Warrior - Fury

Updated for 3.3

Purpose

The purpose of a fury warrior is to supply dps and to provide raid buffs/debuffs in the form of shouts.

Abbreviations

• WOTLK - Wrath of the Lich King
• PVE - Player verses Enviroment
• PVP - Player verses Player
• Ex - Execute
• HS - Heroic Strike
• AP - Attack Power
• DPS∞ - Damage Per Second

Talents

A degree of flexibility can be applied to fury talent builds as long as these important talents are included :-
Fury tree: Armored to the Teeth, Cruelty, Dual Wield Specialization, Precision, Death Wish, Flurry, Intensify Rage, Bloodthirst, Improved Whirlwind, Improved Berserker Stance, Rampage, Bloodsurge, Unending Fury, Titans Grip.
Arms Tree: Improved Heroic Strike, Impale, Deep Wounds, Two Handed Weapon Specialization

Standard Build, 19/52/0∞ - A typical fury warrior build.
Rage-Friendly Build 18/53/0∞ - This build specs into Unbridled Wrath as well as Improved Berserker Rage. Suitable for a low geared warrior.

Ability Rotation

There is no real rotation, but a priority list: Bloodthirst > Whirlwind > Slam (When Bloodsurge procs)
Keep both Bloodthirst and Whirlwind on cool down all the time. When Bloodsurge procs, use Slam.
If you have excess rage (50+ Rage) use Heroic Strike (or Cleave if there are multiple mobs).

Key Cooldowns

1. Death Wish∞ - Pop this with heroism and trinkets if possible but always keep it on cool down.
2. Recklessness∞ - This requires Berserker Stance and is now on a 5 minute cool down. Since it gives 100% crit chance to all abilities, using it to keep up a rolling Deep Wounds stack on a movement fight is useful. Remember, you can use Heroic Throw while moving for no rage and get a free crit using recklessness. On non-movement fights my rotation is usually WW > Recklessness > BT > Slam > BT > Slam > WW.
3. Commanding Shout∞ or Battle Shout∞ as well as Demoralizing Shout∞ - Keep your shouts up at all time to maximize your effectiveness.

Stats (In Order of Importance)

People disagree on what the most important stats are for a fury warrior. It is generally accepted that you should reach the soft cap for warriors then focus on strength and critical strike rating.

1. Hit Rating∞ - Until you reach the soft cap of 8%. With 3/3 talent points in Precision, 164 hit rating is required.
2. Expertise∞ - 214 Expertise rating equates to the 26 Expertise needed to reach the cap for raid bosses.
3. Strength - Strength is the meat and potatoes of a fury warrior.
4. Armor Penetration.
5. Critical Strike rating - Rampage, Bloodsurge, Deep Wounds, and Flurry are all procced by critical strikes.
6. Agility.
7. Hit Rating - More hit rating will improve rage generation. Do not attempt to reach the hard cap.

Recommended Glyphs

Major

1. Glyph of Whirlwind∞
2. Glyph of Cleaving∞
3. Glyph of Heroic Strike∞

Minor

1. Glyph of Command∞ or Glyph of Battle∞
2. Glyph of Bloodrage∞
3. Glyph of Charge∞

Recommended Enchants

Enchants are listed from best and most expensive to least expensive. If you have a crafting profession, you may have access to crafter-only enchants which are better than these recommendations.

• Head: Arcanum of Torment∞
• Shoulders: Greater Inscription of the Axe∞ or Lesser Inscription of the Axe∞
• Chest: Powerful Stats∞ or Super Stats∞
• Cloak: Major Agility∞ or Greater Speed∞
• Bracers: Greater Assault∞ or Striking∞
• Hands: Crusher∞ or Precision∞
• Belt: Eternal Belt Buckle∞
• Legs: Icescale Leg Armor∞ or Nerubian Leg Armor∞
• Feet: Icewalker∞ or Greater Assault∞
• Weapon: Berserking∞ or Massacre∞

Recommended Gems

• Meta: Chaotic Skyflare Diamond∞
• Red: Etched∞ or Bold∞
• Yellow: Etched∞ or Inscribed∞ or Smooth∞
• Blue: Nightmare Tear∞ or Sovereign∞
• Prismatic: Bold∞

Recommended Consumables

• Flask: Flask of Endless Rage∞
• Food: Dragonfin Filet∞

Additional Tips

• Always attack from behind or from the side. If you attack a mob from the front, it can parry your attacks.
• Use a slow weapon in the main hand and the offhand. A slow offhand will give higher DPS, but rage generation will be 'spikey'.

Sources and Other Resources

• 3.3 Warrior FAQ @ Elitist Jerks∞
• Fury Warrior Guide @ TankSpot∞