Execute
Execute Meleerange 30 Rage Instant Requires Melee Weapon Attempt to finish off a wounded foe, causing X physical damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	7
Other information
Requirements	Requires Melee Weapon
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• Execute
• Meleerange
• 30 Rage
• Instant
• Attempt to finish off a wounded foe, causing X physical damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.

Execute is a core warrior ability learned at level seven. It is an instant ability that can only be used when the target is below 20% health. The skill costs 30 rage to use.

Modified by

• [Seasoned Soldier] ( arms spec ability)
• [Sudden Death] ( arms spec ability)

2020

• Glyph of Crow Feast
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Minor Glyph
• Classes: Warrior
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Your Execute critical strikes summon a flock of carrion birds.
• Sell Price: 1

Tips

• Execute is a very powerful attack, but one that requires a bit of timing and practice. The base 30 Rage is unlikely to finish the remaining 20% of the target's health in one hit.

• The emptying of the Rage Bar means that you will be left with no rage for the next fight. The introduction of [Victory Rush] has reduced this disadvantage, but it is recommended that you recast [Battle Shout] before using execute to finish off your opponent. This will allow you to attack your next target without having to waste rage to re-buff yourself.

• The 2 piece set bonus of Onslaught Battlegear increases the damage by 10%.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.2.0 (5-Mar-2013): Execute now deals 15% less damage. 
  
• Patch 5.1.0 (27-Nov-2012): Execute damage with high amounts of Vengeance is now capped at the Warrior's maximum health to prevent it from reaching excessive numbers. 
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): This ability now never costs more than a total of 30 rage. The tooltip for Sudden Death has been revised to remove reference to that maximum, since the ability now behaves that way even when untalented.; Focused Rage and the Dreadnaught Battlegear set bonus will now properly reduce the cost of Execute. 
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (22-May-2007): When used with Sweeping Strikes, ranks 6 and 7 of this ability will no longer cause full damage to secondary targets who are not wounded. 
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (07-Mar-2005): Full rage is no longer consumed when the ability does not hit. 
  

External links

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