Fury Warrior DPS Starter Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.5

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Best Fury Warrior Covenant

Raid

Raid Soulbind

Mythic+

M+ Soulbind

Kyrian

Third

Pelagos

Second

Pelagos

Necrolord

Worst

Heirmir

Worst

Emeni

Night Fae

Second

Niya

Best

Korayn

Venthyr

Best

Nadjia

Third

Nadjia

Single Target - Venthyr >> Night Fae > Kyrian >> Necrolord
Multitarget - Night Fae > Kyrian >> Venthyr >> Necrolord

Gameplay wise, the biggest difference between them is that Venthyr Condemn replaces Execute with a version that can be used more frequently, causing them to talent into Massacre at all times. Night Fae and Kyrian instead gain a new attack on a moderate cooldown, and Necrolords gain a long group cooldown, and all three switch between Frenzy and Onslaught.

Best Fury Warrior Covenant

Kyrian Fury Warrior GuideNecrolord Fury Warrior Guide

Night Fae Fury Warrior GuideVenthyr Fury Warrior Guide

Best Fury Warrior Legendaries

Fury Warriors use the same primary legendary as Arms, making swapping specs very accessible. Signet of Tormented Kings has amazing synergy with Anger Management and Bladestorm, gaining extra cooldowns which excel not only in AoE situations such as Mythic+ dungeons, but single target raid encounters as well. Deathmaker is a very close alternative for raiding, although takes extra resources to craft and doesn't have quite as high a potential.

Signet of Tormented Kings for raid and Mythic+
Deathmaker as a raid alternative.

If you plan to make multiple legendaries, remember that you don't have to upgrade them at the same rate - early on, Soul Ash is very hard to come by, but over time you will end up with more than enough, allowing you to make and upgrade whatever legendries you want. Take a look at our legendary guide to learn more about other items you can craft, or our crafting guide to find all the materials you need to craft them.

Fury Warrior Legendaries Guide

Best Fury Warrior Talents

Fury Warriors use the same talents for a lot of content, although a handful of talents stand out in particular areas. If you are still leveling, Fresh Meat and Onslaught perform very well together, while Bladestorm and Anger Management synergize very well in AoE heavy dungeons and Mythic+. This talent build is primarily focused on single target/raiding for players getting started with end game activities, but our Fury Warrior Talent Guide goes into more detail for each talent, as well as providing specific builds for questing, Mythic+, and Raids.

Fury Warrior Talents Guide

Fury Warrior Stat Priority

Unlike previous expansions, primary stats such as Strength are much more important than they used to be, and secondary stats are close enough together that item level is usually more important factor when it comes to choosing gear. You can find out more about how stats work, including sample stat weights and scaling plots in the Stats Guide, or get an overview of the best-in-slot gear to look for from dungeons and raids in the Fury Warrior Gear Guide.

Strength > Haste > Mastery > Crit > Versatility

Strength: Increases all damage done by native class spells, abilities, and auto attacks. Previously one of the weakest stats, but now much more impactful, making raw item level much more important again.
Haste: Compresses the rotation by reducing both the GCD and the cooldown of the rotational abilities Bloodthirst, Raging Blow, and Execute. The predominate stat which will be priority for early gearing in Shadowlands, it may eventually fall in value, but not until comfortably gearing beyond 30%.
Critical Strike: Increases damage done by abilities, auto attacks, and trinkets. While some talents, legendaries, and covenant abilities interact with critical strikes, the stat's value is rather low and better avoided.
Mastery: Increases the damage bonus of Enrage. Initially weak, but rises in value once you have enough Haste to maintain a decent Enrage uptime to regularly benefit from it. It does not affect non-class damage such as trinkets, potions, and enchantments.
Versatility: Increases damage done and reduces damage taken by half the amount. Unlike Mastery, however, it affects all damage done including trinkets, potions, and enchantments.

Fury Warrior Stats Guide

Fury Warrior Enchants and Consumables

Cloak: Increase stamina and tertiary bonuses, which are largely interchangeable. When in doubt, choose extra stamina or avoidance.
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance, Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech, Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed, Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality

Chest: Strength & auto-attack - Enchant Chest - Eternal Skirmish
Wrists: Hearth cooldown - Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing
Gloves: Increases Strength - Enchant Gloves - Eternal Strength
Boots: Reduced fall damage - Enchant Boots - Soul Treads
Rings: Increases Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste or Enchant Ring - Bargain of Haste (lesser)
Mainhand Weapon: Stats - Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance
Offhand Weapon: Damage - Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation in Single Target or Enchant Weapon - Lightless Force in AoE

Fury Warrior Enchants Guide

Best Fury Warrior Rotation

This is a typical Fury Warrior DPS rotation, using the talents recommended above. More optimized rotations and notes on on cooldown use can be found in the Fury Warrior Rotation Guide.

Charge to open combat or close distance to the target
Conqueror's Banner as Necrolord
Recklessness on cooldown or for burst DPS
Rampage
Execute or Condemn as Venthyr
Bloodthirst
Ancient Aftershock as Night Fae or Spear of Bastion as Kyrian
Bladestorm
Raging Blow
Whirlwind

Fury Warrior Rotation Guide

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