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Storm Bolt

Storm Bolt
30 yd range

Instant	30 sec cooldown

Requires Warrior
Requires level 60

Requires Melee Weapon
Hurls your weapon at an enemy, causing 60% Physical damage and stunning for 4 sec. Deals quadruple damage to targets permanently immune to stuns.

Buff

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

None

Range

30 yards (Medium)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

30 seconds

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Normalized Weapon Damage

Effect #2

Weapon Damage - %
Value: 60

Effect #3

Dummy
Server-side script

Effect #4

Trigger Spell

	Storm Bolt Off-Hand

Flags

Guides

Protection Warrior Guide [6.0.2]

Warlords of Draenor
Warrior Changes

Warrior DPS Guide (Arms/Fury)

Comments

Comment by andreohyeah

I just wanna know if the target is on full DR of stuns and this makes him immune to stuns, he takes 300% of the dmg?

Comment by Fjarki

Fully buffed orc warr, Brewfest trinket, pvp trinket, all CD's, i critted 490k with this, this is very good lol.

Comment by korruptor2

It's like a mini hammer of justice for warriors

Edit: spelling

Comment by Ripentine

This spell is just awesome.
I feel like Thor with that one.
Gotta name my hammer Mjolnir, right daddy Odin?

Comment by Reignac

Avatar and Storm Bolt are on the same talent tier and therefore it is not possible to be a proper Mountain King :(

Comment by Buckmoney

Now any warrior can be Sven

Comment by Nimmersatt

This is a great ability for Arms warriors on boss fights. It hits for 500% WD (625% counting Seasoned Soldier, 687.5% counting Enrage) and given the Sudden Death procs and Berserker Rage (which is off the GCD and shares a 30 sec CD), you can use this with both the 10% bonus damage of Enrage and ignoring all of the Boss's armor twice per minute, in essence, allowing you to do 1,000% WD per minute with just 2 GCDs. Better still, if you have Sweeping Strikes up and there is another mob or boss next to you, they get hit for half damage (250% WD or 312.5% WD counting Seasoned Soldier, 343.75% counting Enrage) so long as the mob you target is permanently immune to stuns. Best yet, it costs no rage to activate.

For Fury though, it's not nearly as good, as only one hit per min will occur during CS, while at the same time, there is the lack of bonus damage given it is a MH attack (You'd need to be enraged and have 18 mast (or 35.5 mast for SMF) to generate the same bonus damage as Arms gets), while you'd need an additional 11 mast (total of 29 for TG, 47.5 for SMF) to balance out the fact that CS only aligns once for Fury.

Edit: Damage was increased from 100%+300% to 125%+375%

Comment by DoomDR

With the ability for Stormbolt to hit with both the MH and OH in 5.4, when the stars align (procs, buffs, etc), on a mob immune to stuns, it is possible to hit for 1 million damage.

You read that right. 1,000,000 damage.

Comment by Superchief

If you're tired of too many buttons then here's the lazy warrior way:

#showtooltip Berserker Rage
/cast Berserker Rage
/cast Storm Bolt

One's off the global, one's on the global, activate both at the same time.

Comment by smackthekids

Level 90 Warrior Talents for beginners:

With the massive list of changes to Warrior in 5.4 (ESPECIALLY Storm Bolt), a lot can factor in to which talent yields the best "overall" DPS and utility, and for players new to the Warrior class it can be confusing, such as whether you're Fury Warrior, Arms Warrior, or Protection Warrior, whether youre Single-Minded Fury (1 handers x2) or Titan's Grip (2 handers x2), whether you picked Bladestorm talent or not, whether you have and use the Cooldown Reduction Trinket(s), as well as the quantity, quality, and type of enemy (PvE vs PvP, Dungeon vs Raid, Single vs Multi targets, etc).

Storm Bolt is a very situational talent overall, providing a relatively long CC (stun) while using up a global cooldown. It loses in terms of overall DPS for both Arms and Protection; however, due to the significant changes in patch 5.4, Storm Bolt is miles ahead for Titan's Grip Warriors when coupled with a Cooldown Reduction Trinket; striving to land every Storm Bolt together within a Colossus Smash debuff window.

Here's a rough breakdown for complete newbies.
This list will ensure you're maximizing your Warrior as you continue to learn and hone your skills. Over time, as you master your Warrior, the talents will be purely up to you and your unique situation(s).

Rule of thumb for Level 90 Warrior Talents:

PvE (Dungeons/Raids):

Multi-Target: (multi adds / multi-bosses / cleave)
All 3 Specs
--- Bloodbath
Single-Target: **(With Cooldown Reduction Trinket)
Fury Single-Minded Fury
--- Bloodbath -or- Storm Bolt
Fury Titan's Grip
--- Storm Bolt
Arms Warrior
--- Bloodbath -or- Avatar (100% Dependant on encounter's need for frequent burst vs higher burst DPS)
Protection Warrior
--- Storm Bolt -or- Bloodbath (Storm Bolt for instant, high threat and damage w/ Vengeance; or Bloodbath due to it not using / freeing up a vital Global Cooldown)
Single-Target: **(Without Cooldown Reduction Trinket)
Fury Single-Minded Fury
--- Bloodbath
Fury Titan's Grip
--- Storm Bolt -or- Bloodbath
Arms Warrior
--- Bloodbath -or- Avatar (100% Dependant on encounter's need for frequent burst vs higher burst DPS)
Protection Warrior
--- Storm Bolt -or- Bloodbath (Storm Bolt for the high instant threat and damage with Vengeance; Bloodbath due to it not using up a vital Global Cooldown)

PvP (Arena, BG/RBG, WPvP): (See note at bottom)

Large BGs/RBGs - Offensive: (Deathmatch/HK/KB offensive focused play)
Arms Warrior
--- Bloodbath
Large BGs/RBGs - Defensive: (Survival focused esp: CTF or CC-heavy play; defensive focused)
Arms Warrior & Protection Warrior
--- Avatar -or- Storm Bolt (Dependant on roll such as Flag Carrier or Flag Defender; dependant on team-mates' CC abilities.)
Arenas, Small BG/RBGs:
--- Situational ---
Note: When playing with a tight knit team; one in which both their and your success and failure heavily depends on each other, Always coordinate with your team before-hand for serious or rated matches. The stun of Storm Bolt, the semi-CC Break and burst of Avatar, and the Bleed/Snare of Bloodbath must be weighed against your team-mates' abilities, skill, roles, and team utility (CCs, Offensive/Defensive CDs, Heals, etc).
WPvP: (World PvP / Open world; non-instanced)
- Preventing being ganked / avoiding WPvP
--- Storm Bolt (Enough time to stun enemy and leave combat / mount up)
- Engaging or Ganking others intentionally in WPvP
--- Situational ---
Note: If attempting to engage intentionally in WPvP, always assess each situation / enemy as a unique encounter and decide on the best method of taking him/her down before engaging in combat.
Note from Main PvP Header (Fury / Fury Talents in PvP / WPvP)
--- Fury is just bad in legitimate / Rated PvP. Any talent is "viable" or passable, but due to their reliance on the enrage mechanic to trigger damaging attacks, as well as rage-starvation issues, it is not recommended to play Fury in PvP.
However, situationally in WPvP with heavy PvE gear, Fury has astonishing burst

Comment by vreemdevince

A question, I don't get how this weapon damage thing works.
Does it look at my actual weapon damage as seen on the item (and therefor not affected by buffs) or does it look at my characters weapon damage (and therefor affected by buffs)?

I'm guessing it's the later but I'd like confirmation if possible, thank you.

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