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How the 1/0/50 build works
A 50-point Protection build ending in Shield Slam, with the tree's survival talents maxed: Shield Specialization, Anticipation, Iron Will, Last Stand, Improved Shield Wall and Concussion Blow.
Forever adds four talents this build takes: Master of Defense, Vanguard, Focused Rage and Bastion, which raises all your damage while a shield is equipped. The single Arms point is in Improved Heroic Strike.
Leveling a Protection Warrior
We don't give Protection its own leveling route: most players level as another Warrior spec and switch at 60. Level with one of these, one talent point a level from 10, then respec into the build above:
Every talent in the Protection Warrior build
Each talent with its Forever tooltip at the rank the build takes.
Arms· 1 points
Improved Heroic Strike 1/3
Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 1 Rage.
Protection· 50 points
Improved Bloodrage 2/2
Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%.
Shield Specialization 5/5
Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 5% and grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block.
Iron Will 5/5
Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 15%.
Anticipation 5/5
Increases your Defense Skill by 20.
Improved Revenge 3/3
Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 60%.
Improved Thunder Clap 3/3
Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 6.
Last Stand 1/1
When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.
Master of Defense 2/2New in Forever
Grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.
Improved Disarm 3/3
Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 20 secs.
Defiance 3/3
Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped.
Improved Sunder Armor 3/3
Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 3.
Vanguard 1/1New in Forever
Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.
Improved Shield Bash 2/2
Gives your Shield Bash ability a 100% chance to Silence the target for 3 sec.
Improved Shield Wall 2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 11.0 min.
Concussion Blow 1/1
Stuns the target for 5 sec.
Focused Rage 3/3New in Forever
Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3.
Bastion 5/5New in Forever
Increases all damage you deal by 10% while a shield is equipped.
Shield Slam 1/1
Slam the target with your shield, causing 430 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat.
New Protection talents in WoW Forever
The 4 talents in Forever's Protection tree that Classic does not have, shown at full rank. Another 14 carry over from Classic with different ranks, positions or numbers.
Master of Defense · row 3, 2 ranks
Grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.
Vanguard · row 4, 1 rank
Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.
Focused Rage · row 5, 3 ranks
Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3.
Bastion · row 6, 5 ranks
Increases all damage you deal by 10% while a shield is equipped.
Questions
What are the best Prot Warrior talents in WoW Forever?
Our recommended Protection Warrior build is 1/0/50: Shield tank to Shield Slam, every survival talent. It is one of the Forever sim's preset builds. Nobody has played a level 60 yet, so treat it as a starting point until launch on 4 November.
Are WoW Forever's Protection talents the same as Classic's?
No. Forever's Protection tree has 18 talents, and 4 of them do not exist in Classic: Master of Defense, Vanguard, Focused Rage and Bastion. Another 14 have different ranks, positions or numbers. The tree is still seven rows deep, and each row still needs five points spent above it.
What is the Protection 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
Shield Slam. Slam the target with your shield, causing 430 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat.
How should I level a Protection Warrior in WoW Forever?
Level as Arms Warrior or Fury Warrior, then respec to Protection at 60. Few players level as Protection, so we give the leveling routes on those pages: one talent point a level from 10, with no respec on the way.
How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?
51 at level 60, one per level from level 10, as in Classic. The Legacy perk Talented starts them at level 5 instead, which matters for alts while levelling.
Where does this talent data come from?
From the WoW Forever beta client's own talent tables (build 1.60.1.70338), not from Classic. Every tooltip on this page is rendered from the client's spell data, and we checked them against the numbers the beta's own tooltips show. The trees can still change before launch.
