What changed for the Warrior in WoW TBC — WoW TBC

Poleaxe Specialization · Arms

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes and Polearms by 5%.

Improved Disciplines · Arms

Reduces the cooldown of your Retaliation, Recklessness and Shield Wall abilities by 10 min and increases their duration by 6 sec.

Blood Frenzy · Arms

Your Rend and Deep Wounds abilities also increase all physical damage caused to that target by 4%.

Second Wind · Arms

Whenever you are struck by a Stun or Immobilize effect you will generate 20 rage and 10% of your total health over 10 sec.

Improved Mortal Strike · Arms

Reduces the cooldown of your Mortal Strike ability by 1 sec and increases the damage it causes by 5%.

Endless Rage · Arms

You generate 25% more rage from damage dealt.

Commanding Presence · Fury

Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Battle Shout and the health bonus of your Commanding Shout by 25%.

Weapon Mastery · Fury

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.

Precision · Fury

Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 3%.

Improved Whirlwind · Fury

Reduces the cooldown of your Whirlwind ability by 2 sec.

Improved Berserker Stance · Fury

Increases attack power by 10% and reduces threat caused by 10% while in Berserker Stance.

Rampage · Fury

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.

Shield Mastery · Protection

Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%.

Improved Defensive Stance · Protection

Reduces all spell damage taken while in Defensive Stance by 6%.

Focused Rage · Protection

Reduces the rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3.

Vitality · Protection

Increases your total Stamina by 5% and your total Strength by 10%.

Devastate · Protection

Sunder the target's armor causing the Sunder Armor effect. In addition, causes 50% of weapon damage plus 15 for each application of Sunder Armor on the target. The Sunder Armor effect can stack up to 5 times.

Improved Rend · Arms

In WoW Classic

Increases the bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 35%.

Now

Increases the bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 75%.

Iron Will · Arms

Moved from Protection

Improved Thunder Clap · Arms

In WoW Classic

Reduces the cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 4 rage points.

Now

Reduces the cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 4 rage points and increases the damage by 100% and the slowing effect by an additional 10%.

Anger Management · Arms

In WoW Classic

Increases the time required for your rage to decay while out of combat by 30%.

Now

Generates 1 rage per 3 seconds while in combat.

Death Wish · Arms

Moved from Fury

In WoW Classic

When activated, increases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but lowers your armor and all resistances by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.

Now

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

Mace Specialization · Arms

In WoW Classic

Gives you a 6% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a Mace.

Now

Gives your melee attacks a chance to stun your target for 3 sec and generate 7 rage when using a Mace. More effective than Mace Specialization (Rank 4).

Sword Specialization · Arms

In WoW Classic

Gives you a 5% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword.

Now

Gives you a 5% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after hitting your target with your Sword.

Improved Intercept · Arms

Tier 5 → 6 · Moved from Fury

Booming Voice · Fury

In WoW Classic

Increases the area of effect and duration of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout by 50%.

Now

Increases the area of effect and duration of your Battle Shout, Demoralizing Shout and Commanding Shout by 50%.

Unbridled Wrath · Fury

In WoW Classic

Gives you a 40% chance to generate an additional Rage point when you deal melee damage with a weapon.

Now

Gives you a chance to generate an additional rage point when you deal melee damage with a weapon. Effect occurs more often than Unbridled Wrath (Rank 4).

Piercing Howl · Fury

In WoW Classic

Causes all enemies near the warrior to be dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

Now

Causes all enemies within 10 yards to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

Improved Execute · Fury

In WoW Classic

Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.

Now

Reduces the rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.

Improved Slam · Fury

Ranks: 5 → 2

In WoW Classic

Decreases the casting time of your Slam ability by 0.5 sec.

Now

Decreases the casting time of your Slam ability by 1 sec.

Sweeping Strikes · Fury

Moved from Arms

In WoW Classic

Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.

Now

Your next 10 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.

Flurry · Fury

In WoW Classic

Increases your attack speed by 30% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

Now

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

Bloodthirst · Fury

In WoW Classic

Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 45% of your attack power. In addition, the next 5 successful melee attacks will restore 10 health. This effect lasts 8 sec.

Now

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 Bloodrage · Protection

Tier 2 → 1

In WoW Classic

Increases the instant Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 5.

Now

Increases the instant rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 6.

Tactical Mastery · Protection

Ranks: 5 → 3 · Tier 2 → 1 · Moved from Arms

In WoW Classic

You retain up to 25 of your rage points when you change stances.

Now

You retain up to an additional 15 of your rage points when you change stances. Also greatly increases the threat generated by your Bloodthirst and Mortal Strike abilities when you are in Defensive Stance (More effective than Rank 2).

Anticipation · Protection

In WoW Classic

Increases your Defense skill by 10.

Now

Increases your Defense skill by 20.

Shield Specialization · Protection

Tier 1 → 2

Last Stand · Protection

In WoW Classic

When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum hit points for 20 seconds. After the effect expires, the hit points are lost.

Now

When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.

Improved Shield Block · Protection

Ranks: 3 → 1

In WoW Classic

Allows your Shield Block ability to block an additional attack and increases the duration by 2 seconds.

Now

Allows your Shield Block ability to block an additional attack and increases the duration by 1 second.

Defiance · Protection

Ranks: 5 → 3

In WoW Classic

Increases the threat generated by your attacks by 15% while in Defensive Stance.

Now

Increases the threat generated by your attacks by 15% while in Defensive Stance and increases your expertise by 6.

Improved Sunder Armor · Protection

In WoW Classic

Reduces the cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 3 rage points.

Now

Reduces the cost of your Sunder Armor and Devastate abilities by 3 rage point.

One-Handed Weapon Specialization · Protection

In WoW Classic

Increases the damage you deal with One-Handed Melee weapons by 10%.

Now

Increases physical damage you deal when a one-handed melee weapon is equipped by 10%.

Shield Slam · Protection

In WoW Classic

Slam the target with your shield, causing 225 to 235 damage, modified by your shield block value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.

Now

Slam the target with your shield, causing 225 to 235 damage, modified by your shield block value, and dispels 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.

Axe Specialization · Arms

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes by 5%.

Polearm Specialization · Arms

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Polearms by 5%.

Improved Battle Shout · Fury

Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Battle Shout by 25%.