Protection Warrior Tank Talents & Build Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.5

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灭绝者 provides plenty of extra Shield Slam resets, and a decent, steady DPS increase. You can run Punish instead, but it will generate less Rage. Why would you want to keep casting Devastate anyways?

投入战斗 tends to be the best, simplest option in single-target encounters. It's a good chunk of stat budget, and it's always active. Nothing wrong with that!

For AoE fights, 破坏者 deals a good amount of AoE damage, generates 60 Rage over 12 seconds, and it will slowly chase enemies. It’s surprisingly good now. No, really, it is!

愤怒掌控 grants a major chunk of cooldown reduction, whereas 激励 effectively adds another Shield Wall-level defensive cooldown to your toolkit (sort of). Your choice of the two talents will depend on your gear level and fight specifics. For dangerous, hard-hitting fights, Bolster may be the right choice. For the majority of encounters, Anger Management is pretty good. Heavy Repercussions isn't great.

灭绝者 provides plenty of extra Shield Slam resets, and a decent, steady DPS increase. 惩罚 is a viable, reasonably competitive alternative that doesn’t perform quite as well in AoE. Feel free to take it if you really want to keep using Devastate, you weirdo.

再度冲锋 brings your mobility up, and 风暴之锤 is a second stun. Both are good, but the synergy with 复仇心切 is too good to sacrifice.

震耳嗓音 is the best choice. It provides the best Rage generation and the best burst damage increase. 痛宰 does synergize nicely with 复仇心切 to give you a sustained DPS increase, and it's not a bad alternative, but it's not as good for maximizing your burst damage, and it doesn't offer any Rage generation or defensive value.

激励 is a more defensive choice for pushing high-level keys. It sacrifices a lot of damage, so it's not as good as 愤怒掌控 unless you absolutely require the extra defensive cooldown. With 复仇心切 offering a lot of Rage generation and Shield Block uptime, 激励 has seen its value decline.

战争机器 is a simple source of Rage and movement speed while in solo content or leveling. 灭绝者 is a better choice that will provide plenty of extra Shield Slam resets, and a decent, steady DPS increase.

再度冲锋 brings your mobility up, and 风暴之锤 is a second stun. Pick your poison!

震耳嗓音 is the best choice under most circumstances, and it is generally a more comfortable choice for most players.

威吓 makes Intimidating Shout a weird ~20-yard knockback that scatters enemies and locks enemies in place where they land. It’s a major DPS loss in AoE. It could be useful as a faux-interrupt, but it will probably do more harm than good. And the other options in the tier are great! Just use them!

百折不挠 absolutely destroys the other talents in its row. Don’t even look at them.

Protection Warrior Talent OverviewTier 1 (Level 15) Talents for Protection Warrior

战争机器 is much worse than it looks. As Protection, 50% more Rage from autoattacks means 1 extra Rage per autoattack. That means roughly one more Ignore Pain every 80 seconds. Bad. No. The Rage from killing enemies is not bad, and can be useful while leveling or killing large packs of enemies. Otherwise, it's still pretty bad.
惩罚 is boring, but reliable. It's a strong damage increase to 盾牌猛击, and it interacts nicely with 强力反击. It's a very basic, decent talent that performs better in single target than AoE.
灭绝者 simplifies the rotation, and grants more uses of your best skill (Shield Slam) while removing your weakest filler (Devastate). It's a fair trade! This talent is less consistent than 惩罚, and they are fairly competitive. Where 灭绝者 jumps ahead clearly is in AoE, since it will continue to add damage and grant Shield Slam resets when you wouldn't have many opportunities to use Devastate, and the single-target damage reduction from 惩罚 is less valuable than more Rage to spend on Ignore Pain and Shield Block (and Revenge!).

Tier 2 (Level 25) Talents for Protection Warrior

再度冲锋 is a simple, but powerful mobility increase. Unless you need extra crowd control (such as in Mythic+ pushing), this is the go-to talent. If you are using 复仇心切, this is a must-have.
滚石元素 is simple and effective. CC more often when you CC large groups. 震荡波 isn’t a great stun - it’s only 2 seconds! - but it’s reliable. This talent is a commonly-used option for many Protection Warriors not because it is good, but because it is easy.
风暴之锤 is a decent single-target stun. Plenty of other classes can stun a single mob for longer, but it gives a Protection Warriors two different stun keybinds and has a 30-yard range. That's very nice, and it’s a good option for the high-caliber player looking to maximize the CC capabilities of Protection Warrior.

Tier 3 (Level 30) Talents for Protection Warrior

痛宰 is a simple AoE DPS talent. It can provide a decent damage increase in sustained AoE, but it is outclassed in virtually every way by the other options in the tier. If you are using 复仇心切, then this talents value actually does rise enough to become competitive in the tier. Unfortunately, it's a sustained DPS increase talent for a class that really only excels at burst damage. It's a usable option that performs very well in sims and by a handful of players' word-of-mouth, but it is still generally less popular than 震耳嗓音. It doesn't generate Rage, provide any defensive value, and it offers less burst damage. It's viable, but not optimal.
震耳嗓音 is the best direct Rage generation talent in the tier. It also adds a nice boost of offensive and defensive value onto 挫志怒吼. This talent is great in both AoE and single target!
巨龙怒吼 is a powerful burst damage cooldown, although it is more of a single-target damage cooldown than an AoE option. It isn't as strong as 震耳嗓音 in terms of Rage generation, but it can potentially yield more burst damage in single target situations. It's a bit of a niche choice, but can be useful if you're struggling to put out enough damage on a particularly-challenging raid fight.

Tier 4 (Level 35) Talents for Protection Warrior

爆裂闪电 is a simple range increase to 雷霆一击, and increases the slow by a very small amount. It’s not special, but it’s great for making sure you hit every target in AoE. It’s particularly helpful when establishing threat at the beginning of a pull, after an add has just spawned, or while you or the enemy are moving. That makes it fantastic for Mythic+ and pretty good for raids. It's the only option in this tier that has a direct effect on your DPS, and that makes it a clear winner almost all the time. It can also be helpful for kiting.
腾跃步伐 is a good mobility increase if you need it. That being said, baseline mobility for Warriors is solid, so this is almost never a must-have, and giving up potential DPS to get it is often not worth it.
威吓 transforms 破胆怒吼 from a usable, but potentially dangerous CC into a powerful AoE knockback that scatters adds in all different directions and leaves them frozen in place for 8 seconds. This is usually a bad thing, as it is a DPS loss. It can be useful to kite space and kite, but it is generally the weakest talent in the tier.

Tier 5 (Level 40) Talents for Protection Warrior

绝不屈服 grants 无视苦痛 between 40% and 100% increased absorb value, based on missing health. This implies that 无视苦痛 could be a useful low-health lifeline, but that doesn't really align with the way the class is played. Between that and the other talents in this tier, this is never worth using.
百折不挠 is the simplest talent ever: +10% health and a steady trickle of self-healing as you spend Rage. It’s good and it makes you much more resilient against spell damage and burst damage. It’s a good talent for beginners and experienced players alike, and given the horrendous talents it's up against, this is an obvious must-have.
胜利在望 grants a modest heal on a 30 second cooldown. It's potentially useful while leveling or soloing, but in organized group content, it is effectively worthless.

Tier 6 (Level 45) Talents for Protection Warrior

投入战斗 grants up to 10% more Haste, which is a pretty good bonus. It's not really as interesting as the other options in the tier, but it is currently the best choice in single target, and that's good enough to get it plenty of use.
无坚不摧之力 transforms 天神下凡 from a solid, boring DPS cooldown into a solid, awesome DPS cooldown. 雷霆一击 like there’s no tomorrow. It's good for Rage generation and AoE damage, and it is a really fun playstyle. It rules.
破坏者 has been given new life in Shadowlands! We're all feeling very surprised. It's a good burst DPS and Rage generation cooldown, and it's an extremely competitive talent in AoE now. Wild!

Tier 7 (Level 50) Talents for Protection Warrior

愤怒掌控 is still a powerful talent that greatly reduces the cooldowns of 天神下凡 and 盾墙. It is useful in single target, but generally performs better in AoE. While it is weaker than it was in BFA, it's still pretty fun, and still pretty good.
强力反击 is a good defensive and Rage generation talent. 盾牌格挡 is an amazing damage reduction skill, and extending its duration can provide a ton of free damage reduction, and damage output through its synergy with Shield Slam. It synergizes with 惩罚 very nicely. It's a more single-target oriented option than the two talents beside it. It performs okay in raids, but it is generally not a competitive talent choice.
激励 is a purely defensive talent, but it provides the most defensive value of the options in this tier. Reducing the cooldown of Last Stand is good, and the 15 seconds of free Shield Block buff it grants is a significant increase in Active Mitigation uptime. Unfortunately, the Rage generation and Shield Block uptime provided by 复仇心切 tends to overlap with its value pretty heavily.

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巨龙冲锋 is a nice mobility skill that also CC’s and deals a very sizeable chunk of burst damage on a short cooldown. It’s pretty cool, and using it to knock enemies around is equal parts fun and hilarious. Scrapping outside an instance? Throw those pesky scumbags through the portal!

士气重挫 reduces the cooldown of 挫志怒吼 to 30 seconds. Given the nice synergy with 震耳嗓音 and 愤怒掌控, this is a very nice talent, and the potential value in reducing damage dealt to your allies is also solid!

盾击 deals damage very similar to 盾牌猛击. It also reduces your target’s damage by 15%, and if they are casting (this includes cast-time physical spells, such Aimed Shot!), it will instantly reset its cooldown. The 3 Rage is a small gain, but it's still a good talent in terms of overall value. It's a good offensive and defensive skill.

剑盾猛攻 is a simple, effective damage increase that greatly increases the Crit chance of 盾牌猛击 and 毁灭打击 while 盾牌格挡 is active. It synergizes well and will buff your damage - big time.

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评论来自 Sykes101

The lvl 100 talent choices here are just flat out misleading.
"Gladiator's Resolve should only be used if you're not tanking." What? How about the +5% defensive buff it gives? The best flat pre-mechanic survival buff of the tier!
This guide is shoddy at best, and noxxic levels of wrong at worst.

评论来自 catadon22

I made a guide about the various talents for protection warrior and their benefits/disadvantages and it's available to view on YouTube. Here's the link:

https://youtu.be/COaynnUTmP8

I hope it helps somebody! :)

评论来自 11unone11

M-m-m-m. Nah b.

评论来自 Elfstan

Guides are usually boring as hell. This one was entertaining. In my best Sam Elliot voice, "I like your style, Dude."

评论来自 Villion

Why would anyone use 威吓 on raid. taking 腾跃步伐 would much be better option for mobilty. Using 威吓 and waiting the adds fear is just a waste of hope you would waste on a talent. And if there is a cleave go for 爆裂闪电 would be much easy to do more dps.

评论来自 fizlor

How does Sword and Board contribute to Devastator?

Protection Warrior Tank Talents & Build Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.5

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