Introduction
My name is Dan, perhaps better known as Danwarr. I have been playing WoW since late Vanilla and Warrior specifically since Mists of Pandaria. I have raided with Method since Castle Nathria, always as DPS Warrior.
Fury Warrior Overview
Fury Warrior has access to significant consistent Cleave damage through their Improved Whirlwind stacks. This offers AoE damage on up to 5 targets at all times with no major single target damage loss. Fury also has access to significant condensed burst AoE damage in both hero talents through Odyn's Fury, Bladestorm and Thunder Clap/Thunder Blast.
What has changed
Patch 12.0.5 Changes
- Hack And Slash now has a 100% chance to refund 1 charge of Raging Blow when Rampage is cast. While it reads like a buff, this change is potentially a nerf in some situations as the previous version would allow multiple charges to be refunded from 1 Rampage cast. It was rare that this was ever necessary so ultimately there’s almost no real change here.
- Improved Whirlwind now applies Rend to all targets hit if Rend is talented.
Slayer:
- Reap The Storm now triggers when Rampage hits 3 or more targets through Improved Whirlwind. The old Bloodthirst interaction no longer exists. This is a single target loss as now there’s only Sudden Death procs for Reap damage.
- Unrelenting Onslaught hero talent now also includes 20% additional Bladestorm damage.
Mountain Thane:
Worth noting that while the official Blizzard patch notes included a nerf to Storm Surge, this change was actually reverted a couple of weeks before the patch launched. As such, Mountain Thane remains unchanged in this patch.
Midnight Fury Warrior Changes
Midnight has come with a host of changes. Rather than list all of them, some of the key ones are listed below:
- Recklessness rage generation reduced to 50% (was 100%)
- Bladestorm removed from Anger Management
- Avatar added to Anger Management
- Several abilities removed:
- Spec talent tree redesigned
- New Apex talents added (Rampaging Berserker)