Warrior

Your first build to compare for duels and world PvP: stance mobility, weapon damage and Arms tools. Sweeping Strikes becomes more appealing with two nearby targets in BGs.

Arms: Deflection 5/5; Improved Rend 3/3; Improved Tactical Mastery 5/5; Improved Overpower 2/2; Anger Management 1/1; Deep Wounds 3/3; Spearing Strike 1/1; Sweeping Strikes 1/1.

Fury: Cruelty 5/5.

No Mortal Strike: it is a 31-point capstone. Sweeping Strikes does not replace a healing reduction effect.

An offensive alternative for chasing and maintaining pressure; Piercing Howl helps create or close distance.

Fury: Cruelty 5/5; Unbridled Wrath 5/5; Furious Precision 3/3; Piercing Howl 1/1; Blood Craze 3/3; Enrage 5/5; Raging Blows 1/1; Improved Berserker Rage 1/2; Death Wish 1/1; Flurry 1/5.

No Bloodthirst and only Flurry 1/5. Death Wish has a defensive cost: do not always spend it on the opener.

A shield-based control and survival option to compare for BG objectives and physical duels.

Protection: Shield Specialization 5/5; Iron Will 5/5; Anticipation 3/5; Improved Revenge 3/3; Last Stand 1/1; Master of Defense 2/2; Improved Shield Bash 2/2; Concussion Blow 1/1; Focused Rage 3/3; Bastion 1/5.

A niche option for killing opponents who can heal. Does not include Shield Slam, and Bastion is only 1/5.

Stay in contact and watch for immunities; requires melee range.

Shift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Hamstring
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Hamstring

Switches to Battle Stance and attempts Charge. The stance change may require another press; it does not bypass range or combat requirements.

#showtooltip Charge
/cast [nostance:1] Battle Stance
/cast [harm,nodead] Charge

Learned at level 30. May need two presses; requires rage, range and Berserker Stance. Consider how you will reconnect before spending it.

Shift: focus

#showtooltip Intercept
/cast [nostance:3] Berserker Stance
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Intercept

Requires a shield and a valid stance. The macro does not equip a shield or change stance by itself.

Stops your castShift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Shield Bash
/stopcasting
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Shield Bash

Requires a valid stance and target. The macro neither removes these requirements nor stops every damage type.

#showtooltip Disarm
/cast [harm,nodead] Disarm

Break or respond to CC allowed by its tooltip; requires a valid stance. Do not combine it with your other CC breaks.

#showtooltip Berserker Rage
/cast Berserker Rage

Maintain the buff when appropriate; costs rage. Does not add buffs from other classes in the tournament.

#showtooltip Battle Shout
/cast Battle Shout

Manual use near enemies. Does not determine who is in range or automatically reveal every opponent.

#showtooltip Demoralizing Shout
/cast Demoralizing Shout

Does not bypass the target health threshold or rage requirements.

Shift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Execute
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Execute

Requires its activation condition and stance; does not automatically trigger on a proc.

Shift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Overpower
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Overpower

Requires the talent in the Arms build. Check its range and conditions in the beta.

Shift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Spearing Strike
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Spearing Strike

Requires this talent, included in this guide's Fury build. A dedicated close-range CC button.

#showtooltip Piercing Howl
/cast Piercing Howl

Requires the talent. Activate when choosing your offensive window and account for the defensive effect in its tooltip.

#showtooltip Death Wish
/cast Death Wish

Requires the Protection talent; useful for stopping pressure or a cast if the target is not immune.

Shift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Concussion Blow
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Concussion Blow

Requires the talent. Use it in time to increase your survival margin, without combining it with every defensive.

#showtooltip Last Stand
/cast Last Stand

Requires a shield and a valid stance. Does not automatically equip weapons or resolve its restrictions.

#showtooltip Shield Wall
/cast Shield Wall

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

Their threat is keeping you in melee. Watch Charge/Intercept, Hamstring and shield swaps; an available Berserker Rage can shut down a fear. A brief gap doesn't mean a safe reset.

Compare Arms for damage and Protection for reducing physical pressure. Save Disarm for their weapon window and do not waste Overpower outside its activation condition.

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

Separate their immunity, CC and healing windows. Save an answer for the next heal after they've spent a defensive; don't pour all your offensive resources into an active immunity.

Hamstring helps reconnect after Freedom ends. Have Shield Bash ready for a decisive heal; you do not have Mortal Strike in this allocation.

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

Range and pet are two separate threats. Watch slows and traps; CC'ing the pet doesn't remove the Hunter's damage. Avoid chasing in a straight line through prepared ground.

Stagger Charge and Intercept; do not spend both before seeing their next escape. Hamstring when you reach melee.

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

The opener can chain CC; manage your CC break and defensives to survive the dangerous stretch. DoTs make resets harder, but can also break your own CC if applied carelessly.

Survive the opener, apply Rend when possible and watch that it does not ruin Intimidating Shout. Disarm can reduce their weapon window.

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

They can dispel and recover health while draining your mana. Choose which heal to interrupt instead of answering every cast; pressure without resources can play into their attrition plan.

Stay in contact and save Shield Bash for a meaningful heal. Berserker Rage should answer Fear, rather than be spent routinely.

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

Identify totems and shocks before committing. Don't hard-cast a long heal into an available Earth Shock without creating space or baiting the interrupt. Prioritize totems that actually interfere with your plan.

Pressure heals and kill a totem only if its effect justifies losing contact. Disarm gains value against Enhancement.

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

Track Blink, roots and, if their build has them, Ice Block/Cold Snap. Don't commit your entire offense around one root when they can create another gap. Polymorph can give them recovery time.

Use the first gap closer to force an escape and save the second to reconnect. Level 38 Pummel is not available in this guide.

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

Respect Fear, DoTs and demon utility. A Voidwalker, Succubus or Felhunter changes the plan; don't assume level 36 Spell Lock or that every build has Soul Link.

Berserker Rage and focusing the demon help organize CC. Decide whether attacking an exposed pet is worth giving the Warlock time.

First test: Arms + crit · 21/5/0.

Expect shapeshifting, heals and mobility. Their current form reveals immediate options, not their whole build. Don't chase without resources while they recover; interrupting a heal in caster form can open a window.

Hamstring forces them to manage forms; save a gap closer for after their escape. Interrupt a heal when they enter caster form.