Warrior
Protection
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Protection Warrior
The Protection specialization of the Warrior in The Burning Crusade focuses on the tank role, with a shield.
The Warrior is a melee fighter who uses rage: they mainly build it by dealing and taking damage, and switch stances depending on the situation. Protection is for players who enjoy taking hits and protecting their group.
Gameplay built on the shield
Shield SlamProtection · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 6 sec cooldownRequires: Concussion Blow (1 rank)Slams the target with your shield for 420 to 440 damage, modified by your shield block value, and dispels 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. generates a lot of threat, and Shield BlockInstant · 5 sec cooldown · Duration 5 secIncreases block chance by 75% for 5 seconds, for 1 attack. In Defensive Stance. lets you block the next attacks: the Warrior thus avoids the critical strikes and crushing blows of bosses. DefianceProtection · Row 3 · 3 ranksIn Defensive Stance, increases the threat of your attacks by 5% / 10% / 15%, and increases your expertise by 2 / 4 / 6. increases threat generated in Defensive Stance.
The final talent of the tree, DevastateProtection · Row 9 · 1 rankInstantApplies Sunder Armor to the target and deals 50% of weapon damage plus 35 for each application of Sunder Armor on the target. Sunder Armor stacks up to 5 times., applies Sunder ArmorInstant · Duration 30 secReduces the target's armor by 520 per application and causes a high amount of threat. Stacks up to 5 times; lasts 30 seconds. and deals damage that increases with each application.
What is its role in PvE?
In PvE, the Protection Warrior is a solid main tank, thanks to survival abilities such as Last StandProtection · Row 3 · 1 rankInstant · 8 min cooldown · Duration 20 secTemporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 seconds; that health is lost when the effect ends. and Shield WallInstant · 30 min cooldown · Duration 10 secReduces damage taken from melee attacks, ranged attacks and spells by 75% for 10 seconds. In Defensive Stance.. On the other hand, they have a harder time holding threat on many enemies at once.
