Fury Warrior DPS Guide — Shadowlands 9.0.2

Fury Warriors have very smooth gameplay with consistent single target, passive multitarget cleave, and a streamlined rotation in which Rampage and Enrage are the most important gameplay elements, while built-in Haste buffs make Fury one the fastest action specializations in the game. In additon to a well-rounded offensive toolkit, Fury boasts high mobility, strong self healing, and one of the few raid-wide defensive cooldowns in the game.

Strengths

• Fast and engaging playstyle which is also relatively simple, focuses on constant thoroughput damage while also being easy to learn.
• Deals multitarget damage with very little buildup and without sacrificing single target capability.
• High mobility class due to Charge, Intervene, and Heroic Leap.
• Multiple defensive abilities between Enraged Regeneration, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection, and Rallying Cry.
• Source of the important attack power buff Battle Shout.

Weaknesses

• Fast rotation can be difficult for some players to keep up with.
• Downtime significantly penalizes damage potential.
• Lack of competitive choices in some talent rows.

We are maintaining a list of changes for Warriors, so you can see what changed between Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands. The new expansion also introduces new character customization options with Covenants and Legendary Powers, for which we have Warrior-specific pages that you can access below.

Fury Warriors core gameplay is nearly identical in Shadowlands, but has received a good number of talent changes which shake things up in a good way and the inclusion of unpruned defensive and utility spells gives the spec more gameplay options than before.

The most notable change for Fury Warriors is the reduction of the Haste bonus from Enrage, slowing the spec down slightly to make it more friendly to a broader range of players. While this is a nerf, it is made up for with some very good talent adjustments which increase the reliability of the specialization, such as the new version of Fresh Meat, allowing consistent Enrage procs at the start of any encounter.

The DPS rotation itself is almost entirely unchanged, with only the new talented ability Onslaught being added as a mid-priority damaging attack. As a result, players familar with Battle for Azeroth should find Fury very familiar and the changes easy to adapt to.

If you want to play a Fury Warrior, but currently do not have one at max level, you can check out our leveling guide for tips on your journey.

Once you reach max level, it can be somewhat overwhelming to completely change the way you play by suddenly implementing a large number of addons in a short space of time, especially if they have a heavy visual impact on your UI. We recommend using some of the more basic addons recommended on our Addons page below while leveling, so that you have more time to get used to them during the easier phases of playing your class.

Fury Warrior is a simple, yet fast-paced spec, which proves that a rotation does not need to be complicated in order to be engaging. As nearly every active ability generates Rage, the gameplay revolves around using those abilities to build Rage in order to use Rampage, converting that Rage into Enrage, increasing damage done, and triggering a Haste buff, which makes the rotation even faster.

With absolutely no downtime in the rotation, you will always be actively pressing buttons, and so care should be taken to remain on target as much as possible. As you gain more Haste and extra power inflation via Legendaries, Soulbinds, and Conduits, you will gain more frequent Rampage casts and a high Enrage uptime, punctuated by the many talented filler abilities, such as Siegebreaker, Onslaught, and Dragon Roar.

If you are an absolute beginner to the spec, but would like to learn the basic fundamentals of the class, recommend looking through the Spell Summary first, as well as the Easy Mode page linked below.

If you are already somewhat familiar with Warriors, you can head straight to the Talents and Rotation pages to jump right into the more complex, detailed information.

Despite the fact that gearing has become more challenging, due to the huge number of variables that depend on your character, you can find information on how best to gear a Fury Warrior on our dedicated gearing page, which includes the current Best in Slot from this tier.

Once you have started to gear, you will need to make sure that you have the appropriate consumables, gems, enchants, and more. We have a dedicated page for exactly this, as shown below, as well as the stats page, where you can find more information on the possibility of a changing stat priority and the necessary changes you may need to make for consumables.

Shadowlands introduces several new systems which increase the baseline power of Fury Warriors. Players will be given the choice to join one of four different Covenants, each of which adds their own unique offensive class-specific ability, signature ability, talent tree-like Soulbinds, and socketable conduits which further increase their power. Additionally, the end-game activity Torghast will allow players to craft Legendary Powers items with unique general, class-specific, or spec-specific powers.

For example, one player may decide to join the Venthyr covenant, gaining access to Condemn which replaces Execute with a stronger version. From there, they can access the Nadjia the Mistblade soulbind for more bonuses, allocate the Ashen Juggernaut conduit to further increase the damage of Condemn. Finally, farming Torghast for legendary materials will allow them to craft a piece of gear with the Exploiter bonus, bringing the whole build together.

Starting off as a Fury Warrior can look very different from the absolute end-game raiding and progression as one. Our Mythic+, Torghast, Raiding, and PvP guides can guide you to performing as well as possible, regardless of your focus in end-game content.

If you are finding your performance lackluster, but are not sure where you are going wrong, you can check out the pages below for potential tips, or answers to questions you may have.

Fury is currently competitive, though not the overall best spec, in single target and sustained cleave within Mythic+ dungeons and Raids. While Fury offers better on-demand burst AoE, the Fury 3-5 target cleave and single target rotations have virtually no ramp or downtime, allowing it to maintain high consistent damage during extended encounters, as long as it can stay in melee range. Defensively, Fury Warriors have above average self-healing and multiple strong defensive options on short cooldowns.