Fury Warrior DPS Easy Mode — The War Within (11.0.7)
On this page, we explain how to easily play Fury Warrior in World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.7), using the simplest rotation, talent tree, stat priority, gear setup, etc., without sacrificing performance.
Foreword
This section is intended for players who are new to the game or class, have no intentions of raiding Mythic difficulty, or simply want a more straightforward way to play their specialization without being overwhelmed by the numerous priorities and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.
The Basics of Fury Warrior in The War Within
Fury is straightforward damage dealer, focused on building Rage with
auto-attacks and special abilities, in order to spend it on Rampage
to trigger
Enrage. This creates a constant and fast-paced gameplay
loop, enhanced by the specialization's built-in haste buffs. The build showcased
here is a simple yet effective play style, good for all types of game content,
which is meant to help new players learn the fundamentals of Fury.
If you are completely new to Fury and need more information on the abilities available to you, you can check out our Spell Summary page.
Beginner's Guide to Fury Warrior in The War Within
Easy Mode Talents for Fury Warrior
Although built for beginners, this build is capable of engaging in all forms of content, from open-world level, to dungeons and entry-level raids. While there may be better-performing builds for specific pieces of content, they are also more specialized. As you gear up, acquire tier bonuses, or plan to engage with specific forms of content, more specialized builds will become available.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Beginner Fury Warrior DPS Rotation
The simplified rotation outlined below encompasses both single and multiple
target situations using our suggested talents. Although some classes use
different abilities between single or multiple targets, Fury Warriors have the
advantage of cleaving all their single-target attacks using
Improved Whirlwind, so ensure that the buff is always active.
- Cast
Recklessness on cooldown or whenever burst damage is needed.
- Cast
Avatar to automatically trigger Enrage, cast Odyn's Fury, and the Whirlwind buff.
- Cast
Thunderous Roar while enraged.
- Cast
Bladestorm following a fresh Enrage.
- Cast
Odyn's Fury on cooldown.
- Cast
Crushing Blow automatically replaces Raging Blow.
- Cast
Bloodbath automatically replaces Bloodthirst.
- Cast
Rampage to maintain
Enrage and activate
Reckless Abandon.
- Cast
Execute whenever possible.
- Cast
Raging Blow as the main rotational filler.
- Cast
Bloodthirst to help maintain Enrage.
- Cast
Whirlwind when nothing else is available.
While all builds focus on the same principle of converting Rage into damage
with Rampage and maintaining
Enrage, other talents add
extra abilities and capabilities, such as extending the Execute phase. These
talents and their rotations are covered in more detail in the advanced sections
of the guide.
Defensive Spells for Fury Warrior
Fury Warriors have several defensive abilities which can be used individually or layered for stronger damage mitigation. Although lacking any immunity or cheat death, this can make them very capable at surviving predictable incoming damage.
Enraged Regeneration is the main defensive cooldown, reducing damage and increasing the amount of healing done by Bloodthirst.
Spell Reflection is a very powerful tool that not only reduces incoming magic damage, but can deflect or even reflect spells entirely. While not all spells will be reflected to deal damage to the attacker, simply deflecting their application can be significantly reduce damage, if not trivialize many dangerous abilities outright.
Defensive Stance is one of the most reliable cooldowns in the game, featuring an extremely short 3-second cooldown, though mitigated by the associated reduction in damage. While this makes it somewhat unpopular, smart use of the ability can dramatically increase survivability.
Warpaint is a very powerful passive damage reduction, which is almost always active in sustained combat, thanks to high uptime on Enrage.
Impending Victory a powerful on-demand heal on a short cooldown that resets when an enemy is killed. This makes it regularly available and an important reactionary tool that should be used regularly.
Second Wind,
Pain and Gain, and
Bloodthirst are extra healing effects which trigger passively and do not need to be micromanaged, but all contribute to increased self-sustain.
Bitter Immunity provides an on-demand heal and removal of certain afflictions, though its long cooldown makes it lackluster in most group content where a healer will typically cover those needs.
Stat Priority for Fury Warrior
The general stat priority for a Fury Warrior is seen below. This is very much a rough guideline, and is designed for players who do not wish to sim their character. If you are simming your character, please disregard this stat priority completely and follow your sim!
- Strength;
- Haste;
- Mastery;
- Versatility;
- Critical Strike.
Fury has an early emphasis on Haste, quickly transitioning to Mastery and
Versatility after a good amount has been acquired. Haste is still
useful due to increasing autoattack speed and reducing the time between
ability casts, both of which lead to increased Rage generation and
Enrage uptime, while Mastery increases damage done during that buff.
Critical Strikes deal double damage, while Versatility is a flat increase to
damage done and reduces damage taken by half as much. As is the case for most
specializations, the specific values of these stats are largely determined by
your individual gear, and more information can be found on the Stat Priority
page.
While the stat priority for classes is normally the same for both the Easy Mode page and our full guide, subtle differences may still occur. If you want to see a full explanation of the stat priority, as well as the absolute top choices for the priority, head to our full stats page below.
Changelog
- 15 Dec. 2024: Simplified rotation and validated information for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Season Launch.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated talent and rotation recommendations for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1
- 24 Jan. 2023: Talent build updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Archimtiros, Warrior class theorycrafter and SimulationCraft developer who has been writing class guides for more than a decade. You can follow him on Twitter or see more of his day to day work in Skyhold, the Warrior Discord.
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