Warrior

TankDamageWoW Forever

WoW Forever Talents, Spells & Builds

A master of arms, rage, and relentless offense. Learn what changed and find the talent path that fits your plan.

Recommended BuildsEvery point, in order

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Talent Tree ChangesNew, moved & removed

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Leveling RoutesAlliance & Horde

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What Forever Changes for Warriors

Rage from taking damage ignores your Armor and absorb shields, so better gear and a Power Word: Shield no longer starve a tank.
Rage from dealing damage is normalized to weapon speed, and critical strikes with basic attacks give twice as much Rage.
Tactical Mastery is trained at level 14 and Victory Rush at level 20. Every kill readies Victory Rush, an instant hit that heals you for 10% of your maximum health.
Recklessness, Retaliation, and Shield Wall no longer share a cooldown, and Retaliation and Shield Wall drop to 15 minutes.
Thunder Clap works in Defensive Stance, and its damage, Rend, and Sunder Armor threat all scale with Attack Power.

Leveling a new one? Start hereArms and Fury Beta StartTactical Mastery and Victory Rush now come with the class; these points add critical strike, steady Rage, and Piercing Howl at 20.

New and Reworked Warrior Abilities

These are the spells the Forever client adds, opens to every race, or hands you without a talent, in the order you learn them. Spells marked with a race are that race’s own.

Level	Ability	Status	What it does
20	Victory Rush	New in Forever	Instantly attack the target causing (1 + 15% of your attack power) damage and healing you for 10% of your maximum health. Only useable within 20 sec after you kill a non-trivial enemy.

Recommended Builds

Each build lists the order to spend every point from level 10, so you can follow it while you level. Open any step in the talent calculator to see the build at that level.

Arms and Fury Beta Start

Levels 10–20, the opening Arms and Fury share at the beta level cap

0 Arms11 Fury0 Protection

Eleven points into Fury: 5% melee critical strike, a steady stream of extra Rage, and Piercing Howl at 20 to stop anything that runs.

Why these talents

Cruelty adds 5% melee critical strike chance, the simplest damage increase available before the deeper Arms talents open.
Unbridled Wrath gives melee damage a 60% chance of 1 extra Rage, which is what keeps your Rage spenders coming.
Piercing Howl at level 20 dazes every nearby enemy for 6 seconds: an escape when a pull goes wrong, and a way to finish runners.

Swaps to consider

Arms and Fury want the same eleven points at this level, so this build covers both; the trees separate after level 20.
Tanking dungeons instead? The Protection build trades all of this for Rage on every block.

Open the full build in the calculator →

Talent order

Levels 10–14Cruelty 5/5Lv 14 →
Levels 15–19Unbridled Wrath 5/5Lv 19 →
Level 20Piercing Howl 1/1Lv 20 →
Beta level cap 20: stop here

Talent trees from WoW Forever client 1.60.1.70685.

Protection Beta Start

Levels 10–20, tanking beta dungeons

0 Arms0 Fury11 Protection

Protection's first eleven points are all Rage: 5 Rage on every block, half again as much from Bloodrage, and a cheaper Thunder Clap for holding groups.

Why these talents

Shield Specialization adds 5% block chance and a guaranteed 5 Rage whenever you block, which is the entire Rage engine for a level-20 tank.
Improved Bloodrage raises the Rage from Bloodrage by 50%, so you open a pull with enough to act immediately.
Improved Thunder Clap cuts 6 Rage from Thunder Clap, making multi-target threat affordable on the first pull.
Master of Defense adds a 50% chance of 5 Rage when you dodge or parry with a shield equipped.

Swaps to consider

Questing solo between dungeon runs is much faster with the Arms and Fury build; the two swap cleanly at a trainer.

Open the full build in the calculator →

Talent order

Levels 10–14Shield Specialization 5/5Lv 14 →
Levels 15–16Improved Bloodrage 2/2Lv 16 →
Levels 17–19Improved Thunder Clap 3/3Lv 19 →
Level 20Master of Defense 1/2Lv 20 →
Beta level cap 20: stop here

Talent trees from WoW Forever client 1.60.1.70685.

Talent Tree Changes from Classic

New talents, talents moved in from another tree, and the Classic talents each tree no longer has. Compare them in the talent calculator →

Arms

4 new · 1 moved in · 5 removed

Weaponmaster folds every weapon specialization into one talent, so any weapon upgrade is simply an upgrade. Spearing Strike at 16 points knocks a target off its mount.

New

Improved Tactical Mastery
Spearing Strike
Bloodthrill
Weaponmaster

Moved in

Improved Overpower

No longer in this tree

Axe Specialization, Mace Specialization, Polearm Specialization, Sword Specialization, Tactical Mastery

Fury

4 new · 1 moved in · 3 removed

Whirlwind now strikes with both weapons without a talent, Raging Blows at 16 points cuts the Rage cost of Cleave and Whirlwind, and Lingering Rage, Furious Precision, and Gore Drinker are new. Bloodthirst trades its heal for 10% movement speed.

New

Lingering Rage
Furious Precision
Raging Blows
Gore Drinker

Moved in

Improved Execute

No longer in this tree

Improved Battle Shout, Improved Cleave, Improved Demoralizing Shout

Protection

4 new · 1 moved in · 4 removed

Vanguard at 16 points lets you Charge in Defensive Stance, and Master of Defense and Shield Specialization turn blocks, dodges, and parries into Rage.

New

Master of Defense
Vanguard
Focused Rage
Bastion

Moved in

Improved Shield Bash

No longer in this tree

Improved Shield Block, Improved Taunt, One-Handed Weapon Specialization, Toughness

Leveling a Warrior

Every class follows the same zones and dungeons; your faction decides the route. Start in your race's zone, follow your faction's route, and spend your talents with the Arms and Fury Beta Start build above.

HumanAlliance · Elwynn Forest
DwarfAlliance · Dun Morogh
Night ElfAlliance · Teldrassil
GnomeAlliance · Dun Morogh
SkyborneAlliance · Zephras Isle
OrcHorde · Durotar
UndeadHorde · Tirisfal Glades
TaurenHorde · Mulgore
TrollHorde · Durotar
SkyborneHorde · Zephras Isle

Alliance Leveling RouteZones and dungeons from 1 to 60 Horde Leveling RouteZones and dungeons from 1 to 60

Playable Race Options

Every race that can play a Warrior in WoW Forever. Racials are balanced around offensive consistency, so choose the aesthetics, utility, and movement tools that fit your playstyle.

Alliance Races

5 Options

HumanClassic Baseline

Key Racials:PerceptionWill to SurviveRuthless

DwarfClassic Baseline

Key Racials:Find TreasureStoneformBig Game Hunter

Night ElfClassic Baseline

Key Racials:Elune's LightShadowmeldQuickness

GnomeClassic Baseline

Key Racials:Escape ArtistEureka!Engineering Specialization

SkyborneNew in Forever

Key Racials:Walk on AirRead LeylineSkysight

Horde Races

5 Options

OrcClassic Baseline

Key Racials:Blood FuryShatter CurseHardiness

UndeadClassic Baseline

Key Racials:CannibalizeWill of the ForsakenTouch of the Grave

TaurenClassic Baseline

Key Racials:CultivationWar StompEndurance

TrollClassic Baseline

Key Racials:BerserkingRapid RegenerationBeast Slaying

SkyborneNew in Forever

Key Racials:Walk on AirRead LeylineSkysight

Quick Facts

Primary Roles	Tank, Damage
Resource	Rage
Armor Type	Plate
Weapon Types	Nearly every melee weapon, plus bows, guns, and thrown weapons for pulling
Good For	Dungeons, raids, group play

Tactical Toolkit

“Discipline turns strength into purpose.”— A Warrior's creed

Warrior Talents

Start From a Recommended Build

Click a build to load it into the calculator, then change any point you like.

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How the Calculator Works

You have 51 points, one per level from 10 to 60.
Every 5 points in a tree open its next row, and some talents need a maxed talent above them first.
Click a talent to add a point; right-click or Shift-click to remove one. On a touch screen, tap a talent and use its buttons.
Your build lives in the page link, so copying the link saves and shares it.
Turn on Highlight Forever changes to spot every new and reworked talent.

What Forever Changes in Warrior Talents

12 of Warrior's 52 talents are new in Forever, and 31 change from their Classic versions.
The three trees keep their Classic rows, with a new milestone talent at 16 points in each tree.
Spell, melee, and ranged hit are one stat, and critical strike works the same way.
Group buffs that used to cost talent points are now baseline, which frees points for new choices.

Every Warrior talent change, tree by tree →

View Full Warrior Talent Reference Table52 talents · 12 new in Forever

Arms

Talent	Row	Ranks	At Max Rank	vs Classic
Improved Heroic Strike	1	3	Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 Rage.	Changed
Deflection	1	5	Increases your Parry chance by 5%.	Same
Improved Rend	1	3	Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 35%.	Same
Improved Charge	2	2	Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 6.	Changed
Improved Tactical Mastery	2	5	Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 15 Rage when you change stances.	New
Improved Overpower	2	2	Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%.	Moved
Anger Management	3	1	Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%.	Changed
Deep Wounds	3	3	Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.	Changed
Spearing Strike	4	1	A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.	New
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	4	3	Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 3%.	Changed
Impale	4	2	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 20%.	Changed
Bloodthrill	5	5	Grants your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend a 20% chance to allow an activation of Overpower.	New
Sweeping Strikes	5	1	Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.	Same
Weaponmaster	5	5	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.	New
Improved Slam	6	2	Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.50 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3.0 sec.	Changed
Improved Hamstring	6	3	Gives your Hamstring ability a 15% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.	Same
Mortal Strike	7	1	A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec.	Same

Fury

Talent	Row	Ranks	At Max Rank	vs Classic
Booming Voice	1	5	Increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 50% and reduces their Rage cost by 25%.	Changed
Cruelty	1	5	Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.	Changed
Lingering Rage	2	5	Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 10 sec.	New
Unbridled Wrath	2	5	Gives you a 60% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon.	Changed
Furious Precision	3	3	Increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 10%.	New
Piercing Howl	3	1	Causes all enemies within 10 yds to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.	Changed
Blood Craze	3	3	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.	Changed
Dual Wield Specialization	4	5	Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 25% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 50%.	Changed
Raging Blows	4	1	Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3.	New
Enrage	4	5	Gives you a 30% chance to deal 10% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack.	Changed
Improved Execute	4	2	Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.	Moved
Improved Berserker Rage	5	2	Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 10 Rage and has a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated.	Changed
Death Wish	5	1	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.	Changed
Improved Intercept	5	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 10 sec.	Same
Flurry	6	5	Increases your melee attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.	Changed
Gore Drinker	6	2	Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 1.0% of your maximum Health.	New
Bloodthirst	7	1	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.	Changed

Protection

Talent	Row	Ranks	At Max Rank	vs Classic
Improved Bloodrage	1	2	Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%.	Changed
Shield Specialization	1	5	Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 5% and grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block.	Changed
Iron Will	1	5	Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 15%.	Changed
Anticipation	2	5	Increases your Defense Skill by 20.	Changed
Improved Revenge	2	3	Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 60%.	Changed
Improved Thunder Clap	2	3	Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 6.	Changed
Last Stand	3	1	When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.	Changed
Master of Defense	3	2	Grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.	New
Improved Disarm	3	3	Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 20 secs.	Changed
Defiance	3	3	Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped.	Changed
Improved Sunder Armor	4	3	Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 3.	Changed
Vanguard	4	1	Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.	New
Improved Shield Bash	4	2	Gives your Shield Bash ability a 100% chance to Silence the target for 3 sec.	Moved
Improved Shield Wall	5	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 11.0 min.	Changed
Concussion Blow	5	1	Stuns the target for 5 sec.	Changed
Focused Rage	5	3	Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3.	New
Bastion	6	5	Increases all damage you deal by 10% while a shield is equipped.	New
Shield Slam	7	1	Slam the target with your shield, causing 421 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.	Changed

Warrior Spellbook

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Trainer Roadmap: Every spell and rank learned from class trainers up to level 60, organized by level milestone.

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How the Spellbook Works

One tab per talent tree: Arms, Fury, Protection.
Hover or select a spell to read its tooltip: cost, range, cast time, cooldown, and effect.
Switch to Trainer Progression to see what you learn at each level from 1 to 60.
Open a spell to compare every rank: the level you learn it, its cost, and its numbers.
Talent abilities live in the talent calculator: use the switch at the top of the page.

What Forever Changes in the Warrior Spellbook

1 of Warrior's 32 trainable spells are new in Forever: Victory Rush.
Pick Forever Changes Only in the filters to list just these spells.

Read the full Warrior guide →

Compare every class spellbook →

Warrior Gear: Sets and Bonuses

A Warrior wears mail until level 40 and plate after it. 29 sets are locked to the class in Forever: 2 are new and 3 were rebuilt with new bonuses.

New in Forever 2

Sets that exist only in Forever and only a Warrior can wear. Hover a piece for its tooltip.

Battlegear of Glory
NewPlate
1. (2)Increases your attack speed and casting speed by 1%.
2. (3)Reduces the cooldown of your Intimidating Shout ability by 30 sec.
3. (4)+36 Attack Power against Humanoids.
4. (5)Reduces the cooldown of your Recklessness ability by 30 sec.
Battleplate of Glory
NewPlate
1. (2)Increased Defense +7
2. (3)Reduces the cooldown of your Intervene ability by 10 sec.
3. (4)Reduces the chance for your melee attacks to be Dodged or Parried by 1.2%.
4. (5)Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 30 sec.

Dungeon, Raid and Quest Sets 19

The class sets carried over from Classic, with the bonuses Forever gives them.

Battlegear of Heroism
ChangedPlate
1. (2)+8 All Resistances.
2. (3)Restores 15 health per 5 sec.
3. (5)When struck in combat, has a 10% chance to remove a Disarm effect from yourself. Can only occur once every 60 sec.
4. (6)+20 Strength.
Banished Martyr's Full Plate
PlateLevel 50
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Emerald Dream Plate
ChangedPlateLevel 50
1. (3)+10 Stamina.
2. (6)+20 Attack Power.
Wailing Berserker's Plate Armor
PlateLevel 50
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Battlegear of Might
ChangedPlateLevel 60
1. (3)Increases the block value of your shield by 30.
2. (5)Gives you a 20% chance to generate an additional Rage point whenever damage is dealt to you.
3. (8)Increases the threat generated by Sunder Armor by 15%.
Battlegear of Unyielding Strength
ChangedLevel 60
1. (3)-2 rage cost to Intercept.
Battlegear of Wrath
ChangedPlateLevel 60
1. (3)Increases the attack power granted by Battle Shout by 30.
2. (5)20% chance after using an offensive ability requiring rage that your next offensive ability requires 5 less rage to use.
3. (8)4% chance to parry the next attack after a block.
Conqueror's Advance
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Conqueror's Battlegear
ChangedPlateLevel 60
1. (3)Decreases the rage cost of all Warrior shouts by 35%.
2. (5)Increase the Slow effect and damage of Thunder Clap by 50%.
Conqueror's Bulwark
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Dreadnaught's Battlegear
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Dreadnaught's Warplate
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Immoveable Might
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Immoveable Wrath
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Lightbreaker's Battlegear
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Lightbreaker's Warplate
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Unstoppable Might
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Unstoppable Wrath
PlateLevel 60
This build does not describe the set bonus.
Vindicator's Battlegear
ChangedPlateLevel 60
1. (2)Increases your chance to block attacks with a shield by 2%.
2. (3)Decreases the cooldown of Intimidating Shout by 15 sec.
3. (5)Decrease the rage cost of Whirlwind by 3.

PvP Rank Sets 8

The honor track sets, in Alliance and Horde pairs under different rank titles.

Blood Guard's Plate
ChangedHordePlateLevel 50
1. (3)+15 Stamina.
2. (6)+30 Attack Power.
Knight-Lieutenant's Plate
ChangedAlliancePlateLevel 50
1. (3)+15 Stamina.
2. (6)+30 Attack Power.
Champion's Battlegear
ChangedHordePlateLevel 55
1. (2)+40 Attack Power.
2. (4)Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.
3. (6)+20 Stamina.
Lieutenant Commander's Battlegear
ChangedAlliancePlateLevel 55
1. (2)+40 Attack Power.
2. (4)Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.
3. (6)+20 Stamina.
Champion's Battlearmor
ChangedHordePlateLevel 60
1. (2)+40 Attack Power.
2. (4)Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.
3. (6)+20 Stamina.
Field Marshal's Battlegear
ChangedAlliancePlateLevel 60
1. (2)+20 Stamina.
2. (3)Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.
3. (6)+40 Attack Power.
Lieutenant Commander's Battlearmor
ChangedAlliancePlateLevel 60
1. (2)+40 Attack Power.
2. (4)Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.
3. (6)+20 Stamina.
Warlord's Battlegear
ChangedHordePlateLevel 60
1. (2)+20 Stamina.
2. (3)Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.
3. (6)+40 Attack Power.

Open Sets You Can Also Wear

Crafted and world drop sets with no class lock, in the armor a Warrior wears at their level. Any class of the same armor can use them.

Set	Level	Pieces
Battlegear of Heroism	Any	8
Soulforge Armor	Any	8
Blackfathom Avenger's Mail	25	3
Chain of the Scarlet Crusade	39	6
H.A.Z.A.R.D. Suit	40	3
Shockforged Warplate	40	3
Blessed Plate	56	8
Deathbone Guardian	56	5
Imperial Plate	56	8
Battlegear of Undead Purification	58	3
Battlegear of Undead Slaying	58	3
Battlegear of Undead Warding	58	3
Battlegear of Valor	58	8
Lightforge Armor	58	8
Dreadnaught's Battlegear	60	9
Redemption Armor	60	9
The Darksoul	60	3
The Defiler's Resolution	60	3
The Highlander's Resolution	60	3
The Highlander's Resolve	60	3

What Forever Changes for Warriors

New and Reworked Warrior Abilities

Recommended Builds

Why these talents

Swaps to consider

Talent order

Why these talents

Swaps to consider

Talent order

Talent Tree Changes from Classic

Arms

New

Moved in

No longer in this tree

Fury

New

Moved in

No longer in this tree

Protection

New

Moved in

No longer in this tree

Leveling a Warrior

Playable Race Options

Alliance Races

Horde Races

Warrior Talents

Start From a Recommended Build

How the Calculator Works

What Forever Changes in Warrior Talents

Arms

Fury

Protection

Warrior Spellbook

Arms Spells

Fury Spells

Protection Spells

How the Spellbook Works

What Forever Changes in the Warrior Spellbook

Warrior Gear: Sets and Bonuses

New in Forever 2

Dungeon, Raid and Quest Sets 19

PvP Rank Sets 8

Open Sets You Can Also Wear