Historical point talent tree
Protection
Wrath of the Lich King
Protection develops shield-based defense and control of enemy attention.
At a glance
- Roles
- Tank
- Talents in this tree
- 27
Tree identity
The tank connects survival with the position of enemies and the safety of allies. Defensive tools are most useful when their timing fits the danger that is actually arriving.
In 3.3.5a this is a point tree, not the formal specialization system of later expansions. Points can be shared across the class's three trees.
Classes
Warrior Examples from this tree
Abilities belonging to the selected game version. Wrath of the Lich King · patch 3.3.5a · Client build 12340
Shockwave
Wrath of the Lich King · patch 3.3.5a
Sends a wave of force in front of the warrior, causing 75% attack power damage (based on attack power) and stunning all...
Sends a wave of force in front of the warrior, causing 75% attack power damage (based on attack power) and stunning all enemy targets within 10 yards in a frontal cone for 4 s.
Sword and Board
Wrath of the Lich King · patch 3.3.5a
Increases the critical strike chance of your Devastate ability by 15% and when your Devastate or Revenge ability deals d...
Increases the critical strike chance of your Devastate ability by 15% and when your Devastate or Revenge ability deals damage it has a 30% chance of refreshing the cooldown of your Shield Slam ability and reducing its cost by 100% for 5 s.
Damage Shield
Wrath of the Lich King · patch 3.3.5a
Whenever you take damage from or block a melee attack you cause damage equal to 20% of your block value.
Whenever you take damage from or block a melee attack you cause damage equal to 20% of your block value.
Base client values are shown. Effects that depend on character level or statistics may vary.
Signature talents
Devastate, Sword and Board and Shockwave give the deeper tree recognizable choices. Their interactions should be read alongside the class’s shield and control abilities.
Building for this patch
Build for a real tanking assignment, considering gear and encounter knowledge as well as points. The calculator checks talent legality without replacing those broader decisions.
Sources and context
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Blizzard: class background
Class fantasy. Current resources, races and talent systems are not used as historical mechanics.
- Client 12340 directory and read-only local game data
Data imported · Data revision fc4e5d495f46baa342dd4a53714695ad7b026c3a5a7225a22dd5e3661a1f19cd
Version availability
| Edition | Patch | Version availability |
|---|---|---|
| Battle for Azeroth | - | Unverified |
| Burning Crusade Classic | - | Unverified |
| Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition | - | Unverified |
| Cataclysm | - | Unverified |
| Cataclysm Classic | - | Unverified |
| Dragonflight | - | Unverified |
| Legion | - | Unverified |
| Midnight | - | Unverified |
| Midnight | - | Unverified |
| Mists of Pandaria | - | Unverified |
| Mists of Pandaria Classic | - | Unverified |
| Season of Discovery | - | Unverified |
| Season of Mastery | - | Unverified |
| Shadowlands | - | Unverified |
| The Burning Crusade | - | Unverified |
| The Last Titan | - | Unverified |
| The War Within | - | Unverified |
| Titan Reforged | - | Unverified |
| Warlords of Draenor | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic 20th Anniversary | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Era | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Hardcore | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Hardcore Anniversary | - | Unverified |
| WoW Vanilla | - | Unverified |
| World of Warcraft: Forever | - | Unverified |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 3.3.5a · 12340 | Confirmed in this source |
| Wrath of the Lich King Classic | - | Unverified |
Each row follows its own published source context. An announcement does not confirm final client mechanics.