Fury Warrior DPS Mythic+ Tips — 12.1

Mountain Thane offers better multi-target damage when facing a high number of targets, though at the cost of lower priority damage. Class changes for Season 2 have also made it more dependent on Thunder Blast procs to deal competitive damage. While it normally plays very smoothly in spite of this, the new tier set bonus is also somewhat clunkier to manage, requiring both Bloodthirst and Raging Blow to be weaved into the rotation during every cooldown cycle.

The multi-target Mountain Thane build features short cooldowns and a powerful Thunder Clap in place of Whirlwind, offering strong sustained and consistent multitarget performance with little concern for random procs influencing the rotation.

Due to the need to take Thunder Clap and Crackling Thunder, Thane builds do not have much room for talent customization:

• Enraged Regeneration remains a strong defensive bonus and can be taken in place of Massacre or Executioner's Wrath, but smart use of Defensive Stance should make it unnecessary in most situations.
• Bounding Stride is the best potential swap for any other desired talent in the top half of the tree.
• Fearless has limited use cases in most PvE content, but can be swapped with Wrecking Throw or Piercing Howl in the few cases it becomes relevant.
• Stance Mastery has amazing defensive potential as long as Defensive Stance is actively used, though its offensive benefit is lackluster at best. Crushing Force is typically the best drop in heavy multi-target content, though this also necessitates taking Resonant Voice instead of Javelineer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Slayer has made considerable gains in Midnight Season 2, utilizing its new Raging Blow build and increased Executioner uptime to provide better priority damage, though its multi-target performance can still be somewhat inconsistent and dependent on getting well-timed Reap the Storm procs. It is also generally easier to play, thanks to Unhinged automatically casting Bloodthirst to apply the new tier set bonus effect.

The multi-target Slayer build is less powerful and less consistent, depending on getting the right number of Sudden Death procs to ensure Bladestorm lines up with other cooldowns and Reap the Storm procs to supplement its multitarget damage. Rampaging Ruin does make its sustained multi-target much more powerful, but requires regularly hitting 6+ targets to be worthwhile.

Due to the need to take stuns, there is less room for talent customization:

• Wrecking Throw can be taken in place of Fearless or Field Dressing any time there are shielded targets. Taking Javelineer instead of Stance Mastery may also be worthwhile, trading some defensive benefit for a ranged interrupt.
• Enraged Regeneration remains a strong defensive bonus, though it is difficult to fit into the build without losing damage. Best case, drop either one point from Spite or Focus in Chaos, but smart use of Defensive Stance should make it unnecessary in most situations.
• Stance Mastery has amazing defensive potential as long as Defensive Stance is actively used, though its offensive benefit is lackluster at best.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Pummel is the Warrior version of kick, frequently used in Mythic+ to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. Because it is sometimes necessary to interrupt targets other than the one you are actively attacking, it is highly recommended to use a focus or mouseover macro.

Slayer has the unique ability to use Pummel during Bladestorm, which normally cannot be done.

• /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Pummel

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your primary target if you have neither of those.

To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.

• /focus [@mouseover]

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown or in coordination with the rest of your group.

Not technically an interrupt, Spell Reflection is an incredibly powerful personal tool, which can deflect or reflect the damage and negative effect of many enemy spells, but only when they are cast on the Warrior.

Wrecking Throw also provides a ranged silence when paired with Javelineer!

Storm Bolt and Shockwave are single and multi-target stuns, often called "stops" due to their use in stopping enemy actions. Easier to talent into than the past; these are core talents in any Mythic+ build.

Intimidating Shout is another AoE stop, fearing targets instead of stunning them. This has several limitations, causing targets to run away and potentially call allies, some targets being immune to the condition outright, and competing with Piercing Howl. Because of this, the talent is not always taken in Mythic+ builds, but can be added as desired.

Piercing Howl can be used as AoE slows, though this is not something that is regularly needed in most content. Hamstring is the non-talented, single-target alternative, which is typically enough to cover any slowing needs. Piercing Howl also provides a minor speed buff to allies, though its long cooldown renders it incredibly niche.

Battle Shout increases the damage output of all melee classes and Hunters by 5% and should always be active.

Rallying Cry is a group-wide defensive cooldown, useful in helping yourself or allies survive incoming damage. Its effect is also increased by 50% in non-raid content!

Berserker Rage and Berserker Shout removes fear and disorient effects, which are not very common in the modern game. The shout version applies to allies but suffers several limitations: requiring an extra talent point, having a very limited range that often misses casters, and only able to be used reactively after the fear effect has been applied rather than pre-emptively immuning it. As a result, it is rarely taken, though the new Fearless talent can be situationally useful for removing deadly debuffs that also have slowing effects.