Warrior

General Overview

• Warriors picked up increased melee range across the board. Warrior special abilities can now strike from just outside of melee range.
• A number of weak warrior skills were buffed to scale better with better gear including Rend and Revenge.
• Warriors can now spec for in-combat health regeneration granting a bunch of sustained and outdoor environments. Troll warriors can go even further, stacking their racial with the talent to achieve excellent sustain!
• While each of the warrior trees kept its primary theme there are some interesting new talents in each:
  • Arms picks up Parabellum, which reduces all of your cooldowns.
  • Fury gets Berserker's Blood, which grants attack speed and spell damage reduce as your health drops.
  • Protection gets a huge damage tool in Constitution, which grants a percentage of your health as strength and makes you immune to poison and diseases shile at high health.
• And much more! See below.

New Abilities

Baseline

Protection

• Shield Reflection - Raise your shield, reflecting spell cast on you. Lasts 5 seconds, but will only reflect only 1 spell. Costs 15 rage, instant, 40 seconds cooldown, requires Shields. Usable only in Defensive Stance.

Talents

Protection

• Shield Toss - Hurls a shield at the enemy, causing decent amount of damage, increased my Attack Power and knocks down for 2 sec. This ability causes a high amount of threat. Costs 15 rage, 5 - 30 yd range, instant, 60 seconds cooldown, requires Shields. Usable only in Defensive Stance.

Redesigned Abilities

Baseline

Arms

• Battle Stance - cooldown reduced from 1 to 0 seconds.
• Charge (Rank 1-3) - minimal range requiments increased from 8 to 10 yd. Cannot be affected by line of sight.
• Hamstring (Rank 3) - debuff duration decreased from 15 to 9 seconds.
• Heroic Strike (Rank 1-9) - fixed a bug that allowed Off Hand weapon to have a 100% chance to hit until the Main Hand ability swing happened.
• Overpower (Rank 1-4) - plus weapon damage increased. Now attacking with both hands.
• Rend (Rank 1-7) - basic damage significantly increased. Cost increased from 10 to 15 rage. Damage can be increased by Attack Power.
• Retaliation - ability duration increased from 15 to 20 seconds. Increased maximum amount of attacks that will cause retaliation from 30 to 40.
• Thunder Clap (Rank 1-6) - cooldown increased from 4 to 8 seconds. 10% slow effect affects also movement speed of enemies. Damage sligtly increased. The number of targets hit by this ability has been increased from 4 to 8. Now causes high amount of threat.

Fury

• Berserker Rage - cooldown increased from 30 to 40 seconds. Now doubles any rage that you receive from taking damage.
• Berserker Stance - now increase the chance you are critically hit with physical attacks by 10%. Cooldown reduced from 1 to 0 seconds.
• Challenging Shout - cost increased from 5 to 10 rage. Cooldown reduced from 10 to 5 minutes.
• Cleave (Rank 1-5) - cannot be used in Defensive Stance.
• Demoralizing Shout - also reduces spell damage of all enemies in range of ability. Attack Power amount reduce slightly decreased.
• Execute (Rank 1-5)- cooldown increased from 0 to 25 seconds, if enemy killed by this ability its cooldown resets. Basic damage increased.
• Intercept (Rank 1-3) - minimal range requiments increased from 8 to 10 yd. Cannot be affected by line of sight.
• Intimidating Shout - cost increased from 25 to 30 rage.
• Pummel (Rank 1-2)- cooldown increased from 10 to 15 seconds.
• Recklesness - all damage taken increased from 20% to 30%.
• Slam (Rank 1-4) - plus weapon damage increased. Now usable while moving.

Protection

• Bloodrage - deals damage only on use, DoT component completely deleted.
• Defensive Stance - cooldown reduced from 1 to 0 seconds.
• Disarm - cost reduced from 20 to 10 rage. Disarm the enemy's weapon length reduced from 10 to 5 seconds. Ability no more affected by global cooldown.
• Revenge (Rank 1-6) - now deals 50% of weapon damage instead fixed amount. Plus weapon damage effect added. Additionaly can be used after resist and reflect.
• Shield Bash (Rank 1-3) - cooldown increased from 12 to 15 seconds.
• Shield Block - cooldown increased from 5 to 20 seconds. Chance of block increase reduced from 75% to 50%. Effect duration increased from 5 to 10 seconds.
• Shield Slam (Rank 1-4) - now baseline. Damage increased. Chance to dispell target increased from 50% to 100%.
• Sunder Armor (Rank 5) - armor reduce effect increased from 450 to 500.
• Taunt - cooldown increased from 10 to 20 seconds.

Talents

Arms

• Sweeping Strikes - the number of attacks is not limited. The ability lasts 20 seconds.
• Mortal Strike (Rank 1-4) - deals more damage the less HP target has.

Fury

• Piercing Howl - now this ability causes a high amount of threat.
• Death Wish - cost increased from 10 to 20 Rage. Cooldown increased from 3 to 5 minutes. Armor and resistances reduction increased from 20% to 50%.
• Bloodthirst (Rank 1-4) - cost increased from 30 to 40 Rage. Damage scaling from Attack Power increased from 45% to 50%. Health restore effect replaced with Drain Life effect with 3 stacks and 25% chance to occur.

Protection

• Last Stand - now heals for 20% of maximum health. Maximum hit points bonus decreased from 30% to 20%.
• Concussion Blow - cost increased from 15 to 20 Rage. Cooldown increased from 45 to 60 seconds. Now deals weapon damage on use. Stun duration decreased from 5 to 4 seconds. Now ability causes a high amount fo threat.

New Talents

Arms

• Maim - adds to autoattacks 10% chance to apply bleeding type debuff that increase physical damage recieved by target by 5% for 10/20/30 seconds.
• Para Bellum - reduces cooldown of all abilites by 4/8/12/16/20%. Effect takes the ability's original cooldown and stacks with all other cooldown reduction effects.
• Dog of War - reduces Rage cost of all abilities by 4/8/12/16/20%. Effect takes the ability's original cost and stacks with all other cost reduction effects.
• Improved Mortal Strike - reduces cooldown of Mortal Strike by 0.5/1 seconds.

Fury

• Combat Endurance - allows 5/10/15% of your Health regeneration work while in combat. Effect stacks with all other health regeneration effects.
• Berserker's Blood - the less Health you have the more attack speed and spell damage reduction you recieve, up to 40%. With 1/5 talent points effect works on fully power when you have 1% HP, with 5/5 talent points effect works on fully power when you have 40% HP.
• Improved Bloodthirst - reduces cost of Bloodhirst by 5/10 Rage.

Protection

• Blade Mail - when struck in combat inflicts up to 12/24/36 (damage scales with level, these numbers for level 60) damage to the attacker.
• Shield Toss - new ability. Hurls a shield at the enemy, causing decent amount of damage, increased my Attack Power and knocks down for 2 sec. This ability causes a high amount of threat. Costs 15 rage, 5 - 30 yd range, instant, 60 seconds cooldown, requires Shields. Usable only in Defensive Stance.
• Training and Discipline - reduces cost of all abilities by 1/2/3 Rage. Mandatory talent to take Discipline.
• Vitality - increases maximum Health and healing taken by 2/4/6/8/10%.
• Butterfly Style - increases chance to dodge by 1/2/3/4/5% and makes your dodges and parries generate 20/40/60/80/100% of Rage, like if you got hit by attack.
• Constitusion - increases your Strength by up to 1% of your current Health. If you have more than 50% Health you become immune to Diseases, and if you have more than 75% Health you become immune to Poisons.

Redesigned Talents

Arms

• Improved Heroic Strike - no longer reduces cost of Heroic Strike, instead increases critical strike chance with this ability by 2/4/6/8/10%. Number of ranks increased from 3 to 5.
• Tactical Mastery - number of ranks reduced from 5 to 3. Now allows to retain 15/25/35 Rage when you change stance, up from 5/10/15/20/25 in Classic. Moved from second to the first talent tier .
• Deflection - number of ranks reduced from 5 to 2. Now increases Parry chance by 2/4%, instead of 1/2/3/4/5% in Classic. Mandatory talent to take Duelist.
• Improved Charge - number of ranks increased from 2 to 3. Now increases amount of Rage generated by Charge by 5/10/15, up from 3/6 Rage in Classic.
• Duelist - replaced the talent Improved Overpower. Now increases critical strike chance for Overpower and Revenge. Also, reduces cooldown of Retaliation ability by 25/50%. Moved from third to second talent tier.
• Improved Thunder Clap - no longer reduces cost of Thunder Clap, instead increases damage, attack and movement slowing effect of this ability by 50/100/150%.
• Improved Hamstring - no longer gives you a chance to immobilize the target, instead increases the duration of Hamstring by 3/6/9 seconds. Moved from the sixth to third talent tier.
• Impale - no longer required to take Deep Wounds talent, instead now its mandatory talent for Deep Wounds itself. Moved from the fourth to third talent tier.
• Deep Wounds - damage decreased from 20/40/60% to 10/20/30%. Now stacks up to 5 times with each critical strike dealt. Mandatory talent to take Maim.
• Poleaxe Specialization - now combined talent of Axe Specialization and Polearm Specialization. Moved from the fifth to fourth talent tier.
• Mace Specialization - no longer gives you a change to stun your target, instead causes your attacks with maces ignore up to 120/240/360/480/600 (scales with level, these numbers for level 60) of your target's Armor. Moved from the fifth to fourth talent tier.
• Sword Specialization - moved from the fifth to fourth talent tier.
• Sweeping Strikes - the number of attacks is not limited, was 5. The ability lasts 20 seconds.
• Two-Handed Weapon Specialization - increases damage you deal with two-handed weapons by 2/4/6/8/10%, up from 1/2/3/4/5% in Classic. Moved from the fourth to fifth talent tier.
• Mortal Strike - now deals more damage the less HP target has.

Fury

• Booming Voice - number of ranks reduced from 5 to 2, 25% area and duration increase per rank. Now also affects Intimidating Shout and Challenging Shout. Mandatory talent to take Piercing Howl.
• Improved Demoralizing Shout - effect increased from 8/16/24/32/40% to 10/20/30/40/50%.
• Unbridled Wrath - chance to generate additional rage decreased from 8/16/24/32/40% to 5/10/15/20/25%. Rage recieved increased from 1 to 5. Now you have a chance to recieve Rage not only on your melee swings, but also when you take damage.
• Improved Cleave - number of ranks reduced from 3 to 2. No more increases the bonus damage done by Cleave, instead inceases number of targets Cleave hit by 1/2.
• Piercing Howl - now this ability causes a high amount of threat.
• Blood Craze - health regeneration increased from 1/2/3% to 3/6/9%. The time required to restore health has also been increased from 6 to 15 seconds.
• Improved Battle Shout - number of ranks reduced from 5 to 2. Effect decreased from 5/10/15/20/25% to 10/20%.
• Precision - replaced the Dual Wield Specialization talent, no longer increases damage done by offhand weapon. Instead, increases chance to hit with melee weapons by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Improved Execute - no longer reduces the cost of Execute by 2/5 Rage. Instead, reduces cooldown of Execute by 40/80%.
• Enrage - melee damage bonus reduced from 5/10/15/20/25% to 1/2/3/4/5%. Duration increased from 12 to 20 seconds. Effect no longer limited by 12 swings. Now can be stacked up to 10 times. Mandatory talent to take Berserker's Blood.
• Improved Slam - number of ranks reduced from 5 to 3. On first two ranks decreases casting time of Slam by 0.5/1 seconds, was 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 seconds on Classic. On third rank Slam becomes an instant ability, cost increases by 5 Rage and adds shared 6 seconds cooldown. Moved from the fifth to fourth talent tier.
• Inner Rage - replaced the Improved Berserker Rage talent. No longer adds 5/10 Rage generation to Berserker Rage. Instead, reduces cooldown of Bloodrage, Berserker Rage and Recklesness by 25/50%. Moved from the sixth to fifth talent tier.
• Death Wish - cost increased from 10 to 20 Rage. Cooldown increased from 3 to 5 minutes. Armor and resistances reduction increased from 20% to 50%.
• Interceptor - replaced the Improved Intercept talent. Now also reduces cooldown of Pummel by 50/100% and cost of Pummel and Intercept by 50/100% of Rage.
• Flurry - no longer required to take Enrage talent. Number of stacks of Flurry effect reduced from 3 to 2.
• Bloodthirst - cost increased from 30 to 40 Rage. Damage scaling from Attack Power increased from 45% to 50%. Health restore effect replaced with Drain Life effect with 3 stacks and 25% chance to occur.

Protection

• Improved Bloodrage -

Tier Sets Available

Tier 0

Battlegear of Valor

• (2) Set - +10 Resistances/+200 Armor.
• (4) Set - + 40 Attack Power.
• (6) Set - Chance to heal for 88 to 132 when dealing or taking physical damage.
• (8) Set - +10 Resistances/+200 Armor.

Tier 0.5

Battlegear of Heroism

Every piece of gear was significatly buffed.

• (2) Set - +10 Resistances/+200 Armor.
• (4) Set - Chance to heal for 88 to 132 when dealing or taking physical damage.
• (6) Set - + 40 Attack Power.
• (8) Set - +10 Resistances/+200 Armor.

Tier 1

Battlegear of Might

• (2) Set - Gives you a 20% chance to generate an additional Rage point whenever damage is dealt to you.
• (4) Set - Increases the Attack Power granted by Battle Shout by 30.
• (6) Set - Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10%.
• (8) Set - Your Overpower, Revenge and Execute abilites increases the damage of your next offensive ability by 8%.

Battlegear of Might

Battlegear of Wrath

• (2) Set - 20% chance after using an offensive ability requiring Rage that your next 2 offensive abilities will requires 2 less rage to use.
• (4) Set - Increases the threat generated by Sunder Armor by 15%.
• (6) Set - Allows your Shield Block and Shield Reflection abilities to lock/reflect an additional attack/spell.
• (8) Set - 10% chance to parry next attack after block.

Battlegear of Wrath

Zul'Gurub Set

Vindicator's Battlegear

• (2) Set - Decreases the cooldown of Intimidating Shout by 30 seconds.
• (3) Set - Decreases the Rage cost of Rend, Slam and Sunder Armor by 30%.
• (5) Set - Decreases the Rage cost and cooldwon of Thunder Clap and Whirlwind by 20%.