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{{AbilityFlavor|Showing weakness to a Warrior is a death sentence.|TCG Heroes of Azeroth|141}}
 
{{AbilityFlavor|Showing weakness to a Warrior is a death sentence.|TCG Heroes of Azeroth|141}}
   
'''Execute''' is an instant-cast ability learned by [[Warrior]]s. Execute can only be used when the target is below 20% health. The skill costs 15 [[rage]] to cast, and will convert all excess rage (up to 30) into additional damage. Execute has no [[cooldown]] (except for the Global Cooldown).
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'''Execute''' is an instant-cast ability learned by [[Warrior]]s. Execute can only be used when the target is below 20% health. The skill costs 15 [[rage]] to cast, and will convert up to 30 excess rage into additional damage. Execute has no [[cooldown]] (except for the Global Cooldown).
   
 
== Rank table ==
 
== Rank table ==

Revision as of 21:03, 16 July 2010

Execute
Inv misc questionmark
  • Execute (9 ranks)
  • Warrior ability
  • 5 s. yd range
  • 15 Rage
  • Instant
  • Attempt to finish off a wounded foe, causing [X + AP * 0.2] damage and converting each extra point of rage into Y additional damage (up to a maximum cost of 30 rage). Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.
Properties
Class Warrior
School Physical
Cooldown None
Other information
Requirements Requires melee weapon
Enemy must be below 20% HP
Requires Ability warrior offensivestance [Battle Stance] or Ability racial avatar [Berserker Stance]
Improvements Inv sword 48 [Improved Execute], Peticon-beast Ability hunter combatexperience [Impale], Ability warrior focusedrage [Focused Rage], Ability warrior improveddisciplines [Sudden Death]

[[Category:warrior abilities]][[Category:warrior abilities]]

Showing weakness to a Warrior is a death sentence.[1]

Execute is an instant-cast ability learned by Warriors. Execute can only be used when the target is below 20% health. The skill costs 15 rage to cast, and will convert up to 30 excess rage into additional damage. Execute has no cooldown (except for the Global Cooldown).

Rank table

Rank Level Base Damage Bonus Damage per Rage Cost
1 24 93 3 80s
2 32 159 6 1g 40s
3 40 282 9 2g 20s
4 48 404 12 4g
5 56 554 15 5g 80s
6 65 687 18 6g 50s
7 70 865 21 7g 10s
8 73 1142 30 26g
9 80 1456 38 26g

Talent improvement

  • Inv sword 48 [Improved Execute]: reduces the Rage cost of Execute by 2/5.
  • Peticon-beast Ability hunter combatexperience [Impale]: increases critical hit damage.
  • Ability warrior focusedrage [Focused Rage]: reduces the rage cost.
  • Ability warrior improveddisciplines [Sudden Death]: you keep at least 3/7/10 after using execute, and occasionally allows the use of execute on targets above 20% health.

Tips and tactics

  • Execute is a very powerful attack, but one that requires a bit of timing and practice. The base 15 Rage is unlikely to finish the remaining 20% of the target's health in one hit, so it helps to build up rage as the target approaches 20% health. The theory is that once the target reaches 20% health, execute will gain enough bonus damage from excess rage to kill the target in one hit.
  • It is unwise to begin saving rage too soon or you will drastically increase the amount of time it takes to kill an opponent. Auto-attacking for 10 seconds to save rage and then executing an enemy is generally a worse battle plan than executing an enemy then auto-attacking for 3–6 seconds to finish him off. Also, if you should chose to save rage, that does not mean that you should save your rage at all costs; you should still attempt to pummel CCs, stance dance for overpowers and rends (on rogues), and so on.
  • The emptying of the Rage Bar means that you will be left with no rage for the next fight. The introduction of Ability warrior devastate [Victory Rush] has reduced this disadvantage, but it is recommended that you recast Ability warrior battleshout [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 reduces the rage cost of Execute by 3, stacking with both Improved Execute and Focused Rage. With all said bonuses, execute cost can go down to a minimum of 4 rage needed, which lets up to 96 rage get converted to extra damage.
  • Inv glyph majorwarrior [Glyph of Execution] makes your execute deal damage as if you had 10 more rage, so theoretically you can convert 106 rage to extra damage.
  • The trick to using execute on long fight such as raidbosses however is not to build up rage, but instead to use it with as little rage as possible, since this highly boosts the damage per rage ratio of Execute. Most often this means you either spam execute every global cooldown, or you continue your normal rotation to dump rage, and only use execute when you have no other skills to use during that global cooldown.

Patch changes

  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): 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.

References

 
  1. ^ TCG Heroes of Azeroth, #141

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