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Fury Warrior DPS Starter Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.5
By Archimtiros
Last updated
2021/03/09 at 1:20 AM
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Welcome to our Fury Warrior starter guide, which covers everything you need to start playing a new character in Shadowlands. While our other guide pages go into more individual detail, this simple starter guide covers all the basics in one place, whether you're a new Fury Warrior, a returning player to Shadowlands, hardcore, or casual alike, it's the best place to get a beginners overview on the class. Included are basic talent builds, simplified rotations, stats, legendary recommendations, and more to get you started as quickly as possible.
Please keep in mind that this page is meant to get beginner players started quickly, and does not contain much in the way of detailed explanations, mechanics, competitive options, gearing, simulation comparisons, or nuance. For more in-depth information, including all those optimizations and more, check out the complete Fury Warrior Guide pages linked in the navigation on the left-hand side of the page, and if you're still leveling up in Shadowlands, you can take a look at our
leveling tips
.
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Best Fury Warrior Covenant
Each covenant excels in a different area of gameplay, although they remain viable in those they are not primarily suited for. Even if you're prioritizing raiding, Venthyr perform very well in Mythic+ and PvP, while Night Fae and Kyrian are only slightly behind in single target raid situations, giving Fury Warriors have a lot of flexibility in Covenant choice. Each offers its own special abilities, soulbinds, conduits, transmoggable armor sets, and other perks, so check out our Covenant pages for more information to help you decide which covenant to pledge to. Keep in mind, the choice also is not final and can be periodically changed.
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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