Class Guide

Protection Warrior

How this spec actually plays, read from real archived arena matches: the talents top-rated players converge on, which of them earn their slot in-game, and the burst window.

7 matches · rated 2157–1616

Death Knight

Blood• Frost• Unholy•

Demon Hunter

Devourer• Havoc• Vengeance

Druid

Balance• Feral• Guardian• Restoration•

Evoker

Augmentation• Devastation• Preservation•

Hunter

Beast Mastery• Marksmanship• Survival•

Mage

Arcane• Fire• Frost•

Monk

Brewmaster• Mistweaver• Windwalker•

Paladin

Holy• Protection• Retribution•

Priest

Discipline• Holy• Shadow•

Rogue

Assassination• Outlaw• Subtlety•

Shaman

Elemental• Enhancement• Restoration•

Warlock

Affliction• Demonology• Destruction•

Warrior

Arms• Fury• Protection

• = match sample analysed

The core kit

Taken by nearly every sampled player, and put to work in nearly every game.

Thunder Clap

used in 6/7

Crackling Thunder

used in 6/7

Ignore Pain

used in 6/7

Revenge

used in 6/7

Demoralizing Shout

used in 6/7

Instigate

used in 6/7

Booming Voice

used in 6/7

Best Served Cold

used in 6/7

Enduring Defenses

used in 6/7

Shield Charge

used in 6/7

Avatar

used in 6/7

Punish

used in 6/7

Thunderlord

used in 6/7

Phalanx

used in 6/7

Storm Bolt

used in 6/7

Spell Reflection

used in 6/7

Shockwave

used in 6/7

Crushing Force

used in 6/7

Into the Fray

used in 6/7

Burst window

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The single highest-damage real 12s window in the sample

Shield Slam
→
Shield Slam
→
Execute
→
Demoralizing Shout
→
Shield Slam
→
Thunder Clap
→
Storm Bolt
→
Shield Charge
→
Battle Stance
→
Avatar
→
Demolish
→
Intervene
→
Shield Block
→
Shield Slam

Also commonly taken

Heroic Leap 6/7 Bounding Stride 6/7 Shield Wall 6/7 Brace For Impact 6/7 Unyielding Stance 6/7 Impending Victory 6/7 Violent Outburst 6/7 Double Time 6/7 Wild Strikes 6/7 Battlefield Commander 6/7 Defender's Aegis 6/7 Intimidating Shout 6/7 Rallying Cry 6/7 War Machine 6/7 Strategist 6/7 Focused Vigor 6/7 Fueled by Violence 6/7 Enduring Alacrity 6/7 Brutal Vitality 6/7 Field Dressing 6/7 Pain and Gain 6/7 Honed Reflexes 6/7 Reinforced Plates 6/7 Armored to the Teeth 6/7 One-Handed Weapon Specialization 6/7 Cruel Strikes 6/7 Anger Management 6/7 Javelineer 6/7 Blood and Thunder 6/7 Whirling Blade 6/7 Battle-Scarred Veteran 5/7 Intervene 5/7 Colossal Might 5/7 Celeritous Conclusion 5/7 Cut to the Bone 5/7 Demolish 5/7 Boneshaker 5/7 Bodyguard 5/7 Fight Through the Flames 5/7 Sudden Death 5/7 Disarm 5/7 Second Wind 5/7 Devastating Focus 5/7 Dominance of the Colossus 5/7 Precise Might 5/7 Practiced Strikes 5/7 Mountain of Muscle and Scars 5/7 Tide of Battle 5/7 Martial Expert 5/7 Decimator 5/7 Massacre 5/7 Arterial Bleed 5/7 Veteran Vitality 5/7 Safeguard 5/7

▶ The sample — 7 matches

Match	Rating	Length	Flagged talents
Match 1·i18n	2157	312s	1
Match 2·i18n	2155	147s	4
Match 3·i18n	2143	166s	8
Match 4·i18n	2138	145s	2
Match 5·i18n	2122	79s	4
Match 6·i18n	1916	107s	6
Match 7·i18n	1616	76s	0