Bastion
Warrior · Protection · opens at 25 points spent · 5 ranks
Bastion does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Bastion ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Increases all damage you deal by 2% while a shield is equipped.
- Rank 2 Increases all damage you deal by 4% while a shield is equipped.
- Rank 3 Increases all damage you deal by 6% while a shield is equipped.
- Rank 4 Increases all damage you deal by 8% while a shield is equipped.
- Rank 5 Increases all damage you deal by 10% while a shield is equipped.
Filled the question-mark placeholder with the WotLK Shield Mastery icon.
Where Bastion sits in the Protection tree
Bastion is a Protection talent for Warrior. You need 25 points in Protection before the row it sits on opens.
- Same row: Focused Rage
How often people take Bastion
45 of the 159 public Warrior builds saved here — 28% — put at least one point in Bastion. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
New in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Classic Era client tables