Mythic+ Tank Rankings: A Tier List for The War Within (Patch 11.1 / Season 2) (2025)

Vengeance Demon Hunteris entering Season 2 in a much better spot compared to the previous season. One of thebiggest changes is the buff to the durability toolkit of the spec, allowing you to haveless "kiting" tanking than before. The spec still possesses one of the best mobcontrols across any tanking spec in Mythic+, which will turn valuable for any team lookingfor a tank. One of their biggest advantages is having one of the highest damage profiles acrossall tank specs (even after the bug fixes), extremely high self-sustain and great mob-control,which are the mains reason why we believe their current performance warrants S-tier.

Protection Paladinis looking yet again incredibly strong, with them already being one of the most durabletanks on PTR, they will also retain their signature overpowered utility. Although the recentnerfs will lower their durability and DPS numbers, they will still haveone of the highest outputs across all tanks. In addition, they have incredible mob controlwhich is another reason why the spec is so highly desired. Overall, they are currentlyranked as one of the better tank entering Season 2.

Protection Warriorhas a ton of attention leading to the next season, primarily changing the spell priorityand the focus of the class rotation (with the bread-and-butter basics staying the same).Luckily, the compensation buffs that came,(% flat damage adjustments, stronger Ignore Pain, and better self-sustain thanks to more Rage)which makes up for all the other nerfs. In addition, a new recent build has been discovered,making their single-target and AoE damage their strongest asset, whichimmensely improves their performance. Although, it has been confirmed that a small portion of thatis due to unintentional buff that should have only affected Arms warriors ( Demolish) andis soon likely to be hotfixed (which will result in a minor damage loss). In addition, the specwill continue to have durability troubles at time (especially against continuous magical damage),which may require more healer attention than other tanks.

Unfortunately, for Blood Death Knight thereare not a lot of changes leading to the Season 2 of Mythic+. They are getting a new tier setsupported by a hefty amount of RNG and arguably worse than what the Season 1 set had to offer.In addition, defensively and offensively are at a disadvantage compared to the top-ranked tanks,further pushing them down the list. Overall, it is still early to havea final estimate of how the spec will rank. Still, preliminary thoughts are that the spec performance ismuch better on the lower level keys (the main factory is the highest self-sustain) compared to thehigher level ones, where you might struggle when tanking several packs together.

Guardian Druidreceived a complete shuffle on the general talent tree, which will positivelyimpact them. They have introduced some new cool talents (like Symbiotic Relationshipand further increased their damage performance. Although their damage profileappears to be just fine (depending on the talent choices), durability is still an issue for the specas it fails to compete against the higher-rated tanks at this stage of PTR.

Unfortunately for Brewmaster Monk,received no major changes leading up to Season 2. Their performance is currently better thanwhat it was in Season 1 as the durability aspect of the spec has been improved. But,usual issues yet remain to be solved: not enough self-sustain, which often relies on muchmore "babysitting" from your healer. On top of this, they are one of the most difficult tanks to master,further pushing the barrierof entry higher and higher (especially with that many buttons in your rotation).We expect further tuning to hit PTR and hopefully, we can revisit the rankings.