Fury Warrior guide

Rotation and opener

Keep Battle Shout active and use Berserker Stance for the damage cycle. Coordinate Sunder Armor assignments and use Bloodrage to establish Rage.

Combat priority

1. 
   Battle Shout

   Refresh Battle Shout before starting a damage window. Do this while approaching the target so your first useful melee globals can be spent attacking.

2. 
   Bloodthirst

   Keep Bloodthirst available during sustained uptime. Reserve enough Rage for it instead of filling every swing with Heroic Strike.

3. 
   Whirlwind

   Use Whirlwind after checking Rage for Bloodthirst. Its value rises when both weapons can hit additional enemies beside the priority target.

4. 
   Heroic Strike

   Queue Heroic Strike when Rage is genuinely surplus. If the next Bloodthirst would be delayed, stop queuing it and let ordinary swings rebuild your resources.

5. 
   Execute

   Use Execute below 20% target health. Enter that phase with offensive cooldowns ready when the encounter length allows, rather than exhausting them just before the boss reaches it.

Multiple targets and dungeon pulls

Whirlwind is your direct cleave attack. Follow the tank’s marked target while hitting nearby enemies that are already under control.

Cleave is a Rage spender for grouped targets. Replace unnecessary single-target Heroic Strikes with it, but leave sufficient Rage for your main cooldown attacks.

Resources and cooldowns

Auto-attacks supply much of your Rage. A missed attack and time away from the target both disrupt the cycle. Treat Heroic Strike as an excess-Rage spender, not a button to queue on every low-level swing.

• Pair Death Wish with sustained melee uptime and useful on-use effects. A boss about to become untargetable is a poor activation point.
• Use Recklessness in a substantial damage window or Execute phase. Stop optional Heroic Strikes if they would delay the attacks that benefit from the window.
• Use Bloodrage when you need Rage for Bloodthirst or Whirlwind. Keep Berserker Rage ready when the encounter’s fear effect would otherwise remove your uptime.

Specialization mechanics and group play

Dual Wield Specialization increases off-hand contribution; inspect both weapons when comparing upgrades. A weak off hand is not merely an empty stat slot.

Attack from behind in PvE and keep uptime during movement. A few additional armor stats rarely make up for repeatedly losing whole attack windows.

PvE talent choices

Important talent effects

Cruelty

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.

5 ranks

Unbridled Wrath

Gives you a 12% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. This effect is increased to 2 Rage for two-handed weapons.

5 ranks

Dual Wield Specialization

Increases your off-hand weapon damage by 5%, off-hand Rage generation by 20%, and chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 2%.

5 ranks

Enrage

Gives you a 30% chance to deal 2% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack.

5 ranks

Flurry

Increases your melee attack speed by 5% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

5 ranks · Requires Enrage

Bloodthirst

Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 35% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec.

1 rank · Requires Death Wish

PvP talent choices and play

Improved Intercept and Piercing Howl support closing distance and slowing opponents. Plan an escape or defensive response before using Death Wish, since a damage window is only useful if you remain alive and in range.

Recommended gear & upgrades

Forever beta equipment options. Compare level requirements and sources; these are not final launch rankings.

Head

Source / location

Azure Skyforged Helmmail · Level 30

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Barbaric Iron Helmmail · Level 30

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Cloudy Gustwoven Hoodleather · Level 30

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Cloudy Skyforged Helmmail · Level 30

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Crusader's Chain Helmmail · Level 25

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Chest

Source / location

Avenger's Armormail · Level 26

Trash dropRazorfen Kraul

Barbaric Iron Breastplatemail · Level 27

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Brawler's Leather Tunicleather · Level 22

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Hard Gold Cuirassmail · Level 29

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Kolkar Marauder Chainmail · Level 35

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Main Hand

Source / location

Darkspear Skirmisher's Bludgeonmace · Level 28

Darkspear Raiders - ReveredReputation

Dreamslayermace · Level 28

Trash dropScarlet Monastery

Guerrilla's Jagged Macemace · Level 28

Theramore Expeditionary Force - ReveredReputation

Ironspine's Fistmace · Level 30

IronspineScarlet Monastery

Pronged Reaveraxe · Level 30

Charlga RazorflankRazorfen Kraul

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Off Hand

Source / location

Blade of the Magram Clansword · Level 35

Bloody Brass Knucklesfist weapon · Level 29

Interrogator VishasScarlet Monastery

Curly's Chopperaxe

Ironspine's Fistmace · Level 30

IronspineScarlet Monastery

Pronged Reaveraxe · Level 30

Charlga RazorflankRazorfen Kraul

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Stats and equipment decisions

Enchanting equipment

For inexpensive leveling preparation, Enchant Bracer - Inferior Stamina and Enchant Chest - Inferior Stamina add survival to equipment you expect to keep. Prioritize an important weapon or role-specific item upgrade before spending heavily on temporary armor.

Consumables and preparation

Healing Potion

Carry a level-appropriate Healing Potion for an emergency. Use it before the next unavoidable hit kills you rather than waiting for a healer who is already occupied.

Rage Potion

Use the appropriate learned-level version for resource recovery. Higher-level consumables are preparation for later content, not a requirement for an early beta character.

Heavy Silk Bandage

A First Aid recovery option for characters who meet its requirement. Use it during a safe break between attacks; incoming damage interrupts bandaging.

Useful profession pairings

Engineering offers active tools for dangerous pulls and PvP. Bind the devices you actually carry; selecting the profession without using its consumables supplies no practical benefit.

Alchemy supports a regular potion supply, while Herbalism funds that supply during leveling. Buy only the consumables you can use at your present level.

Blacksmithing is an equipment route for weapons and armor. Check the specific recipe and its availability rather than assuming a profession choice automatically awards an endgame weapon.

Mining · Blacksmithing · Engineering · First Aid · Recipe database · Camping buffs

Races and racial abilities

Human is a weapon-specific damage option through Sword Specialization; its Forever benefit is critical strike rather than the old racial weapon skill bonus.

Orc offers Blood Fury for an offensive window. Dwarf Stoneform and Tauren War Stomp are practical tanking and control choices; select for the job rather than declaring one race best for every encounter.

Leveling and solo play

1. Fury focuses on sustained melee damage and frequent weapon attacks. Use Bloodthirst and Whirlwind once they become available, and manage Rage so you can continue attacking without unnecessary downtime.
2. As the Arms talents develop, practice Overpower reactions and use a two-handed weapon with competitive damage. Keep a one-handed weapon and shield for dungeon tanking rather than buying a separate entire armor set.
3. Use Victory Rush after a qualifying kill when available. Plan the next pull around recovery and cooldowns, and avoid spending all your money on armor upgrades that barely change survival.

Leveling routes and preparation · Dungeon entrances and level ranges

Useful macros

#showtooltip Pummel
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Pummel

Strengths and weaknesses

Common mistakes

• Queuing Heroic Strike with too little Rage
• Using cooldowns before a movement phase
• Ignoring interrupts while concentrating on the damage cycle

Full Fury talent reference

Exact rank text and prerequisites from the calculator’s existing talent data. Use the interactive tooltip for additional ranks.

View every Fury talent

Booming Voice

Passive · Tier 1 · 5 ranks

Increases the radius of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout abilities by 10%.

Cruelty

Passive · Tier 1 · 5 ranks

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.

Iron Will

Passive · Tier 2 · 5 ranks

Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 3%.

Unbridled Wrath

Passive · Tier 2 · 5 ranks

Gives you a 12% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. This effect is increased to 2 Rage for two-handed weapons.

Improved Cleave

Passive · Tier 3 · 3 ranks

Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 1.

Piercing Howl

Active · Tier 3 · 1 ranks

10 Rage | Instant

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

Blood Craze

Passive · Tier 3 · 3 ranks

Regenerates 1% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike, dealing damage with Bloodthirst, or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack.

Boundless Rage

Passive · Tier 3 · 3 ranks

Increases your maximum Rage by 10.

Dual Wield Specialization

Passive · Tier 4 · 5 ranks

Increases your off-hand weapon damage by 5%, off-hand Rage generation by 20%, and chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 2%.

Raging Blows

Passive · Tier 4 · 1 ranks

Causes your Whirlwind to also strike with your off-hand weapon, and reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 2.

Enrage

Passive · Tier 4 · 5 ranks

Gives you a 30% chance to deal 2% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack.

Improved Execute

Passive · Tier 4 · 2 ranks

Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 3.

Precision

Passive · Tier 5 · 3 ranks

Increases your chance to hit with all abilities and attacks by 1%.

Death Wish

Active · Tier 5 · 1 ranks

10 Rage | Instant | 3 min cooldown

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.

Improved Intercept

Passive · Tier 5 · 2 ranks

Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.

Improved Berserker Rage

Passive · Tier 6 · 2 ranks

Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 5 Rage and has a 50% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated.

Flurry

Passive · Tier 6 · 5 ranks

Increases your melee attack speed by 5% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

Requires Enrage

Bloodthirst

Active · Tier 7 · 1 ranks

30 Rage | Melee Range | Instant | 6 sec cooldown

Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 35% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec.

Requires Death Wish

Changes from Classic