Warrior Class Guides and Overview in Wrath of the Lich King Classic

By Ragor Updated: 2022/08/30

Warrior Class Basics in Wrath of the Lich King Classic

Races:

Alliance: Draenei, Dwarf, Human, Gnome, Night Elf

Horde: Orc, Tauren, Troll, Undead

Role:Resources:Armor:Weapons:Stats:

Arms: Hit Rating, Strength, Armor Penetration Rating, Critical Strike Rating, Expertise Rating, Agility, Haste Rating, Attack Power

Fury: Hit Rating, Strength, Armor Penetration Rating, Critical Strike Rating, Expertise Rating, Agility, Haste Rating, Attack Power

Protection: Defense Rating, Expertise Rating, Hit Rating, Strength, Critical Strike Rating, Block Rating, Agility

Strengths:Weaknesses:Talent trees: Viability of Warriors in Wrath of the Lich King ClassicBest Warrior Spec for PvEBest Warrior Spec for PvPMortal StrikeBest Warrior Spec for LevelingSweeping StrikesWarrior SpecializationsArms:Battle-hardened masters of two-handed weapons, using mobility and overpowering attacks to strike their opponents down.

The talents in Arms greatly enhance the Warrior's damage with two-handed weapons with abilities such as Bladestorm, Sweeping Strikes, and Mortal Strike.

Fury:Furious berserkers wielding a weapon in each hand, unleashing a flurry of attacks to carve their opponents to pieces.

The talents in Fury greatly enhance the Warrior's damage with dual-wielding weapons with abilities such as Titan's Grip, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst.

Protection:Stalwart protectors who use a shield to safeguard themselves and their allies.

The talents in Protection greatly enhance the Warrior's defensive capabilities with abilities such as Shockwave, Devastate, and Vigilance.

Unique Warrior Flavor and Utility in Wrath of the Lich King ClassicStances

Battle Stance: A balanced combat stance that increases the armor penetration of all of your attacks by 10%.

Berserker Stance: An aggressive stance. Critical hit chance is increased by 3% and all damage taken is increased by 5%.

Defensive Stance: A defensive combat stance. Decreases damage taken by 10% and damage caused by 5%. Increases threat generated.

Buffs

Battle Shout: The warrior shouts, increasing attack power of all raid and party members within 30 yards by 550. Lasts 2 min.

Commanding Shout: Increases maximum health of all party and raid members within 30 yards by 2255. Lasts 2 min.

Rampage (Fury): Increases ranged and melee critical hit chance of all party and raid members within 100 yds by 5%.

Debuffs

Sunder Armor: Sunders the target's armor, reducing it by 4% per Sunder Armor and causes a high amount of threat. Threat increased by attack power. Can be applied up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

Demoralizing Shout: Reduces the melee attack power of all enemies within 10 yards by 411 for 30 sec.

Thunder Clap: Blasts nearby enemies increasing the time between their attacks by 10% for 30 sec and doing 300 damage to them. Damage increased by attack power. This ability causes additional threat.

Trauma (Arms): Your melee critical strikes increase the effectiveness of Bleed effects on the target by 30% for 1 min.

Blood Frenzy (Arms): Increases your melee attack speed by 10%. In addition your Rend and Deep Wounds abilities also increase all physical damage caused to that target by 4%.

Support/Utility Abilities

Shield Bash: Bash the target with your shield dazing them and interrupting spellcasting, which prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 6 sec.

Taunt: Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you.

Disarm: Disarm the enemy's main hand and ranged weapons for 10 sec.

Mocking Blow: A mocking attack that causes a moderate amount of threat and forces the target to focus attacks on you for 6 sec. If the target is tauntable, also deals weapon damage.

Challenging Shout: Forces all enemies within 10 yards to focus attacks on you for 6 sec.

Hamstring: Maims the enemy, reducing movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.

Intervene: Run at high speed towards a party member, intercepting the next melee or ranged attack made against them as well as reducing their total threat by 10%.

Intimidating Shout: The warrior shouts, causing up to 5 enemies within 8 yards to cower in fear. The targeted enemy will be unable to move while cowering. Lasts 8 sec.

Pummel: Pummel the target, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec.

Shield Slam: Slam the target with your shield, causing 990 to 1040 damage, modified by your shield block value, and dispels 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.

Shattering Throw: Throws your weapon at the enemy causing (12 + Attack power * .50) damage (based on attack power), reducing the armor on the target by 20% for 10 sec or removing any invulnerabilities.

Charge: Charge an enemy, generate 15 rage, and stun it for 1.50 sec. Cannot be used in combat.

Intercept: Charge an enemy, causing (Attack power * 0.12) damage (based on attack power) and stunning it for 3 sec.

Piercing Howl (Fury): Causes all enemies within 10 yards to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

Concussion Blow (Protection): Stuns the opponent for 5 sec and deals (38 / 100 * Attack power) damage (based on attack power).

Mortal Strike (Arms): A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 380 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec.

Vigilance (Protection): Focus your protective gaze on a group or raid target, reducing their damage taken by 3% and transfers % of the threat they cause to you. In addition, each time they are hit by an attack your Taunt cooldown is refreshed. Lasts 30 min. This effect can only be on one target at a time.

Shockwave (Protection): Sends a wave of force in front of the warrior, causing (75 / 100 * Attack power) damage (based on attack power) and stunning all enemy targets within 10 yards in a frontal cone for 4 sec.

Best Warrior RacesWarriorAlliance

Draenei: Provides the best party-wide buff with Heroic Presence, a minor healing ability with Gift of the Naaru, and some spell avoidance with Shadow Resistance.

Human: Provides the best and most versatile on-use ability with Will to Survive, and weapon expertise with Sword Specialization and Mace Specialization.

Dwarf: Provides a decent defensive on-use ability with Stoneform, weapon expertise with Mace Specialization, and some spell avoidance with Frost Resistance.

Gnome: Provides a decent defensive on-use ability with Escape Artist, and some spell avoidance with Arcane Resistance.

Night Elf: Provides a temporary threat drop option with Shadowmeld, some physical avoidance with Quickness, and some spell avoidance with Nature Resistance.

Horde

Orc: Provides the best offensive on-use ability with Blood Fury, and weapon expertise with Axe Specialization.

Tauren: Provides a decent defensive on-use ability with War Stomp, additional base health with Endurance, and some spell avoidance with Nature Resistance.

Troll: Provides a decent offensive on-use ability with Berserking, additional damage against beasts with Beast Slaying, additional health regeneration with Regeneration, and reduced duration of movement impairing effects with Da Voodoo Shuffle.

Undead: Provides a decent defensive on-use ability with Will of the Forsaken, another decent on-use ability with Cannibalize, and some spell avoidance with Shadow Resistance.

Best Professions for Warriors

Engineering: Provides very powerful item enchants in the form of Hyperspeed Accelerators, Nitro Boosts, Flexweave Underlay, and Frag Belt.

Jewelcrafting: Provides three very powerful gems with Dragon's Eye, such as Bold Dragon's Eye and Smooth Dragon's Eye. All of these gems can be found here.

Blacksmithing: Provides the ability to add sockets to their own gear with Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves.

Tailoring: Provides a powerful item enchant in the form of Swordguard Embroidery.

Leatherworking: Provides a powerful item enchant in the form of Fur Lining - Attack Power and Fur Lining - Stamina.

Enchanting: Provides powerful ring enchants in the form of Enchant Ring - Assault and Enchant Ring - Stamina.

Mining: Provides a decent passive buff in the form of Toughness.

Skinning: Provides a decent passive buff in the form of Master of Anatomy.

Herbalism: Provides a decent on-use ability in the form of Lifeblood.

Alchemy: Provides a decent passive buff in the form of Mixology.

Warrior Tier SetsView in 3D

Raid Tier

PvP

Tier 7 (10-player): Heroes' Dreadnaught Battlegear, Heroes' Dreadnaught Plate
Tier 7 (25-player): Valorous Dreadnaught Battlegear, Valorous Dreadnaught Plate
Tier 8 (10-player): Valorous Siegebreaker Battlegear, Valorous Siegebreaker Plate
Tier 8 (25-player): Conqueror's Siegebreaker Battlegear, Conqueror's Siegebreaker Plate
Tier 9 (10-player): Wrynn's Battlegear, Wrynn's Plate
Tier 9 (25-player): Triumphant Wrynn's Battlegear, Triumphant Wrynn's Plate
Tier 9 (25-player Heroic): Triumphant Wrynn's Battlegear, Triumphant Wrynn's Plate
Tier 9 (10-player): Hellscream's Battlegear, Hellscream's Plate
Tier 9 (25-player): Triumphant Hellscream's Battlegear, Triumphant Hellscream's Plate
Tier 9 (25-player Heroic): Triumphant Hellscream's Battlegear, Triumphant Hellscream's Plate
Tier 10 (10-player): Ymirjar Lord's Battlegear, Ymirjar Lord's Plate
Tier 10 (25-player): Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Battlegear, Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Plate
Tier 10 (25-player Heroic): Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Battlegear, Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Plate

Rare: Savage Gladiator's Battlegear
Epic: Hateful Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 5: Deadly Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 6: Furious Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 7: Relentless Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 8: Wrathful Gladiator's Battlegear

Warrior TrainersAlliance Warrior Trainers in Classic WoW

Aldrassil, Teldrassil: Alyissia

Dolanaar, Teldrassil: Kyra Windblade

Cenarion Enclave, Darnassus: Arias'ta Bladesinger, Darnath Bladesinger, Sildanair

Northshire Abbey, Elwynn Forest: Llane Beshere

Goldshire, Elwynn Forest: Lyria Du Lac

Old Town, Stormwind: Ander Germaine, Ilsa Corbin, Wu Shen

Anvilmar, Dun Morogh: Thran Khorman

Kharanos, Dun Morogh: Granis Swiftaxe

The Military Ward, Ironforge: Bilban Tosslespanner, Kelstrum Stonebreaker, Kelv Sternhammer

Ammen Vale, Azuremyst Isle: Kore

Azure Watch, Azuremyst Isle: Ruada

Traders' Tier, The Exodar: Ahonan, Kazi, Behomat

Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh: Captain Evencane

Horde Warrior Trainers in Classic WoW

Deathknell, Tirisfal Glades: Dannal Stern

Brill, Tirisfal Glades: Austil de Mon

The War Quarter, Undercity: Angela Curthas, Baltus Fowler, Christoph Walker

The Den, Durotar: Frang

Razor Hill, Durotar: Tarshaw Jaggedscar

The Valley of Honor, Orgrimmar: Grezz Ragefist, Sorek, Zel'mak

Camp Narache, Mulgore: Harutt Thunderhorn

Bloodhoof Village, Mulgore: Krang Stonehoof

The Hunter Rise, Thunder Bluff: Ker Ragetotem, Sark Ragetotem, Torm Ragetotem

Stonard, Swamp of Sorrows: Malosh

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