Battle Shout

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Battle Shout
Battle Shout Instant cast 10 Rage The warrior shouts, increasing the melee attack power of all party members within 20 yards by X. Lasts 2 min.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Physical
Cooldown	None
Radius	20 yards
Talents
Improvement talents	Booming Voice, Commanding Presence, [Solarian's Sapphire]
Other information
Ranks	8
Related buff
Battle Shout Increases your melee attack power by X. Duration: 2 minutes

"For Lordaeron!" "For Khaz Modan!" "For the Horde!" Azeroth has heard them all.^{TCGHoA 135}

Battle Shout is the first shout a warrior receives. It costs 10 Rage. As a shout buff, it affects all party members in its range, increasing their Attack Power.

Rank table

Rank	Attack Power	Level	Cost
1	15	1	10
2	35	12	9
3	55	22	54
4	85	32	1 26
5	130	42	2 88
6	185	52	4 86
7	232	60	5 85
8	305	69	5 85

Tips and Tactics

• Keep this active all the time. In the long run, the extra damage will earn back the 10 rage it costs, and more damage is rarely a bad thing.

• When you are placed in a group of rogues, keep them buffed with this. 232 attack power will add around 30 DPS (unmitigated) for a decent rogue. 30x4 = 120 additional damage per second over a period of 2 minutes.

• Note that Battle Shout does not raise Ranged Attack Power.

• Does not stack with your own Commanding Shout, however if there is another Warrior in your party doing Commanding Shout the different shouts will stack.

Threat Generation

Before patch 2.01, Battle Shout generated 55 threat for every party member that received the buff. This made it better than demoralizing shout for gathering groups of mobs for AoE. It was also used frequently in Phase 1 of the Nefarian fight in BWL.

However, as of patch 2.01, battle shout has been 'fixed'. It now generates about 50 threat total (source?), no matter how many party members got the buff. The old days of battle shout tanking are quite over.

The threat generated is not restricted by range (unlike Demoralizing Shout), and is divided among all the mobs that have you on their hate list.

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