Class Guide
WARRIOR
 A Warrior is a
class in World of Warcraft that excels in melee combat and playing
the role of a damage dealer or tank. Rather than relying on Mana to
power their abilities, Warriors use Rage which, like a Rogue's
Energy, has a maximum limit (100). Rage builds up as the warrior
deals or receives damage. Rage decays out of combat rapidly, though
Arms warriors sometimes take the Anger Management talent, which
regenerates 1 rage every 3 seconds while in combat.can shift between three different combat stances to better
accommodate their current situation.
Battle Stance is the normal stance. It reduces threat generation
slightly. It has no negative effects on the warrior.
Defensive stance increases threat generation by 30%, while
decreasing damage taken and dealt by 10% each. This stance is
generally used for tanking.
Berserker stance increases critical hit chance by 3%, damage taken
by 10%, and reduces threat generation slightly.
Most Warrior attacks and abilities require them to be in a specific
stance. Switching stances reduces rage to 0. At level 20, the
Warrior learns the passive ability, Stance Mastery, which allows a
maximum amount of 10 rage to stay with them when they change
stances. The Protection talent, Tactical Mastery, allows the warrior
to retain an additional 15 rage when changing stances, bringing the
total to 25.
Warriors are able to use all weapons except wands. They can also
dual wield after level 20.
The Warrior talent trees are: Fury (higher dps, rage generation,
increased buffs/debuffs & dual-wielding), Arms (burst damage &
2-handed weapon use) and Protection (defensive skills, tanking &
threat generation). Arms is typically considered the most effective
PvP tree for a warrior, while Fury has the highest sustained DPS.
Protection is far greater for tanking purposes, but is less
effective for soloing purposes or PvP. All races in the World of
Warcraft have the option to play Warriors with the exception of the
Blood Elves in the Burning Crusade expansion.
Warriors can wear cloth, leather and mail armor. After reaching
level 40 they can also wear plate armor.
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