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Colossus Protection Warrior Mythic+ PvE Guide for TWW Season 2

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Colossus Protection Warrior PvE build guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in The War Within Season 2.

Using data from the top 50 Colossus Protection Warriors across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the most used stats, talents, gear, enchantments, and gems for competitive runs in Patch 11.1.

Top Colossus Protection Warriors

  1. Yodawr's icon
    1
    Yodawr
    Zuljin (US)
    Night Elf | Colossus | 675 ilvl
    3645
  2. Plkawar's icon
    2
    Plkawar
    Emerald Dream (US)
    Night Elf | Colossus | 675 ilvl
    3623
  3. Bobas's icon
    3
    Bobas
    Hyjal (US)
    Dwarf | Colossus | 673 ilvl
    3619
  4. Athaary's icon
    4
    Athaary
    Antonidas (EU)
    Night Elf | Colossus | 672 ilvl
    3614
  5. Sense's icon
    5
    Sense
    Tichondrius (US)
    Night Elf | Colossus | 676 ilvl
    3609

Stats

Stats are core attributes that directly affect a character’s performance. They appear on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

Each stat has diminishing returns once the bonus reaches +20% from equipped sources, so balancing them is key to maximizing effectiveness.

Secondary Stats

  • +14022
    26% Critical Strike
  • +20323
    36% Haste
  • +4419
    21% Mastery
  • +7082
    9% Versatility

Stat priority

  1. Haste
  2. Critical Strike
  3. Versatility
  4. Mastery

Minor Stats

  • +406
    1% Avoidance
  • +3500
    10% Leech
  • +0
    2% Speed

Stat priority

  1. Leech
  2. Avoidance
  3. Speed

Talents

Talents define a character’s build and have a direct impact on performance in Mythic+ Dungeons. This section highlights the most popular Colossus Protection Warrior class, specialization, hero, and PvP talents based on top player data from Season 2.

Talents are shown as heatmaps, where colors indicate frequency:

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best In Slot Gear

Gear refers to the items equipped in each slot. It provides most of a character’s stat bonuses and can come from the Great Vault, crafted gear, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

Frequently equipped by top players, these items represent the current best-in-slot gear for Mythic+.

Head

  1. Enforcer's Backalley Faceshield icon
    Set
    Enforcer's Backalley Faceshield
    26
  2. Everforged Helm icon
    Craft
    Everforged Helm
    7
  3. Fullthrottle Facerig icon
    Fullthrottle Facerig
    7
  4. Monstrosity's Gaze icon
    Monstrosity's Gaze
    5
  5. Waxsteel Greathelm icon
    Waxsteel Greathelm
    5

Neck

  1. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Craft
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship
    22
  2. Semi-Charmed Amulet icon
    Semi-Charmed Amulet
    12
  3. Flickering Glowtorc icon
    Flickering Glowtorc
    8
  4. Strapped Rescue-Keg icon
    Strapped Rescue-Keg
    8

Shoulders

  1. Enforcer's Backalley Shoulderplates icon
    Set
    Enforcer's Backalley Shoulderplates
    49
  2. Foam-Ridden Pauldrons icon
    Foam-Ridden Pauldrons
    1

Back

  1. Consecrated Cloak icon
    Craft
    Consecrated Cloak
    20
  2. Candlebearer's Shroud icon
    Candlebearer's Shroud
    8
  3. Undercircuit Racing Flag icon
    Undercircuit Racing Flag
    7
  4. Electrician's Siphoning Filter icon
    Electrician's Siphoning Filter
    5
  5. Cloak of Questionable Intent icon
    Cloak of Questionable Intent
    4

Chest

  1. Enforcer's Backalley Vestplate icon
    Set
    Enforcer's Backalley Vestplate
    36
  2. Slashproof Business Plate icon
    Slashproof Business Plate
    7
  3. Everforged Breastplate icon
    Craft
    Everforged Breastplate
    6
  4. Muckdiver's Wading Plate icon
    Muckdiver's Wading Plate
    1

Wrist

  1. Everforged Vambraces icon
    Craft
    Everforged Vambraces
    25
  2. Flameforged Armguard icon
    Flameforged Armguard
    7
  3. Fuzzy Cindercuffs icon
    Fuzzy Cindercuffs
    7
  4. Revved-Up Vambraces icon
    Revved-Up Vambraces
    5
  5. Test Subject's Clasps icon
    Test Subject's Clasps
    4

Hands

  1. Enforcer's Backalley Crushers icon
    Set
    Enforcer's Backalley Crushers
    46
  2. Caliginous Claspers icon
    Caliginous Claspers
    2
  3. Dumpmech Compactors icon
    Dumpmech Compactors
    1
  4. Jumpstarter's Scaffold-Scrapers icon
    Jumpstarter's Scaffold-Scrapers
    1

Waist

  1. Venture Contractor's Floodlight icon
    Venture Contractor's Floodlight
    15
  2. Everforged Greatbelt icon
    Craft
    Everforged Greatbelt
    14
  3. Enforcer's Backalley Girdle icon
    Enforcer's Backalley Girdle
    9
  4. Heaviestweight Title Belt icon
    Heaviestweight Title Belt
    4
  5. Automatic Waist Tightener icon
    Automatic Waist Tightener
    3

Legs

  1. Enforcer's Backalley Chausses icon
    Set
    Enforcer's Backalley Chausses
    48
  2. Leadplate Legguards icon
    Leadplate Legguards
    2

Feet

  1. Everforged Sabatons icon
    Craft
    Everforged Sabatons
    16
  2. Sabatons of Rampaging Elements icon
    Sabatons of Rampaging Elements
    14
  3. Pyroclastic Greatboots icon
    Pyroclastic Greatboots
    5
  4. Rik's Walkin' Boots icon
    Rik's Walkin' Boots
    5
  5. Hops-Laden Greatboots icon
    Hops-Laden Greatboots
    4

Rings

  1. Bloodoath Signet icon
    Bloodoath Signet
    27
  2. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Craft
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship
    24
  3. Wick's Golden Loop icon
    Wick's Golden Loop
    24
  4. Faded Championship Ring icon
    Faded Championship Ring
    9
  5. Cyrce's Circlet icon
    Cyrce's Circlet
    5

Trinkets

  1. Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker icon
    Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker
    38
  2. Ringing Ritual Mud icon
    Ringing Ritual Mud
    19
  3. Chromebustible Bomb Suit icon
    Chromebustible Bomb Suit
    18
  4. Tome of Light's Devotion icon
    Tome of Light's Devotion
    17
  5. Eye of Kezan icon
    Eye of Kezan
    2

Main Hand

  1. Remixed Ignition Saber icon
    Remixed Ignition Saber
    13
  2. Everforged Longsword icon
    Craft
    Everforged Longsword
    12
  3. Rail Rider's Bisector icon
    Rail Rider's Bisector
    7
  4. Profit Divider icon
    Profit Divider
    6
  5. Gorestained Cleaver icon
    Gorestained Cleaver
    4

Off Hand

  1. Everforged Defender icon
    Craft
    Everforged Defender
    28
  2. Barricade of the Endless Empire icon
    Barricade of the Endless Empire
    4
  3. Frontman's Wondrous Wall icon
    Frontman's Wondrous Wall
    4
  4. Titan of Industry icon
    Titan of Industry
    4
  5. Galebreaker Bulwark icon
    Galebreaker Bulwark
    3

Embellishments

Embellishments are special effects tied to crafted items. Some are built into recipes, while others can be added using optional reagents.

Only two embellished items can be equipped at a time, so choosing the right effects is crucial. The following embellishments are most commonly used in top Protection Warrior builds for Mythic+.

  1. Everforged Defender icon
    Duskthread Lining
    46
  2. Everforged Vambraces icon
    Dawnthread Lining
    32
  3. Everforged Longsword icon
    Ascendance
    8
  4. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Elemental Focusing Lens
    3
  5. Everforged Defender icon
    Writhing Armor Banding
    3

Enchantments

Enchantments add effects to gear, including stat bonuses, damage or healing procs, and other enhancements. Most are created through Enchanting, while leg enchants are crafted by Leatherworkers.

These are the most used enchantments across each slot in Season 2 Mythic+ builds.

Back

  1. Chant of Leeching Fangs icon
    Chant of Leeching Fangs
    48
  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs icon
    Chant of Leeching Fangs
    2

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance icon
    Crystalline Radiance
    45
  2. Oathsworn's Strength icon
    Oathsworn's Strength
    3

Wrist

  1. +2040 Leech icon
    +2040 Leech
    47
  2. +1325 Leech icon
    +1325 Leech
    2

Legs

  1. Defender's Armor Kit icon
    Defender's Armor Kit
    30
  2. Stormbound Armor Kit icon
    Stormbound Armor Kit
    19

Feet

  1. Defender's March icon
    Defender's March
    37
  2. Scout's March icon
    Scout's March
    10
  3. Defender's March icon
    Defender's March
    2

Rings

  1. +315 Haste icon
    +315 Haste
    71
  2. +315 Versatility icon
    +315 Versatility
    15
  3. +315 Critical Strike icon
    +315 Critical Strike
    12

Main Hand

  1. Authority of Radiant Power icon
    Authority of Radiant Power
    38
  2. Authority of the Depths icon
    Authority of the Depths
    10
  3. Oathsworn's Tenacity icon
    Oathsworn's Tenacity
    1

Gems

Gems provide bonus secondary stats and help fine-tune a character’s build. They are crafted through Jewelcrafting and socketed into gear.

Additional sockets can be added to Neck and Rings using the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear using a seasonal item typically sold by the Token of Merit vendor near the Great Vault.

Used to round out secondary stats, these gems are the most used in high-rated Mythic+.

Algari Diamond

  1. Culminating Blasphemite icon
    Culminating Blasphemite
    37
  2. Elusive Blasphemite icon
    Elusive Blasphemite
    10
  3. Culminating Blasphemite icon
    Culminating Blasphemite
    1

Cyrce's Circlet

  1. Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine icon
    Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine
    5
  2. Stormbringer's Runed Citrine icon
    Stormbringer's Runed Citrine
    5
  3. Windsinger's Runed Citrine icon
    Windsinger's Runed Citrine
    5

Prismatic

  1. Deadly Emerald icon
    Deadly Emerald
    79
  2. Quick Ruby icon
    Quick Ruby
    54
  3. Versatile Emerald icon
    Versatile Emerald
    54
  4. Quick Sapphire icon
    Quick Sapphire
    41
  5. Quick Onyx icon
    Quick Onyx
    14

Races

Racial traits can affect performance in PvE, with their impact varying by class and game mode. While the differences may not be noticeable in most games, the right racial choice can provide a competitive edge.

These races are most often chosen for their edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

  1. Night Elf icon
    Night Elf
    18
  2. Dwarf icon
    Dwarf
    13
  3. Tauren icon
    Tauren
    4
  4. Human icon
    Human
    4
  5. Dark Iron Dwarf icon
    Dark Iron Dwarf
    3

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Colossus Protection Warrior Mythic+ guide created?

The guide is created by collecting live data from the 50 top-rated Colossus Protection Warriors in Mythic+, using the Battle.net API . Their builds are then analyzed to identify the most used stats, talents, gear, and enhancements for Season 2.

How often is the information updated?

The data is refreshed every 12 hours.

Why is this called a guide?

It’s called a guide because it helps players make informed build decisions by showing what top players are using. While it doesn’t teach gameplay step by step, it serves as a reference for optimizing your setup.

Is this guide good for beginners?

Yes. It shows what top players are using, which can be useful for understanding current trends. However, it’s not a how-to guide.

Why is my character not listed in the top section?

Your character might not appear due to inactivity, not meeting the current rating threshold (which increases as the season progresses), frequent spec changes, or gear that doesn’t align with the PvE format.