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With Mists-Logo-Small Mists of Pandaria, warriors can begin choosing their talents beginning at level fifteen. As of Mists of Pandaria talents are no longer tied to specializations. Players may choose a new talent from the same group of three talents at periodic levels (15, 30, 45, etc.).

Mists of Pandaria

Level Icon Ability Description
15 (Choose one) Ability warrior bullrush Juggernaut You can Charge every 12 sec instead of every 20 sec.
Inv misc horn 04 Double Time You can use Charge twice in a row. Each use has a 20 sec recharge time. Charge can only grant Rage once every 12 sec.
Ability warrior warbringer Warbringer Your Charge also knocks a target to the ground and stuns it for 3 sec.
30 (Choose one) Ability warrior focusedrage Enraged Regeneration Instantly heals you for 10% of your total health, and an additional 10% over 5 sec. Can be used while stunned. Costs no Rage if used while Enraged.
Ability hunter harass Second Wind Whenever you are below 35% health, you regenerate 3% health per second. Whenever you are struck by a Stun or Immobilize effect, you generate 20 Rage over 10 sec.
Spell impending victory Impending Victory Instantly attack the target causing X damage and healing you for 10% of your maximum health. Killing an enemy that yields experience or honor resets the cooldown of Impending Victory and causes your next Impending Victory to heal for 20% of your maximum health. Replaces Victory Rush.
45 (Choose one) Ability bullrush Staggering Shout Causes all enemies within 20 yards that are snared to become rooted for 5 sec.
Spell shadow deathscream Piercing Howl Snares all enemies within 15 yards, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
Warrior disruptingshout Disrupting Shout Interrupts all spellcasting within 10 yards and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec.
60 (Choose one) Ability warrior bladestorm Bladestorm You become a whirling storm of destructive force, striking all targets within 8 yards for 120% weapon damage every 1 sec for 6 sec. During a Bladestorm, you can continue to dodge, block, and parry, and are immune to movement impairing and loss of control effects. However, you can be disarmed and you can only perform shout abilities.
Ability warrior shockwave Shockwave Sends a wave of force in a frontal cone before you, causing X damage and stunning all enemy targets within 10 yards for 4 sec.
Ability warrior dragonroar Dragon Roar Roar ferociously, causing X damage to all enemies within 8 yards, knocking them back and knocking them down for 0.5 sec. Dragon Roar is always a critical strike and ignores all armor on the target.
75 (Choose one) Ability warrior shieldbreak Mass Spell Reflection Reflects the next spell cast on you and on all party and raid members within 20 yards for 5 sec.
Ability warrior safeguard Safeguard Run at high speed towards a party or raid member, removing all movement-impairing effects upon you, intercepting the next melee or ranged attack made against them and reducing their damage taken by 20% for 6 sec. Replaces Intervene.
Ability warrior vigilance Vigilance Focus your protective gaze on a party or raid member, transferring 30% of damage taken to you for 12 sec. During the duration of Vigilance, your Taunt has no cooldown.
90 (Choose one) Warrior talent icon avatar Avatar You transform into an unstoppable colossus for 20 sec, increasing your damage dealt by 20% and causing your attacks to generate 30% extra Rage. While transformed you are immune to movement impairing effects.
Ability warrior bloodbath Bloodbath For the next 12 sec, causes your melee special attacks to deal an additional 30% damage as a bleed over 6 sec. While bleeding, the target moves at 50% reduced speed.
Warrior talent icon stormbolt Storm Bolt Hurl your weapon at an enemy, causing 100% weapon damage and stunning the target for 3 sec. Deals an additional 300% weapon damage to targets that are permanently immune to stuns.

Pre-Mists of Pandaria

The warrior talent trees are designed in principle to offer all-out offense (Fury), all-out defense (Protection) and the "golden middle" (Arms). In reality, Fury and Arms both lead to DPS heavy specs, whereas Protection is basically the only possible spec for warrior tanks, although it is possible to off-tank with the right Arms spec as well.


Arms talents tend to be useful for all Warriors, containing much that helps with soloing or PVP. Slow two-handed weapons often benefit the most from Arms talents, although many different weapon specializations can be found in this tree. Mortal Strike is the trademark move of any Arms build.

Icon Talent Requirements Ranks Description
Ability warrior savageblow Mortal Strike None None A vicious strike that deals x% weapon damage plus X and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received for 10 sec.
Ability warrior endlessrage Anger Management None None You gain 1 Rage every 3 seconds while in combat, and generate 25% extra Rage from damage dealt.
Inv axe 09 Two-Handed Weapon Specialization None None Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 12%
Ability warrior unrelentingassault War Academy None 3 Increases the damage of Heroic Strike, Cleave, Victory Rush and Slam by X%.
Inv misc bandage 05 Field Dressing none 2 Increases all healing received by X%, and the effectiveness of your self-healing abilities by an additional X%.
Warrior talent icon blitz Blitz none 2 Your Charge generates X additional rage and stuns an additional nearby X nearby targets.
Spell nature enchantarmor Tactical Mastery Arms 5 2 You retain upto an additional X rage when you change stances.
Ability hunter harass Second Wind Arms 5 2 Whenever you are struck by a Stun or Immobilize effect you will generate X rage and X% of your total health over 10 sec.
Ability backstab Deep Wounds Arms 5 3 Your critical strikes cause the opponent to bleed, dealing X% of your melee weapon's average damage over 6 sec.
Achievement bg winwsg 3-0 Drums of War Arms 5 2 Reduces the Rage cost of your Pummel, Demoralizing Shout, Intimidating Shout and Challenging Shout by X%.
Ability rogue hungerforblood Taste for Blood Arms 10 3 Increase your Overpower critical strike chance by 20%/40%/60%. In addition, whenever your Rend ability causes damage, you have a 33%/66%/100% chance of allowing the use of Overpower for 9 sec. This effect will not occur more than once every 6 sec.
Ability rogue slicedice Sweeping Strikes Arms 10 1 Your melee attacks strike an additional nearby apponent. Lasts 10 sec.
Ability searingarrow Impale Arms 10
Deep Wounds 3
2 Increase the critical strike damage bonus of Mortal Strike, Slam and Overpower by X%.
Ability shockwave Improved Hamstring Arms 10 2 When reapplying Hamstring, you immobilize the target for 5 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once every X sec. In addition, reduces the global cooldown of your Hamstring by X sec.
Ability warrior decisivestrike Improved Slam Arms 15 2 Decreases the swing time of Slam by X sec and increases its damage by X%.
Achievement boss kingymiron Deadly Calm Arms 15 1 For the next 10 sec, none of your abilities cost rage, but you continue to generate rage. Cannot be used during Inner Rage.
Ability warrior bloodfrenzy Blood Frenzy Arms 15 2 Your bleeds cause targets to take an extra X% physical damage and X% bleed damage, In addition, your autoattacks have a X% chance to generate 20 additional rage.
Warrior talent icon lambstotheslaughter Lambs to the Slaughter Arms 20 3 Your Mortal Strike causes the Slaughter effect, which refreshes the duration of Rend on the target and increases the damage of your Execute, Overpower, Slam and Mortal Strike by 10%. Lasts 15 sec.
Ability warrior bullrush Juggernaut Arms 20 1 Your Charge ability is now usable while in combat and in all stances, and the cooldown of your Charge is reduced by 2 sec. Following a Charge, your next Slam or Mortal Strike has an additional 25% chance to critically hit if used within 10 sec. However, Charge and Intercept now share a cooldown.
Ability warrior improveddisciplines Sudden Death Arms 20 2 Your melee hits have a X% chance of resetting the cooldown on your Colossus Smash, and you keep X rage after using Execute.
Ability warrior trauma Wrecking Crew Arms 25 2 Your Mortal Strike critical hits have a X% chance to Enrage you, increasing all damage caused by X% for 12 sec.
Inv mace 62 Throwdown Arms 25
Juggernaut 1
1 Knocks the target to the ground and stuns it for 5 sec.
Ability warrior bladestorm Bladestorm Arms 30
Juggernaut 1
1 You become a whirling storm of destructive force, instantly striking all nearby targets with your weapon and continuing to perform a whirlwind attack every 1 sec for 6 sec. While under the effects of Bladestorm, you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed or disarmed, but you cannot perform any other abilities.


Fury talents tend toward PvE Warriors. Properly specced and equipped Fury warriors are among the top damage dealers in endgame boss fights.

Icon Talent Requirements Ranks Description
Spell nature bloodlust Bloodthirst None None Instantly attack the target causing (AP * 80 / 100) 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.
Ability dualwield Dual Wield Specialization None None Allows you to equip one-hand and off-hand weapons in your off-hand. Increases the damage of your off-hand attacks by an additional 25%.
Ability marksmanship Precision None None Increases your chance to hit with your attacks by 3% and increases auto-attack damage by 40%.
Spell shadow summonimp Blood Craze None 3 After taking damage, you have a 10% chance to regenerate X% of your total health over 5 sec.
Inv helmet 06 Battle Trance none 3 Your Bloodthirst, Mortal Strike and Shield Slam hits have a X% chance to make your next special attack that costs more than 5 Rage consume no Rage.
Ability rogue eviscerate Cruelty none 2 Increases the critical strike chance of Bloodthirst, Mortal Strike and Shield Slam by X%.
Inv sword 48 Executioner Fury 5 2 Increases the melee attack power reduction of your Demoralizing Shout by 8/16/24/32/40%.
Spell nature purge Booming Voice Fury 5 2 Reduces the cooldown of your Battle Shout and Commanding Shout by X sec and causes those abilities to generate X additional Rage.
Ability warrior commandingshout Rude Interruption Fury 5 2 Successfully interrupting a spell with Shield Bash or Pummel increases your damage by 5% for X sec.
Spell shadow deathscream Piercing Howl Fury 5 1 Causes all enemies within 10 yards to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.
Ability ghoulfrenzy Flurry Fury 10 3 Increases your attack speed by X% for your next 3 swings after dealing a critical strike.
Spell shadow deathpact Death Wish Fury 10 1 When activated you become enraged, increases your physical damage by 20% but increases all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.
Spell shadow unholyfrenzy Enrage Fury 10 3 Your melee hits have a X% chance to Enrage you, giving you a X% physical damage bonus for 9 sec.
Inv sword 86 Die by the Sword Fury 15 2 Increases your parry chance by 100% for X sec whenever you are brought to 20% health or less. This effect cannot occur more often than once every 2 min.
Ability hunter swiftstrike Raging Blow Fury 15
Death Wish 1
1 A mighty blow that deals 100% weapon damage from both melee weapons. Can only be used while Enraged.
Ability warrior rampage Rampage Fury 15
Raging Blow 1
1 Increases the critical strike chance of all party and raid members within 100 yds by 5%. In addition, improves your critical strike chance by an additional 2%.
Warrior talent icon deadlycalm Heroic Fury Fury 15 1 Removes any Immobilization effects and refreshes the cooldown of your Intercept ability.
Ability warrior furiousresolve Furious Attacks Fury 20 1 Your autoattacks have a chance to reduce all healing done to the target by 25% for 10 sec.
Warrior talent icon mastercleaver Meat Cleaver Fury 20 2 Dealing damage with Cleave or Whirlwind increases the damage of Cleave and Whirlwind by X% for 10 sec. This effect stacks up to 3 times.
Warrior talent icon furyintheblood Intensify Rage Fury 20 3 Reduces the cooldown of your Berserker Rage, Recklessness and Death Wish abilities by X%.
Spell nature bloodlust Bloodsurge Fury 25
Raging Blow 1
3 Your Bloodthirst hits have a X% chance of making your next Slam instant, free, and deal 20% more damage for 10 sec.
Ability whirlwind Skirmisher Fury 25 2 Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept by X sec and your Heroic Leap by Y sec.
Ability warrior furiousresolve Furious Attacks Fury 25 2 Your normal melee attacks have a chance to reduce all healing done to the target by 25% for 10 sec. This can stack up to 2 times. (2nd rank, more procs)
Ability warrior titansgrip Titan's Grip Fury 30 1 Allows you to equip two-handed axes, maces and swords in one hand.
Warrior talent icon singlemindedfury Single-Minded Fury Fury 40 1 When you dual-wield one-handed weapons, you deal 20% additional damage and Slam hits with both weapons.


Protection talents are generally very useful for Main Tank group work, allowing the Warrior to put up with more punishment than otherwise possible. Always use a shield while tanking!

Icon Talent Requirements Ranks Description
Inv shield 05 Shield Slam None None Slam the target with your shield, causing X to Y damage (based on attack power) and dispelling 1 magic effect on the target.
Inv helmet 21 Sentinel None None Increases your total Stamina by 15% and your block chance by 15%. You also generate 50% additional Rage from attacking targets that are not targeting you.
Ability paladin shieldofvengeance Vengeance None None Each time you take damage, you gain 5% of the damage taken as attack power, up to a maximum of 10% of your health.
Ability warrior incite Incite none 3 Increases the critical strike chance of your Heroic Strike by Y%, and gives your Heroic Strike criticals a X% chance to cause the next Heroic Strike to also be a critical strike. These guaranteed criticals cannot re-trigger the Incite effect.
Spell holy devotion Toughness none 3 Increases your armor value from items by X%.
Warrior talent icon bloodandthunder Blood and Thunder none 2 When you Thunder Clap a target affected by your Rend, you have a X% chance to affect every target with Rend.
Inv shield 06 Shield Specialization Protection 5 3 You generate X extra Rage when you block an attack. You generate Y extra Rage when you Spell Reflect a magic attack.
Ability warrior shieldmastery Shield Mastery Protection 5 3 Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Block by X sec, your Shield Wall by Y sec and causes your Shield Block to also reduce magic damage taken by Z% for 6 sec.
Achievement bg defendxtowers av Hold the Line Protection 5 2 Improves your critical strike and critical block chance by 10% for X sec following a successful parry.
Inv axe 66 Gag Order Protection 5 2 Gives your Pummel and Heroic Throw a X% chance to silence the target for Y sec. Also lowers the cooldown on Heroic Throw by Z sec.
Spell holy ashestoashes Last Stand Protection 10 1 When activated, this ability temporarily grants 30% of maximum hit points for 20 seconds. After the effect expires, the hit points are lost (Active).
Ability thunderbolt Concussion Blow Protection 10 1 Stuns the opponent for 5 sec and deals X damage (based on attack power).
Ability defend Bastion of Defense Protection 10 2 Reduces the chance you'll be critically hit by melee attacks by 3/6% while in Defensive Stance. In addition, when you block, dodge or parry an attack you have a 20% chance to become Enraged, increasing physical damage done by 5/10% for 12 sec.
Ability warrior warbringer Warbringer Protection 10 1 Your Charge, Intercept and Intervene abilities are now usable while in combat and in any stance. In addition, your Intervene ability will remove all movement impairing effects.
Ability warrior revenge Improved Revenge Protection 15 2 Increases damage of your Revenge ability by 30/60% and causes Revenge to strike an additional target for 50/100% damage.
Inv sword 11 Devastate Protection 15 1 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.
Ability warrior devastate Impending Victory Protection 15
Devastate 1
2 Using Devastate on a target with 20% or less health has a 25/50% chance to allow the use of Victory Rush but that Victory Rush only heals for 5% of your health.
Warrior talent icon thunderstruck Thunderstruck Protection 20 2 Improves the damage of your Rend, Cleave and Thunder Clap by 3/6%. In addition, your Thunder Clap improves the damage of your next Shockwave by 5/10%. Stacks up to 3 times.
Ability warrior vigilance Vigilance Protection 20
Concussion Blow 1
1 Focus your protective gaze on a party or raid member. 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.
Inv shield 01 Heavy Repercussions Protection 20 2 While your Shield Block is active, your Shield Slam hits for an additional 50/100% damage.
Ability warrior safeguard Safeguard Protection 25 2 Reduces damage taken by the target of your Intervene ability by 15/30% for 6 sec.
Ability warrior swordandboard Sword and Board Protection 25
Devastate 1
3 Increases the critical strike chance of your Devastate ability by 5/10/15% and when your Devastate or Revenge ability deals damage it has a 10/20/30% chance of refreshing the cooldown of your Shield Slam ability and reducing its cost by 100% for 5 sec.
Ability warrior shockwave Shockwave Protection 30 1 Sends a wave of force in front of the warrior, causing X damage (based on attack power) and stunning all enemy targets within 10 yards in a frontal cone for 4 sec.

Talent Choices

Main article: Warrior builds

While all Warriors can buy all of the standard abilities, Talents force the Warrior to make choices, as there are not enough points for everything. Naturally, this leads to great debate on which are better than others. Also, the class talent trees are something Blizzard tend to review and revise quite often, so 'the perfect build' can change often.

However, there is always the option of Respecing if you end up with something that doesn't suit you. Visit the Warrior Trainer for this option, which will allow you to respend your points from scratch, for a cash fee.

General Talent Advice

Initially, the talent trees can seem rather bewildering, but choosing how to spend your points is easier than it might seem. The talents are laid out in obvious 'Tiers' within each tree, and usually a certain number of points will have to be spent in each tier to access the next tier down.

e.g: To gain access to Tier 2 of Protection, at least five points will need to be spent on either Shield Specialization, Improved Thunder Clap and Improved Bloodrage, or a combination thereof.

This means a choice between three different talents. Examine each and decide which is best for you. To get the most effect out of a chosen talent, it is usually best to buy as many ranks in it as available, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, etc. (though there are exceptions).

A good strategy to create a Talent Build is to look at the three end talents: Bladestorm, Titan's Grip and Shockwave, pick one, and then work backwards through the requirements, picking the most useful intermediate steps as you go. This will take about 51 points; the rest can then be used to pick out particularly useful other skills from different trees, or enhance existing effects in the main tree.

Another good idea would be deciding what do you want to specialize in, like PVE tanking\PVP damage dealing\PVE damage dealing etc., then chose the talents that suit your vision of a play style you'd like to have. You'll find that there are talents that are useless in one area of activity, while extremely useful in another area.

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