Tank specialisation · Tier B in PvP, 0.1% of the sample
A complete live guide built from rated Battle.net profiles: bracket-specific talents, PvP talents, gear, gems, enchantments, statistics and importable builds. PvE raid casts are never presented as PvP advice.
Secondary stat split across the 14 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.
14
Synced Blitz players
1,981
Average rating sampled
2,123
Highest rating sampled
The three dedicated PvP slots, measured from Battle.net profiles.
Run at high speed at a distance in front of you. All enemies in your path will take 2,901 Physical damage and be knocked back.
3 players
Reduces the cooldown of Demoralizing Shout by 15 sec, and Demoralizing Shout now reduces the damage enemies deal to all targets, not just you.
3 players
Second Wind reduces damage taken by 10% to 40%, with larger attacks being reduced by more. While Shield Wall is active, healing reductions do not apply to you.
3 players
After casting Avatar, Shockwave, or Stormbolt, your next Thunder Clap roots all targets it damages for 4 sec.
3 players
Common high-rated choices grouped by purpose. This is a PvP toolkit, not a fake raid rotation.
Gain Strength equal to 8% of your Armor.
Casting Avatar grants you 2 charges of Thunder Blast and resets the cooldown of Thunder Clap. While Avatar is not active, Lightning Strikes have a 10% chance to grant you Avatar for 6 secs. Thunder Blast Your next Thunder Clap becomes a Thunder Blast that deals Stormstrike damage.
Top two choices per slot among the highest-rated hydrated profiles.
Back
Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Cloak
50% equipped · 285 ilvl
Back
Venomous Aspirant's Cloak
14% equipped · 263 ilvl
Chest
Cuirass of the Jade Warlord
50% equipped · 292 ilvl
Only 14 synced characters play this specialisation so far, which is too few to report pick rates from.
A percentage drawn from a handful of players is noise wearing the costume of data, and a reader cannot tell the difference. This fills in as the background sync works through the ladder.
Lightning Strikes have a 15% chance to make your next 2 Shield Slams have no cooldown.
During Avatar, Thunder Blast extends Avatar's duration by 2.0 sec.
Lightning Strike damage increased by 10% and critical strike damage increased by 10%.
Your Shout abilities have additional effects. Battle Shout: Grants you an additional 3% attack power. Rallying Cry: Grants an additional 2% health and duration increased by 3 sec. Piercing Howl: Radius increased by 100% Berserker Shout: Radius increased by 100%. Intimidating Shout: Cooldown reduced by 15 sec.
Instantly attack the target, causing 2,236 damage and healing you for 30% of your maximum health. Killing an enemy that yields experience or honor resets the cooldown of Impending Victory and makes it cost no Rage.
Physical damage taken reduced by 2%. Thunder Blast reduces damage you take by 8% for 5 sec.
When you take any damage, heal for 2.0% of your maximum health. This can only occur once every 10 sec.
Raise your shield, reflecting the first spell cast on you and reducing magic damage you take by 25% for 5 sec.
Reduces the cooldown of Heroic Leap by 15 sec and Heroic Leap also increases your movement speed by 70% for 3 sec.
Cooldown of Shield Wall, Intervene, Spell Reflection, Storm Bolt, and Pummel reduced by 10%. Successfully interrupting an enemy increases the damage you deal to them by 5% for 10 sec.
Blasts all enemies within 12 yards for 11,910 Physical damage and reduces their movement speed by 40% for 10 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Generates 5 Rage.
Thunder Clap's radius is increased by 50% and it reduces affected target's movement speed by an additional 20%.
Sends a wave of force in a frontal cone, causing 1,064 damage and stunning all enemies within 16 yards for 2 sec.
Chest
Venomous Aspirant's Chestplate
21% equipped · 263 ilvl
Feet
Venomous Aspirant's Plate Warboots
57% equipped · 263 ilvl
Feet
Pledgebearer's Sabatons
14% equipped · 295 ilvl
Hands
Venomous Aspirant's Plate Handguards
36% equipped · 263 ilvl
Hands
Jeweled Gauntlets of the Jade Warlord
21% equipped · 292 ilvl
Head
Venomous Aspirant's Plate Helm
43% equipped · 263 ilvl
Head
Tempered Horns of the Jade Warlord
21% equipped · 308 ilvl
Legs
Venomous Aspirant's Plate Legguards
36% equipped · 263 ilvl
Legs
Greaves of the Jade Warlord
29% equipped · 292 ilvl
Main Hand
Venomous Aspirant's Crusher
36% equipped · 263 ilvl
Main Hand
Venomous Aspirant's Chopper
14% equipped · 263 ilvl
Neck
Thalassian Competitor's Amulet
36% equipped · 259 ilvl
Neck
Venomous Aspirant's Necklace
14% equipped · 263 ilvl
Off Hand
Venomous Aspirant's Shield
57% equipped · 263 ilvl
Off Hand
Spellbreaker's Rebuke
14% equipped · 331 ilvl
Ring 1
Thalassian Competitor's Signet
36% equipped · 285 ilvl
Ring 1
Venomous Aspirant's Ring
29% equipped · 263 ilvl
Ring 2
Thalassian Competitor's Signet
36% equipped · 285 ilvl
Ring 2
Venomous Aspirant's Signet
14% equipped · 263 ilvl
Shirt
Artisan Officer's Shirt
14% equipped · 1 ilvl
Shirt
Sleeveless T-Shirt
14% equipped · 1 ilvl
Shoulders
Raging Pauldrons of the Jade Warlord
50% equipped · 292 ilvl
Shoulders
Venomous Gladiator's Plate Pauldrons
14% equipped · 292 ilvl
Tabard
Tabard of the Lightbringer
14% equipped · 14 ilvl
Tabard
Galactic Gladiator's Tabard
7% equipped · 1 ilvl
Trinket 1
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity
29% equipped · 263 ilvl
Trinket 1
Venomous Aspirant's Emblem
14% equipped · 263 ilvl
Trinket 2
Venomous Aspirant's Medallion
43% equipped · 263 ilvl
Trinket 2
Venomous Aspirant's Emblem
14% equipped · 263 ilvl
Waist
Venomous Aspirant's Plate Greatbelt
43% equipped · 263 ilvl
Waist
Venomous Aspirant's Plate Girdle
14% equipped · 263 ilvl
Wrist
Thalassian Competitor's Plate Armguards
36% equipped · 285 ilvl
Wrist
Shard-Tipped Vambraces
14% equipped · 308 ilvl