Mists of Pandaria Classic Fury Warrior Rotation and Cooldowns
On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Fury Warrior in both single-target and multi-target PvE situations in Mists of Pandaria Classic. We also have advanced sections about cooldowns, procs, etc. in order to minmax your DPS.
Fury Warrior Stances
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.
Fury Warrior Single-Target Rotations
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.
Single-Target Rotation
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:
Outside of 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:
Colossus Smash use as soon as its available;
Bloodthirst;
Raging Blow if you have two charges, always save 1 for when
Colossus Smash is available;
Wild Strike with
Bloodsurge procs;
Battle Shout or
Commanding Shout;
Wild Strike as a filler;
Heroic Strike if you are Rage capped.
During Colossus Smash
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.
Bladestorm /
Dragon Roar;
Raging Blow if you have two charges;
Bloodthirst;
Raging Blow if
Bloodthirst is unavailable;
Wild Strike when
Raging Blow and
Bloodthirst are unavailable;
Heroic Strike if you are Rage capped.
Execute Rotation
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.
Dragon Roar if you took this and
Colossus Smash is not on target;
Colossus Smash if debuff is not up already;
Execute;
Bloodthirst if you are less than 30 Rage and cannot
Execute;
Raging Blow if you have two charges and can't
Execute;
Wild Strike if you can't
Execute and you have
Bloodsurge proc;
Battle Shout or
Commanding Shout;
Fury Warrior AoE Rotations
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.
Against Two and Three 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.
Colossus Smash use as soon as its available;
Bloodthirst;
Raging Blow if you have two charges, always save 1 for when
Colossus Smash is available. Will consume
Meat Cleaver stacks;
Wild Strike with
Bloodsurge procs;
Whirlwind;
Heroic Leap;
Battle Shout or
Commanding Shout;
Cleave if you are Rage capped.
Against Four or More Targets
Here we will follow a simple, pure AoE rotation. We wil
Bloodthirst for Rage and to trigger
Enrage as needed;
Whirlwind until three stacks of
Meat Cleaver;
Raging Blow;
Heroic Leap;
Cleave if you are Rage capped.
Cooldowns
Fury Warriors has a number
of personal cooldowns and a few raid-wide cooldowns for both offensive and
defensive purposes.
Offensive Cooldowns
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.
Defensive 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.
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This guide has been written by Abide, TBC veteran for nearly a decade. Abide is a Warrior tank and multi-class expert currently playing on Faerlina as Horde. You can find him in the the Icy Veins Discord. You can also see him live on Twitch.