Warrior abilities

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'''Warrior abilities''' fall into two broad categories: [[Tank (role)|tanking]] and [[Damage (role)|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#Warrior_stances|stance(s)]]. The abilities listed below specify which stance(s) can use which abilities. Also see more [[warrior tactics]].

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==Stances==

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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.

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! [[Image:ability warrior offensivestance.png|32px]] !! [[Battle Stance]]

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|Align="Center"| 1 || A balanced combat stance. Increases damage done by 5%. Decreases damage taken by 5%.

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! [[Image:ability warrior defensivestance.png|32px]] !! [[Defensive Stance]]

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|Align="Center"| 10 || A defensive combat stance. Decreases damage taken by 10%. Increases threat generated by 200%.

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! [[Image:ability racial avatar.png|32px]] !! [[Berserker Stance]]

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|Align="Center"| 30 || An aggressive combat stance. Increases damage done by 10%.

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==Trainable Abilities==

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

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! Icon !! Width="150px" | Name !! Width="60px" | Level !! Stance(s) !! Description

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! [[Image:Inv axe 01.png|32px]] !! [[Strike]]

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| Align="Center" | Starts with || Align="Center" | All || A simple strike that deals X to Y damage. Use once you have sufficient rage.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Charge.png|32px]] !! [[Charge]]

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| Align="Center" | 3 || Align="Center" | Battle Defensive* Berserker* || Charge an enemy, generate 15 rage, and stun it for 1.50 sec. * Only with points spent in [[Warbringer]] talent.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Devastate.png|32px]] !! [[Victory Rush]]

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| Align="Center" | 6 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Gouge.png|32px]] !! [[Rend]]

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| Align="Center" | 7 || Align="Center" | Battle Defensive || Wounds the target causing them to bleed for X damage plus an additional Y (based on weapon damage) over 15 sec.

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! [[Image:Spell Nature ThunderClap.png|32px]] !! [[Thunder Clap]]

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| Align="Center" | 9 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability parry.png|32px]]!! [[Parry]] (Passive)

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| Align="Center" | 10 || Align="Center" | N/A || Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.

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! [[Image:Spell Nature Reincarnation.png|32px]] !! [[Taunt (warrior ability)]]

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| Align="Center" | 12 || Align="Center" | Defensive || Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you.

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! [[Image:Ability Rogue Ambush.png|32px]] !! [[Heroic Strike]]

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| Align="Center" | 14 || Align="Center" | All || An attack that instantly deals X physical damage. A good attack for moments of excess rage.

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! [[Image:INV Sword 48.png|32px]] !! [[Execute]]

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| Align="Center" | 16 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Sunder.png|32px]] !! [[Sunder Armor]]

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| Align="Center" | 18 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior BattleShout.png|32px]] !! [[Battle Shout]]

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| Align="Center" | 20 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:INV Axe 66.png|32px]] !! [[Heroic Throw]]

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| Align="Center" | 20 || Align="Center" | All || Throws your weapon at the enemy causing X damage (based on attack power). This ability causes high threat.

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! [[Image:ability meleedamage.png|32px]] !! [[Overpower]]

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| Align="Center" | 22 || Align="Center" | Battle || Instantly overpower the enemy, causing weapon damage. Only usable after the target dodges. The Overpower cannot be blocked, dodged or parried.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Cleave.png|32px]] !! [[Cleave]]

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| Align="Center" | 24 || Align="Center" | All|| A sweeping attack that strikes the target and a nearby ally, dealing X physical damage.

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! [[Image:Ability ShockWave.png|32px]] !! [[Hamstring]]

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| Align="Center" | 26 || Align="Center" | Battle Berserker || Maims the enemy, reducing movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Defend.png|32px]] !! [[Shield Block]]

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| Align="Center" | 28 || Align="Center" | Defensive|| Increases your chance to block by 100% for 10 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Disarm.png|32px]] !! [[Disarm]]

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| Align="Center" | 34 || Align="Center" | Defensive|| Disarm the enemy's main hand and ranged weapons for 10 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Whirlwind.png|32px]] !! [[Whirlwind]]

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| Align="Center" | 36 || Align="Center" | Berserker|| In a whirlwind of steel you attack all enemies within 8 yards, causing 50% weapon damage from both melee weapons to each enemy.

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! [[Image:INV Gauntlets 04.png|32px]] !! [[Pummel]]

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| Align="Center"| 38 ||Align="Center"| All|| Pummel the target, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Revenge.png|32px]] !! [[Revenge]]

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| Align="Center" | 40 || Align="Center" | Defensive|| Instantly counterattack an enemy for X to Y damage. Revenge is only usable after the warrior blocks, dodges or parries and attack.

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! [[Image:Ability GolemThunderClap.png|32px]] !! [[Intimidating Shout]]

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| Align="Center" | 42 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior DecisiveStrike.png|32px]] !! [[Slam]]

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| Align="Center" | 44 || Align="Center" | All|| Slams the opponent, causing weapon damage plus X.

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! [[Image:Ability BullRush.png|32px]] !! [[Challenging Shout]]

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| Align="Center" | 46 ||Align="Center" | All|| Forces all enemies within 10 yards to focus attacks on you for 6 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior ShieldWall.png|32px]] !! [[Shield Wall]]

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| Align="Center" | 48 || Align="Center" | All || Reduces all damage taken by 40% for 12 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Rogue Sprint.png|32px]] !! [[Intercept]]

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| Align="Center" | 50 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior WarCry.png|32px]] !! [[Demoralizing Shout]]

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| Align="Center" | 52 || Align="Center" | All || Reduces the physical damage caused by all enemies within 10 yards by 10% for 30 sec.

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! [[Image:Spell Nature AncestralGuardian.png|32px]] !! [[Berserker Rage]]

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| Align="Center" | 54 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Warrior talent icon innerrage.png|32px]] !! [[Inner Rage]]

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| Align="Center" | 56 || Align="Center" | All || Reduces the cooldown of Heroic Strike and Cleave by 50% for 15 sec.

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! [[Image:Spell Nature EnchantArmor.png|32px]] !! [[Stance Mastery]] (Passive)

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| Align="Center" | 58 || Align="Center" | N/A || You retain up to 25 of your rage points when you change stances.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Challange.png|32px]] !! [[Retaliation]]

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| Align="Center" | 62 || Align="Center" | All || 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.

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! [[Image:Ability CriticalStrike.png|32px]] !! [[Recklessness]]

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| Align="Center" | 64 || Align="Center" | All || Your next 3 special ability attacks have an additional 100% to critically hit but all damage taken is increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior ShieldReflection.png|32px]] !! [[Spell Reflection]]

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| Align="Center" | 66 || Align="Center" | Battle Defensive || Raise your shield, reflecting the next spell cast on you. Lasts 5 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior RallyingCry.png|32px]] !! [[Commanding Shout]]

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| Align="Center" | 68 || Align="Center" | All || Increases Stamina of all party and raid members within X yards by Y and gaining 20 rage. Lasts 4 min.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior VictoryRush.png|32px]] !! [[Intervene]]

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| Align="Center" | 72 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior ShatteringThrow.png|32px]] !! [[Shattering Throw]]

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| Align="center" | 74 || Align="center"| 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior FocusedRage.png|32px]] !! [[Enraged Regeneration]]

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| Align="Center" | 76 || Align="Center" | All || You regenerate 30% of your total health over 10 sec. Can only be used while Enraged.

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! [[Image:ability warrior colossussmash.png|32px]] !! [[Colossus Smash]]

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| Align="Center" | 81 || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability_toughness.png|32px]] !! [[Rallying Cry]]

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| Align="Center" | 83 || Align="Center" | All || Temporarily grants you and all party or raid members within 30 yards 20% of maximum health for 10 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.

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! [[Image:Ability heroicleap.png|32px]] !! [[Heroic Leap]]

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| Align="Center" | 85 || Align="Center" | 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.

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==Talent Granted Abilities==

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

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====Arms====

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior SavageBlow.png|32px]] !! [[Mortal Strike]]

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| Align="Center" | Arms Primary || Align="Center" | All ||A vicious strike that deals 150% weapon damage plus X and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received by 10% for 10 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Rogue SliceDice.png|32px]] !! [[Sweeping Strikes]]

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| Align="Center" | 10 points in Arms Talents || Align="Center" | All || Your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 10 sec.

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! [[Image:Achievement boss kingymiron.png|32px]] !! [[Deadly Calm]]

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| Align="Center" | 15 points in Arms Talents || Align="Center" | All || For the next 10 sec, none of your abilities cost rage, but you continue to generate rage. Cannot be used during Inner Rage.

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! [[Image:Inv mace 62.png|32px]] !! [[Throwdown]]

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| Align="Center" | 1 point in [[Juggernaut (warrior talent)|Juggernaut]] 25 points in Arms Talents || Align="Center" | Battle || Knocks the target to the ground and stuns it for 5 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Bladestorm.png|32px]] !! [[Bladestorm]]

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|Align="Center"| 1 point in [[Juggernaut (warrior talent)|Juggernaut]] 30 points in Arms Talents ||Align="Center"| All || You cannot be stopped and perform a Whirlwind every 1 sec. No other abilities can be used.

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====Fury====

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! [[Image:Spell Nature BloodLust.png|32px]] !! [[Bloodthirst]]

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| Align="Center" | Fury Primary || Align="Center" | All ||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.

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! [[Image:Spell Shadow DeathScream.png|32px]] !! [[Piercing Howl]]

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| Align="Center" | 5 points in Fury Talents || Align="Center" | All || Causes all enemies within 10 yards to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

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! [[Image:Spell Shadow DeathPact.png|32px]] !! [[Death Wish]]

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| Align="Center" | 10 points in Fury Talents || Align="Center" | All || When activated you become Enraged, increasing your physical damage by 20% but increasing all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.

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! [[Image:Ability hunter swiftstrike.png|32px]] !! [[Raging Blow]]

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| Align="Center" | 1 point in [[Death Wish]] 15 points in Fury Talents || Align="Center" | Berserker || A mighty blow that deals 100% weapon damage from both melee weapons. Can only be used while Enraged.

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! [[Image:Warrior talent icon deadlycalm.png|32px]] !! [[Heroic Fury]]

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| Align="Center" | 15 points in Fury Talents || Align="Center" | All || Removes any Immobilization effects and refreshes the cooldown of your Intercept ability.

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! [[Image:INV Shield 05.png|32px]] !! [[Shield Slam]]

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| Align="Center" | Protection Primary || Align="Center" | All ||Slam the target with your shield, causing X damage (based on attack power) and dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.

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! [[Image:Spell Holy AshesToAshes.png|32px]] !! [[Last Stand]]

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| Align="Center" | 10 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | All || Temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.

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! [[Image:Ability ThunderBolt.png|32px]] !! [[Concussion Blow]]

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| Align="Center" | 10 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | All || Stuns the opponent for 5 sec and deals X damage (based on attack power).

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! [[Image:INV Sword 11.png|32px]] !! [[Devastate]]

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| Align="Center" | 15 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Vigilance.png|32px]] !! [[Vigilance]]

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| Align="Center" | 1 point in [[Concussion Blow]] 20 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | 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.

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! [[Image:Ability Warrior Shockwave.png|32px]] !! [[Shockwave]]

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| Align="Center" | 30 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | 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.

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== Abilities by type ==

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[[File:JusticarMaxwellForthright.jpg|thumb|Justicar Maxwell Forthright, a human warrior, about to finish a troll.]]

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=== Aggro management ===

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

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====Threat====

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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====Taunt====

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[[File:Menace.jpg|thumb|A tauren warrior.]]

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

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[[Taunt (warrior ability)]] forces a target to attack you for a time.

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[[Challenging Shout]] has the same effect on all enemies in range.

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It is important to note that [[Challenging Shout]] causes little threat itself, and the enemy will return to its original target when they expire, unless new threat is generated using other abilities. [[Taunt (warrior ability)]] 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.

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

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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.

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''See [[Tanking]]''

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=== Counterattacks ===

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[[File:Tristan Rapidstrike TCG.jpg|thumb|Tristan Rapidstrike, a night elf warrior.]]

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

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=== Damage over Time ===

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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.

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=== Buffs ===

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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.

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=== Debuffs ===

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[[File:Rayne Savageboon TCG.jpg|thumb|Rayne Savageboon, another night elf warrior.]]

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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 ([[Pummel]]) and armor reduction ([[Sunder Armor]]).

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

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=== Direct Damage ===

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

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=== Protection ===

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

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=== Shouts ===

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

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==Timing==

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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:

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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.

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*[[Overpower]] - After a target [[Dodge]]s.

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*[[Revenge]] - After a self [[Dodge]], [[Block]] or [[Parry]].

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*[[Execute]] - When target's remaining [[health]] is below 20%.

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(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.)

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;Interrupts

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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.

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[[Pummel]] - Use when enemy caster begins casting.

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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.

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[[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.

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-'''Warrior abilities''' fall into two broad categories: [[Tank (role)|tanking]] and [[Damage (role)|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#Warrior_stances|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.
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-! Icon !! Width="150px" | Name !! Width="60px" | Level !! Description
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-! [[Image:ability warrior offensivestance.png|32px]] !! [[Battle Stance]]
-|Align="Center"| 1 || A balanced combat stance.  Increases damage done by 5%.  Decreases damage taken by 5%.
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-! [[Image:ability warrior defensivestance.png|32px]] !! [[Defensive Stance]]
-|Align="Center"| 10 || A defensive combat stance. Decreases damage taken by 10%.  Increases threat generated by 200%.
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-! [[Image:ability racial avatar.png|32px]] !! [[Berserker Stance]]
-|Align="Center"| 30 || An aggressive combat stance. Increases damage done by 10%.
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-==Trainable Abilities==
-These abilities are available to all Warriors at the appropriate level, regardless of talents.
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-! Icon !! Width="150px" | Name !! Width="60px" | Level !! Stance(s) !! Description
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-! [[Image:Inv axe 01.png|32px]] !! [[Strike]]
-| Align="Center" | Starts with || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || A simple strike that deals X to Y damage.  Use once you have sufficient rage.
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-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Charge.png|32px]] !! [[Charge]]
-| Align="Center" | 3 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span><br /><span style="color:orange">Defensive</span>*<br /><span style="color:red">Berserker</span>* || Charge an enemy, generate 15 rage, and stun it for 1.50 sec. <br /> * Only with points spent in [[Warbringer]] talent.
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-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Devastate.png|32px]] !! [[Victory Rush]]
-| Align="Center" | 6 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || 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.
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-! [[Image:Ability Gouge.png|32px]] !! [[Rend]]
-| Align="Center" | 7 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span><br /><span style="color:orange">Defensive</span> || Wounds the target causing them to bleed for X damage plus an additional Y (based on weapon damage) over 15 sec.
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-! [[Image:Spell Nature ThunderClap.png|32px]] !! [[Thunder Clap]]
-| Align="Center" | 9 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle<br /><span style="color:orange">Defensive</span> || 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability parry.png|32px]]!! [[Parry]]<br />(Passive)
-| Align="Center" | 10 || Align="Center" | N/A || Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.
-|-
-! [[Image:Spell Nature Reincarnation.png|32px]] !! [[Taunt (warrior ability)]]
-| Align="Center" | 12 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:orange">Defensive</span> || Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Rogue Ambush.png|32px]] !! [[Heroic Strike]]
-| Align="Center" | 14 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || An attack that instantly deals X physical damage.  A good attack for moments of excess rage.
-|-
-! [[Image:INV Sword 48.png|32px]] !! [[Execute]]
-| Align="Center" | 16 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span><br /><span style="color:red">Berserker</span> || 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Sunder.png|32px]] !! [[Sunder Armor]]
-| Align="Center" | 18 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior BattleShout.png|32px]] !! [[Battle Shout]]
-| Align="Center" | 20 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:INV Axe 66.png|32px]] !! [[Heroic Throw]]
-| Align="Center" | 20 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Throws your weapon at the enemy causing X damage (based on attack power).  This ability causes high threat.
-|-
-! [[Image:ability meleedamage.png|32px]] !! [[Overpower]]
-| Align="Center" | 22 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span> || Instantly overpower the enemy, causing weapon damage.  Only usable after the target dodges.  The Overpower cannot be blocked, dodged or parried.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Cleave.png|32px]] !! [[Cleave]]
-| Align="Center" | 24 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span>|| A sweeping attack that strikes the target and a nearby ally, dealing X physical damage.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability ShockWave.png|32px]] !! [[Hamstring]]
-| Align="Center" | 26 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span><br /><span style="color:red">Berserker</span> || Maims the enemy, reducing movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Defend.png|32px]] !! [[Shield Block]]
-| Align="Center" | 28 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:orange">Defensive</span>|| Increases your chance to block by 100% for 10 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Disarm.png|32px]] !! [[Disarm]]
-| Align="Center" | 34 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:orange">Defensive</span>|| Disarm the enemy's main hand and ranged weapons for 10 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Whirlwind.png|32px]] !! [[Whirlwind]]
-| Align="Center" | 36 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:red">Berserker</span>|| In a whirlwind of steel you attack all enemies within 8 yards, causing 50% weapon damage from both melee weapons to each enemy.
-|-
-! [[Image:INV Gauntlets 04.png|32px]] !! [[Pummel]]
-| Align="Center"| 38 ||Align="Center"| <span style="color:yellow">All</span>|| Pummel the target, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Revenge.png|32px]] !! [[Revenge]]
-| Align="Center" | 40 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:orange">Defensive</span>|| Instantly counterattack an enemy for X to Y damage.  Revenge is only usable after the warrior blocks, dodges or parries and attack.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability GolemThunderClap.png|32px]] !! [[Intimidating Shout]]
-| Align="Center" | 42 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span>|| 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior DecisiveStrike.png|32px]] !! [[Slam]]
-| Align="Center" | 44 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span>|| Slams the opponent, causing weapon damage plus X.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability BullRush.png|32px]] !! [[Challenging Shout]]
-| Align="Center" | 46 ||Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span>|| Forces all enemies within 10 yards to focus attacks on you for 6 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior ShieldWall.png|32px]] !! [[Shield Wall]]
-| Align="Center" | 48 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Reduces all damage taken by 40% for 12 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Rogue Sprint.png|32px]] !! [[Intercept]]
-| Align="Center" | 50 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle*</span><br /><span style="color:orange">Defensive*</span><br /><span style="color:red">Berserker</span> || Charge an enemy, causing X damage (based on attack power) and stunning it for 3 sec.<br />* Only with points spent in [[Warbringer]] talent.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior WarCry.png|32px]] !! [[Demoralizing Shout]]
-| Align="Center" | 52 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Reduces the physical damage caused by all enemies within 10 yards by 10% for 30 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Spell Nature AncestralGuardian.png|32px]] !! [[Berserker Rage]]
-| Align="Center" | 54 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Enter a berserker rage, removing and granting immunity to Fear, Sap and Incapacitate effects and generating extra rage when taking damage.  Lasts 10 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Warrior talent icon innerrage.png|32px]] !! [[Inner Rage]]
-| Align="Center" | 56 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Reduces the cooldown of Heroic Strike and Cleave by 50% for 15 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Spell Nature EnchantArmor.png|32px]] !! [[Stance Mastery]]<br />(Passive)
-| Align="Center" | 58 || Align="Center" | N/A || You retain up to 25 of your rage points when you change stances.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Challange.png|32px]] !! [[Retaliation]]
-| Align="Center" | 62 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability CriticalStrike.png|32px]] !! [[Recklessness]]
-| Align="Center" | 64 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Your next 3 special ability attacks have an additional 100% to critically hit but all damage taken is increased by 20%.  Lasts 12 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior ShieldReflection.png|32px]] !! [[Spell Reflection]]
-| Align="Center" | 66 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span><br /><span style="color:orange">Defensive</span> || Raise your shield, reflecting the next spell cast on you.  Lasts 5 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior RallyingCry.png|32px]] !! [[Commanding Shout]]
-| Align="Center" | 68 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Increases Stamina of all party and raid members within X yards by Y and gaining 20 rage.  Lasts 4 min.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior VictoryRush.png|32px]] !! [[Intervene]]
-| Align="Center" | 72 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span>*<br /><span style="color:orange">Defensive</span><br /><span style="color:red">Berserker</span>* || 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%.<br /> * Only with points spent in [[Warbringer]] talent.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior ShatteringThrow.png|32px]] !! [[Shattering Throw]]
-| Align="center" | 74 || Align="center"| <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span> || 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior FocusedRage.png|32px]] !! [[Enraged Regeneration]]
-| Align="Center" | 76 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || You regenerate 30% of your total health over 10 sec.  Can only be used while Enraged.
-|-
-! [[Image:ability warrior colossussmash.png|32px]] !! [[Colossus Smash]]
-| Align="Center" | 81 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span><br /><span style="color:red">Berserker</span> || Smashes a target for weapon damage plus X and weakens their defenses, allowing your attacks to entirely bypass their armor for 8 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability_toughness.png|32px]] !! [[Rallying Cry]]
-| Align="Center" | 83 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Temporarily grants you and all party or raid members within 30 yards 20% of maximum health for 10 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability heroicleap.png|32px]] !! [[Heroic Leap]]
-| Align="Center" | 85 || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || 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.
-|}
-==Talent Granted Abilities==
-These active abilities are gained by spending a talent point to acquire the appropriate talent.
-====Arms====
-{| class="darktable zebra sortable"
-|-
-! Icon !! Width="150px" | Name !! Width="175px" | Prerequisites !! Stances !! Description
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior SavageBlow.png|32px]] !! [[Mortal Strike]]
-| Align="Center" | Arms Primary || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> ||A vicious strike that deals 150% weapon damage plus X and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received by 10% for 10 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Rogue SliceDice.png|32px]] !! [[Sweeping Strikes]]
-| Align="Center" | 10 points in Arms Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.  Lasts 10 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Achievement boss kingymiron.png|32px]] !! [[Deadly Calm]]
-| Align="Center" | 15 points in Arms Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || For the next 10 sec, none of your abilities cost rage, but you continue to generate rage. Cannot be used during Inner Rage.
-|-
-! [[Image:Inv mace 62.png|32px]] !! [[Throwdown]]
-| Align="Center" | 1 point in [[Juggernaut (warrior talent)|Juggernaut]]<br />25 points in Arms Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:lightgreen">Battle</span> || Knocks the target to the ground and stuns it for 5 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Bladestorm.png|32px]] !! [[Bladestorm]]
-|Align="Center"| 1 point in [[Juggernaut (warrior talent)|Juggernaut]]<br />30 points in Arms Talents ||Align="Center"| <span style="color:Yellow">All</span> || You cannot be stopped and perform a Whirlwind every 1 sec.  No other abilities can be used.
-|}
-====Fury====
-{| class="darktable zebra sortable"
-|-
-! Icon !! Width="150px" | Name !! Width="175px" | Prerequisites !! Stances !! Description
-|-
-! [[Image:Spell Nature BloodLust.png|32px]] !! [[Bloodthirst]]
-| Align="Center" | Fury Primary || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> ||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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Spell Shadow DeathScream.png|32px]] !! [[Piercing Howl]]
-| Align="Center" | 5 points in Fury Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Causes all enemies within 10 yards to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Spell Shadow DeathPact.png|32px]] !! [[Death Wish]]
-| Align="Center" | 10 points in Fury Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || When activated you become Enraged, increasing your physical damage by 20% but increasing all damage taken by 5%.  Lasts 30 sec.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability hunter swiftstrike.png|32px]] !! [[Raging Blow]]
-| Align="Center" | 1 point in [[Death Wish]]<br />15 points in Fury Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:red">Berserker</span> || A mighty blow that deals 100% weapon damage from both melee weapons.  Can only be used while Enraged.
-|-
-! [[Image:Warrior talent icon deadlycalm.png|32px]] !! [[Heroic Fury]]
-| Align="Center" | 15 points in Fury Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Removes any Immobilization effects and refreshes the cooldown of your Intercept ability.
-|}
-====Protection====
-{| class="darktable zebra sortable"
-|-
-! Icon !! Width="150px" | Name !! Width="175px" | Prerequisites !! Stances !! Description
-|-
-! [[Image:INV Shield 05.png|32px]] !! [[Shield Slam]]
-| Align="Center" | Protection Primary || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> ||Slam the target with your shield, causing X damage (based on attack power) and dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.
-|-
-! [[Image:Spell Holy AshesToAshes.png|32px]] !! [[Last Stand]]
-| Align="Center" | 10 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec.  After the effect expires, the health is lost.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability ThunderBolt.png|32px]] !! [[Concussion Blow]]
-| Align="Center" | 10 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || Stuns the opponent for 5 sec and deals X damage (based on attack power).
-|-
-! [[Image:INV Sword 11.png|32px]] !! [[Devastate]]
-| Align="Center" | 15 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Vigilance.png|32px]] !! [[Vigilance]]
-| Align="Center" | 1 point in [[Concussion Blow]]<br />20 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || 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.
-|-
-! [[Image:Ability Warrior Shockwave.png|32px]] !! [[Shockwave]]
-| Align="Center" | 30 points in Protection Talents || Align="Center" | <span style="color:yellow">All</span> || 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.
-|}
-== Abilities by type ==
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-[[File:JusticarMaxwellForthright.jpg|thumb|Justicar Maxwell Forthright, a human warrior, about to finish a troll.]]
-=== 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====
-[[File:Menace.jpg|thumb|A tauren warrior.]]
-In addition to threat specials, the Warrior has several temporary instant [[aggro]] abilities:
-[[Taunt (warrior ability)]] forces 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 [[Challenging Shout]] causes little threat itself, and the enemy will return to its original target when they expire, unless new threat is generated using other abilities. [[Taunt (warrior ability)]] 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 [[Player vs Player|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 ===
-[[File:Tristan Rapidstrike TCG.jpg|thumb|Tristan Rapidstrike, a night elf warrior.]]
-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 ===
-[[File:Rayne Savageboon TCG.jpg|thumb|Rayne Savageboon, another night elf warrior.]]
-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 ([[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 [[Dodge]]s.
-*[[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.
-[[Pummel]] - Use when enemy caster begins casting.
-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.
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