Fury Warrior DPS Stat Priority — The War Within (11.2.7)

Both Mountain Thane and Slayer Fury Warriors primarily value item level for Strength, followed by Mastery and Haste, followed up by Versatility and Critical Strike. Due to various points of diminishing returns, the value of these stats will fluctuate as gear levels increase, dropping as more is obtained, so it is not uncommon to gear into a lot of Haste and Mastery, then gem or enchant for more Versatility or Critical Strike. By the time you have reached moderate gear levels, the stat priority for a Fury Warrior should be:

1. Strength;
2. Mastery;
3. Haste;
4. Versatility.
5. Critical Strike;

At the highest level of gear, these stats will shift further due to diminishing returns on the most stacked stats, though there is a point where you simply cannot get more of one stat without giving up a large portion of another. This is why traditional stat weights compared to one point of strength are a difficult tool to utilize and it is recommended that players regularly sim their own gear upgrades instead.

Strength is your primary stat, found on plate armor, weapons, and trinkets. It provides Attack Power, which contributes to the damage of all abilities and auto-attacks.

Haste compresses the rotation, reducing the global cooldown, the time between the auto-attack swings, and the cooldown of the rotational abilities Bloodthirst, Raging Blow, and Execute, as well as the speed at which Bladestorm and Rampage deal damage. While Enrage uptime is generally very high, Haste remains a strong stat simply due to the increased action frequency and reducing the cooldown of rotational abilities like Bloodthirst and Raging Blow.

Mastery increases the damage bonus provided by Mastery: Unshackled Fury boosting all damage dealt while Enrage is active. Due to the high uptime and strong returns, this is a very powerful stat for Fury Warriors.

Critical Strikes deal double damage, although Fury does not generate extra Rage on Critical Strike, the way Arms does. This leaves the value of Critical Strike typically low.

Versatility provides a flat increase to damage dealt and reduces damage taken by half as much. Direct damage trinkets, cantrip items, and other outside sources of damage value versatility further, due to typically not scaling with attack power.

FAQHow Do Diminishing Returns Work?

Intended to smooth out the value of secondary stats and reduce the propensity for stacking a single one, the amount of secondary stats required to convert to 1% is reduced at various points. This is calculated by rating, rather than raw percentage. So it does not include class buffs like Frenzied Enrage or Bloodlust, though it will affect trinkets and other effects which add a flat number.
In practice, this is not something most players need to keep track of, as the best secondaries tend to remain valuable even beyond the point of diminishing. It simply reduces the gap between them to ensure that a wider variety of gear is useful.

The gems, enchants, and consumables you will use are directly derived from your stat priority, and you can find our advice on this topic in our dedicated page.

Racial bonuses have, as a whole, very minimal impact for Fury. Anything within 1% of one another is typically considered trivial, and a small enough margin that our recommendation is to simply play what you enjoy the most.