Protection Warrior Tank Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)
Welcome to our Protection Warrior guide for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.5). Here, you will learn how to tank as a Protection Warrior in both raids and Mythic+ dungeons. We cover everything from the basics all the way to min-maxing techniques to optimize your survivability.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Protection Warrior guide.
Protection Warrior Overview
Protection Warriors excel in fights with high amounts of physical damage or where mobility is needed. Much of the damage they take is mitigated through blocking, making their damage intake smooth and predictable. Additionally, they provide a healthy amount of utility, whether it be crowd control or raid buffs. They are a formidable tank all around, making them a worthy choice in both raids and dungeons.
Note that this guide focuses on aspects that are specific to Protection Warriors and general tanking strategies are beyond its scope. If you wish to know more about the tanking role and what you can do to improve, we recommend that you read our tanking guide.
Strengths and Weaknesses
- Excels in situations with high amounts of physical/blockable damage.
- Smooth damage intake thanks to various defensives and high armor values.
- Has high mobility with Charge, Intervene, and Heroic Leap.
- Decent raid and dungeon utility in Rallying Cry, Battle Shout, Shockwave, Spell Reflection, and Intimidating Shout.
- Can specialize for heavy AoE damage, single target damage or go for a fully defensive build with talents.
- Mediocre single-target DPS.
- Mediocre AoE DPS.
- More unforgiving of mistakes or improper play compared to other tanks.
- Weaker self-sustain compared to some other tank specs. This is only an issue in certain niche situations.
- Has some difficulty against bleeds, damage over time abilities and non-blockable damage.
- Shield Block, Spell Block and Spell Reflection can be very inconsistent.
Mage Tower Challenge
From Patch 9.1.5 onward, both Legion Timewalking and the Mage Tower have returned. As such we have created a separate guide detailing what you can expect from the Mage Tower challenge available to Protection Warriors.
Protection Warrior Spec and Guide Changes for the War Within
Changes to Protection Warrior in The War Within
Patch 11.0.5 changes for Protection Warrior
The latest patch, Patch 11.0.5, has brought only one tuning change to Protection Warrior. This change has no affect on our talents taken, or current rotation.
- Thunderous Roar's initial damage now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
There were also some smaller changes done through hotfixes recently, the most relevant ones are shown below.
- Mountain Thane: Lightning Strikes and Ground Current damage increased by 25%;
- Mountain Thane: Thorim's Might increases Revenge and Execute damage by 25%, up from 15%. Lightning Strikes now also generate 3 Rage instead of 5;
- Colossus talent Tide of Battle increases the damage of Revenge by 10% per stack, up from 5%;
- Colossus: Arterial Bleed damage amplifier for Deep Wounds and Rend is now 3% per stack, up from 2%;
- Colossus: No Stranger to Pain increases damage absorbed from Ignore Pain by 20%, up from 15%.
Protection Warrior Changes
Warrior's Class Tree has had a multitude of changes to both the talents and the structure of the tree. Below you can find a list of the most prominent changes, which affect Protection Warrior. For a complete list of all the changes to Warriors, you can click on the link below.
- Uproar now reduces Thunderous Roar cooldown by 45 seconds, instead of 30 seconds;
- Champion's Might's effect now lasts until Champion's Spear is active, without the limitation of having to be inside the effect of the spear;
- Defensive Stance no longer reduces your damage dealt;
- Shockwave and Thunderous Roar no longer give rage;
- Thunderous Words only increases bleed damage while Thunderous Roar bleed is active;
- Reinforced Plates now gives 10% of armor instead of 20;
- Second Wind now also constantly heals you while you are below 35% health;
- Honed Reflexes has been redesigned to reduce the cooldown of Shield Wall, Intervene, Spell Reflection, Storm Bolt and Pummel by 5%.
- Thunder Clap now applies Rend to 5 targets by default, if Rend is talented.
- Impending Victory now heals you for 20%, instead of 30% of your maximum health.
- Defensive Stance now reduces damage taken by 16%, instead of 20%.
Protection's Talent Tree has had almost no big changes compared to the Warrior Talent Tree. There has, however, been a lot of number tuning.
- New talent: Fight Through the Flames, replacing Improved Heroic Throw, causes Defensive Stance to provide 6% more magic damage reduction;
- Dance of Death now increases the duration of your Ravager by 2 seconds, up to 3 times if an enemy dies while affected by Ravager;
- Into the Fray now increases haste up to 8%, instead of 10%.
- Indomitable increases your maximum health by 6% instead of 10% and heals you for 1% of your maximum health per 20 Rage spent, was 10 Rage.
- Defender's Aegis reduces Shield Wall cooldown by 60 seconds, instead of 30.
- Impenetrable Wall rage generation per Shield Slam increased to 4 additional Rage instead of 3, and the cooldown reduction of Shield Wall was increased to 6 seconds, up from 5.
With the launch of The War Within, we will also gain access to Hero Talents. These are specific to your current class and specialization and will provide you with an additional talent tree to further enhance how your class plays. For Protection Warriors, the Hero talents are Mountain Thane and Colossus.
Leveling and Getting Started as a Protection Warrior
Before jumping straight into leveling, take a look at our Addons page. Setting up your User Interface with suitable addons will help you improve significantly! Setting up your interface early will also help you to get used to where things are on your screen, so once you hit the end-game content, you can focus on learning fight mechanics and worry less about staring at your UI.
Leveling as a tank can seem like a daunting task, but it is actually very easy. You can pull a lot of enemies at once and still survive because of your various defensive abilities! To get a better understanding of leveling as a Protection Warrior, you can look into the leveling guide below.
Basic Guidance for Protection Warrior
As a tank, your main job is to stay alive while keeping the enemies off of your squishier raid/party members. To do so, you will try to generate as much Rage as possible and then use it, depending on the situation, on either defensives, like Shield Block, or offensive abilities, like Revenge. You can learn about the various spells you will have at your disposal by reading the Spell Summary page.
To just get a quick idea of how the class works, you can look into the Easy Mode guide linked below. This page will briefly go over the main things that you need to know in order to play the class.
If you want to go more in-depth about Protection Warrior and understand exactly what makes it work, you can start by looking at our Talents page. This will go over all the main things you need to know about the talents and when to choose them.
Protection Warrior's whole playstyle is based on generating and spending Rage. This means that you will have abilities that generate Rage, such as Shield Slam, and abilities that will use that Rage, for example, Ignore Pain. In case you are already familiar with the abilities and talents of Protection Warriors and are just looking for information regarding the rotation and various interactions the spells have with each other, you can look into our Rotation guide below. This will go over everything you need to know about when to press what button!
How to Gear Up a Protection Warrior
There are a lot of different things when looking at gear, and it can be overwhelming at the start. To begin with, you can take a look at our Best in Slot guide, which is linked below. This will go over the best gear you can get from various content, like Mythic+ and Raids.
In order to understand why a piece of gear is considered best in slot, we have to understand what the various Stats on the gear are providing us. Some stats can be more valuable than others, and your stat priority can also change depending on the content you are doing. To get a better understanding of what all the stats are providing Protection Warriors, you can take a look at our Stats page.
To get even more out of our gear, we can put enchants on specific pieces, and if we are lucky, the gear will also have gem sockets. Choosing the right Gems and Enchants for your gear will be an important step for a well-optimized character. In order to know what to put on your gear, you can look into our Enchanting & Gemming guide below.
End-Game as Protection Warrior
After reaching the maximum level, you can start looking into doing the end-game content. These activities include mainly Mythic+, Raiding, and PvP. These activities will provide you with some of the best gear in the game and are definitely worth doing.
Mythic+ is something that can be done at any time since it only takes 5 people for the dungeon. To get a better understanding of what Protection Warriors bring to the Mythic+ dungeons you can look at our Mythic+ page.
Raiding is another big part of end-game content that provides you with some of the best rewards available. There are a lot of various things to keep in mind when first stepping into a new raid. Protection Warriors main mitigation is Shield Block, so we need to know exactly which abilities are blockable and which are not so we know what to expect.
While PvP as a Protection Warrior is viable, you would probably find more success when trying to PvP as either Fury or Arms.
How to Improve as a Protection Warrior
Once you have a basic understanding of how Protection Warrior works, you can have a look at the How to Improve section. This will go over the main things that Protection Warriors make mistakes with and help you avoid them.
Another useful page to look into would be the FAQ. This covers the most frequent questions asked by your fellow Protection Warriors and explains the answers briefly.
While our main responsibility as tanks is to stay alive during the encounter, this does not mean that we should not try to optimize our damage output. This can often be tricky and hard to get started with, but to help you ease into the process, you can take a look at the Simulations guide below!
Protection Warrior Viability in the Current Patch
Protection Warrior's main strength comes from dealing with heavy, blockable physical damage. Even if the damage profile is not favorable to Protection Warriors, we have the option to swap over to other talents that suit the encounter better. There are very few scenarios where Protection Warriors will truly struggle. Due to the nature of how Shield Block and Spell Reflection work, there is a very niche learning curve, but once it is mastered, the class will pay dividends. While our utility is not the greatest, especially in terms of Mythic+, we make up for it with our high damage output, strong defensive capabilities, and mostly smooth damage intake.
Changelog
- 21 Oct. 2024 (hero talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (gear page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (Nerub-ar Palace page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 20 Sep. 2024 (gear page): Replaced Spare Meat Hook with Mad Queen's Mandate as the BiS trinket after tuning.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (gear page): Added Skyterror's Corrosive Organ to the trinket list.
- 17 Sep. 2024 (Nerub-ar Palace page): Added information about Queen Ansurek.
- 13 Sep. 2024 (gear page): Added Silken Chain Weaver into trinket list.
- 11 Sep. 2024 (Nerub-ar Palace page): Added Seismic Reverberation as the default choice for some additional bosses.
- 11 Sep. 2024 (rotation page): Added a section about Stances.
- 11 Sep. 2024 (easy mode page): Added a section about Spell Block.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (hero talents): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (Leveling): Resolved issue with Talents and Rotations having a mis-match.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (gear page): Updated the Overall BiS list.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (enchants page): Updated food to include secondary stats.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (Nerub-ar Palace page): Guide added.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (mythic+ page): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (rotation page): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (talents page): Added notes about Fight Through the Flame and Seismic Reverberation for talent builds.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (easy mode page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 30 Aug. 2024 (rotation page): Added Spell Block to the defensives list.
- 26 Aug. 2024 (talents page): Added Delves Talent build.
- 23 Aug. 2024 (gear page): Added Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg and Swarmlord's Authority into the trinket list. Updated trinket list after trinket tuning.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (hero talents): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (Leveling): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (gear page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (enchants page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (rotation page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (talents page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (spells page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (easy mode page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within.
- 02 Aug. 2024 (hero talents): Page added.
- 27 Jul. 2024 (talents page): Removed Champion's Spear talents due to tier set still being available.
- 27 Jul. 2024 (easy mode page): Removed Champion's Spear talents due to tier set still being available.
- 24 Jul. 2024 (MoP Remix): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (Leveling): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (gear page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (rotation page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (talents page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (spells page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (easy mode page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 01 Jul. 2024 (The War Within): Updated the Core Changes and Mountain Thane section with the latest class changes.
- 20 Jun. 2024 (rotation page): Added note about Ignore Pain usage.
- 20 Jun. 2024 (easy mode page): Added note about Ignore Pain usage.
- 17 Jun. 2024 (The War Within): Page added.
- 14 May 2024 (MoP Remix): Page added.
- 10 May 2024 (Leveling): Replaced Battering Ram with Enduring Alacrity.
- 08 May 2024 (mythic+ page): Removed "Alternative Mythic+ build". Added Enduring Alacrity into the builds.
- 08 May 2024 (easy mode page): Replaced Battering Ram with Enduring Alacrity in all builds.
- 07 May 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (gear page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for 10.2.7. Replaced Heavy Repercussions with Into the Fray.
- 07 May 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for 10.2.7. Replaced Heavy Repercussions with Into the Fray for the Mythic+ build.
- 07 May 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (easy mode page): Reviewed for 10.2.7. Added note and alternative Mythic+ build with Into the Fray.
- 07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.7.
- 24 Apr. 2024 (gear page): Clarified Manic Grieftorch, Elementium Pocket Anvil and Cataclysmic Signet Brand usage.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Season 4. Added a section about Shield Block uptime.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (gear page): Reviewed and updated for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Season 4. Added Disrupting Shout section under Utility.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (gear page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 18 Mar. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Jan. 2024 (mythic+ page): Updated the AoE rotation part by adding offensive Talents.
- 22 Jan. 2024 (rotation page): Updated the Ignore Pain section.
- 22 Jan. 2024 (spells page): Updated the Vanguard and Ignore Pain abilities.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (gear page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 07 Dec. 2023 (gear page): Replaced Withering Heart of Darkness with Prophetic Stonescales under Mythic+ trinkets.
- 30 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Added Branch of the Tormented Ancient as a trinket suggestion.
- 23 Nov. 2023 (Leveling): Updated Rotation priority.
- 23 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Upgraded the Mythic+ gear list Neck.
- 21 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Added mention of advised Embellishment crafting slots.
- 07 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Removed Sporecloack from suggested embellishments.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (enchants page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (talents page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (spells page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 02 Oct. 2023 (enchants page): Replaced Frozen Devotion with Wafting Devotion.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 04 Sep. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (gear page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 04 Sep. 2023 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (talents page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 19 Aug. 2023 (spells page): Updated Vanguard and Spell Reflection.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (gear page): Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5, removed Threat addon suggestions.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5, added Buzzing Rune as a option.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 21 Jun. 2023 (enchants page): Added Frosted Armor Kit as a possible leg enchant.
- 21 Jun. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated Mythic+ talent build. Took Brutal Vitality.
- 21 Jun. 2023 (talents page): Updated Mythic+ talent build. Took Brutal Vitality.
- 21 Jun. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated Mythic+ talent build. Took Brutal Vitality.
- 05 Jun. 2023 (talents page): Updated the raid talent build. Took Spell Block as a default talent.
- 05 Jun. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated the raid talent build. Took Spell Block as a default talent.
- 24 May 2023 (gear page): Added Cataclysm Timewalking section for trinkets.
- 16 May 2023 (enchants page): Added Shadowed Belt Clasp, waist enchant.
- 11 May 2023 (gear page): Added Mark of Dargul into the trinket section.
- 11 May 2023 (mythic+ page): Prioritised showing talent build with tier.
- 11 May 2023 (easy mode page): Prioritised showing talent build with tier.
- 09 May 2023 (gear page): Updated Primordial Gem stones.
- 09 May 2023 (enchants page): Updated Primordial Gem stones.
- 01 May 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (how to improve page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (simulations page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (enchants page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (rotation page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (talents page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 28 Apr. 2023 (addons page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 24 Mar. 2023 (gear page): Updated the Primordial Stone list.
- 24 Mar. 2023 (enchants page): Updated the Primordial Stone list.
- 22 Mar. 2023 (gear page): Added Humming Arcane Stone as a viable gem and updated the Onyx Annulet use cases.
- 22 Mar. 2023 (enchants page): Added Humming Arcane Stone as a viable gem and updated the Onyx Annulet use cases.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (Leveling): Swapped Thunderlord for Battering Ram and reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (Legendaries): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (gear page): Added information about Primordial Stone Gems and reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (enchants page): Added information about Primordial Stone Gems and reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 15 Mar. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated the talent build to default Battering Ram over Thunderlord.
- 15 Mar. 2023 (talents page): Updated the Mythic+ talent build to default Battering Ram over Thunderlord.
- 15 Mar. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated the Mythic+ talent build to default Battering Ram over Thunderlord.
- 27 Feb. 2023 (mythic+ page): Added Thunderous Roar, Shield Charge to ability list.
- 27 Feb. 2023 (rotation page): Moved Thunderous Roar up in priority for openers.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (gear page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (Castle Nathria page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (Sanctum of Domination page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (Sepulcher of the First Ones page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 26 Dec. 2022 (gear page): Added Whispering Incarnate Icon to the trinkets list.
- 26 Dec. 2022 (enchants page): Added additional Haste gem suggestions.
- 23 Dec. 2022 (gear page): Added some Vault of the Incarnate trinkets to the noteworthy trinket list.
- 23 Dec. 2022 (mythic+ page): Added notes about Battering Ram, Spell Block and the seasonal affix.
- 23 Dec. 2022 (talents page): Added notes about Spell Block.
- 21 Dec. 2022 (Leveling): Updated talent calculator pick order.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (Leveling): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (simulations page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (gear page): Updated the gear suggestion, added tier set and embellishment suggestions.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (addons page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (enchants page): Replaced Sophic Devotion weapon enchant with a more offensive Frozen Devotion.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (stats page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (rotation page): Added tier set rotational changes paragraph.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (talents page): Replaced Overwhelming Rage with Sidearm for the Raiding build.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (spells page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (easy mode page): Replaced Overwhelming Rage with Sidearm for the Raiding build.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (Leveling): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (Torghast): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (FAQ page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (simulations page): Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (gear page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (addons page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (enchants page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (stats page): Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (Castle Nathria page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (Sanctum of Domination page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (Sepulcher of the First Ones page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (mythic+ page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (rotation page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (talents page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (spells page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (easy mode page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Leveling): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Legendaries): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Torghast): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Covenants and Soulbinds): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (FAQ page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (how to improve page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (simulations page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (gear page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (addons page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (enchants page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (stats page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Castle Nathria page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Sanctum of Domination page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Sepulcher of the First Ones page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (mythic+ page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (rotation page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (talents page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (spells page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (easy mode page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 21 Feb. 2022 (Patch 9.2 Analysis): Reviewed for the release of Patch 9.2.
- 15 Jan. 2022 (Patch 9.2 Analysis): Page added with initial thoughts and information.
- 01 Nov. 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Updated for 9.1.5.
- 17 Jul. 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Removed PTR references.
- 04 Jun. 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Added Kyrian-specific Legendary information.
- 18 May 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Added descriptions of new Legendary Powers.
- 27 Apr. 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Page created.
- 12 Oct. 2020 (Ny'alotha page): Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 26 Aug. 2019 (The Eternal Palace page): Added a few more boss tips. Updated Essence suggestions.
- 15 Jul. 2019 (The Eternal Palace page): Added several boss tips.
- 09 Jul. 2019 (The Eternal Palace page): Page added.
- 25 Jun. 2019 (Uldir page): This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 25 Jun. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 25 Jun. 2019 (Crucible of Storms page): This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 14 May 2019 (Crucible of Storms page): Added boss tips.
- 16 Apr. 2019 (Crucible of Storms page): Page added.
- 25 Mar. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): Added additional information for Grong.
- 06 Feb. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): Added tips for each boss.
- 21 Jan. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): Page added.
- 10 Dec. 2018 (Uldir page): Updated for Patch 8.1.
- 29 Sep. 2018 (Uldir page): Added note about Spell Reflection on Vectis.
- 10 Sep. 2018 (Uldir page): Added tips for each boss.
- 13 Aug. 2018 (Uldir page): Page added (empty for now).
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