Fury Warrior DPS Mythic+ Tips — Shadowlands 9.2

Mythic+ Dungeons, especially high level ones, make up the highest level of competitive PvE content that WoW has to offer aside from Mythic raiding.

Fury Warriors are currently very strong in Mythic+, bringing strong burst, sustained cleave, and respectable single-target damage. They falter in terms of defensive and group utility in the highest of keys, but can reliably complete +15 dungeons without issue, and push even higher with the right group setup.

Because the majority of Mythic+ revolves around dealing with multiple targets, Fury follows the basic multi-target priority laid out in the Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities page. The key difference is in predicting the layout of the dungeon, and knowing when to save cooldowns versus when to use them. Smartly saving your cooldowns when a target is about to die, and instead using it on a fresh pack which will survive the duration of your burst damage is far more efficient and will help your group finish on time.

If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 1 page below.

Below are the suggested talents for Mythic+, and although there is one primary dungeon build, a couple talents can shift slightly depending on your preferences.

Level	Choices
15	✗ War Machine	✗ Sudden Death	✓ Fresh Meat
25	✓ Double Time	✗ Impending Victory	✓ Storm Bolt
30	✓ Massacre	✗ Frenzy	✗ Onslaught
35	✗ Furious Charge	? Bounding Stride	✓ Warpaint
40	✗ Seethe	? Frothing Berserker	✓ Cruelty
45	✗ Meat Cleaver	✗ Dragon Roar	✓ Bladestorm
50	✓ Anger Management	✗ Reckless Abandon	✗ Siegebreaker

Fury Warriors have some, but not a lot, of talent choices in Mythic+, with the flexibility to bring extra mobility, utility, and tailor their damage to the expected situation. Due to the buff from Whirlwind, all of Fury's abilities will cleave up to 5 targets, making the spec very well suited to dealing sustained multi-target damage, especially effective with groups that pull small packs quickly, rather than creating large groups to burst down all at once.

• Level 15: Fresh Meat is incredibly useful for reliably opening combat with and then maintaining Enrage, as it can be tab targeted to proc Enrage on each target.
• Level 25: Double Time is a staple for both mobility and rage generation leading to more damage, although Storm Bolt can be taken when stuns are needed to lock down difficult opponents.
• Level 30: Massacre is the main choice simply due to less competitive talents. Frenzy continually falls off due to changing targets frequently, and Onslaught can be decent, but difficult to work into an already cluttered rotation.
• Level 35: Warpaint is a moderate, but very consistent amount of damage reduction. The high active time combined with Fury's own natural healing will help take pressure off your healer, especially in higher keys. For less dangerous situations though, Bounding Stride is the best alternative.
• Level 40: Cruelty is technically the strongest, although Raging Blow is not used nearly as much in AoE as single-target. Frothing Berserker may be a little burstier, as the extra Rage generation will help launch more Rampage casts.
• Level 45: Bladestorm is the go-to AoE talent, now that Dragon Roar deals reduced damage to secondary targets.
• Level 50: Anger Management helps Recklessness align with Bladestorm, significantly increasing burst AoE potential. Siegebreaker remains fairly strong in sustained cleave, but Mythic+ dungeons typically favor better cooldown frequency..

For the most part, your rotation will remain the same as normal in Mythic+ dungeons, while ensuring that the Whirlwind buff is always active. Because of the nature of dungeons, however, with mobs dying constantly and there sometimes being downtime in between packs, we recommend taking the following extra considerations.

Note that the information below specifically pertains to Mythic+. If you require more general information, you should go to the main Rotation page below.

1. Open with Charge whenever possible
2. Bloodthirst
3. Whirlwind when the buff is not active
4. Recklessness
5. Spear of Bastion / Ancient Aftershock
6. Rampage
7. Bladestorm
8. Rampage
9. Whirlwind
10. Bloodthirst
11. Raging Blow or Condemn
12. Whirlwind
13. Bloodthirst
14. Rampage
15. Whirlwind
16. Bloodthirst

Battle Shout increases attack power by 5%, which applies to all melee specs and Warrior abilities, even those which do not deal purely Physical damage.

Pummel is crucial in Mythic+ as interrupting dangerous spell casts is of the utmost importance.

Rallying Cry applies to the entire party, making it a strong defensive tool during periods of group-wide damage, or a personal cooldown as needed.

Spell Reflection is exceptional in Mythic+, either for reducing the damage of powerful debuffs, or reflecting high damage and debilitating effects. Although the ability can be used quite often due to its low cooldown, properly identifying which abilities should be reflected is key, as it can completely nullify dangerous effects and render some enemies completely harmless.

Storm Bolt is another useful tool in stopping enemy attacks and spellcasts, although it comes at the cost of Double Time, which is a very strong mobility option. Intimidating Shout can also be used as a faux stun, but much less reliably.

The best choice of legendary for Mythic+ dungeons depends on your covenant, with Elysian Might being used by Kryian, Signet of Tormented Kings for Night Fae or Venthyr, and Glory for Necrolord.

The best Covenant for Fury Warriors in Mythic+ is Kyrian followed by Night Fae.

• Kyrian combined with Elysian Might, Anger Management, and the Mikanikos soulbind allows Recklessness, Spear of Bastion, and Bladestorm to be combined every minute for massive burst damage. Care must be taken to remain inside the Spear area of effect to gain full damage, however, which may be tricky when there are enemy ground effects to deal with. Kyrian will typically use Mikanikos with Depths of Insanity, Piercing Verdict, and Merciless Bonegrinder conduits.
• Night Fae is second to Kyrian only in that Ancient Aftershock remains capped at 5 targets, losing a significant amount of damage in higher target situations. It can still be quite effective, due to the extra knockdown controlling enemies and the high burst damage every 1.5 minutes. Night Fae will typically use Korayn with Depths of Insanity, Destructive Reverberations, and Merciless Bonegrinder conduits.
• Necrolord has some potential for buffing other, higher damage, allies in Mythic+ content, but comes at a significant personal damage loss for the Warrior. Necrolord will typically use Emeni with Depths of Insanity, Veteran's Repute, and Merciless Bonegrinder conduits.
• Venthyr has very limited Mythic+ potential due to Condemn not hitting multiple targets or providing any significant single target damage increase. Venthyr will typically use Nadjia the Mistblade with Depths of Insanity, Ashen Juggernaut, and Merciless Bonegrinder or Harrowing Punishment conduits.

When choosing your trinkets, there are two avenues of approach. The first is maximizing burst in conjuction with your cooldowns, while the second is maximizing single target in order to perform better on bosses. We recommend simulating yourself on Raidbots using the Patchwerk option for raids and single-target, and DungeonSlice (Mythic+/AoE Fights) Fight Styles. Usually, we recommend using trinkets that proc stats, rather than single-target damage dealers.

You can also get a quick overview of good Mythic+ Trinkets on our Gearing page, specifically the Simulation chart for multi-target scenarios.

Most Mythic+ affixes require no special setup or gameplay considerations for Fury Warriors, although there are a few interactions to be aware of.

• Explosive affix orbs are very easy to kill with as little as a single auto attack, though they cannot be hit by AoE abilities such as Whirlwind or Bladestorm unless they are your primary target.
• Spiteful affix adds can be dangerous if you are not aware of their spawning, but are easily controlled by using Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout, allowing ample time to get away from or kill them.
• The seasonal Encrypted affix adds three different relics to each boss and various packs of mobs found throughout each dungeon. Upon defeating all three of these special targets, a special Automa mini-boss will spawn according to the first relic which was destroyed. Once that Automa is defeated, it will grant a very powerful special effect to the entire party, lasting between 10 and 60 seconds.
  • Destroying the Urh Relic first spawns Urh Dismantler, which grants Decrypted Urh Cypher upon defeat.
  • Destroying the Wo Relic first spawns Wo Drifter, which grants Decrypted Wo Cypher upon defeat.
  • Destroying the Vy Relic first spawns Vy Interceptor, which grants Decrypted Vy Cypher upon defeat.
• While Legion Timewalking begins is active, select dungeons from that expansion can be run using the Mythic+ difficulty system. They use a different set of affixes from regular keys, including the new Infernal affix, in which special Legion Commander mini-bosses are present throughout the dungeon. While none of them are particularly difficult, their placement before each dungeon boss requires more precise cooldown timing. Luckily, this is not a major concern for Warriors, who have relatively short cooldowns to begin with.