LEVEL 60 RANKING

Warrior Protection: level 60 build, talents, rotation and threat

This is what our simulator gets for the Warrior Protection at level 60: the gear the optimizer finds among the items known from the beta, the preset talents, the rotation followed and the damage of every ability over a 180-second fight against a stationary boss.

630 TPSThreat per second

#1Rank of 3

1 630Damage taken / s

4 450Health

Rotation

Shield Slam on cooldown.
Revenge after a dodge, parry or block.
Heroic Strike with spare rage (it gives more threat per rage point).
Sunder Armor with the rest of the rage.
Bloodrage on cooldown.

Observed opening

The first 14 seconds of the simulated fight: the hits that deal direct damage, in order.

1 sShield Slam3.6 sHeroic Strike4 sRevenge7 sShield Slam7.2 sHeroic Strike10 sRevenge12.6 sHeroic Strike13 sShield Slam

Damage by ability

Ability	Share	DPS	Casts / min	Crits
Heroic Strike	41.1%	131.5	20.2	18%
Shield Slam	33.6%	107.6	10.0	18%
White (main hand)	16.1%	51.5	—	20%
Revenge	8.6%	27.5	7.5	18%
Smokey's Lighter	0.6%	1.9	0.7	—

Talents chosen

Arms 11 points

Deflection 5/5Increases your Parry chance by 5%.
Improved Heroic Strike 3/3Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 Rage.
Improved Charge 2/2Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 6.
Improved Tactical Mastery 1/5Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 3 Rage when you change stances.

Protection 40 points

Anticipation 5/5Increases your Defense Skill by 20.
Shield Specialization 5/5Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 5% and grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block.
Improved Bloodrage 2/2Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%.
Toughness 5/5Increases your Armor value from items by 10%.
Defiance 3/3Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped.
Improved Revenge 3/3Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 60%.
Last Stand 1/1When 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 2/2Grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.
Improved Sunder Armor 3/3Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 3.
Vanguard 1/1Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.
Bastion 5/5Increases all damage you deal by 10% while a shield is equipped.
Concussion Blow 1/1Stuns the target for 5 sec.
Focused Rage 3/3Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3.
Shield Slam 1/1Slam 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.

Level 60 gear

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Helm of Valor	Scholomance — Darkmaster Gandling
Neck	Beads of Ogre Might	Dire Maul — Falrin's Vendetta
Shoulders	Wailing Nightbane Pauldrons	Stratholme — The Unforgiven
Back	Cape of the Black Baron	Stratholme — Baron Rivendare
Chest	Savage Gladiator Chain	Blackrock Depths — Gorosh the Dervish
Wrists	Vambraces of the Sadist	Stratholme — Timmy the Cruel
Hands	Death Grips	Stratholme — Magistrate Barthilas
Waist	Deathbone Girdle	Scholomance
Legs	Legplates of Valor	Stratholme — Baron Rivendare
Feet	Boots of Valor	Scholomance — Kirtonos the Herald
Ring 1	Quick Strike Ring	Molten Core
Ring 2	Blackstone Ring	Maraudon — Princess Theradras
Trinket 1	Smokey's Lighter	Stratholme — The Great Fras Siabi
Main hand	Mirah's Song	Scholomance — Kirtonos the Herald
Shield	Stoneshell Guard	Blackrock Depths — Lord Roccor

Item effects simulated

Smokey's LighterIncreased Strength 15

Character stats

436Strength272Agility295Stamina303Defense14.4%Dodge5.0%Parry5.0%Block62Block value5 204Armor

Assumptions

A 180-second fight against a stationary level-63 boss, the raid buffs and consumables of the class's family, a standard race, item effects on. Level-60 base stats and several Classic values are estimates, flagged in the simulator. Results will move with the game.

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