Protection Warrior Tank Liberation of Undermine Raid Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)

• Be sure to keep Shield Block up for Tank Buster;
• Backfire is blockable with Spell Block if needed;
• Tank Buster leaves behind a long lasting bleed, use Defensive Stance, Shield Wall and Ignore Pain to help reduce the damage as needed;

• Be sure to have cooldowns up for when all the Protective Plating stacks are about to fall off. The boss takes increased damage during Mechanical Breakdown;
• If needed, save some offensive cooldowns for when the Geargrinder Bikers come in;

• Taunt swap with your co-tank after one cast of Tank Buster;
• Heroic Leap and Intervene can be used to move the boss long distances whenever you are stuck on a Oil Slick;

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• Eruption Stomp is blockable with Spell Block. Use other defensives as needed when Spell Block is not available, to help mitigate the damage;
• Lightning Bash's physical part is not blockable, so ensure you have Defensive Stance up and pair it with other cooldowns like Shield Wall, Demoralizing Shout and Ignore Pain to reduce the damage taken. The magic damage part of the ability is blockable with Spell Block;

• Use offensive cooldowns on cooldown;

• Use Heroic Leap to position the boss in an emergency if they are about to get closer than 40 yards to each other to avoid Raised Guard;

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• Sonic Blast is not blockable, so be sure to stay in Defensive Stance and use defensive abilities like Demoralizing Shout and Shield Wall to keep yourself healthy at higher stacks;
• If you are assigned to soak an Amplifier, the Lingering Voltage debuff is mitigatable with Spell Block. At higher stacks, or when Spell Block runs out, you can also use Shield Wall and Spell Reflection as needed.

• Use offensive cooldowns on cooldown;

• Sonic Blast puts a debuff called Tinnitus on anyone hit, this stacks and acts as a tank swap mechanic as it increases your damage taken from Sonic Blast;
• Use Heroic Leap to move the boss after the cast of Amplification!;
• Be sure to keep the boss faced away from other players so they do not get hit by Sonic Blast;
• Be sure to attack the Pyrotechnic barrels that spawn, as they buff you with Excitement, stacking up to 3 times.

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• Demolish deals a mix of physical and magical damage. Physical part is blockable with Shield Block, and magical part with Spell Block. If you do not have Spell Block available, use Shield Wall as a substitute.
• Meltdown is a big magic damage hit, which is blockable with Spell Block. If you do not have Spell Block available, use Shield Wall as a substitute.
• Infected Bite from Junkyard Hyena is blockable with Shield Block.

• Use offensive cooldowns on cooldown;

• Demolish acts as a tank swap mechanic.
• The active tank will get targeted by Rolling Rubbish, once this happens roll over the garbage on the ground to grow your ball. You can also roll your ball over the adds that spawn from this boss, but avoid the Territorial Bombshells.
• If assigned to do so, be sure to pickup the Junkyard Hyena adds that spawn.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

• Pyro Party Pack is blockable with Spell Block. You can use Shield Wall and Spell Reflection as a backup.
• Gravi-Gunk is a debuff which is applied by the bosses attacks. It increases your damage taken, and slows you.

• Use offensive cooldowns on cooldown.

• Pyro Party Pack acts as a tank swap mechanic. Use Heroic Leap to put distance between you and the group once you get the mechanic.
• Charge is a quick way to get back to the boss after leaping out with Pyro Party Pack.
• Be sure to move the boss quickly to a new safe zone once the boss casts Wire Transfer. Heroic Leap and Intervene can both be used for quick movement.

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• The Big Hit inflicts massive physical damage and leaves a damaging puddle on the ground after a few seconds. Use Shield Block to mitigate the damage. You can additionally use other defensives like Shield Wall or Demoralizing Shout as needed.

• Use offensive cooldowns on cooldown.

• The Big Hit acts as a tank swap mechanic.
• If possible, try to kick Overload! casts from the Reel Assistant adds. You can use Heroic Leap or Charge to get to them quickly if needed.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

• Molten Gold Knuckles deals a mix of physical and magical damage and knocks you back. The physical part is not blockable, so use a cooldown such as Shield Wall paired with Demoralizing Shout to deal with it. The magic part is blockable with Spell Block. It also leaves a Golden Drip debuff on you, which makes you leave behind pools of gold as you move around. To get rid of it, you need to keep moving while also making sure not to waste too much room.
• Stormfury Finger Gun deals a lot of Nature damage in a cone in-front of the boss. Be sure to face this away from the raid.
• If a player gets targeted by Double Whammy Shot, be sure to stand between the target player and the boss, in their indicator line and use defensives such as Shield Wall and a maxed out Ignore Pain to reduce the damage taken.

• Use offensive cooldowns on cooldown.

• Molten Gold Knuckles is the tank swap mechanic.
• Charge and Heroic Leap can be used to cancel to knockback of Molten Gold Knuckles. Be wary of doing so, as you need to run around after to get rid of Golden Drip. Alternatively, use Heroic Leap to position yourself in a proper place to drop the gold pools when moving.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

This boss was not testable on the TWW Alpha/Beta servers. Information will be forthcoming once it is available on Live servers.

• Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips.

• Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips.

• Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips..

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!