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This article is about the warrior ability. For the Felguard ability, see Ability warrior cleave [Cleave]. For the Arena composition, see Cleave (arena term).
Cleave
Ability warrior cleave
  • Cleave (8 ranks)
  • Warrior ability
  • Melee range
  • 30 Rage
  • Instant
  • A sweeping attack that does your weapon damage plus X to the target and his two nearest allies.
Properties
Class Warrior
School Physical
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Requirements Requires Melee Weapon
Improvements Peticon-beast Ability hunter combatexperience [Impale], Ability warrior cleave [Improved Cleave], Ability warrior focusedrage [Focused Rage]

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

Two bodies are better than one.[1]

Cleave is the warrior's first multiple target attack, learned at level 24. It is also used by many high-level bosses that mainly use physical attacks. It is a 30 Rage skill that deals weapon damage plus a small bonus to two targets: the current targeted mob/player and their neighbor.

Talent Improvement

Tips and Tactics

  • Currently, Cleave is the only multi-targeted Warrior ability that both scales with weapon damage and can be used while in Ability warrior defensivestance [Defensive Stance], and the only multi-targeted ability of any class that does not trigger a Global Cooldown. This makes it ideal for high-end tanking situations involving multiple targets.
  • Cleave, like Ability whirlwind [Whirlwind], may be combined with Ability rogue slicedice [Sweeping Strikes] in order to generate additional hits. Cleave's secondary target is the nearest enemy other than the Warrior's main target. For this reason, if the Warrior and all targets are stationary, Cleave will continue to strike the same secondary target. Shifting positions slightly will often change the secondary target, however tanks and dps alike should be aware that this may cause Cleave to break nearby CC if not used carefully.
  • Though the tooltip states that the secondary target of the Cleave will be the primary target's nearest ally, it instead appears to affect closest enemy target, regardless of whether it is allied with the primary target or not. For example, if a Warrior were to Cleave a monster standing near an NPC of the opposing faction, the cleave would affect the enemy NPC as well, though it is not allied with the primary target.
  • Cleave is very similar to Ability rogue ambush [Heroic Strike] and a lot of the same tactics can be applied. Generally, Cleave should be used like Heroic Strike but only in AOE situations in order to not break CC and limit aggro to the tank's main target.
  • For a more in-depth discussion of the mechanics and mathematics of Cleave, refer to the Talk:Cleave/Analysis page.

Patch changes

  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 17%.

References

 
  1. ^ TCG Heroes of Azeroth, #138

External links

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