Fury Warrior Guide — Class Guides · WoW Wrath of the Lich King

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: Titan's Grip
Popular builds: 1
Version: WoW Wrath of the Lich King

How to play

Fury in Wrath is built on Titan's Grip, which lets you wield a two-handed weapon in each hand. Bloodthirst and Whirlwind are your main attacks, Bloodsurge makes Slam instant, Rampage raises crit for your group, and Death Wish and Recklessness add burst.

The priority: Whirlwind and Bloodthirst when ready, an instant Slam when Bloodsurge procs, and Heroic Strike or Cleave with spare Rage. In good gear Fury has more Rage than it can spend.

Fury depends on hit and expertise to keep both weapons connecting, and gains a lot from the raid's buffs.

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 Wrath of the Lich King.

Rotation and priorities

1Battle Shout or Commanding Shout, as the raid needs.
2Whirlwind whenever it is ready.
3Bloodthirst whenever it is ready.
4Slam when Bloodsurge makes it instant.
5Heroic Strike (Cleave on packs) whenever Rage is high.
6Execute below 20% health; Death Wish and Recklessness with trinkets and Heroism.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Very high sustained damage that rises with every upgrade.
Rampage raises your group's crit.
A simple priority.

Weaknesses

Weaker in arenas than Arms.
Needs two big two-handers.
Fragile in Berserker Stance.

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 263 rating; Precision covers 3%
2
Expertiseto 26
3
Armour penetrationlate in the expansion
4
Strength
5
Critical strike
6
Haste

What to look for

Two two-handed weapons with Titan's Grip; slower ones hit harder with Slam and Heroic Strike.
Hit, then expertise; armour penetration grows strong late in the expansion.
Strength or armour penetration gems.

Items worth chasing

ShadowmourneThe legendary two-handed axe.
Deathbringer's WillA trinket that procs Strength, Agility or haste.
Darkmoon Card: GreatnessA trinket that procs your best stat.
Grim TollA trinket with hit and an armour penetration proc.

Builds

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

Arms
Fury
Protection

Titan's Grip Fury
DamagePvE
1952
19/52/0
Raid damage with 52 points in Fury, down to Titan's Grip, and 19 in Arms.
- Bloodthirst 1/1
- Improved Berserker Stance 5/5
- Bloodsurge 3/3
- Unending Fury 5/5
- Titan's Grip 1/1
Glyphs: Glyph of Whirlwind (major), Glyph of Heroic Strike (major), Glyph of Execution (major), Glyph of Command (minor), Glyph of Shattering Throw (minor), Glyph of Charge (minor)
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting

Key talents

Titan's Grip · top talent, up to 1
Allows you to equip two-handed axes, maces and swords in one hand. While you have a two-handed weapon equipped in one hand, your physical damage done is reduced by 10%.
Precision · tier 5, up to 3
Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 3%.
Death Wish · tier 5, up to 1
When activated you become enraged, increasing your physical damage by 20% but increasing all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.
Flurry · tier 6, up to 5
Increases your attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.
Intensify Rage · tier 7, up to 3
Reduces the cooldown of your Bloodrage, Berserker Rage, Recklessness and Death Wish abilities by 33%.
Bloodthirst · tier 7, up to 1
Instantly attack the target causing 0 plus 50% of your Attack Power damage. In addition, the next 3 successful melee attacks will restore 1% of max health. This effect lasts 8 sec. Damage is based on your attack power.
Improved Whirlwind · tier 7, up to 2
Increases the damage of your Whirlwind ability by 20%.
Improved Berserker Stance · tier 8, up to 5
Increases Strength by 20% and reduces threat caused by 10% while in Berserker Stance.
Bloodsurge · tier 9, up to 3
Your Heroic Strike, Bloodthirst, and Whirlwind hits have a 20% chance of making your next Slam instant for 5 sec.
Unending Fury · tier 10, up to 5
Increases the damage done by your Slam, Whirlwind and Bloodthirst abilities by 10%.

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.