Fury Warrior Guide — Class Guides · WoW Burning Crusade

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: Rampage
Popular builds: 1
Version: WoW Burning Crusade

How to play

Fury is the warrior's raid damage tree: Bloodthirst and Whirlwind when ready, Rampage stacking attack power after crits, Flurry for attack speed, and Precision and Dual Wield Specialization for hit and off-hand damage.

With good gear and Unbridled Wrath, Rage is plentiful, so the job is spending it well: Bloodthirst, Whirlwind, then Heroic Strike on every swing you can afford. Rampage lasts 30 seconds and needs refreshing.

Fury depends on raid buffs (Windfury Totem, Bloodlust or Heroism, Battle Shout, Blood Frenzy) more than any other spec, and its damage climbs sharply in a full melee group.

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 Burning Crusade.

Rotation and priorities

1Battle Shout, or Commanding Shout if another warrior covers Battle Shout.
2Rampage after a crit, then refresh it before it drops.
3Bloodthirst whenever it is ready.
4Whirlwind whenever it is ready.
5Heroic Strike whenever Rage is high, so it never caps.
6Below 20% health, Execute between Bloodthirsts and Whirlwinds; Recklessness with trinkets and Bloodlust.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

The highest warrior raid damage.
Rage-rich: plenty of Heroic Strikes.
Large gains from raid buffs.

Weaknesses

Weak without a strong raid group's buffs.
Takes extra damage in Berserker Stance.
Expensive gear and consumables.

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
Hitto 142 rating; Precision covers 3%
2
Expertise
3
Strength2 attack power each
4
Critical strikekeeps Flurry and Rampage up
5
Armour penetration
6
Haste

What to look for

Two one-handed weapons with high damage per second; a slower main hand still helps Heroic Strike and white hits.
Hit first: special attacks cap at 9%, but dual-wield white swings keep gaining well past it.
Strength gems in red sockets; crit and hit in yellow.

Items worth chasing

Dragonspine TrophyAttack power and a haste proc in a trinket.
Bloodlust BroochA burst of attack power on use.
Hourglass of the UnravellerHit, and attack power after crits.
DragonmawA crafted one-handed mace with a haste proc.

Builds

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

Arms
Fury
Protection

Rampage Berserker
DamagePvE
1744
17/44/0
Dual-wield Fury for raids: Rampage and Flurry keep attack power and speed high, Bloodthirst and Improved Whirlwind hit hard, and Improved Berserker Stance adds more.
- Precision 3/3
- Bloodthirst 1/1
- Improved Whirlwind 1/2
- Improved Berserker Stance 5/5
- Rampage 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting Talent order by level

Key talents

Rampage · top talent, up to 1
Warrior goes on a rampage, increasing attack power by 30 and causing most successful melee attacks to increase attack power by an additional 30. This effect will stack up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec. This ability can only be used after scoring a critical hit.
Dual Wield Specialization · tier 4, up to 5
Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 25%.
Enrage · tier 4, up to 5
Gives you a 25% melee damage bonus for 12 sec up to a maximum of 12 swings after being the victim of a critical strike.
Sweeping Strikes · tier 5, up to 1
Your next 10 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.
Weapon Mastery · tier 5, up to 2
Reduces the chance for your attacks to be dodged by 2% and reduces the duration of all Disarm effects used against you by 50%. This does not stack with other Disarm duration reducing effects.
Flurry · tier 6, up to 5
Increases your attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.
Precision · tier 7, up to 3
Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 3%.
Bloodthirst · tier 7, up to 1
Instantly attack the target causing 0 plus 45% of your Attack Power damage. In addition, the next 5 successful melee attacks will restore 10 health. This effect lasts 8 sec. Damage is based on your attack power.
Improved Whirlwind · tier 7, up to 2
Reduces the cooldown of your Whirlwind ability by 2 sec.
Improved Berserker Stance · tier 8, up to 5
Increases attack power by 10% and reduces threat caused by 10% while in Berserker Stance.

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.