Protection Warrior Tank Gear and Best in Slot - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (2024)

The best gear you can find will come from the Weekly Mythic+ chest, nowknown as the Great Vault, and from Mythic raiding. In addition to these, youcan also place crafting orders once you have the necessary pieces for it.

While a definitive BiS list is hard to create, there are caseswhere specific gear can be best in slot. For example, some trinkets havespecial effects that are extremely powerful, and you will want to seek themout regardless of item level. Sometimes, some rings have specialeffects that outweigh item level increases or the benefit of specificsecondary stats.

As a general rule of thumb, any increase in item level is an upgrade. ForProtection Warriors, the value of all the secondary stats is close enoughtogether that you should only look at what secondary stats a piece has if youare comparing across the same item level. Not only that, Stamina and Strengthincreases are significant as well.

All in all, if you come across gear that is an item-level upgrade (or has asocket and your current piece does not), equip it. If two pieces of equipmentare thesame item level, equip the best piece according to the stat priority. Finally,be aware of gear where the item level does not matter as much, whichis the case for specific trinkets, rings, and gear with special effects, etc.

Simulation tools are used to simulate which piece of gear would providethe most damage output. While this might seem irrelevant as a tank, it isthe opposite. A good tank will be tanky while contributing tothe best of their abilities to the group's overall damage output.

Simulations as a tank should be mainly used to figure out which piece of gearof similar item level you should equip. Always follow the item level ruleof higher item level = better first when choosing gear.

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BiS Gear for Protection Warrior

Overall BiS ListMythic+ Gear BiS ListRaid Gear BiS List

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BiS List for Protection Warrior

See Also

Protection Warrior PvP GuidePvE Protection Warrior Tank Best-in-Slot (BiS) & Pre-Raid Gear - WotLK Classic - Warcraft TavernWotLK Classic Protection Warrior GuideWotLK Classic Protection Warrior Pre-Raid Gear

The following list consists of the best gear you can gain currently in the game.Since we favor item level, loot from Amirdrassil, Aberrus,Vault of the Incarnates and the Great Vault will be the best you haveaccess to, at 528 item level.

The items that are mentioned to be dropped from Dungeons are only relevant ifyou can obtain them at Item level 528 through the Great Vault and the Mythicupgrade Track.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Thraexhelm of the Onyx Crucible	Tindral Sageswift, Raszageth, Magmorax
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet	Volcoross, in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Pauldrons of the Onyx Crucible	Smolderon, Echo of Neltharion, Broodkeeper Diurna
Cloak	Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch	Crafted by Tailoring
Chest	Carapace of the Unbending Flame	Fyrakk, in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Gloves	Handguards of the Onyx Crucible	Igira the Cruel, The Forgotten Experiments, Dathea
Belt	Trapmaster's Utility Belt	Gutshot, in Brackenhide Hollow
Legs	Legplates of the Onyx Crucible	Larodar, Rashok, Sennarth/td>
Boots	Fused Obsidian Sabatons	Smolderon, in Amirdrassil
Ring #1	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog, in Vault of the Incarnates
Ring #2	Band of Burning Thorns	Larodar, in Amirdrassil
Ring #3	Seal of Filial Duty, a solid alternative with an absorb	Broodkeeper Diurna, in Vault of the Incarnates
Trinket #1	Elementium Pocket Anvil	The Amalgamation Chamber in Aberrus
Trinket #2	Cataclysmic Signet Brand	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Defensive Trinket #1	Treemouth's Festering Splinter	Treemouth in Brackenhide Hollow
Defensive Trinket #2	Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart	Fyrakk, in Amirdrassil
Weapon	Gholak, the Final Conflagration	Fyrakk, in Amirdrassil
Shield	Verdant Matrix Beacon	Nymue, in Amirdrassil

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Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Protection Warrior

The following list is put together from items that drop only from the currentseasons Mythic+ dungeons. While the highest Item level that drops from Mythic+ is 509,upgradable to 515; you can still obtain 522 pieces, upgradable to 528,from the weekly Great Vault, and 525 from various crafting professions.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Thraexhelm of the Onyx Crucible	Any Mythic track helm, modified by Revival Catalyst
Neck	Bromach's Disentombed Locket	Bromach, in Uldaman
Shoulder	Pauldrons of the Onyx Crucible	Any Mythic track shoulders, modified by Revival Catalyst
Cloak	Fireproof Drape	Kokia Blazehoof, in Ruby Life Pools
Chest	Battlechest of the Onyx Crucible	Any Mythic track chest, modified by Revival Catalyst
Bracers	Excavated Earthen Wristslabs	Bromach, in Uldaman
Gloves	Handguards of the Onyx Crucible	Any Mythic track gloves, modified by Revival Catalyst
Belt	Trapmaster's Utility Belt	Gutshot, in Brackenhide Hollow
Legs	Drake Hunter's Greaves	Granyth, in The Nokhud Offensive
Boots	Pristine Magma Stompers	Chargath, Bane of Scales, in Neltharus
Ring #1	Circle of Ascended Frost	Khajin the Unyielding, in Halls of Infusion
Ring #2	Unstable Arcane Loop	Leymor, in The Azure Vault
Trinket #1	Idol of Trampling Hooves	Teera, in The Nokhud Offensive. Requires Fury/Arms lootspec
Trinket #2	Treemouth's Festering Splinter	Treemouth, in Brackenhide Hollow
Weapon	Strike Twice	The Raging Tempest, in The Nokhud Offensive
Shield	Crystalized Bulwark	Umbrelskul, in The Azure Vault

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Raid Gear BiS List for Protection Warrior

The following list is put together only from items which drop from the 3 available Raids,Amirdrassil, Aberrus and Vault of the Incarnates.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Thraexhelm of the Onyx Crucible	Tindral Sageswift, Raszageth, Magmorax
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet	Volcoross, in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Pauldrons of the Onyx Crucible	Smolderon, Echo of Neltharion, Broodkeeper Diurna
Cloak	Decorated Commander's Cindercloak	Eranog, in Vault of the Incarnates
Chest	Carapace of the Unbending Flame	Fyrakk, in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Agonizing Manacles / Bonds of Desperate Ascension	Igira the Cruel / Sarkareth
Gloves	Handguards of the Onyx Crucible	Igira the Cruel, The Forgotten Experiments, Dathea
Belt	Seal of the Defiant Hordes	Assault of the Zaqali, in Aberrus
Legs	Legplates of the Onyx Crucible	Larodar, Rashok, Sennarth
Boots	Fused Obsidian Sabatons	Smolderon, in Amirdrassil
Ring #1	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog, in Vault of the Incarnates
Ring #2	Band of Burning Thorns	Larodar, in Amirdrassil
Trinket #1	Cataclysmic Signet Brand	Smolderon, in Amirdrassil
Trinket #2	Elementium Pocket Anvil	The Amalgamation Chamber, in Aberrus
Defensive Trinket #1	Ward of Faceless Ire	Echo of Neltharion, in Aberrus
Defensive Trinket #2	Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart	Fyrakk, in Amirdrassil
Weapon	Gholak, the Final Conflagration	Fyrakk, in Amirdrassil
Shield	Verdant Matrix Beacon	Nymue, in Amirdrassil

Season 4 offers a way to target specific, powerful items with the new Antique Bronze Bullion. Here are the best items to spend your Bullions on in Dragonflight Season 4.

We advise you to aim for Gholak, the Final Conflagration and Seal of Diurna's Chosen as your first two purchases. The restyou can choose freely, depending on the content you are doing and on yourcurrent gear. Note that we do not have any shields listed here. That isbecause there are plenty of shields that can drop from various raids,dungeons or even be crafted.

• Gholak, the Final Conflagration — the best weapon option;
• Seal of Diurna's Chosen — purely offensive;
• Cataclysmic Signet Brand — purely offensive, but one of our best trinkets, if you can keep the buff up;
• Elementium Pocket Anvil — purely offensive, but one of our best trinkets, if you can keep the buff up;
• Manic Grieftorch — really strong offensive trinket, especially if people are dying and reducing the cooldown;
• All-Totem of the Master — solid all around trinket;
• Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart;
• Augury of the Primal Flame;
• Seal of Filial Duty;
• Ward of Faceless Ire — purely defensive, and more group focused.

In the following section, you can find some additional noteworthy gear.

To better understand the secondary stat prioritization for gear, look at theguide below, where each of the stats is broken down into bite-sized pieces.

Trinkets are some of the more unique items in the game due to their variouseffects. They can either help bolster your defenses or assist in dishing outeven more damage. Regardless of which you will choose, below you can find a listof other noteworthy trinkets for us.

• Cataclysmic Signet Brand — one of our best offensive trinkets, as long asyou can keep the buff up;
• Elementium Pocket Anvil — also one of our best offensivetrinkets, under the condition that you can keep the buff up;
• Manic Grieftorch — deals a heavy amount of damage toenemies around your target. The great part about this trinket is that thecooldown is lowered by 90 seconds every time an ally dies. It can outperform Elementium Pocket Anvil and Cataclysmic Signet Brand, if theirbuffs are not kept up properly, and on shorter fights.
• All-Totem of the Master — this trinkets provides you with various"hidden" buffs, some of them are more visible than others. Regardless, thisremains as one of our best all-around Mythic+ trinkets.
• Augury of the Primal Flame — while it has a low proc chance,the proc itself is fairly powerful. It gets even better if you have morecritical strike.
• Treemouth's Festering Splinter — a purely defensive trinketon a short cooldown. This is a great option if you want to play a more balancedsetup, or the encounter requires an additional defensive on a short cooldown.
• Ward of Faceless Ire — on top of allowing you to grant an on-demandabsorb on yourself, this trinket also allows you to grant the shield to an ally.While the shield is not as big as on some of the other defensive trinkets, theability to use it as an external defensive on an ally makes it a worthy pickup.
• Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart — is another absorb trinket, but witha slight damage component to it.
• Enduring Dreadplate — an offensive trinket disguised as adefensive one. The damage it does should not be underestimated.
• Prophetic Stonescales — while obtainable on a loweritem level than the rest of the mentioned trinkets, it is still worthyof a mention due to its effect. If you do happen to need it, be sure toget it from the hard mode of Dawn of the Infinite.

A good shield is the most important piece of gear. Shield upgrades provide amuch larger defensive boost than upgrades to other slots.

You can acquire high item-level shields from dungeons, raids, and the GreatVault weekly chest. The following shields are the available ones from currentdungeons and raids.

• Defender of the Ancient, looted from Gnarlroot inAmirdrassil.
• Verdant Matrix Beacon, looted fromNymue in Amirdrassil.
• Experiment 1, Kitewing, looted from The Forgotten Experimentsin Aberrus.
• Calamity's Herald, looted from Echo of Neltharion, inAberrus.
• Broodsworn Legionnaire's Pavise, looted from Broodkeeper Diurna,in Vault of the Incarnates.
• Flame Marshal's Bulwark, looted from Eranog, inVault of the Incarnates.
• Qalashi Defender, looted from Warlord Sargha, inNeltharus.
• Drake Rider's Stecktarge, looted from Kryakka and ErkhartStormvein, in Ruby Life Pools.
• Crystalized Bulwark, looted from Umbrelskul, inThe Azure Vault.
• Stout Shield, looted from The Lost Dwarves, inUldaman.

Use the highest item level shield you can, regardless of its secondarystats.

Just as shields are important, so are weapons. They increase our damageoutput, allowing us to provide more to the group's performance. Below, you canfind a solid selection of weapons.

• Gholak, the Final Conflagration, looted from Fyrakk, inAmirdrassil.
• Volcoross's Barbed Fang, looted from Volcoross, inAmirdrassil.
• Caustic Coldsteel Slicer, looted from Sennarth, inVault of the Incarnates.
• Maul of the Earthshaper, looted from The Primal Council,in Vault of the Incarnates.
• Proctor's Tactical Cleaver, looted from Zskarn,in Aberrus.
• Scholar's Thinking Cudgel, looted from The Amalgamation Chamber,in Aberrus.
• Strike Twice, looted from The Raging Tempest, in The Nokhud Offensive.
• Forgestorm, looted from Forgemaster Gorek, in Neltharus.
• Tongue Hacker, looted from GulpingGoliath, inHalls of Infusion.
• Spellbane Cutlass, looted from Vexamus, inAlgeth'ar Academy.

As with shields, use the highest item level weapon you have, regardless of thesecondary stats.

Embellishments are various additional effects on craftable items. These can beeither baseline effects on certain items like Shield of the Hearth or othereffects which can be added by optional reagents when crafting an item.

While there are multiple embellishment options, you can have only two active atany time. For Protection Warriors, we recommend the following:

• Shadowflame — this can be placed on any crafted armor pieceexcept for neck and rings. It provides a decent chunk of overall damage and iscurrently one of our best Embellishments.
• For the second embellishment, you have 2 options. The most beneficialoption would be a second Shadowflame embellishment. Unstable Frostfire Beltis a decent follow up option.

While the Mythic Raids Amirdrassil, Aberrus,Vault of the Incarnates and the Great Vault drops 528 item levelpieces, once fully upgraded, the highest you can craft is 525. As such,we suggest to craft your embellishments on the lower-stat budget pieces asshown below.

• Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch.
• Primal Molten Vambraces with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch.

In Season 4, every class will once again earn pieces of a gear set that isuniquely class-themed with its own two- and four-piece bonuses for everyspecialization. For Protection Warrior, these set bonuses are:

• Warrior Protection 10.2 Class Set 2pc — Spending Rage has a chanceto cause your Shield Slam to consume and instantly deal 40% of the remainingdamage on your Deep Wounds and Rend, and 100% of the remaining damageof Thunderous Roar. Also reduces your damage taken by 10% for 5 seconds.
• Warrior Protection 10.2 Class Set 4pc — For each bleed effect consumed,your damage taken is further reduced by an additional 2%. When Shield Slamconsumes a bleed, the cooldown of Thunder Clap is reset, and Thunderous Roar'scooldown is reduced by 3 seconds.

Both tier bonuses are straightforward and benefit us in Raidsand Mythic+. You want to get the entire 4 pieces as soon as possible to gainthe perks it provides. There are a total of 5 tier pieces that are droppedfrom Amirdrassil; any combination of them will work just fine.In addition, you can use the Revival Catalyst to convert gearinto Tier pieces.

To upgrade your gear, you will use Flightstones and Crests, bothobtainable from practically all forms of content in the game. They can be usedto upgrade gear depending on which track they drop in. They also allow you to craftitems up to item level 525.

For more information on the new Gear Upgrades system, check out our dedicatedpage for it below.

Below you can find a list of rough priority on which items to upgrade first.For the best upgrade option for your character, be sure to sim yourself.

• Weapon / Shield
• Chest / Legs / Shoulders / Helm
• Trinkets
• Feet / Hands / Waist / Wrist
• Back / Neck / Rings

The cost to upgrade scales differs per slot but now also increases quickly as item levels go up.

Whenever you get a new piece of gear, enchant it if possible.The best enchants for us can be found on the page linked below.