Protection Warrior Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.0.7)
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Protection Warrior, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.7).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Protection Warrior gems and enchants.
Best Gems for Protection Warriors
You should aim to use gems that provide you with Haste, as that is our most valued secondary stat. The list below consists of gems that are all very good for Protection Warriors.
You should use Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit effect, ideally Quick Ruby/ Quick Onyx/ Quick Sapphire/ Deadly Emerald. Fill in remaining sockets with Deadly Emerald.
To better understand the suggestion above, you can take a look at our Stats page. This will explain every stat in-depth so you can get a better understanding of why these specific ones are the best for Protection Warriors.
Best Enchants for Protection Warriors
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Best Flask for Protection Warrior in The War Within
You should be drinking the Flask of Alchemical Chaos at all times.
Best Potion for Protection Warrior in The War Within
Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust/ Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.
You should keep a stock of Algari Healing Potions to use when at low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they are best used separately! You can also obtain Fleeting Algari Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.
Best Food for Protection Warrior in The War Within
You should be eating from a primary stat Feast at all times, either Feast of the Divine Day, Feast of the Midnight Masquerade, or Hearty Feast of the Midnight Masquerade.
If Feasts are not available, eat Outsider's Provisions, Beledar's Bounty, Jester's Board, or Empress' Farewell instead.
Extra Consumables
In addition to Potions and Enchants mentioned above, we can also use Weapon Oils, which enhance our weapons even further. These are not permanent and need to be re-applied after an hour or two, so be sure to get multiple.
- Algari Mana Oil for every content.
In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!
Changelog
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated food to include secondary stats.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 18 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.
- 02 Oct. 2023: Replaced Frozen Devotion with Wafting Devotion.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5, added Buzzing Rune as a option.
- 21 Jun. 2023: Added Frosted Armor Kit as a possible leg enchant.
- 16 May 2023: Added Shadowed Belt Clasp, waist enchant.
- 09 May 2023: Updated Primordial Gem stones.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 24 Mar. 2023: Updated the Primordial Stone list.
- 22 Mar. 2023: Added Humming Arcane Stone as a viable gem and updated the Onyx Annulet use cases.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Added information about Primordial Stone Gems and reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 26 Dec. 2022: Added additional Haste gem suggestions.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Replaced Sophic Devotion weapon enchant with a more offensive Frozen Devotion.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Mwahi, a Protection Warrior theorycrafter and moderator of the Skyhold Warrior Discord.
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