Blizzard's Midnight API restricts addon access to your personal buffs and cooldowns during M+ and raid — the exact content where aura tracking matters most. The addons listed here work within these restrictions and cover what WeakAuras used to handle.

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Protection Warrior · Essentials

Addons and talent builds for Protection Warrior — Shield Block uptime against physical damage, Thunder Clap snap-tagging packs, and defensive cooldown layering (Shield Wall, Last Stand, Spell Reflect) that transfers into M+ and raid. Mark your setup and share it with one link. Reviewed 28 Jun 2026.

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Talent Builds

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Mountain Thane Single Target

Mountain Thane

The core Protection Warrior build — Mountain Thane with Thunder Blast procs from Shield Slam creating a reliable Shield Block loop. Consistent mitigation and AoE threat across any content type.

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Rotation

Links to the Icy Veins rotation page. Select your hero talent build once you're there.

Builds

Custom build

Record your own talent build alongside your addons — it's included when you share your setup. Get a talent string from the Wowhead talent calculator or export directly from the in-game talent tree (press N → share icon). Paste the URL or the raw string — both work.

Addons

Why no WeakAuras? Midnight's API blocks WeakAuras from reading your buffs and cooldowns. The addons here cover what it used to handle.

Meters & logs 1

Details! Damage Meter

Damage taken

345.4M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 16 May 2026

For Protection Warrior, the damage breakdown shows how much intake was blocked, absorbed by Ignore Pain, or leaked through as real damage requiring healer attention. The Ignore Pain absorption view shows how much intake was mitigated versus how much required active healing from your group.

Tracks: Damage taken · Ignore Pain absorption · Survivability metrics
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Nameplates & threat 1

Platynator

Enemy cast bars

9.5M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 19 May 2026

Platynator puts interrupt cooldowns on enemy nameplates, so as the tank pulling packs you can see at a glance which casts are covered by your group and which need your Spell Reflection or a Pummel. For Protection Warrior specifically, the nameplate color shifts as you build threat — which matters at the start of M+ pulls where you're transitioning from initial aggro to positioning for the next cast.

Tracks: Enemy cast bars · Interrupt tracking · Threat display
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Cooldowns & tracking 2

OmniCD

External defensives

33.4M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 27 Feb 2026

Tracks externals on-screen so you know whether to pop Last Stand on this incoming hit or wait for the Paladin's Blessing to land first. Also tracks your own Rallying Cry cooldown so you know when the group-wide defensive is available again.

Tracks: External defensives · Rallying Cry · Group CDs
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

BetterCooldownManager

Shield Block

938.2K downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 22 Apr 2026 1 click from this site

Protection Warrior has a complex active mitigation rotation: Shield Block needs near-100% uptime, Last Stand is your major oh-shit button, and Spell Reflection has tight sub-25-second windows on specific pull patterns. BetterCooldownManager groups these by priority — active mitigation at the top with audio cues, offensive CDs below — so you're never caught with Shield Block dropped or a defensive wasted on a trivial auto-attack.

Tracks: Shield Block · Last Stand · Spell Reflection · Avatar
Requires: Enhances built-in Cooldown Manager · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Rotation helper 1

MaxDps Warrior

Next offensive ability

5.5M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 17 May 2026 1 click from this site

Highlights the next offensive ability based on your current buffs and rage so your Shield Slam → Thunder Blast → Revenge rotation stays sharp even when focused on cooldown management. The Warrior module covers Fury, Arms, and Prot in one addon.

Tracks: Next offensive ability · Shield Slam priority · Rage decisions
Requires: Requires MaxDps base addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Frames & Action Bars 3

BetterBlizzFrames

Unit frames

6.1M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 17 May 2026

For a tank, seeing your own health clearly matters more than it does for DPS. BetterBlizzFrames adds castbars to your target frame so you're not reading small text while watching the boss, shows rage as a class-colored bar, and adds incoming absorbs to your health display.

Tracks: Unit frames · Castbars · Rage bar · Absorb tracking
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Dominos

Action bars

22.2M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 10 May 2026

Dominos lets you move your action bars anywhere and add extra bars. For Protection Warrior the most common setup is pulling the main bar away from the bottom edge and adding a dedicated secondary bar for Shield Block, Last Stand, and Rallying Cry so your defensive cooldowns are always visible.

Tracks: Action bars · Bar positioning · Button sizing · Fade out of combat
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

ElvUI

Advanced Unit frames

Tukui.org addon

Works in Midnight Updated 15 May 2026

Most of what ElvUI covers is now handled better by targeted addons — Platynator for nameplates, Dominos for action bars, BetterBlizzFrames for frames. Only install if you want a fully unified UI aesthetic and are prepared for the configuration overhead.

Tracks: Unit frames · Action bars · Nameplates · Full UI replacement
Requires: Full UI replacement · tukui.org — not on CurseForge

Open on Tukui.org

Utility & QoL 3

Leatrix Plus

Auto-repair

63.9M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 1 May 2026

Automates the upkeep overhead: auto-repair gear, auto-sell greys, and remove confirmations on common actions. As a tank you get constant group invites — Leatrix's invite filter helps manage that without interrupting your pre-pull routine.

Tracks: Auto-repair · Auto-sell greys · UI automation
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Bagnon

Combined bags

159.9M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 29 Apr 2026

Replaces your separate bag windows with a single searchable panel — find any item across all bags instantly. As a tank managing potions, gear sets, and consumables, the search alone is worth the install.

Tracks: Combined bags · Item search · Inventory management
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Pawn

Gear scoring

125.6M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 14 May 2026

Adds an upgrade arrow to item tooltips based on your stat weights. For Protection Warrior, highlights Haste (Shield Block uptime) and Mastery (damage reduction) gear so secondary stat tradeoffs are visible without opening a sim for every drop.

Tracks: Gear scoring · Upgrade arrows · Stat weights
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

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Macros Coming soon

Spell Reflection on focus, mouseover Rallying Cry, Intervene targeting

Stat Priority Coming soon

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