This guide is intended to provide a general overview of the World of Warcraft Warrior. For a far more in-depth and highly detailed resource on the warrior, check out the Killer Guide's Warrior Guide.
Also check the other Warrior guides on GotWarcraft, such as our Warrior Class Guide and guides for the specific builds of Fury Warrior, Arms Warrior, and Protection Warrior. We also have a new Warrior PvP guide.
Contents:
1.0 - Introduction
2.0 - Talents for leveling
3.0 - Gear & Progression
4.0 - Professions
5.0 - 1-80 Warrior Leveling Guide
Introduction
Warriors are one of my favorite classes to level, at least under specific circumstances. They provide the fun gaming style of non-stop death-dealing combined with a decent overall leveling speed that can come in narrowly behind rogues and hunters, if done correctly.
One slight catch - to do so you must be geared to the teeth at all times, and, at the very least, you must updateg your weaponry every 5 or 6 levels, if not more. So, have fun dropping your cash, or gold in this case, down the black hole known as the Auction House.
Besides that small downer, Warriors can provide a fun and engaging experience to level, especially with the somewhat recent increase to quested experience gain – this really helps make Warrior (and any class) leveling far easier.
2.0 – Talent Builds for Leveling
Build #1: 19/52/0 Fury + Arms Build - This is a solid level 80 leveling build, from Zygor's Guide, complete with glyphs. It's intended to get you into Titan's Grip ASAP. It's not intended to be a true raiding or PvP build.
Fury Talents
3 pts in Armored to the Teeth - More armor = more damage.
5 pts in Cruelty - Yes, we like crits, and it helps with other talents.
4 of 5 pts in Unbridled Wrath - More Rage
3 pts in Improved Cleave - More Cleave damage
5 pts in Dual Wield Specialization - Use two weapons, rage comes faster. 'nuff said
3 pts in Precision - Hit more often = More damage and more threat
Death Wish - More damage. Great for DPS and leveling.
2 pts in Improved Intercept - More frequent Intercepts
5 pts in Flurry - More crits = more attacks = more damage and threat
Blood Thirst - Instant attack and restores a bit of health
2 pts in Improved Whirlwind - More Whirlwind damage
5 pts in Improved Berserker Stance - More Srength = more damage , but less threat
Rampage - More crits for your team
3 pts in Bloodsurge - Your next Slam might be instant (20% chance)
5 pts in Unending Fury - More damage
Titan's Grip - Wield two 2-hand weapons. What's not to like?
Arms Talents
3 pts in Improved Heroic Strike - Lowered rage cost.
2 pts out of 5 in Deflection - 2% parry
2 pts in Iron Will - Lower the duration of Stun and Charms
3 pts in Tactical Mastery - More efficient rage management, more threat in Def. stance.
Anger Management - More Rage
2 pts in Impale - More crit damage
3 pts in Deep Wounds - Adds a bleed to your crits
3 pts in Two-Handed Weapon Specialization - More damage with your two 2-handers
This build allows you to pump out massive amounts of consistent damage combined with frequent critical strikes, giving a near permanent flurry buff and maxing out white damage.
Use Dual Weild when you get the ability at level 20. You will get faster rage generation and more damage.
The Fury + Arms build covers almost any need as far as talents go, picking up all the necessary ones and essentially going for maximum efficiency as far as a well geared fury warrior is concerned. However, that’s not to say it’s in any way perfect for your warrior, so feel free to experiment as you go and find your match.
Cruelty provides us with a staple damage increase. It also gives us the much needed critical strikes that become oh-so-very-important at the later levels, largely due to Flurry. It’s probably one of the best talents in the tree despite occupying the first tier.
Second tier we pick up Unbridled Wrath, this also helps greatly at all levels – Hilariously enough, I skipped this my first time through the game, way back at release, and instead picked up Booming Voice, as Unbridled Wrath seemed rather weak to me at a first glance. Don’t make this same mistake. The Unbridled Wrath talent is yet another must have as it really shows when you’ve maxed it out and proceed to fill your rage pool *while* fully spamming all abilities.
At one point in time I'd favored Enrage over Dual-wield Specialization, however, that time has passed, and, for consistency, I now pick up five points in Dual-wield Spec as opposed to my prior builds - I'd recommend you do the same.
Flurry is the real killer, however. It rounds out the builds damage abilities with a massive, consistent increase of damage throughout practically every fight. Just one thin
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