Protection Warrior Guides

Protection is one of the three Warrior talent trees, and guide authors play it as Tank. In Classic the Protection tree was the shield tree, built around threat, damage reduction and holding enemies on the warrior. In the WoW Forever talent data its deepest talent is Shield Slam, and 17 of its 18 talents are marked new or changed from Classic 1.12.

This page lists 5 published Protection Warrior guides (1 PvE endgame, 1 PvP endgame, 1 solo leveling and 2 dungeon leveling), newest or top rated first. Plan the build in the Warrior talent calculator, put it next to other specs with talent compare, or follow the Warrior leveling guides. Every dungeon group needs a tank; the dungeon level chart shows which dungeons open at each level, up to the level 55–60 dungeons at the top of the chart.