Cataclysm Classic Fury Warrior Guide

Rather than using a single weapon, Fury chooses to wield a weapon in each hand. You can choose between Titan's Grip, which allows you to wield a 2-handed weapon in each hand, or Single-Minded Fury, which increases your damage dealt when wielding two 1-handed weapons instead. Fury has a very active playstyle, always having an ability ready to use. Unfortunately, this spec does not start off strong and requires very high end-game gear to fully unlock its potential.

Fury Warrior is an average DPS class in Cataclysm PvE content. Similar to previous expansions, Fury starts of very weak early on and scales up throughout the expansions lifespan, becoming fairly powerful towards the end. Fury Warrior is great in 10-man raid groups as it can cover numerous buffs and debuffs. That being said Fury is still a melee DPS with limited unique utility, making it unlikely that many groups will bring multiple DPS Warriors to a raid, especially when you can just play the much more powerful Arms spec instead.

Strengths

• High burst damage with cooldowns such as Death Wish
• Not reliant on resources; can sustain combat infinitely.
• Satisfying, simple rotation that feels rewarding to play.

Weaknesses

• Very weak overall due to several nerfs during original Cataclysm.
• Very gear dependent, being nearly unplayable without full raiding gear.
• Brings no utility to the raid, only damage.

Alliance Fury Warriors best option is Worgen as Viciousness offers the most total stats, and Darkflight gives you movement speed utility. Humans are decent second choice as they offer Mace Specialization and Sword Specialization, which gives 3 Expertise whenever you are using a Sword or Mace. They will also have access to Will to Survive, which is one of the best racials in the game for PvP content.

Horde Fury Warriors have a few contenders for the best race. Goblins are a strong choice, offering Time is Money, Rocket Jump and Rocket Barrage. Orcs remain a solid choice as well, offering Axe Specialization and Blood Fury. Both choices are very close with Goblin being better overall.

Cataclysm balances most professions to be an equal amount of bonus stats, with most professions giving an average of 80 stats increase. That being said, there are always certain advantages and disadvantages to each profession, making certain professions slightly stronger than others.

1. Engineering — Engineering remains the best in slot profession thanks to the new tinker Synapse Springs. Grounded Plasma Shield, another new tinker, is a decent on use defensive shield that can save your life. Nitro Boosts remain a solid option for movement speed bursts during fights.
2. Blacksmithing — Allows you to add an additional socket to your gloves and bracers with Socket Gloves and Socket Bracer. While this is about the same stats gain as most other professions early on, once epic gems are introduced this profession becomes much stronger.

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