Protection Warrior best-in-slot lists
Every slot Protection Warrior wants in TBC Classic, phase by phase, with the enchant and the gems each pick takes. The lists are wowtbc.gg’s, vendored with this site’s data.
Protection Warrior, P3, slot by slot
The P3 list, the phase this page opens on. 17 slots; one set in it (Onslaught Battlegear).
Raid consumables: the Protection Warrior checklist →
The other phases
wowtbc.gg publishes a Protection Warrior list for six phases: Pre-Raid, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5. The P3 list is above; here is the pick for every slot in the others.
Pre-Raid, slot by slot
- Head — Faceguard of Determination
- Neck — Pendant of Triumph
- Shoulder — Spaulders of Dementia
- Chest — Breastplate of the Bold
- Waist — General's Plate Belt
- Legs — Timewarden's Leggings
- Feet — General's Plate Greaves
- Wrist — General's Plate Bracers
- Hands — Flesh Handler's Gauntlets
- Finger 1 — Shapeshifter's Signet
- Finger 2 — Band of the Exorcist
- Trinket 1 — Icon of Unyielding Courage
- Trinket 2 — Bloodlust Brooch
- Back — Sergeant's Heavy Cloak
- Main Hand — Latro's Shifting Sword
- Off Hand — Azure-Shield of Coldarra
- Ranged — Marksman's Bow
P1, slot by slot
- Head — Warbringer Greathelm
- Neck — Pendant of Triumph
- Shoulder — Warbringer Shoulderplates
- Chest — Warbringer Chestguard
- Waist — General's Plate Belt
- Legs — Wrynn Dynasty Greaves
- Feet — General's Plate Greaves
- Wrist — General's Plate Bracers
- Hands — Grips of Deftness
- Finger 1 — Shapeshifter's Signet
- Finger 2 — Violet Signet of the Great Protector
- Trinket 1 — Icon of Unyielding Courage
- Trinket 2 — Bloodlust Brooch
- Back — Sergeant's Heavy Cloak
- Main Hand — King's Defender
- Off Hand — Aldori Legacy Defender
- Ranged — Shuriken of Negation
P2, slot by slot
- Head — Destroyer Greathelm
- Neck — Veteran's Pendant of Triumph
- Shoulder — Destroyer Shoulderguards
- Chest — Destroyer Chestguard
- Waist — Belt of One-Hundred Deaths
- Legs — Destroyer Legguards
- Feet — Veteran's Plate Greaves
- Wrist — Veteran's Plate Bracers
- Hands — Gloves of the Searing Grip
- Finger 1 — Shapeshifter's Signet
- Finger 2 — Ring of Sundered Souls
- Trinket 1 — Icon of Unyielding Courage
- Trinket 2 — Bloodlust Brooch
- Back — Phoenix-Wing Cloak
- Main Hand — Mallet of the Tides
- Off Hand — Aldori Legacy Defender
- Ranged — Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer
P4, slot by slot
- Head — Faceplate of the Impenetrable
- Neck — Brooch of Deftness
- Shoulder — Onslaught Shoulderblades
- Chest — Onslaught Breastplate
- Waist — Vindicator's Plate Belt
- Legs — Onslaught Greaves
- Feet — Vindicator's Plate Greaves
- Wrist — Bracers of the Ancient Phalanx
- Hands — Gauntlets of Enforcement
- Finger 1 — Signet of Primal Wrath
- Finger 2 — Vindicator's Band of Triumph
- Trinket 1 — Icon of Unyielding Courage
- Trinket 2 — Berserker's Call
- Back — Dory's Embrace
- Main Hand — The Brutalizer
- Off Hand — Bulwark of Azzinoth
- Ranged — Legionkiller
P5, slot by slot
- Head — Brutal Gladiator's Plate Helm
- Neck — Collar of the Pit Lord
- Shoulder — Pauldrons of Berserking
- Chest — Brutal Gladiator's Plate Chestpiece
- Waist — Onslaught Waistguard
- Legs — Felstrength Legplates
- Feet — Onslaught Boots
- Wrist — Onslaught Wristguards
- Hands — Hard Khorium Battlefists
- Finger 1 — Ring of Hardened Resolve
- Finger 2 — Guardian's Band of Triumph
- Trinket 1 — Commendation of Kael'thas
- Trinket 2 — Berserker's Call
- Back — Crimson Paragon's Cover
- Main Hand — Dragonscale-Encrusted Longblade
- Off Hand — Sword Breaker's Bulwark
- Ranged — Blade of Life's Inevitability
Where these come from
A best-in-slot list answers one question: if every drop landed your way, what would a Protection Warrior be wearing? This is wowtbc.gg's answer for TBC, vendored with this site's data rather than fetched live — and it is the same list the raid checker grades a Warrior against, so a page here and a verdict there cannot disagree about what BiS means.
The P3 list covers 17 slots, from the head (Faceplate of the Impenetrable) down. Each row names where the item comes from — the boss and the zone, the vendor, or the token it is traded for — with the enchant that slot wants and the gems the list prescribes. A tanking list is not a damage list with more stamina on it: it is built around avoidance, the defence cap, and the threat a tank holds while wearing both.
Where the list wears two or more pieces of one set, the row says which set, how many pieces, and what each tier gives in the game's own words; a tier it does not reach is marked as not reached. Every simulated figure on a tanking spec is signed on damage taken rather than damage dealt — that is the metric wowsims' simulator runs this spec on.
Lists exist for six phases — Pre-Raid, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 — and each is a different set of drops, not a longer version of the last.