Fury Warrior DPS Spell List and Glossary — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

This page describes the basic spells and passives all Fury Warriors have at Level 70. It goes over the main aspects of the specialization to help understand the remainder of the guide. It can also be useful as a quick reference.

If you are leveling a Fury Warrior, you likely will not have access to all of the abilities and passives listed here. However, our leveling guide can help specify when you will unlock access to everything.

Warriors use a unique resource called Rage, which works very similar to Hunter Focus and Rogue Energy, except Rage does not regenerate on its own. It always starts at zero and is built up during combat through auto attacks and certain abilty casts, with important damaging abilities consuming the resource. Outside of combat, Rage slowly depreciates back down to zero.

Warrior Rage has a default maximum capacity of 100, although this can be modified by unique talents. While the resource is only generated in combat, there are certain abilities such as Charge which will help jumpstart that flow of incoming Rage, while other talents and abilities can increase your Rage generation further.

As a general rule, you should want to both avoid Rage starving or overcapping the resource, so that you do not find yourself in situations where you are either unable to cast important abilities on cooldown, or waste resource generation due to maximum capacity.

Rage is the Warrior resource, generated through auto attacks, special abilities, and spent on the powerful attack Rampage, which also triggers Enrage. Maximizing rage generation through ability casts in order to cast Rampage as frequently as possible, and therefore maximize Enrage uptime, is the central goal of the rotation.

For more information on how to use these abilities together in your rotation, please read our rotation page.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Dual Wield	-	Allows you to dual wield weapons, which is integral to Fury.
Titan's Grip	TG	Allows Fury Warriors to dual-wield two-handed weapons.
Titan's Grip: Single-Minded Fury	SMF	Allows Fury Warriors to transmog one-handed weapon appearances.
Enrage	-	A short buff which procs very frequently to increase damage done, and can trigger further effects when talented.
Mastery: Unshackled Fury	-	Controls how much Enrage increases damage by.
Battle Shout	BS	Very important group buff which will increase the attack power of all players and should always be applied.
Berserker Rage	BzR	Removes incapacitate and fear effects.
Charge	-	An important Rage generating and mobility ability used to close distances with and engage moving targets.
Victory Rush	VR	A very useful healing ability, which triggers when an enemy is defeated. Instrumental for self-sustain in solo content.
Whirlwind	WW	The main multi-target attack, which can be enhanced with various talents to allow other attacks to hit multiple targets as well.
Execute	Exe	A powerful damage and Rage generating attack meant to increase damage towards the end of an encounter.
Slam	-	A basic low level attack, replaced by Rampage.
Hamstring	-	A basic single-target snare.
Heroic Throw	-	A ranged pull with little to no practical damage impact.
Taunt	-	Forces the target to attack you! Seldom used by DPS specializations.
Titan's Grip	TG	Allows Fury Warriors to dual-wield two-handed weapons.
Shield Slam	-	A basic attack which will only be used during the initial leveling process before choosing a specialization.
Shield Block	-	A basic defensive ability which will only be used during the initial leveling process before choosing a specialization.

As part of the Midnight update, every specialization has received numerous new passive effects and active abilities throughout the new Class and Specialization talent trees.

If you would like to know more about which of these talents to select for your own Arms Warrior, please see the builds and talents section of our guide.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Berserker Stance	-	Passive and largely trivial auto-attack damage increase.
Defensive Stance	-	Reduces damage taken at the cost of dealing less.
Impending Victory	IV	Replaces Victory Rush with a more reliable version that costs Rage.
War Machine	-	Provides increased Rage generation and a minor burst of movement speed.
Intervene	-	Charge an ally, though be wary of targeting tanks.
Interpose	-	Charge an ally, without taking melee swings in the process.
Rallying Cry	Rally	A very important group defensive tool used in most organized raid content.
Berserker Shout	-	Removes fear from the entire party, though very rarely necessary.
Fearless	-	Enhances Berserker Rage to remove movement impairing effects, but not roots.
Piercing Howl	-	A strong AoE snare, which now also increases allied movement speed.
Fast Footwork	-	Passive speed increase.
Spell Reflection	-	Very useful for reducing damage taken, dealing some back to an enemy, and occasionally ignoring debuff applications entirely!
Leeching Strikes	-	Passive leech increase.
Second Wind	-	Provides passive healing, which is usually broken by incoming damage, but occasionally ignores it, making the heal situationally overpowered.
Frothing Berserker	-	Provides a small irregular Rage refund, though not enough to greatly influence the rotation.
Heroic Leap	Leap	Burst mobility tool.
Intimidating Shout	-	More often used as a pseudo-interrupt, it tends to scatter enemy groups.
Thunder Clap	TC	Used by as a replacement for Whirlwind by Mountain Thane.
Wrecking Throw	-	Rarely useful when enemies have absorption shields.
Shattering Throw	-	Even more rarely useful when enemies have breakable immunities.
Crushing Force	-	A passive damage increase for Bloodthirst.
Pain and Gain	-	A small amount of passive self-healing, which can add up over the course of a long encounter.
Storm Bolt	-	A ranged single-target stun on a short cooldown.
Overwhelming Rage	-	Increasing maximum Rage increases performance by reducing resource waste due to overcapping.
Reinforced Plates	-	A notable defensive boost, which synergizes with another talent converting armor into strength.
Bounding Stride	-	Allows Heroic Leap to be used more frequently.
Crackling Thunder	-	Used by Mountain Thane to more reliably hit more targets.
Barbaric Training	-	A moderate damage increase for Raging Blow, Whirlwind, and Thunder Clap.
Honed Reflexes	-	Reduces the cooldown of several defensive and utility abilities.
Double Time	-	A must-have increase in mobility, which leads to an even more important talent.
Armored to the Teeth	-	A surprisingly strong damage increase and additional avenue of Warrior gear scaling.
Wild Strikes	-	A very powerful auto-attack damage and Rage generation increase, though its internal cooldown keeps it from triggering too often.
Dual Wield Specialization	-	A must have passive damage increase that now also slightly increases survivability.
Cruel Strikes	-	A small Execute damage increase, which synergizes well with other talents.
Champion's Spear	Spear	A moderate AoE attack, with a lingering DoT, which tethers enemies in place and can be reactivated to leap to them.
Shockwave	SW	An AoE stun, very useful in small group situations.
Rumbling Earth	-	A very strong talent which makes Shockwave much more frequently useable.
Rend	-	Inherited from the spec tree, it now hits targets in an area instead of just one.
Field Dressing	-	Increases incoming heals both from the player and allies.
Javelineer	-	The damage increase is not overly important, but allows Wrecking Throw to silence from range.
Resonant Voice	-	Increases the duration of shouts by an insignificant amount.
Battlefield Commander	BCmdr	A minor bonus to shouts. Mainly used for the attack power increase, it only applies to the player, not their allies.
Stance Mastery	-	A very powerful defensive bonus and very weak offensive one, further devalued by encouraging players to spend more time in Defensive Stance.
Anger Management	AM	Inherited from the spec tree, reduces the cooldown of Colossus Smash and Avatar.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Bloodthirst	BT	One of the specialization's two basic attacks, which make up the bulk of the rotation.
Raging Blow	RB	The other basic attack, which makes up the bulk of the rotation.
Frenzied Enrage	-	A must-have talent, which greatly improves the effects of Enrage.
Powerful Enrage	-	An alternative to Frenzied Enrage, allowing for a slower but stronger playstyle.
Enraged Regeneration	ER	Fury's major defensive cooldown.
Improved Execute	-	A must-have talent, which allows Execute to generate Rage.
Improved Bloodthirst	-	A minor damage increase for Bloodthirst.
Fresh Meat	FM	A very nice open world and leveling talent which helps trigger and maintain Enrage when moving from target to target.
Warpaint	-	A moderate damage reduction, which contributes a great deal over the course of a long encounter.
Invigorating Fury	-	Increases the healing provided by Enraged Regeneration.
Sudden Death	SD	A powerful proc allowing Execute to be used outside its normal phase.
Improved Raging Blow	-	A required talent, which greatly improves the baseline functionality of Raging Blow.
Focus in Chaos	-	A moderate passive damage and Rage generation increase.
Rampage	Ramp	A fundamental part of the Fury Warrior rotation, used to trigger and maintain Enrage.
Cruelty	-	A moderate damage increase for Raging Blow and now Bloodthirst.
Cold Steel, Hot Blood	CSHB	A minor passive bleed used in Bloodthirst-focused builds.
Vicious Contempt	VC	Increases Execute phase damage in Bloodthirst-focused builds.
Frenzy	-	A mostly passive Haste increase, its stacks now have individual durations, but no longer fade when swapping targets.
Hack and Slash	HnS	Imperative to Raging Blow builds, greatly helping maintain ability charges.
Improved Whirlwind	-	A must-have talent for enabling multi-target rotations.
Wrath and Fury	-	A must-have talent for Raging Blow builds, helping maintain ability charges.
Bloodborne	-	A moderate passive bleed damage increase.
Bloodcraze	-	Incrementally increases Bloodthirst damage during the rotation.
Recklessness	Reck	Fury's major offensive cooldown.
Massacre	-	Allows Execute to be used much more frequently.
Meat Cleaver	-	Only a moderate damage increase for Whirlwind, but an extremely potent buff to Thunder Clap.
Deft Experience	-	Helps Bloodthirst-focused builds maintain Enrage and trigger on-crit effects.
Critical Thinking	-	A minor damage increase, but helps increase the value of Critical Strike.
Odyn's Fury	OF	A moderately powerful AoE attack and focus of Fury's Season 1 tier set bonus in Midnight.
Reckless Abandon	-	Replaces Raging Blow and Bloodthirst with the more powerful Crushing Blow and Bloodbath during Recklessness.
Executioner's Wrath	-	Strong enhancement for Execute, encouraging its use in all builds.
Bladestorm	Rav	A very bursty AoE cooldown that aligns perfectly with Recklessness and Avatar.
Avatar	Ava	An important cooldown for enabling Mountain Thane hero talents.
Surge of Adrenaline	-	A surprisingly powerful buff that also increases Rage generation through more frequent attacks.
Kill or Be Killed	-	A pseudo cheat death, unfortunately only practical for open world content or PvP.
Spite	-	Yet another passive Bloodthirst and Raging Blow damage increase.
Scent of Blood	-	Regularly buffs Bloodthirst, but does not stack like every other effect. Instead, it decrements one stack at a time.
Ragedrinker	-	Another on-crit effect without a reliable way of triggering crits, making it lackluster in practice.
Rampaging Ruin	-	Reduces Rampage damage in exchange for hitting more targets, a tradeoff that is not worthwhile in most content.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Lightning Strikes	-	Random single-target damage proc from most rotational abilities. The increased chance is multiplicative (25 * 1.3 = 32.5% chance), rather than additive.
Avatar of the Storm	-	Thunder Blast charges are only granted by natural casts of Avatar, not including procs from Berserker or Titan's Torment.
Storm Bolts	-	A mostly PvP talent, as being unable to dictate which two extra targets can contribute to diminishing returns.
Storm Shield	-	Has very low value for Fury Warriors, due to their lower armor values.
Keep Your Feet on the Ground	-	Very strong passive defensive bonus due to the high frequency of Thunder Blast procs.
Steadfast as the Peaks	-	Less powerful, but on-demand; pre-emptive use of Impending Victory allows for significantly increased health pools to help survive predictable spikes of damage.
Flashing Skies	-	Significantly boosts the single-target value of Thunder Blast. Triggers in addition to the normal random chance for a lightning strike, allowing two for one cast.
Snap Induction	-	Has minor value with Anger Management, but otherwise overlaps with casts of Avatar, which already grants two charges of Thunder Blast.
Gathering Clouds	-	The increased chance is multiplicative (25 * 1.3 = 32.5% chance), rather than additive.
Thorim's Might	-	Very powerful, giving lightning strikes and rotational abilities much more value.
Crashing Thunder	-	Allows Thunder Clap to effectively replace Whirlwind within the rotation.
Ground Current	-	Allows Lightning Strikes to hit multiple targets for significantly reduced damage. Does not hit the primary target of the lightning strike's initial target.
Strength of the Mountain	-	General damage increase.
Thunder Blast	TB/TBlast	Enables Thunder Blast, a stronger version of Thunder Clap that ignores armor.
Burst of Power	-	Random Bloodthirst damage increase.
Storm Surge	-	Very powerful buff that greatly increases burst potential during Avatar, and also allows Thunder Blast to be used more reactively.
Conductivity	-	Relatively minor buff to passive Lighting Strike damage, though it does not affect the AoE damage from Ground Current.
Capacitance	-	Extends the duration of Avatar, and all the benefits it entails.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Slayer's Dominance	-	Random but frequent single-target damage proc that grants a small Executioner buff, synergizing with the rest of the kit.
Unrelenting Onslaught	-	Typically desyncs Bladestorm from other major cooldowns, though the increased frequency is worth the tradeoff.
Relentless Pursuit	-	Very useful for keeping up with moving targets, especially when charging on the pull.
Vicious Agility	-	Less regularly useful outside of specific encounter timing, though slightly better for open world content.
Culling Cyclone	-	Increases the single-target value of Bladestorm, but does not further increase damage by hitting multiple targets.
Brutal Finish	-	Better against multiple targets due to the damage bonus applying to each target hit.
Fierce Followthrough	-	Only triggers off crits against the primary target, though the resulting damage bonus affects every target.
Opportunist	-	Rather low value due to the infrequency of natural Raging Blow resets.
Imminent Demise	-	Makes Bladestorm much more powerful, and synergizes well with Unhinged.
Overwhelming Blades	-	Universal damage increase with a very high uptime.
Death Drive	-	Very minor and largely random, which means it will not always be effective healing.
Show No Mercy	-	Another damage increase tied to Executioner and Sudden Death procs.
Reap the Storm	-	Powerful multitarget proc that also helps apply and maintain Overwhelming Blades.
Slayer's Malice	-	Passive Raging Blow and Execute damage increase.
Violent Euphoria	-	Low value, yet still impactful due to the underwhelming Rage economy.
Deadly Focus	-	Extends the new Executioner buff, allowing for much more stack overlap.
Unhinged	-	Causes Bladestorm and Ravager to automatically cast Bloodthirst several times, greatly increasing the single target effectiveness and triggering associated effects.

Since nearly every single major ability for Fury Warrior interacts with each other, it can be difficult to figure out how they are meant to be prioritized. But now that you know what they do, our rotation page will help you balance your rotation, cooldowns, and Rage bar effectively!

For more information on the best combination of talents and how to use them, please read our talent page.