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 Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend have a 20% chance to allow the use of your Overpower ability on the 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 or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3.0 sec. 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. |

