Introduction
Hey everyone, I’m Nate, a main tank for Method, and welcome to the Protection Warrior Guide for The War Within! Warrior has been a staple tank within WoW since the dawn of time and I’m here to help you master everything you need to know as we move into season 2!
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Strengths
- Durable
- Strong Offensive Output
- Solid Crowd Control
- Very Mobile
- Spell Reflect
- Battle Shout
Weaknesses
- Lack of Self Healing
- Defensive Management is very important
- Weak against DoT damage / unblockable damage
- Lack of meaningful group utility
What has changed
Patch 11.1.7 Changes
For Patch 11.1.7 there are no significant class changes for Protection Warrior. There is however the addition of the new D.I.S.C belt. To learn more about unlocking the DISC belt, you can read Method's DISC Belt Guide. For Protection Warrior specific recommendations you can head to the gearing section in this guide.
Patch 11.1.5 Changes
The midseason patch for season 2 is here! Unfortunately Protection Warrior has received no changes in this patch, although there were a handful of adjustments throughout 11.1 that we will be playing with going forward. These include:
- Shield Slam damage reduced by 5%
- Colossus Practiced Strikes damage bonus reduced to 10%
- Colossus One Against Many damage reduced to 3% per target
- Colossus Tide of Battle reduced to 7% per stack
- Mountain Thane Strength of the Mountain bonus damage increased to 15%