Season of Discovery Fury Warrior DPS Talents and Runes

As the current maximum level in Phase 3 is 50, you will be able to have a fleshed out talent build missing only 10 talents when compared to the end game 60 builds.

Fury is typically known for dual-wielding (DW) and this playstyle is supported by the tree with talents such as Dual Wield Specialization, with this being the first phase of SoD where dual-wielding is performing well ahead of two-handed styles!

The tree itself is quite straightforward, as most talents are simply not very useful for adding damage. Ultimately what you want is obtaining goodies such as Death Wish and Flurry in the Fury tree, and combining them with Deep Wounds in the Arms tree for maximum damage.

• Gloves — Single-Minded Fury
• Pants — Consumed By Rage
• Chest — Flagellation
• Waist — Blood Surge
• Feet — Enraged Regeneration or Rallying Cry
• Head — Taste for Blood
• Wrist — Wrecking Crew

Single-Minded Fury is a great passive damage increase when you are dual-wielding. Blood Surge enables free Slams during your rotation and the strong Consumed By Rage buff can be reliably kept up with proper Rage management.

Flagellation has fantastic uptime once you unlock Berserker Rage at level 32, making it an easy pick.

The decision on Enraged Regeneration or Rallying Cry depends on the encounter: if you have a specific use planned for Rallying Cry, then use it, otherwise Enraged Regeneration is more generically helpful.

Unfortunately none of the three new head runes matters much for PvE damage as using Rend for the Overpower proc from Taste for Blood is a DPS loss in the simulation tool.

Finally, Wrecking Crew is a simple passive buff, which is much easier to take advantage of than Rampage.

More Engravings are likely to come out as we reach higher level caps, so make sure to keep a tab on our general Warrior Rune guide below to learn what they do, and where to find them:

Cruelty is a staple of all kinds of Warriors, as trading one talent point for 1% extra chance to critical strike is usually a good deal.

Unbridled Wrath suits dual wielding well, as the more often you attack, the more often you activate this talent for extra Rage.

Piercing Howl can provide a reliable source of soft crowd control in an emergency. Whether it is because the tank lost aggro on some enemies or because you need to run away to recover health, Piercing Howl will make things more manageable.

Improved Battle Shout is a nice damage boost for a full party of melee players. If you are able to provide it at little cost to your performance, it is a good idea to do so.

Improved Cleave is not quite as impactful as it sounds, since the damage increase only applies to the extra damage applied by Cleave and not the whole attack. Still, it can be better than the alternatives for DPS, as long as you have another alternative in your group to replace Improved Battle Shout.

Enrage is mostly taken to reach Flurry, as you should rarely be hit with critical strikes while dealing damage.

Improved Slam used to be good in a two-hander Fury build but with the new runes Blood Surge and Precise Timing, you will usually be casting instant slams, making it useless.

Flurry increases your damage substantially, as long as you are dealing critical strikes regularly. With good enough gear, you will eventually be able to keep this up nearly 100% of the time.

Death Wish is a large damage increase cooldown which also makes you more vulnerable. Use it as many times as possible within a fight, but try to save your final usage for the Execute phase for maximum results, as long as its effect ends before you run out of targets to hit.

Bloodthirst provides an extra attack to further increase your damage, with a little bit of regeneration sprinkled in. Unfortunately there are not enough talent points left to reach it this phase while also keeping the critical Deep Wounds.

Tactical Mastery is required for stance swapping to work, as you would lose all Rage every time you swap stance, otherwise. As a Fury Warrior, stance dancing is mostly used for utility purposes.

Anger Management generates 1 Rage every 3 seconds, which is not clear at all from reading its tooltip. This makes it a decent Rage generating talent.

Deep Wounds is especially powerful in Season of Discovery as multiple critical strikes will all contribute towards making the debuff tick for more, rather than just refreshing an existing debuff. This makes it the single largest contributor to Fury Warrior DPS in the level 50 bracket!