2%
Devourer 3%
Shadow 2%
Assassination 2%
Marksmanship 1%
Windwalker 2%
Balance 2%
Elemental 2%
Destruction 1%
+11 rarer (<1%)
978 Runs 85% Timed Highest Key: +19

Highest Run

+19 Den of Nalorakk EU
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How this data is collected

Every talent, stat and gear number on this page is drawn from real Mythic+ runs recorded this season, so it shows what players actually do rather than theory. To keep the picture focused on how Protection Warrior is played at the highest level, only the hardest keys are counted. For each dungeon we look up the highest keystone level anyone has completed, across every class and spec, and then include every run from there down to 5 levels below it, giving the 6 highest key levels of that dungeon. The hardest key completed anywhere this season so far is a +20 in Den of Nalorakk, so there every run of +15 and above is counted. Each dungeon uses its own top key, so a quieter one keeps a lower band. In Ruby Life Pools, for example, the hardest key so far is a +19, so its runs start from +14 instead. The sample keeps refreshing as new high keys are posted, so the numbers track how the spec is being played right now rather than averaging the whole season. On top of that, the talent, gear and stat breakdowns are built from a rolling window of roughly the last two weeks, so they stay in step with recent tuning and meta shifts. Run totals and key levels still cover the full season.

Talents

Most Protection Warrior players build into the Mountain Thane hero tree. The tree below is the build they run at the highest keys, and the percentage under each talent is how often it is picked. Most of it is a fixed core. The talents sitting near 100% are taken by almost everyone, so the real decisions are the flexible picks that players swap from dungeon to dungeon. This build barely changes between dungeons. Open Talents per Dungeon below for the few tweaks that do show up.

Stat Priority

Stat priority is the order in which Protection Warrior players value their secondary stats, based on what the highest-key players actually carry on their gear. Most prioritize Haste, followed by Crit, Mastery and Versatility. Strength is your main stat and comes mostly from item level, so a higher-item-level piece is almost always an upgrade. Use this order as a guide when choosing between similar items, gems and enchants, not as a hard rule.

1 Strength icon
Strength
2.3 K
then
2 Haste icon
Haste
26.0%
then
3 Crit icon
Crit
25.1%
then
4 Mastery icon
Mastery
28.0%
then
5 Versatility icon
Versatility
5.9%
Tertiary Priority
1 Lifesteal icon
Lifesteal
8.1%
then
2 Avoidance icon
Avoidance
1.4%
then
3 Speed icon
Speed
43
Gear Overview

This section lists the gear that Protection Warrior players equip most often in those high keys, broken down slot by slot. For each slot the most popular item is shown first with its alternatives underneath, and the percentage next to each item tells you how common that choice is. It is a snapshot of what is being played, not a guaranteed upgrade for your character, so always simulate your own character before committing to gear changes. You can do that with Raidbots Top Gear.

Item
Popularity

SIM

Rotmire's Sporeheart

Sporefall Mastery Crit

12 %

+17

6 %

+17

4 %

+16

3 %

+14

Whispering Periapt

Mastery Versatility

2 %

+15

SIM

15 %

+17

14 %

+19

10 %

+18

6 %

+18

6 %

+17

Night Ender's Greatmantle

Versatility Haste

4 %

+14

Galerider's Veil

Crit Versatility

4 %

+16

Miststalker's Shroud

Crit Versatility

3 %

+16
Item
Popularity

SIM

Night Ender's Fists

Mastery Versatility

19 %

+17

Voidclaw Gauntlets

Haste Versatility

10 %

+16

10 %

+17

7 %

+18

5 %

+16

3 %

+14

2 %

+14

14 %

+18

Girdle of Devouring Rot

Sporefall Crit Mastery

8 %

+17

Pledgebearer's Girdle

Versatility Crit

8 %

+16

Bent Gold Belt

Haste Crit

5 %

+15

4 %

+16

3 %

+18

SIM

19 %

+16

12 %

+18

12 %

+17

12 %

+16

5 %

+15

Entombed Cultist's Sabatons

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

3 %

+19

2 %

+16
Weapon

6 %

+17

5 %

+16

Unconfined Labrys

Crit Versatility

4 %

+16

Spellbane Cutlass

Haste Versatility

4 %

+14

Strongblood's Ceremonial Cleaver

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Crit

3 %

+17

10 %

+18
SIM

Bulwark of Noble Resolve

The Voidspire Versatility Crit

6 %

+16

Wailing Bulwark

Haste Versatility

6 %

+16

Reflux Reflector

Versatility Crit

6 %

+15

Venom-Slashed Scuteward

The Venomous Abyss Haste Crit

3 %

+17

3 %

+15
Enchants, Gems & Crafting

Expand any panel below for the finer gear choices Protection Warrior players make in these high keys. It covers the enchants and gems they run in each slot, the embellishments and missives on their crafted gear, and the combinations they pair together. Each list is ordered by how common the choice is among the sampled characters, over the same rolling two-week window as the gear above.

4x Rage of the Night Ender

45 %

+16
4x Rage of the Night Ender

7 %

+15
4x Jade Warlord's Dominion

7 %

+17
4x Rage of the Night Ender
2x Voidlight Bindings

6 %

+14
4x Jade Warlord's Dominion

6 %

+18
4x Jade Warlord's Dominion

6 %

+18
4x Rage of the Night Ender

6 %

+17
4x Rage of the Night Ender

6 %

+16
4x Rage of the Night Ender

6 %

+16
4x Jade Warlord's Dominion

5 %

+19

17 %

+19

16 %

+19

15 %

+18

12 %

+17

11 %

+17

10 %

+18

7 %

+18

5 %

+17

5 %

+17

3 %

+15

14 %

+18

12 %

+16

10 %

+17

10 %

+17

9 %

+18

7 %

+19

6 %

+17

5 %

+17

5 %

+16

4 %

+17