Fury Warrior DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — Midnight Season 1

This is a simplified version of the Rotation that leaves out some minor min-maxing gameplay.

• Cast Recklessness and Avatar on cooldown or whenever burst damage is needed.
• Cast Odyn's Fury on cooldown.
• Cast Rampage near max rage or if Enrage is not active.
• Cast Bloodthirst on cooldown.
• As Thane, cast Thunder Blast on proc or Thunder Clap when there are multiple targets.
• Cast Execute whenever possible.
• Cast Raging Blow to fill the rotation.
• Cast Thunder Clap or Whirlwind when nothing else is available.

Recommended	Other Options
Slayer	Mountain Thane

1. Odyn's Fury
2. Recklessness on cooldown or whenever burst damage is needed
3. Avatar simultaneously with Recklessness
4. Rampage if Enrage is not active or more than 100 Rage
5. Thunder Blast with two stacks of the buff active
6. Bladestorm while Enraged
7. Storm Bolt during Bladestorm
8. Odyn's Fury
9. Bloodbath during Recklessness
10. Rampage during Recklessness
11. Thunder Blast during Avatar
12. Bloodthirst
13. Execute
14. Crushing Blow during Recklessness
15. Thunder Blast
16. Bloodthirst
17. Rampage
18. Wrecking Throw
19. Rend
20. Raging Blow
21. Thunder Clap to fill the rotation
22. Whirlwind to fill the rotation

In simple terms, the Fury Warrior rotation revolves around building Rage and spending it on Rampage in order to trigger and maintain Enrage. While not complex, the rotation is generally fast-paced while making use of several procs and cooldowns. This makes the relatively simple rotation deceptively engaging.

• Slayer makes more frequent use of Execute, lowering the cooldown of Bladestorm in turn.
• Mountain Thane effectively replaces Whirlwind with Thunder Clap. While otherwise similar to Slayer, the rotation does not make as much use of Execute and weaves Thunder Blast procs instead.

Multi-target rotations are overall very similar to single target ones, with the added step of prioritizing Thunder Clap (Thane) or Whirlwind (Slayer) to apply their buff and enable single-target attacks to cleave.

Recommended	Other Options
Slayer	Mountain Thane

1. Odyn's Fury
2. Whirlwind if the Improved Whirlwind buff is not active
3. Recklessness
4. Avatar simultaneously with Recklessness
5. Thunder Blast while Avatar is active or with two stacks of the buff
6. Thunder Clap during Avatar against 7+ enemies
7. Rampage if Enrage is not active or more than 110 Rage
8. Bladestorm during Recklessness
9. Odyn's Fury
10. Bloodbath during Recklessness
11. Execute with Sudden Death to trigger Reap the Storm
12. Rampage during Recklessness
13. Thunder Clap during Avatar
14. Bloodthirst
15. Thunder Blast
16. Execute
17. Thunder Clap
18. Whirlwind during Recklessness with Improved Whirlwind talented
19. Crushing Blow during Recklessness
20. Bloodthirst
21. Rend
22. Execute
23. Rampage
24. Whirlwind with Improved Whirlwind talented
25. Raging Blow

Similar to the single target rotation, Slayer will focus more on Execute, specifically Sudden Death procs, while Mountain Thane will weave Thunder Clap and Blast into the rotation. Although the priority seems complicated on paper, the actually gameplay is quite simple and generally devolves into pressing Rampage and Thunder Clap one after another for extended periods of time.

The Single-Button Assistant system offers an easy introduction into the spec and its many buttons, but it comes at a cost. Due to the increase of the Global Cooldown you will naturally do lower DPS already. The One-Button rotation is also missing out on some of the finer nuances of the rotation in order to make it more accessible for players who have just started their journey into the game, so even when using the Assisted highlight feature, you will be trailing a little behind those who have already mastered the ins and outs of the spec.

That being said, the DPS difference compared to the most complex and detailed rotational gameplay is not as big as you might think. You can expect to do only around ~15-20% less DPS than you would do with perfect rotational gameplay, as long as you correctly use your cooldowns, which the one-button will generally use on cooldown rather than save for more favorable situations.

So, if you want to get your bearings before moving on to the Beginner DPS Rotation, using the Assisted Highlight or even the Single-Button Assistant is a great starting point if you have just taken your first steps into World of Warcraft.

The goal of the Fury rotation is a continual feedback loop of generating Rage, spending it on Rampage to trigger Enrage, which increases damage of follow-on abilities while they generate more Rage to repeat the process. Because it can be such a powerful buff, routinely in the 30-50% range, maintaining a high uptime is paramount to success as a Fury Warrior.

While Recklessness increases the amount of Rage generated in order to use Rampage more quickly, both Odyn's Fury and Fresh Meat automatically trigger Enrage, helping jumpstart the rotation when other cooldowns are not available. Fresh Meat in particular can be gamed by carefully keeping track of which enemies have not yet been hit by the ability, allowing it to be chained from target to target to continually trigger the effect again.

Applicable to most classes, though particularly relevant to Fury Warriors, due to the the high emphasis on stacking haste for more attacks with which to generate Rage. Any time spent off target is lost damage, with minimal means to recoup lost resources, unlike energy-based classes which will continue regenerating their resource up to its cap.

Due to the high mobility innate to the Warrior class, it is possible to play around boss mechanics and minimize downtime. If the boss is casting an area effect which requires players to run a certain distance away, a Warrior can instead continue attacking until the last few seconds, Heroic Leap away and immediately Charge back as soon as the danger has passed.

Fury should never have any free global cooldowns, due to Whirlwind always being available. This should not be depended on, however, as Whirlwind does not generate Rage unless Improved Whirlwind is talented. Instead, repeated use of Raging Blow and weaved Bloodthirsts make up the bulk of the rotation, while Rampage is often delayed beyond its 80 Rage cost, so long as Enrage does not run out. Delaying the use of Rampage this way allows a small amount of extra Rage to be pooled, thus requiring less than another full 80 Rage to be generated before the next Rampage is cast a few seconds later.

A small optimization can be made by moving out of range of the target and using Charge to generate extra Rage during your rotation. Care should be taken to do this between auto-attack swings when Colossus Smash is not active. Heroic Leap can also be used to create enough room to Charge for bosses with large hitboxes, which is sometimes more specifically referred to as Heroic Charge.

Due to the Rage cost reduction, Rampage may be cast much more frequently during Recklessness, typically every other GCD. Because Berserk stacks have individual durations though, there is no particular need or advantage to track it, making the buff easy to treat passively.

The main cooldown for Fury Warriors provides a moderate burst window and enhanced Rage generation, allowing Rampage to be used more frequently. Talenting Reckless Abandon also transforming Bloodthirst and Raging Blow into their more powerful Bloodbath and Crushing Blow forms.

Now on a choice node with Bladestorm, Avatar is necessary for the proper function of Mountain Thane, creating an easy choice between the two. Although berefit of its follow-on talents, Avatar has great synergy with the rest of the Mountain Thane bonuses, especially Storm Surge.

The signature Slayer ability is not the high-burst powerhouse it used to be, but continues to provide a reasonable amount of damage, with its single target value increased by Unhinged. Care should be taken to always be enraged before using the ability, preferably immediately after a fresh Rampage, and although it does generate Rage, having either Fresh Meat or Deft Experience will help maintain Enrage during and after the channel ends.

Keep in mind that the automatic Bloodthirst caused by Unhinged can also trigger their own effects, such as Enrage or Reap the Storm.

Despite three stacks of Imminent Demise causing the button to glow, this is not an indicator of when Bladestorm should be used. It should almost always be used either on cooldown, or timed with groups of adds.

Odyn's Fury provides another way to immediately trigger Enrage, as well as its own sudden burst of damage. Best used as an initiator, it should be used just before or after Bloodthirst in order to benefit from Bloodborne, when it will hit multiple targets.