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Warrior abilities fall into two broad categories: tanking and damage dealing. In most cases warrior ability usage is constrained by the rage at which rage is generated, although some abilities do not require rage and a small number generate rage when used. Many abilities can only be used in certain stance(s). The abilities listed below specify which stance(s) can use which abilities. Also see more warrior tactics.

Stances

The warrior always has one stance active at a time. The warrior's active stance determines which abilities the warrior can use. In addition, each stance provides the warrior a unique benefit.

Icon	Name	Level	Description
	[Battle Stance]	1	A balanced combat stance. Increases damage done by 5%. Decreases damage taken by 5%.
	[Defensive Stance]	10	A defensive combat stance. Decreases damage taken by 10%. Increases threat generated by 200%.
	[Berserker Stance]	30	An aggressive combat stance. Increases damage done by 10%.

Trainable Abilities

These abilities are available to all Warriors at the appropriate level, regardless of talents.

Icon	Name	Level	Stance(s)	Description
	[Strike]	1	All	A simple strike that deals X to Y damage. Use once you have sufficient rage.
	Charge	3	Battle Defensive* Berserker*	Charge an enemy, generate 15 rage, and stun it for 1.50 sec. * Only with points spent in Warbringer talent.
	[Victory Rush]	5	All	Instantly attack the target causing X damage and healing you for Y% of your maximum health. Can only be used within Z sec after you kill an enemy that yields experience or honor.
File:Ability Gouge.png	[Rend]	7	Battle Defensive	Wounds the target causing them to bleed for X damage plus an additional Y (based on weapon damage) over 15 sec.
	[Thunder Clap]	9	Battle Defensive	Blasts enemies withing 8 yards for X damage, and increases the time between their attacks by 20% for 30 sec. Damage increased by attack power.
	Parry (Passive)	10	N/A	Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.
	Taunt	10	Defensive	Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you.
	[Heroic Strike]	14	All	An attack that instantly deals X physical damage. A good attack for moments of excess rage.
	[Execute]	16	Battle Berserker	Attempt to finish off a wounded foe, causing X physical damage and consumes up to 20 additional rage to deal up to Y additional damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.
	[Sunder Armor]	18	All	Sunders the target's armor, reducing it by 4% per Sunder Armor and causes a high amount of threat. Threat increased by attack power. Can be applied up to 3 times. Lasts 30 sec.
	[Battle Shout]	20	All	The warrior shouts, increasing Strength and Agility of all raid and party members within 30 yards by Y and gaining 20 rage. Lasts 2 min.
	[Shield Bash]	20	Battle Defensive	Bash the target with your shield dazing them and interrupting spellcasting, which prevents any school in that school from being cast for 6 sec.
	[Overpower]	22	Battle	Instantly overpower the enemy, causing weapon damage. Only usable after the target dodges. The Overpower cannot be blocked, dodged or parried.
	[Cleave]	24	All	A sweeping attack that strikes the target and a nearby ally, dealing X physical damage.
	[Hamstring]	26	Battle Berserker	Maims the enemy, reducing movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
	[Shield Block]	28	Defensive	Increases your chance to block by 100% for 10 sec.
	[Disarm]	34	Defensive	Disarm the enemy's main hand and ranged weapons for 10 sec.
	[Whirlwind]	36	Berserker	In a whirlwind of steel you attack all enemies within 8 yards, causing 50% weapon damage from both melee weapons to each enemy.
	[Pummel]	38	Battle Berserker	Pummel the target, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec.
	[Revenge]	40	Defensive	Instantly counterattack an enemy for X to Y damage. Revenge is only usable after the warrior blocks, dodges or parries and attack.
File:Ability GolemThunderClap.png	[Intimidating Shout]	42	All	The warrior shouts, causing up to 5 enemies within 8 yards to cower in fear. The targeted enemy will be unable to move while cowering. Lasts 8 sec.
	[Slam]	44	All	Slams the opponent, causing weapon damage plus X.
File:Ability BullRush.png	[Challenging Shout]	46	All	Forces all enemies within 10 yards to focus attacks on you for 6 sec.
	[Shield Wall]	48	Defensive	Reduces all damage taken by 60% for 12 sec.
	[Intercept]	50	Battle* Defensive* Berserker	Charge an enemy, causing X damage (based on attack power) and stunning it for 3 sec. * Only with points spent in Warbringer talent.
	[Demoralizing Shout]	52	All	Reduces the physical damage caused by all enemies within 10 yards by 10% for 30 sec.
	[Berserker Rage]	54	All	Enter a berserker rage, removing and granting immunity to Fear, Sap and Incapacitate effects and generating extra rage when taking damage. Lasts 10 sec.
	[Stance Mastery] (Passive)	58	N/A	You retain up to 25 of your rage points when you change stances.
	[Retaliation]	62	Battle	Instantly counterattack any enemy that strikes you in melee for 12 sec. Melee attacks made from behind cannot be counterattacked. A maximum of 20 attacks will cause retaliation.
File:Ability CriticalStrike.png	[Recklessness]	64	Berserker	Your next 3 special ability attacks have an additional 100% to critically hit but all damage taken is increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.
	[Spell Reflection]	66	Battle Defensive	Raise your shield, reflecting the next spell cast on you. Lasts 5 sec.
	[Commanding Shout]	68	All	Increases Stamina of all party and raid members within X yards by Y and gaining 20 rage. Lasts 4 min.
	[Intervene]	72	Battle* Defensive Berserker*	Run at high speed towards a party member, intercepting the next melee or ranged attack made against them as well as reducing their total threat by 10%. * Only with points spent in Warbringer talent.
	[Shattering Throw]	74	Battle	Throws your weapon at the enemy causing X damage (based on attack power), reducing the armor on the target by 20% for 10 sec or removing any invulnerabilities.
	[Enraged Regeneration]	76	All	You regenerate 30% of your total health over 10 sec. Can only be used while Enraged.
	[Heroic Throw]	78	All	Throws your weapon at the enemy causing X damage (based on attack power). This ability causes high threat.
	[Colossus Smash]	81	Battle Berserker	Smashes a target for weapon damage plus X and weakens their defenses, allowing your attacks to entirely bypass their armor for 8 sec.
	[Inner Rage]	83	All	Usable when you have over 75 Rage to increase all damage you deal by 15%, but increase the rage cost of all abilities by 50%. Lasts 15 sec.
	[Heroic Leap]	85	All	Leap through the air towards a targeted location, slamming down with destructive force to deal 100% weapon damage to all enemies with 5 yards, stunning them for 2 sec.

Specialization Abilities

These abilities are granted to a warrior when selecting a primary talent tree. The warrior gains only the abilities associated with the talent tree selected as the primary tree. Placing talent points in either other tree (once the primary tree has had at least 31 points assigned) does not provide access to that tree's associated specialization abilities.

Arms

Icon	Name	Description
	Mortal Strike	A vicious strike that deals 125% weapon damage plus X and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received by 25% for 10 sec.
	Two-Handed Weapon Specialization (Passive)	Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 10%.
	Anger Management (Passive)	You generate 1 rage every 3 seconds and 25% extra rage from damage dealt.

Fury

Icon	Name	Description
	Bloodthirst	Instantly attack the target causing X damage. In addition, the next 3 successful melee attacks will restore 0.5% of max health. This effect lasts 8 sec. Damage is based on your attack power.
	Dual Wield Specialization (Passive)	Allows you to equip one-hand and off-hand weapons in your off-hand. Increases your damage by 10% while dual-wielding and the damage of your off-hand attacks by an additional 25%.
	Precision (Passive)	Increases your chance to hit with your attacks by 3%.

Protection

Icon	Name	Description
	Shield Slam	Slam the target with your shield, causing X to Y damage (based on attack power) and dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.
	Sentinel (Passive)	Increases your total Stamina by 15% and your block chance by 15%. You also generate 50% additional rage from attacking targets that are not attacking you.
	Vengeance (Passive)	Each time you take damage, you gain 5% of the damage taken as attack power, up to 10% of you health.

Talent Granted Abilities

These active abilities are gained by spending a talent point to acquire the appropriate talent.

Arms

Icon	Name	Prerequisites	Stances	Description
	[Sweeping Strikes]	10 points in Arms Talents	All	Your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 10 sec.
	[Deadly Calm]	15 points in Arms Talents	All	For the next 10 sec, none of your abilities cost rage, but you continue to generate rage. Cannot be used during Inner Rage.
	Throw Down	1 point in Juggernaut 25 points in Arms Talents	Battle	Knocks the target to the ground and stuns it for 5 sec.
	[Bladestorm]	1 point in Juggernaut 30 points in Arms Talents	All	You cannot be stopped and perform a Whirlwind every 1 sec. No other abilities can be used.

Fury

Icon	Name	Prerequisites	Stances	Description
	[Piercing Howl]	5 points in Fury Talents	All	Causes all enemies within 10 yards to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.
	[Death Wish]	10 points in Fury Talents	All	When activated you become Enraged, increasing your physical damage by 20% but increasing all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.
	[Raging Blow]	1 point in [Death Wish] 15 points in Fury Talents	Berserker	A mighty blow that deals 100% weapon damage from both melee weapons. Can only be used while Enraged.

Protection

Icon	Name	Prerequisites	Stances	Description
	[Last Stand]	10 points in Protection Talents	All	Temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.
	[Concussion Blow]	10 points in Protection Talents	All	Stuns the opponent for 5 sec and deals X damage (based on attack power).
	[Devastate]	15 points in Protection Talents	All	Sunder the target's armor causing the Sunder Armor effect. In addition, causes 150% of weapon damage plus X for each application of Sunder Armor on the target. The Sunder Armor effect can stack up to 3 times.
	[Vigilance]	1 point in [Concussion Blow] 20 points in Protection Talents	All	Focus your protective gaze on a group or raid target, reducing their damage taken by 3%. In addition, each time they are hit by an attack your Taunt cooldown is refreshed and you gain Vengeance as if 20% of the damage was done to you. Lasts 30 min. This effect can only be on one target at a time.
	[Shockwave]	30 points in Protection Talents	All	Sends a wave of force in front of you, causing X damage (based on attack power) and stunning all enemy targets within 10 yards in a frontal cone for 4 sec.

Deprecated Abilities

These abilities have been removed from the game. In some cases the talent has been replaced by a warrior specialization ability.

Icon	Name	Description
	[Bloodrage]	Generates rage over time, at the cost of health.
	[Bloodthirst]	Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 45% of your attack power. In addition, the next 5 successful melee attacks will restore X health. This effect lasts 8 seconds.
	[Heroic Fury]	Removes any Immobilization effects and refreshes the cooldown of your Intercept ability.
	[Mocking Blow]	Deals X damage, forces opponent to focus attacks on you for 6 seconds, and causes a moderate amount of threat.
	[Mortal Strike]	A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus X and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 25% for 10 sec.
	[Shield Slam]	Slam the target with your shield, causing X to Y damage, modified by your shield block value, and dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.

Abilities by type

Aggro management

Aggro control is a key part of being a Warrior, and abilities to aid this come in two types:

Threat

Many Warrior abilities, in addition to their stated purpose, cause various amounts of threat, an underlying in-game statistic which is used by enemies to determine which party member they will attack.

In group work, the tanking Warrior is different in that they actually want to cause as much threat as possible. Warriors engaged in high damage output, on the other hand, want to avoid causing too much threat.

High Threat: [Sunder Armor], [Heroic Strike], [Shield Slam], [Devastate], [Revenge], [Thunder Clap]

Low Threat: [Slam], [Rend], [Hamstring], et al.

Good threat management is tricky, but essential for instance work as a Warrior. Without managing threat, one can pull the mob off the tank if you are DPSing, or lose aggro on the mob if tanking.

Taunt

In addition to threat specials, the Warrior has several temporary instant aggro abilities:

Taunt, [Mocking Blow] force a target to attack you for a time. [Challenging Shout] has the same effect on all enemies in range.

It is important to note that [Mocking Blow] and [Challenging Shout] cause little threat themselves, and the enemy will return to its original target when they expire, unless new threat is generated using other abilities. Taunt works differently by generating just enough threat to place the Warrior at the top of the enemy's hate list, making it much easier to prevent the enemy from switching back to its original target so long as additional threat generating abilities are used.

Note that currently none of the Taunt type abilities work in PvP, and Blizzard has stated that these abilities will not work, despite [Distract] working just fine. However, taunting does work on aggressive pets.

In addition, [Intimidating Shout] fears everything in its radius that isn't the target. This can be quite dangerous, but can also buy time for a hasty escape. The target will cower in fear, immobilized for the duration of the shout, but will be freed upon taking any damage. That is, if you intend to use the ability to escape combat, you should remember to stop attacking the moment before you activate it to prevent disrupting the effect.

See Tanking

Counterattacks

Warriors gain access to certain counterattacks, namely [Overpower] and [Revenge]. This requires you to be quick to react.

Damage over Time

Warriors have access to a nice DoT ability, [Rend]. This DoT should, as all DoTs, be applied in combats where the DoT will have time to work.

Buffs

Warriors have two long duration buffs, although they last only two minutes (three if correctly talented). [Battle Shout] increases attack power and [Commanding Shout] increases maximum health, and both of these apply to everyone in the warrior's group inside 30 yards. These buffs require rage, and since warriors don't generate rage out of combat, they cannot prepare it before fights (except if he uses Bloodrage). Although they have a limited amount of long term buffs compared to priests and druids, they can also gain very strong short timed buffs such as Flurry, which increases attack speed by 25% score each time the warrior scores a critical strike (fury talent) or Enrage, which increases all damage done by the warrior by 25%, activates when the warrior receives a critical strike (fury talent). All those small buffs lasts under 15 seconds, but makes the warrior a very powerful character in combat.

Debuffs

Warriors have access to quite a few debuffs, everything from enemy attack-speed reduction ( [Thunder Clap]), attack power reduction ( [Demoralizing Shout], [Disarm]) and movement speed reduction ( [Hamstring]) to spell interruption ( [Shield Bash], [Pummel]) and armor reduction ( [Sunder Armor]).

In addition, [Charge] and [Intercept] could also be considered debuffs, since they stun the enemy.

Direct Damage

Warriors deal direct damage with [Cleave], [Execute], [Heroic Strike], [Intercept], [Shield Slam] and [Slam].

Protection

Warriors can protect themselves or others with [Shield Wall], [Shield Block], [Last Stand], [Concussion Blow], and [Intervene].

Shouts

Shouts generally buff or debuff multiple targets. Because of this, shouts should be used frequently but judiciously.

Timing

Certain Warrior abilities require the player to use them within a given window of opportunity. This means that extra attention needs to be paid to the hotbar, and the enemy's actions. These fall into two types:

Reactions
These hotkeys will light up when a certain condition has been met. The Warrior then has a second or two to use the ability, or it will go dark and the moment has been lost. It is worth using them whenever possible, as they either do a lot of damage, or use much less Rage than a normal attack.

[Overpower] - After a target Dodges.
[Revenge] - After a self Dodge, Block or Parry.
[Execute] - When target's remaining health is below 20%.

(The Revenge condition can be forced by using [Shield Block] beforehand. This will almost guarantee a self Block on the next enemy attack, and light up Revenge.)

Interrupts
These hotkeys are available whenever the Warrior has sufficient Rage, but are best kept for certain situations, as they will interrupt the enemy's spells. This takes some practice to get right, but can massively reduce the effort it takes to kill the enemy, either by preventing incoming damage, or stopping them healing themselves or allies.

[Shield Bash] - Use when enemy caster begins casting.
[Pummel] - As Shield Bash.

The casting charge-up noise and glowing hands effect used to be difficult to describe, but now there is an interface option to show an enemies casting bar, and the ability to silence or interrupt right before channeling completes.

Reflection
[Spell Reflection] - Used to reflect an enemy spell back on themselves. As for interrupts this is best kept for certain situations - eg when a high damage or Crowd Control spell is being cast on you.