Fury Warrior PvP Talents and Builds (Shadowlands / Patch 9.2)
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performance in PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you as a Fury Warrior and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Fury Warrior PvP Guide.
Changes to the Build in Patch 9.2
Because of the Fury Warrior 4-Piece and
Fury Warrior 2-Piece bonuses, you
will have a lot of uptime on
Recklessness. The talent
Reckless Abandon
has gained a lot of value because of this, and is the new superior talent in the
final row.
The nerf to Death Sentence does not matter for Fury Warrior that much, as
Execute already has a cooldown of its own and you rarely get to pick this
talent.
Talent Choices for Fury Warriors
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15 |
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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While the above table provides a generally accurate overview of the viability of talents, some finer points are discussed in the sections that follow, and we recommend you read those for a deeper understanding.
Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents
Sudden Death provides you the most pressure in this row.
Fresh Meat makes it easier to stay enraged and allows you a stronger opener;
recommended for newer players.
War Machine does not benefit you unless enemies are dying.
Tier 2 (Level 25) Talents
Storm Bolt gives warrior a much needed on-demand ranged stun, which
is incredibly powerful both offensively and defensively.
Storm Bolt is
a big win condition for the Warrior's team offensively, and is ideal for
stopping enemy attempts to kill you or your teammates.
Impending Victory is a very viable option for Fury Warrior, and can be a
strong pick into compositions where you feel the need to stay on target and win through
consistent throughput.
Double Time is a very niche talent, which should only be used vs
casters that are very difficult to catch up to. A good example is
Frost Mage
where it can be more beneficial to play with extra
mobility, should you lack spells like
Blessing of Freedom on your team.
The addition of Cosmic Gladiator's Echoing Resolve means you cannot always
make the best use of
Storm Bolt, and it can be better to drop it for one
of the other choices as you see fit.
Tier 3 (Level 30) Talents
Massacre provides decent finishing power and amplifies your
sustained damage significantly on targets above 80% if you are playing with
Condemn because of the reduced cooldown.
Frenzy is the most beneficial talent you can pick, if you can
stay on one target. You can still cleave with
Whirlwind without losing
your stacks. If you suspect that you will be switching targets a lot, then stick with
Massacre.
Onslaught is currently not worth considering.
Tier 4 (Level 35) Talents
Warpaint gives you a 10% damage reduction while enraged. Because of
Enduring Rage, you will be enraged almost permanently. This makes this
talent very strong and should be used almost always.
Bounding Stride can be good to pick up against targets that are difficult
to reach, or have mobility cooldowns you can match with the reduced cooldown. As a
Fury Warrior, your uptime on targets is vital and generally outweighs having to sustain
a bit more damage, if it means the difference between you doing drastically less damage or not.
Furious Charge is mostly a fun ability that you can use in battlegrounds for self-healing. Do not use
this talent for rated PvP.
Tier 5 (Level 40) Talents
Cruelty is the best talent for overall pressure.
Frothing Berserker and
Seethe should not be
picked.
Tier 6 (Level 45) Talents
Bladestorm is efficient for its burst damage and versatility. The
ability is multifunctional, being good offensively and defensively to block or
break abilities such as
Kidney Shot and
Frost Nova. The
ability also works great with effects such as
Unhinged.
Dragon Roar can be strong, but favours a Critical Strike build, and
as a Fury Warrior this is not the stat you wish to build.
Meat Cleaver does not compete with the other choices in burst nor
sustained damage.
Tier 7 (Level 50) Talents
Reckless Abandon has become the new superior choice because of the
tier set in Patch 9.2. You will see a lot
of extra uptime and damage output with this talent, but the
Fury Warrior 4-Piece
bonus will not proc the 50 Rage from this talent.
Siegebreaker and
Anger Management are good options too, but
generally do not compete with
Reckless Abandon at present as they do not
synergize nearly as well with the tier set.
PvP Talents for Fury Warriors
You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each of them has their uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. As Fury Warrior, your choices are limited as you will be running the mandatory PvP talent almost every match.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Enduring Rage should never be switched out. This talent is what
makes
Warpaint so strong and keeps your damage output high. Maximizing
Enrage uptime is essential for Fury Warrior.
Slaughterhouse gives Fury Warrior its own healing reduction effect.
It can be difficult to stack up the effect 8 times without the usage of
cooldowns, but once stacked up it is very difficult for the enemy team to heal
through your damage output. This ability counts as a
Mortal Wounds effect,
and because the game only uses the highest value,
other effects in this category will overwrite it, such as
Mortal Strike
and
Wound Poison from other classes.
Other healing reductions effects that fall out of this category do not, however,
like Fel Fissure or
Necrotic Wound.
Situational PvP Talents
Bloodrage lets you have higher uptime on enemies than most other
melee specializations. This ability will give you a much easier time sticking
to targets, with only a small negative effect tied to it.
Battle Trance provides you
great sustained healing and extra Rage to work toward more
Rampage attacks.
This ability is currently bugged, and will not proc from
Crushing Blow when
Reckless Abandon
is talented.
Warbringer is an all-out offensive choice, which pairs well with
Double Time.
The ability itself can hit rather hard, especially during stat boosters like
Conqueror's Banner,
so be sure include
Charge for your burst window if you choose this.
Disarm has a short cooldown and can completely ruin the damage of
weapon based classes like Retribution Paladins or Subtlety Rogue. This ability can even
be used offensively vs specializations that require weapons for their
defensives, such as stopping an Arms Warrior from using
Die by the Sword
or a Death Knight from using
Death Strike.
Death Sentence can be picked for increased uptime, but it can be
difficult to find a good time and place to slot in this PvP talent. In most
cases,
Bloodrage will give you more uptime than this choice.
Changelog
- 09 Apr. 2022: Updated to reflect the changing meta.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page updated for Patch 9.2.
- 08 Nov. 2021: Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 03 Jul. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 19 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 25 Jan. 2021: Rewritten by Karanze for Shadowlands season 1.
- 05 Dec. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
- Updated Tier 5 Regular Talent.
- 22 Oct. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
- Updated Tiers 1, 3, 5 and 7 Regular talents.
- Updated PvP talents.
- 17 Feb. 2020: Updated PvP Talents.
- 27 Jan. 2020: Page added.
This guide has been written by Karanze, an experienced Gladiator Warrior player who has been a Stormforged/trusted member in the popular Warrior class discord Skyhold. You can watch his stream on Twitch.
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