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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
- Franchise:
- Warcraft
- Platform:
- PC
- Developer:
- Blizzard, Activision
- Publisher:
- Blizzard, Activision
- Genre:
- MMORPG
- Released:
- 2022-11-28
Tanking is a big responsibility and players who take on that role in Mythic+ or Raid groups have a lot of plates to spin. In addition to understanding every boss fight and patrol pattern, World of Warcraft tanks also needs to have mastered their own talents, rotations, and macros.
On top of all of those responsibilities, WoW Dragonflight tanks need to understand their own spec stat priorities in order to boost their threat, survivability, and DPS. Protection Warriors are a great option for tanking in Dragonflight content, as long as the players have their stat priorities in order.
As always, exact stat priority does shift around a bit depending on each situation and strategy while playing this top tier tanking spec. There's a general stat priority order that should be pretty safe though, so players will want to follow these guidelines as they reach the endgame and start making tough decisions around gear and stats for their Protection Warrior...
Protection Warrior Stat Priority
- Strength
- Armor
- Haste
- Versatility
- Critical Strike
- Mastery
Protection Warrior Stats Explained
Strength
Strength is the primary stat for Protection Warriors. Stack as much of this as possible.
Armor
As a tank, Armor is going to be very important. The Armor primary stat increases physical mitigation. At this point, there is no cap to worry about for Armor.
Haste
Haste is the crucial secondary stat for Protection Warriors. Stacking Haste helps to reduce the global cooldown, increase Rage generation and some some great synergy with key abilities like Ignore Pain and Shield Block.
Versatility
As usual, Versatility boosts all damage and healing done and decreases all incoming damage.
Critical Strike
Critical Strike has a lot of value for Warriors and is useful not just for increasing DPS, but also for increasing Parry chance. This ends up being one of the strongest damage reduction stats for Prot Warriors in Dragonflight.
Mastery
Mastery will increase Attack Power, but that isn't the most exciting part. The real selling point of Mastery for Prot Warriors is the increased chance to critically block and base block chance.
Ideal Stat Caps
At this point, the most important stat cap for Protection Warriors to be aware of is 30% Haste. Once that has been reached, the player will be at a point of diminishing returns and should consider reprioritizing stat preferences.
That should be everything that Protection Warriors need to know as they figure out their stat priorities and begin dominating the WoW Dragonflight endgame content. Be sure to check back for more WoW Dragonflight news, updates, and strategy guides in the near future. Until then, For the Horde!
World of Warcraft is available now on PC. Dragonflight launches on November 28.