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Protection Warrior Mythic+ PvE Guide for Midnight Season 1

Welcome to Murlok’s Protection Warrior PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: Midnight Season 1.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Protection Warrior Tanks across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 12.0 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Protection Warriors

  1. Axinator's icon
    1
    Axinator
    Twisting Nether (EU)
    Dwarf | Mountain Thane | 289 ilvl
    3990
  2. Spritepizza's icon
    2
    Spritepizza
    Stormrage (US)
    Dwarf | Colossus | 290 ilvl
    3951
  3. Sense's icon
    3
    Sense
    Tichondrius (US)
    Dwarf | Mountain Thane | 291 ilvl
    3936
  4. Gublins's icon
    4
    Gublins
    Twisting Nether (EU)
    Dwarf | Mountain Thane | 290 ilvl
    3927
  5. Gster's icon
    5
    Gster
    Zenedar (EU)
    Dwarf | Mountain Thane | 287 ilvl
    3919

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Protection Warrior's Tank performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 23% Critical Strike +705
  • 28% Haste +1073
  • 26% Mastery +436
  • 5% Versatility +257

Stat priority

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

Additional Minor Stats

  • 1% Avoidance +48
  • 11% Leech +264
  • 3% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Leech
  2. Avoidance
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Protection Warriors.

  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 for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Protection Warriors in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Night Ender's Tusks

    • Set
    • 45
    Night Ender's Tusks icon

  2. Crown of the Fractured Tyrant

    • 2
    Crown of the Fractured Tyrant icon

  3. Fletcher's Faded Faceplate

    • 1
    Fletcher's Faded Faceplate icon

  4. Skeleton Lord's Cranium

    • 1
    Skeleton Lord's Cranium icon

  5. Spellbreaker's Cover

    • 1
    Spellbreaker's Cover icon

Neck

  1. Masterwork Sin'dorei Amulet

    • 13
    Masterwork Sin'dorei Amulet icon

  2. Barbed Ymirheim Choker

    • 12
    Barbed Ymirheim Choker icon

  3. Necklace of the Twisting Void

    • 9
    Necklace of the Twisting Void icon

  4. Pendant of Aching Grief

    • 6
    Pendant of Aching Grief icon

  5. Ribbon of Coiled Malice

    • 5
    Ribbon of Coiled Malice icon

Shoulders

  1. Night Ender's Pauldrons

    • Set
    • 47
    Night Ender's Pauldrons icon

  2. Light-Judged Spaulders

    • 2
    Light-Judged Spaulders icon

  3. Searing Spaulders

    • 1
    Searing Spaulders icon

Back

  1. Adherent's Silken Shroud

    • Craft
    • 21
    Adherent's Silken Shroud icon

  2. Night Ender's Greatmantle

    • 11
    Night Ender's Greatmantle icon

  3. Potion-Stained Cloak

    • 5
    Potion-Stained Cloak icon

  4. Imperator's Banner

    • 4
    Imperator's Banner icon

  5. Cloak of the Fallen Cardinal

    • 3
    Cloak of the Fallen Cardinal icon

Chest

  1. Night Ender's Breastplate

    • Set
    • 49
    Night Ender's Breastplate icon

  2. Arcane Guardian's Shell

    • 1
    Arcane Guardian's Shell icon

Wrist

  1. Spellbreaker's Bracers

    • Craft
    • 27
    Spellbreaker's Bracers icon

  2. Night Ender's Warbands

    • 11
    Night Ender's Warbands icon

  3. Vambraces of Lost Hope

    • 7
    Vambraces of Lost Hope icon

  4. Light's March Bracers

    • 4
    Light's March Bracers icon

  5. Kasreth's Bindings

    • 1
    Kasreth's Bindings icon

Hands

  1. Voidclaw Gauntlets

    • 22
    Voidclaw Gauntlets icon

  2. Night Ender's Fists

    • Set
    • 16
    Night Ender's Fists icon

  3. Spellbreaker's Resolve

    • Craft
    • 5
    Spellbreaker's Resolve icon

  4. Embergrove Grasps

    • 4
    Embergrove Grasps icon

  5. Emberborn Grasps

    • 2
    Emberborn Grasps icon

Waist

  1. Night Ender's Girdle

    • 14
    Night Ender's Girdle icon

  2. Spellbreaker's Girdle

    • Craft
    • 13
    Spellbreaker's Girdle icon

  3. Bent Gold Belt

    • 7
    Bent Gold Belt icon

  4. Riphook Defender

    • 7
    Riphook Defender icon

  5. Shadowsplit Girdle

    • 4
    Shadowsplit Girdle icon

Legs

  1. Night Ender's Chausses

    • Set
    • 50
    Night Ender's Chausses icon

Feet

  1. Night Ender's Greatboots

    • 27
    Night Ender's Greatboots icon

  2. Spellbreaker's March

    • Craft
    • 14
    Spellbreaker's March icon

  3. Greaves of the Unformed

    • 4
    Greaves of the Unformed icon

  4. Oathsworn Stompers

    • 2
    Oathsworn Stompers icon

  5. Fading Dawn Sabatons

    • 1
    Fading Dawn Sabatons icon

Rings

  1. Occlusion of Void

    • Set
    • 29
    Occlusion of Void icon

  2. Omission of Light

    • Set
    • 27
    Omission of Light icon

  3. Purloined Wedding Ring

    • 11
    Purloined Wedding Ring icon

  4. Band of the Triumvirate

    • Set
    • 10
    Band of the Triumvirate icon

  5. Masterwork Sin'dorei Band

    • 9
    Masterwork Sin'dorei Band icon

Trinkets

  1. Gaze of the Alnseer

    • 44
    Gaze of the Alnseer icon

  2. Heart of Ancient Hunger

    • 30
    Heart of Ancient Hunger icon

  3. Solarflare Prism

    • 7
    Solarflare Prism icon

  4. Heart of Wind

    • 6
    Heart of Wind icon

  5. Solar Core Igniter

    • 5
    Solar Core Igniter icon

Main Hand

  1. Spellbreaker's Blade

    • Craft
    • 18
    Spellbreaker's Blade icon

  2. Scepter of the Endless Night

    • 11
    Scepter of the Endless Night icon

  3. Blade of the Final Twilight

    • 8
    Blade of the Final Twilight icon

  4. Turalyon's False Echo

    • 5
    Turalyon's False Echo icon

  5. Warworn Cleaver

    • 3
    Warworn Cleaver icon

Off Hand

  1. Bulwark of Noble Resolve

    • 16
    Bulwark of Noble Resolve icon

  2. Spellbreaker's Rebuke

    • Craft
    • 16
    Spellbreaker's Rebuke icon

  3. Reflux Reflector

    • 6
    Reflux Reflector icon

  4. Ward of the Spellbreaker

    • 5
    Ward of the Spellbreaker icon

  5. Viryx's Indomitable Bulwark

    • 4
    Viryx's Indomitable Bulwark icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Protection Warriors.

  1. Arcanoweave Lining

    • 75
    Spellbreaker's Bracers icon

  2. Hunt

    • 13
    Spellbreaker's Blade icon

  3. Devouring Banding

    • 2
    Spellbreaker's Blade icon

  4. Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

    • 2
    Masterwork Sin'dorei Amulet icon

  5. Blood

    • 1
    Spellbreaker's Blade icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Protection Warrior gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during Midnight Season 1.

Head

  1. Enchant Helm - Empowered Hex of Leeching

    • 40
    Enchant Helm - Empowered Hex of Leeching icon

  2. Enchant Helm - Hex of Leeching

    • 3
    Enchant Helm - Hex of Leeching icon

  3. Enchant Helm - Empowered Rune of Avoidance

    • 2
    Enchant Helm - Empowered Rune of Avoidance icon

Shoulders

  1. Enchant Shoulders - Silvermoon's Mending

    • 44
    Enchant Shoulders - Silvermoon's Mending icon

  2. Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness

    • 3
    Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness icon

  3. Enchant Shoulders - Amirdrassil's Grace

    • 2
    Enchant Shoulders - Amirdrassil's Grace icon

Chest

  1. Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

    • 41
    Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul icon

  2. Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

    • 9
    Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk icon

Hands

  1. Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

    • 6
    Heavy Knothide Armor Kit icon

Legs

  1. Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

    • 37
    Forest Hunter's Armor Kit icon

  2. Blood Knight's Armor Kit

    • 10
    Blood Knight's Armor Kit icon

  3. Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

    • 1
    Thalassian Scout Armor Kit icon

Feet

  1. Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

    • 43
    Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots icon

  2. Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

    • 4
    Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity icon

  3. Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

    • 2
    Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt icon

Rings

  1. Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

    • 63
    Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity icon

  2. Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

    • 24
    Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle icon

  3. Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

    • 4
    Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity icon

Main Hand

  1. Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

    • 26
    Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage icon

  2. Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

    • 22
    Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei icon

  3. Enchant Weapon - Jan'alai's Precision

    • 2
    Enchant Weapon - Jan'alai's Precision icon

Off Hand

  1. Pyrium Shield Spike

    • 3
    Pyrium Shield Spike icon

  2. Thorium Shield Spike

    • 2
    Thorium Shield Spike icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Protection Warriors in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Eversong Diamond

  1. Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

    • 46
    Indecipherable Eversong Diamond icon

Prismatic

  1. Flawless Deadly Peridot

    • 47
    Flawless Deadly Peridot icon

  2. Flawless Versatile Peridot

    • 45
    Flawless Versatile Peridot icon

  3. Flawless Quick Garnet

    • 12
    Flawless Quick Garnet icon

  4. Flawless Masterful Peridot

    • 11
    Flawless Masterful Peridot icon

  5. Flawless Deadly Peridot

    • 7
    Flawless Deadly Peridot icon

Most Played Races for Protection Warrior M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Protection Warrior Tank players in Midnight Season 1.

  1. Dwarf

    • 26
    Dwarf icon

  2. Orc

    • 4
    Orc icon

  3. Dark Iron Dwarf

    • 4
    Dark Iron Dwarf icon

  4. Human

    • 2
    Human icon

  5. Tauren

    • 2
    Tauren icon

Protection Warrior Guide FAQ

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

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Protection Warriors in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for Midnight Season 1 and Patch 12.0.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.