Warrior
Arms · Fury · Protection· Playable byHumanOrcDwarfNight ElfUndeadTaurenGnomeTrollSkyborne (High Order)newSkyborne (Windshaper)new
Compare 1.60.1.70425 with Classic Era 1.15.9.70003
Warrior changes in World of Warcraft: Forever
Arms
13
A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.

Grants your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend a 20% chance to allow an activation of Overpower.

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.

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

Mace Specialization
Removedrow 5Gives you a 6% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a Mace.

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

Polearm Specialization
Removedrow 6Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Polearms by 5%.

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

You retain up to 25 of your rage points when you change stances.
Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 15 Rage when you change stances.

Increases the time required for your rage to decay while out of combat by 30%.
Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%.
5 → 3 ranksIncreases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 5%.
Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 3%.
5 → 2 ranksFury r5c1 → Arms r6c1Decreases the casting time of your Slam ability by 0.5 sec.
Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.5 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3 sec.
Arms r3c1 → Arms r2c4Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%.
Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%.
Fury
16
Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 10 sec.

Increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 10%.

Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3.

Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 1% of your maximum Health.

Improved Demoralizing Shout
Baselinerow 2DerivedIncreases the melee attack power reduction of your Demoralizing Shout by 40%.

Improved Cleave
Baselinerow 3DerivedIncreases the bonus damage done by your Cleave ability by 120%.

Improved Battle Shout
Baselinerow 3DerivedIncreases the melee attack power bonus of your Battle Shout by 25%.

Increases the area of effect and duration of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout by 50%.
Increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 50% and reduces their Rage cost by 25%.

Regenerates 3% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike.
Regenerates 3% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack.

Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 25%.
Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 25% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 50%.

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.
Gives you a 30% chance to deal 10% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack.
Fury r4c2 → Fury r4c4Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.
Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.
Fury r6c1 → Fury r5c1The Berserker Rage ability will generate 10 rage when used.
Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 10 Rage and has a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated.

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.
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.
Fury r6c3 → Fury r6c2prerequisite changedIncreases your attack speed by 30% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.
Increases your melee attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.
prerequisite changedInstantly 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.
Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 45% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec.
Protection
18
Grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.

Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.

Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3.

Improved Shield Block
Baselinerow 3DerivedAllows your Shield Block ability to block an additional attack and increases the duration by 2 seconds.

Toughness
Removedrow 2Increases your armor value from items by 10%.

Improved Taunt
Removedrow 4Reduces the cooldown of your Taunt ability by 2 sec.
Protection r2c1 → Protection r1c1Increases the instant Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 5.
Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%.
Protection r2c4 → Protection r1c3Increases your chance to resist Stun and Charm effects by an additional 15%.
Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 15%.
Protection r1c3 → Protection r2c1Increases your Defense skill by 10.
Increases your Defense Skill by 20.
Protection r3c3 → Protection r2c3Gives your Revenge ability a 45% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 60%.
Arms r2c4 → Protection r2c4Reduces the cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 4 rage points.
Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 6.
prerequisite changed10 min cooldown → 3 min cooldownWhen activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum hit points for 20 seconds. After the effect expires, the hit points are lost.
When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.
Protection r4c2 → Protection r3c3Increases the duration of your Disarm ability by 3 secs.
Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 20 secs.
5 → 3 ranksIncreases the threat generated by your attacks by 15% while in Defensive Stance.
Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped.
Protection r5c3 → Protection r4c3Gives your Shield Bash ability a 100% chance to silence the target for 3 sec.
Gives your Shield Bash ability a 100% chance to Silence the target for 3 sec.

Increases the effect duration of your Shield Wall ability by 5 secs.
Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 11 min.
15 Rage → 10 RageStuns the opponent for 5 sec.
Stuns the target for 5 sec.

Slam the target with your shield, causing 230 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.
Slam the target with your shield, causing 430 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat.
Ability77
Battle Shout (Rank 1)Changed
Commanding ShoutNew
DevastateNew
Enraged RegenerationNew
MeathookNew
Quick StrikeNew
Raging BlowNew
Rallying CryNew
ShockwaveNew
Valor of AzerothNew
Charge (Rank 1)
Thunder Clap (Rank 1)Changed
Bloodrage
Defensive StanceChanged
Sunder Armor (Rank 1)Changed
TauntChanged
Battle Shout (Rank 2)Changed
Overpower (Rank 1)Changed
Demoralizing Shout (Rank 1)Changed
Revenge (Rank 1)Changed
Tactical MasteryNew
Shield BlockChanged
Thunder Clap (Rank 2)Changed
Cleave (Rank 1)
RetaliationChanged
Slam (Rank 1)Changed
Victory RushNew
Battle Shout (Rank 3)Changed
Intimidating Shout
Sunder Armor (Rank 2)Changed
Demoralizing Shout (Rank 2)Changed
Revenge (Rank 2)Changed
Challenging Shout
Charge (Rank 2)
Overpower (Rank 2)Changed
Shield WallChanged
Thunder Clap (Rank 3)Changed
Berserker RageChanged
Berserker Stance
Cleave (Rank 2)
Slam (Rank 2)Changed
Battle Shout (Rank 4)Changed
Demoralizing Shout (Rank 3)Changed
Revenge (Rank 3)Changed
Sunder Armor (Rank 3)Changed
Whirlwind
Slam (Rank 3)Changed
Thunder Clap (Rank 4)Changed
Cleave (Rank 3)
Battle Shout (Rank 5)Changed
Demoralizing Shout (Rank 4)Changed
Overpower (Rank 3)Changed
Revenge (Rank 4)Changed
Charge (Rank 3)
Slam (Rank 4)Changed
Sunder Armor (Rank 4)Changed
Bloodthirst (Rank 2)Changed
Shield Slam (Rank 2)Changed
Thunder Clap (Rank 5)Changed
Cleave (Rank 4)
RecklessnessChanged
Battle Shout (Rank 6)Changed
Bloodthirst (Rank 3)Changed
Demoralizing Shout (Rank 5)Changed
Revenge (Rank 5)Changed
Shield Slam (Rank 3)Changed
Slam (Rank 5)Changed
Sunder Armor (Rank 5)Changed
Thunder Clap (Rank 6)Changed
Battle Shout (Rank 7)Changed
Bloodthirst (Rank 4)Changed
Cleave (Rank 5)
Overpower (Rank 4)Changed
Revenge (Rank 6)Changed
Shield Slam (Rank 4)Changed
Mace Stun Effect (Rank 1)Removed
Revenge Stun (Rank 1)Removed
Questions about Warrior in Forever
How many Warrior talents changed in World of Warcraft: Forever?
Compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.70003, 10 Warrior talents are new, 27 were changed or moved and 10 were removed or made baseline (beta build 1.60.1.70425).
Which Warrior talents are new in Forever?
Spearing Strike, Bloodthrill, Weaponmaster, Lingering Rage, Furious Precision, Raging Blows, Gore Drinker, Master of Defense, Vanguard, Focused Rage.
Which Warrior talents were removed?
Axe Specialization, Mace Specialization, Sword Specialization, Polearm Specialization, Improved Demoralizing Shout, Improved Cleave, Improved Battle Shout, Toughness, Improved Shield Block, Improved Taunt.
What are the Warrior talent trees in Forever?
Arms (17 talents), Fury (17 talents), Protection (18 talents); 51 points at level 60.

