Class quiz
Protection Warrior
The classic tank and a hard-hitting melee fighter. Slow to level alone, but every group wants a good warrior.
Tank
- 61 characters on Party Tracker play Protection Warrior: 29 Alliance and 32 Horde.
- 21% of characters play a tanking spec, and a dungeon group needs 20%.
- Leveling on your own
- PvP
- Farming gold
- Easy to pick up
Alliance: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Skyborne (High Order)
Horde: Orc, Tauren, Troll, Undead, Skyborne (Windshaper)
What's changed in Forever
- Defensive Stance threat is up to 80% (was 30%), and Vanguard lets you Charge in Defensive Stance.
- Blizzard says Warriors “remain the masters of melee combat”, wanted as a tank or a damage dealer.
- Rage from damage taken now ignores armor and absorbs, and Battle Shout is raid-wide.
From Blizzard: Beta Development Notes, 3 November (Nov 3) · Class Deep Dives: Priest and Warrior (Sep 30) · Beta Development Notes, 16 October (Oct 16)
Class traits are what each class is known for, adjusted where Blizzard's Forever posts changed it. Blizzard's aim for Forever isn't perfect balance: it's for every class to feel valuable to the groups it joins. Talents can still change in hotfixes. Player numbers update about once an hour.