Mists of Pandaria Classic Fury Warrior Rotation and Cooldowns

Warriors have three different stances, each having unique functions that are needed in certain situations. In Mists of Pandaria, all spells can be used in any stance, meaning you should only choose a stance based on your needs at the time.

• Battle Stance — Grants you high Rage when you deal melee damage. Since all abilities can be used in any stance, you will use Battle Stance most of the time.
• Defensive Stance — Decreases damage taken by 25% and significantly increases threat generation, but you generate no Rage from damage taken or damage dealt. Use this only to reduce the damage of major raid abilities.
• Berserker Stance — Grants some Rage from melee damage, less than Battle Stance generates, but also grants Rage from damage taken. Use this whenever there is high raid-wide damage going out.

If you have not already, we recommend reading the Spells Summary page first. Knowing how each spell and ability works in detail will greatly increase your understanding of the topics discussed on this page.

Fury has a very fast-paced, active playstyle, always having an ability to use to decimate their enemies.

As a Fury Warrior you will need swap between Battle Stance and Berserker Stance depending on the incoming raid damage to manage your Rage. Play around Colossus Smash by pooling high Rage up when it is about to come off cooldown, and burst as hard as you can during the debuff time-frame. Your rotation will change depending on Colossus Smash:

When Colossus Smash is not active on the target, this is the rotation you will want to follow until Colossus Smash is off cooldown:

1. Colossus Smash use as soon as its available;
2. Bloodthirst;
3. Raging Blow if you have two charges, always save 1 for when Colossus Smash is available;
4. Wild Strike with Bloodsurge procs;
5. Battle Shout or Commanding Shout;
6. Wild Strike as a filler;
7. Heroic Strike if you are Rage capped.

When Colossus Smash is active on the target, you will want to follow a higher-burst rotation. Never use Colossus Smash while the debuff is still on your target, as you do not want to waste the debuff.

1. Bladestorm / Dragon Roar;
2. Raging Blow if you have two charges;
3. Bloodthirst;
4. Raging Blow if Bloodthirst is unavailable;
5. Wild Strike when Raging Blow and Bloodthirst are unavailable;
6. Heroic Strike if you are Rage capped.

During the execute phase you will want to save Rage almost exclusively for Executes as this will provide the most damage, espeically if you can get several off during a Colossus Smash debuff window.

1. Dragon Roar if you took this and Colossus Smash is not on target;
2. Colossus Smash if debuff is not up already;
3. Execute;
4. Bloodthirst if you are less than 30 Rage and cannot Execute;
5. Raging Blow if you have two charges and can't Execute;
6. Wild Strike if you can't Execute and you have Bloodsurge proc;
7. Battle Shout or Commanding Shout;

As Fury, your AoE rotation will vary depending on how many enemies you are fighting. Your AoE will largely revolve taking advantage of your passive skill Meat Cleaver, allowing you to cleave more targets.

Here you will mostly follow a single-target rotation, but adding in a Whirlwind every now and then, and replacing Heroic Strike with Cleave.

1. Colossus Smash use as soon as its available;
2. Bloodthirst;
3. Raging Blow if you have two charges, always save 1 for when Colossus Smash is available. Will consume Meat Cleaver stacks;
4. Wild Strike with Bloodsurge procs;
5. Whirlwind;
6. Heroic Leap;
7. Battle Shout or Commanding Shout;
8. Cleave if you are Rage capped.

Here we will follow a simple, pure AoE rotation. We wil

1. Bloodthirst for Rage and to trigger Enrage as needed;
2. Whirlwind until three stacks of Meat Cleaver;
3. Raging Blow;
4. Heroic Leap;
5. Cleave if you are Rage capped.

Fury Warriors has a number of personal cooldowns and a few raid-wide cooldowns for both offensive and defensive purposes.

• Berserker Rage — 30-second cooldown, triggers Enrage. Use this to help with Enrage up-time.
• Recklessness — 5-minute cooldown, gives 30% increased crit chance. Use this in combination with other offensive cooldowns.
• Shattering Throw — 5-minute cooldown, reduces targets armor by 20%. Use this in combination with other offensive cooldowns.
• Skull Banner — 3-minute cooldown, increases the critical damage of all nearby allies by 20%. Use this in combination with other offensive cooldowns.

• Rallying Cry — 3-minute cooldown, grants you and all nearby allies 20% increased max health. Coordinate this with your raid to help the group survive raid mechanics.
• Die by the Sword — 2-minute cooldown, Increases your parry chance by 100% and reduces damage taken by 20% for 8 seconds. New defensive added in Mists of Pandaria, use it as needed.
• Shield Wall — 3-minute cooldown, 40% damage reduction. Can be used in any stance and no longer requires a shield to use. Great for surviving major raid abilities.
• Vigilance — 2-minute cooldown, 30% damage reduction to targeted player. This is your Tier 5 talent and is an amazing defensive cooldown to use on your tanks.
• Enraged Regeneration — 1-minute cooldown, instantly heals you for 10% of your max health, and an additional 10% over 5 seconds; this healing is doubled if you use this while under the effect of Enrage. Great for personal survival if you ever find yourself low health in a bad position.