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Fury Warrior Guide — Class Guides · WoW Forever

Dual-wield damage from Bloodthirst, Flurry and a deeper Rage pool: a raid damage tree.

A plate-wearing melee fighter who builds Rage by dealing and taking damage and spends it on attacks, shouts and stances. Warriors tank with a shield in Defensive Stance or deal melee damage with two-handed or dual-wielded weapons. More about the warrior

Class
Warrior
Roles
Damage
Used for
Raids and dungeons
Top talent
Bloodthirst
Popular builds
1
Version
WoW Forever

How to play

Fury in WoW Forever is still the dual-wield raid tree: Bloodthirst, Flurry and Death Wish chain crits together, Furious Precision makes your off-hand miss less, Raging Blows makes Cleave and Whirlwind cheaper, and Gore Drinker heals you a little whenever you use Bloodthirst, Death Wish or your Enrage effects.

The rotation is a priority: Bloodthirst and Whirlwind when ready, Heroic Strike whenever your Rage is high, Execute below 20% health. Crits give more Rage than in Classic, so Fury has more to spend once its gear improves.

Watch your threat: Fury still hits hard enough to pull enemies off a tank.

At a glance

Single-target damage
Damage to groups
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Forever.

Rotation and priorities

  1. 1Battle Shout up.
  2. 2Bloodthirst whenever it is ready.
  3. 3Whirlwind whenever it is ready; Cleave on packs.
  4. 4Heroic Strike whenever your Rage is high.
  5. 5Execute below 20% health.
  6. 6Death Wish and Recklessness together for burst.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • The highest warrior damage in groups.
  • Furious Precision steadies the off-hand.
  • Gore Drinker adds a little self-healing.

Weaknesses

  • Pulls threat easily.
  • Takes more damage in Berserker Stance.
  • Needs two good weapons.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

  1. 1

    Hitto the cap; Furious Precision covers the off-hand

  2. 2

    Strength2 attack power each

  3. 3

    Critical strikeFlurry and more Rage

  4. 4

    Weapon skill

  5. 5

    Agility

  6. 6

    Stamina

What to look for

  • Two one-handed weapons: a slow main hand for Heroic Strike and Whirlwind, and the best off-hand you can find.
  • Hit first, then Strength and crit.
  • Crusader on both weapons.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

  • Arms
  • Fury
  • Protection

  • Bloodthirst Berserker

    DamagePvE
    17/34/0

    Dual-wield Fury for groups: Bloodthirst, Flurry and Death Wish chain crits together, Furious Precision steadies the off-hand, and Arms adds Deep Wounds and Impale.

    • Impale 2/2
    • Dual Wield Specialization 5/5
    • Death Wish 1/1
    • Flurry 5/5
    • Bloodthirst 1/1

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Key talents

  • Bloodthirst · top talent, up to 1

    Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 45% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec.

  • Cruelty · tier 1, up to 5

    Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.

  • Unbridled Wrath · tier 2, up to 5

    Gives you a 60% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon.

  • Furious Precision · tier 3, up to 3

    Increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 10%.

  • Blood Craze · tier 3, up to 3

    Regenerates 3% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack.

  • Dual Wield Specialization · tier 4, up to 5

    Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 25% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 50%.

  • Enrage · tier 4, up to 5

    Gives you a 30% chance to deal 10% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack.

  • Improved Execute · tier 4, up to 2

    Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.

  • Death Wish · tier 5, up to 1

    When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.

  • Flurry · tier 6, up to 5

    Increases your melee attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

Fury abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.

What WoW Forever changed

New talents in this tree

  • Lingering RageIncreases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 10 sec.
  • Furious PrecisionIncreases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 10%.
  • Raging BlowsReduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3.
  • Gore DrinkerYour Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 1.0% of your maximum Health.

Classic Era talents the class no longer has

  • Improved Demoralizing Shout
  • Improved Cleave
  • Improved Battle Shout

Spells

Changed: Battle Shout, Demoralizing Shout, Piercing Howl, Slam, Intimidating Shout, Challenging Shout, Berserker Rage, Death Wish, Bloodthirst, Recklessness.

Related

Other warrior specs: Arms, Protection