World of Warcraft Warrior Information and Builds

The Warrior class is one of the top melee contributors of the game, they can do both Damage Dealing and tanking. Most people think of Warriors like a tank-only class but it couldn't be more far from the truth. They do great damage in PvE (Player vs Environment) and PvP (Player vs Player). Many of the high ranked Arena teams/Rated BG teams have Warriors on their team. They can wield every melee weapon in the game, the most common is the 2-hander which is great for pvp, two 2-handers or two 1-handers in PvE as a dps and 1h+shield for PvE Tanking. They use Rage for their abilities, which increases every time you hit a player, you always start with 0 rage and build it up to a maximum of 100. The Rage mechanics works like the Hunters "Energy".

The Warriors have different stances to choose from. Defensive Stance is used for tanking or when you're getting low hit points in Arena/Rated BG/PvP. The Defensive Stance reduces all damage attacks against you by 10%. It also increases your Threat by 10% which is awesome for when you're tanking in a dungeon.

Then we have Battle Stance. This one doesn't give you any + stats, nor does it decrease them. This is what most warriors start with before changing stance because you're able to Charge people in this stance which costs you 0 rage.

And the last one is Berserker Stance which increases your critical strike chance by 3% but it does increase all attacks made to you by 10%, this can be useful in PvP when you're going to nuke down an enemy player. But be careful because you can get nuked quite fast if you're in this stance. And keep in mind that there are some "stance only" attacks which require you to be in a specific stance to be used.

The Warrior class is strong and can take quite a beating, mostly because of their ability to wield Plate Armor as well as a shield + the Defensive Stance can make you almost unkillable. Warriors tend to have a so called "Personal Healer" in Battle grounds and Arenas, which means they got a healer that's always focusing on that specific Warrior and healing him up every time his health falls under 90%.

Always have a shield in your bag, both for leveling, PvPing, and PvEing. If you're, for example, doing Dps in an instance and suddenly the tank dies, then the people in your party will count on you to whip out that shield and tank the mobs. Try to get Dual Wield as early as you can, because people always need tanks for instances and the queues are just seconds so you'll be able to finish your Daily Dungeon fast.

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