Warrior
Specializations
| Specialization | Talents | New | Changed |
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| Arms | 17 | 3 | 10 |
| Fury | 18 | 3 | 12 |
| Protection | 18 | 4 | 9 |
Playable races
| Race | Faction | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Dwarf | Alliance | Classic and Forever |
| Gnome | Alliance | Classic and Forever |
| High Order Skyborne | Alliance | New in Forever |
| Human | Alliance | Classic and Forever |
| Night Elf | Alliance | Classic and Forever |
| Orc | Horde | Classic and Forever |
| Tauren | Horde | Classic and Forever |
| Troll | Horde | Classic and Forever |
| Undead | Horde | Classic and Forever |
| Windshaper Skyborne | Horde | New in Forever |
Talents
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Arms
| Talent | Ranks | Forever | Effect at maximum rank |
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| 3 | Unchanged | Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 Rage. View all 3 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Increases your Parry chance by 5%. View all 5 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 35%. View all 3 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 6. View all 2 ranks
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| 5 | Changed | Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 15 Rage when you change stances. View all 5 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%. View all 2 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%. | |
| 3 | Changed | Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | New | A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted. | |
| 3 | Changed | Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 3%. View all 3 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 20%. View all 2 ranks
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| 5 | New | Your melee attacks against targets afflicted by your Rend have a 10% chance to activate your Overpower ability for 1 attack on your current target. Lasts 6 sec. View all 5 ranks
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| 1 | Unchanged | Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. | |
| 5 | New | Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. View all 5 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.50 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts your melee swing time. View all 2 ranks
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| 3 | Unchanged | Gives your Hamstring ability a 15% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec. |
Fury
| Talent | Ranks | Forever | Effect at maximum rank |
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| 5 | Changed | Increases the radius of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout abilities by 50%. View all 5 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%. View all 5 ranks
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| 5 | Changed | Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 15%. View all 5 ranks
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| 5 | Changed | Gives you a 60% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. This effect is increased to 2 Rage for two-handed weapons. View all 5 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 3. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | Unchanged | Causes all nearby enemies to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec. | |
| 3 | Changed | Regenerates 3% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike, dealing damage with Bloodthirst, or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | New | Increases your maximum Rage by 30. View all 3 ranks
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| 5 | Changed | Increases your off-hand weapon damage by 25%, off-hand Rage generation by 100%, and chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 10%. View all 5 ranks
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| 1 | New | Causes your Whirlwind to also strike with your off-hand weapon, and reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 2. | |
| 5 | Changed | Gives you a 30% chance to deal 10% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack. View all 5 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5. View all 2 ranks
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| 3 | New | Improves your chance to hit by 3%. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec. | |
| 2 | Unchanged | Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 10 sec. View all 2 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 10 Rage and has a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated. View all 2 ranks
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| 5 | Changed | Increases your melee attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike. View all 5 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 35% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec. |
Protection
| Talent | Ranks | Forever | Effect at maximum rank |
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| 5 | Changed | Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 5% and grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block. View all 5 ranks
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| 5 | Changed | Increases your Defense Skill by 20. View all 5 ranks
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| 2 | Changed | Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%. View all 2 ranks
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| 5 | Unchanged | Increases your Armor value from items by 10%. View all 5 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 6. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | Unchanged | When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost. | |
| 2 | New | Grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped. View all 2 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 60%. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | Unchanged | Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 3. View all 3 ranks
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| 3 | Changed | Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 20 secs. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | New | Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance. | |
| 2 | Changed | Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 11.0 min. View all 2 ranks
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| 1 | Unchanged | Stuns the target for 5 sec. | |
| 2 | Unchanged | Gives your Shield Bash ability a 100% chance to Silence the target for 3 sec. View all 2 ranks
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| 5 | New | Increases all damage you deal by 10% while a shield is equipped. View all 5 ranks
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| 3 | New | Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3. View all 3 ranks
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| 1 | Changed | Slam the target with your shield, causing 430 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat. |

