20,2260Welcome to our dedicated PvP Warriorguide!As you all know, the mid-novemberphase 2 update is coming and with it the honor system. World PvP will get evenbloodier throughout Azeroth: get ready to fight and find out our tips andrecommendations to get the best out of your time playing the game!This guide will cover everything youneed to be able to handle PvP encounters with your Warrior: the best races andprofessions, important skills and abilities, the best talent trees, stats andgear.Our guides will always be kept up to date with the latest data from thecommunity and theorycrafting.If you’re looking for other Warriorguides, check out our. Let’s go, we’re starting this guide with a lookat the best races for PvP! Thisspec is your ticket to join the PvP crowd. You need all 51 points to reach both and!Thereis some room for customization, for example getting 3 points in formore control at the cost of damage, putting only 3 points.This spec is all about controlling and putting pressure on enemy players. Dealsdamage and applies a very important -50% healing received debuff.
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Slowsnearby enemies if you couldn’t get in range to bust their kneecaps, allowingyou to catch them or finish them off.Weapon choice can vary and mainly depends on the weapons you have at yourdisposal: ideally togo with forphase 1.also drops apowerful weapon: which is anexcellent choice for. While gaining +5%critical strike chance with a specific weapon is nice, don’t sleep on swordspecialization which can turn a fight around when it procs. Oftentimes theenemy won’t expect the sudden burst and it might be enough to be his downfall. Stances in PvPWarriorscan switch between 3 stances.
They all have unique advantages and downsides andcan enable the use of specific abilities::This is the « neutral » stance, giving neither bonus nor malus. Someabilities such as Overpower can only be used in this stance.:This stance reduces damage taken as well as dealt. It is mainly used because itallows you to disarm an enemy, or lower the damage you’re about to take from astealthed enemy’s opener.: This stance increases your critical strikechance by 3% but also increases your damage taken by 10%. While it allows youto kill enemies faster, staying in this stance is dangerous because you will betaking significantly more damage. Defensive abilities for PvP: Disarms your target,getting rid of your opponent’s melee weapon for 10 seconds if they don’t have or.Only usable in defensive stance.:Lowers nearby enemies’ attack power.
If you think the fight is going to take awhile, use this early on in order to take less damage for 30 seconds.:Deals damage to up to 4 nearby targets, slowing their attack speed by 10% for10 seconds. Only usable in.Use when you have excess rage or just after a charge at the beginning of afight. 30 minutes cooldowns: Allows you toautomatically counter-attack against any physical attacks. Shares a cooldownwith.
Very useful againstRogues, Feral Druids and Warriors.: Significantlyincreases your critical strike chance and makes you immune to Fear effects for15 seconds, but you take 20% more damage. Shares a cooldown with and.Asa DPS Warrior in PvP you shouldn’t even have on your bars. Itrequires a shield and shares a cooldown with more useful abilities. While itconsiderably increases your survivability for a time, it shouldn’t really beused in PvP situations compared to the two more aggressive alternatives. In short: Use if you canstart a fight yourself. Charge and bust your enemy’s kneecaps, make them bleedwith Rend, switch to Berserker Stance. Your target should diein seconds.
BiS gear for PvPYoucan’t mention PvP gear in Classic WoW without talking about the dedicated PvPsets:, the rare version, and, the epic version.Asyou can see, these sets are stamina-heavy, allowing you to survive the enemy’sattacks, while still giving you enough offensive stats to deal good damage.Aside from well balanced items such as,Warriors will all want to bring into the battlefield a good two-handed weapon. Drops two powerfulweapons for Warriors: isone of the best swords in the game and will do the jobfine if you want to go for the axe specialization.Finally, you absolutely need to protect yourself against disarm effects byusing either orby putting a onyour weapon. It’s absolutely required for PvP. Items and consumables:Potions and consumables shouldn’t beused in duel because they’re not Fair Play. They’re very powerful items thatcan easily turn the tide of any fight. Before any duel, talk to your opponentand decide on a rule for consumables.
If you cheat you’ll end up with a badreputation.Potions:.:Very popular in PvP.: Very useful against melee opponents!.: Instantly gives you some rage if youneed some as well as increased Strength. Beware: this potionshares a cooldown with Health potions.:Not unlikebut with a few differences: it gets rid of current CC effects (unlike theother one) and because of this it only lasts for 6 seconds. It will onlybe available in phase 4 however so in a while.Consumables:. /: Rare items allowing an additional crowd controleffect. Only usewhen in dire straits.: Doesn’t share a CD withpotions, making it useful to regain some health.: Useful against feralDruids or to scare away a Hunter’s pet.: Must-haves in PvP,very useful throughout the game. You need these to keep your health up inmost situations.: Best food item in thegame.
You can buy them from Alterac Valley’s quartermaster instead ofbegging Mages for food every day.Items:. /:Increase your mobility.: Very useful in 1v2 or1v3.,: Reflects elementalspells, very powerful against casters.: Useful against magesand other classes that can lock you in place.: Fantastic PvP trinket that will be in highdemand.: Easter Egg Quest itemthat is very useful if you don’t have good PvP trinkets. and:very useful PvP tools, long range stuns that also deal moderate AoEdamage.: this item can change the odds of mostfights. During phase 1, its 750 damage explosion is almost 30% of most level 60players’ Health pool: massive! Remember that you can get hit by those yourself!
Against Shamans:Shamanscan be traps. They wear mail and healers often have a shield, giving them a lotof armor. They can deal a lot of damage without much spell power.
Warriors’main priority against them is survival., andhurt.Ifyou both have similar gear levels, you will need to interrupt specific castsand use cooldowns properly to win the fight.Norace is particularly better than another against shamans.is always veryuseful. Switch to Berserkerstance and use. The shaman will cast. Use on or, deal some damagethen move back and use to stun theshaman for a few seconds and prevent him from casting. Use when you’reabout to take damage to gain more rage. Try to keep up at all times on your target and playaround and to keeppreventing his casts.
If you get a sword spec proc or a big critical strike,try to burst harder to unlock and finish himoff. Be on the lookout for windows of opportunity and when they open useeverything you have.
Against Hunters:Thekings of kiting will often be an obstacle and you’re going to have to deal withthem.Theycan kite you and restart fights with intoif you manage to get close. Will be an issuebecause unfortunately for warriors, its slow is 10% stronger than: it’s rough.Dependingon the hunter’s talents, things can get even worse because of. You’re thenthoroughly outmatched.If you’rean engineer, use and tokeep up with the hunter, you will then be able to become the hunter.Ifyou’re a Gnome, willallow you to remove. Otherwise,good luck and be patient!Rotation-wise:, and into or so doesn’twork.
Remainin because you’ll gain alot of procs, hunters having alot of agility. Follow up with, and as soon aspossible. Keep and up on the target atall times. Against Warlocks:Extremelydifficult duel because warlocks deal a lot of damage, have strong crowd controland a lot of Health through Voidwalker’s.Theyhave multiple instant cast DoTs such as and,powerful crowd control abilities like the Succubus’,and.Notunlike the Priest matchup, this is a DPS race.Keep to get back intomelee range.Berserkerstance should be used throughout the fight, allowing you to tocounter.Don’t hesitate to cast andthrow to stop enemycasts. You can also use to reflect rightafter you charge in.Undeads are especially good against Warlocks because they can become immune toFear effects with.Rotation-wise:,. Switch to BerserkerStance and use,. After the use to go back tomelee.
Use against and againstdamage spells. Against Druids:Thismatchup is about timing and patience, because druidscan tank better than you can.Ifthe Druid tries to flee with, Intercept him thenspam.
He’ll try to changeform to remove the slow but because you keep reapplying it, he’ll run out ofmana if he keeps trying. Don’t waste rage on damage abilities.Assoon as the Druid goes back to human form, move away from him and use and then use yourrage to damage him!If you’re an engineer, use and tokeep up with the druid if necessary. If you’re not a Gnome, use sothe druid can’t root you.
He then won’t be able to run from you. Druids canheal themselves so maintain the Mortal Strike debuff.
This should be enough toensure victory in a few seconds. Againstcasters/healers, using the trinket can prevent them from casting. Mages canusually kill them in a single AoE however. Against Warriors:Veryvolatile matchup, highly dependent on gear and RNG (crits andprocs). Hard to say who’s going to win from the get go.Anygood warrior should have butif works, the fightcan turn around fast.
Try using it as soon as possible to gain the advantagecan help with abit of damage when you don’t have anything better to use.Norace is particularly strong in this mirror matchup. Switch to DefensiveStance for. Follow up with, and as soon aspossible. The first Warrior to fall under 20% Health is going to get pummeled and will most likelylose. Against Mages:Thiscan be an infuriating matchup but once you understand the ins and outs of thefight, you’ll end up enjoying such duels.Meleeplayers struggle against andprocs.
Moreover, if the Mage is starting to lose ground, he can reset the fightwith.and willlead you to being rage-starved, absorbed damage granting no rage. They canteleport around with or hide in an ifthings get hairy.Regardless,charge them as soon as you can and follow up with and/or ifthey try to cast something.Ifyou’re an engineer, use and tokeep up with the mage and slap him around a bit to maintain the pressure. Rememberthat and can be strong options,depending on the phase.Ifyou’re an Herbalist/Alchemist and have some gold, we recommend the followingrotation: If you’re not a Gnomeand don’t have, get a few then charge the mage. He’ll answer with to no effect, and will find himself introuble. He’ll: use immediately (BerserkerStance) which will probably force the mage to. You shouldhave enough time left on the potion to finish him after the ice block.
Move awayso you can charge him and use once again. His onlyoption then becomes using to wait out thepotion’s effect (30 seconds).
If you keep enough rage to use to prevent that cast, you should win thefight almost 9 times out of 10. Against Paladins:Paladins can be played in 3 ways. Retribution paladins arepretty weak in this phase, and few people play Protection, so 9 times out of 10you’ll end up facing a Holy Paladin, a healer.You’llhave to deal with the infamous,the formidable,and the notorious 10 sec.Thetrick is using at the right time.Usingengineering items such and willgive you some additional tools to control the fight.Orcsare particularly strong against paladins, their passive allowingthem to regularly ignore.Thefight starts as usual: charge, kneecaps, bleeds.
Use quicklyand keep enough rage for a whenthey try to heal themselves. Once that happens, the pressure will be on thepaladin. Depending on how much damage you’ve dealt, he’ll try to control youwith (instantcast).
Use tofree yourself. He’ll try to heal himself. If isn’tavailable, use. Reapply, switch to BerserkerStance, move away.
Divine Shield or Layon Hands should follow. If he uses the former, move away and bandage yourself.Stay at range and charge the paladin as soon as the shield falls off. Resume DPS andcontrol rotations and finish him.
Against Priests:Priestscan be hard to beat for DPS Warriors.Between and,they cancontrol you and prevent you from generating rage and therefore disallowing youfrom doing any damage.Priestshave many instant spells; remember to keep for toavoid massive damage.Asper usual, engineers should abuse. This will give yousome breathing room.Likeagainst Warlocks, Undeads have an edge against Priests because they can becomeimmune to Fear effects with. That being said,races such as Dwarves, Orcs or Taurens are also strong against Priests.TheWarrior’s rotation against Priests is: (if possible), then immediatelyswitch to Berserker Stance. Once the initial stun is over, the Priest will use thatyou should counter with. He will drop a fewDoTs on you, nothing you can do about it, and will try to cast.Use tocounter it, you’re still in Berserker Stance. Follow up with, andif you have a lot of rage. The fight shouldn’t last long no matter who’swinning, it’s a DPS race.
Once the Priest drops below 20% Health:.Tryto heal yourself immediately after the Priest dies so his DoTs don’t end upkilling you. If you have, use it after the priest casts. The 3 servants’interruptions and damage will help you a lot against Priests. Against Rogues:Thismatchup is about the Rogue’s CDs. If they have both and it will be a nighimpossible fight for the Warrior.Rogueshave tons of ways to control their enemies with abilities such and.Nomatter what, always keep up on your targetin order to keep him close and damage him.is key so theRogue can’t stealth away.isan extremely useful talent.
If you think the Rogue is close, use it and it willbreak his Stealth after the slow.Wheneveryou’re not stunned, try using in melee to gainsome breathing room.Becauseof allowing them toresist and,Orcs are excellent against Rogues. Dwarves whichgets rid of poisons and removes.If you can, and, it’s already a good start. If the Rogue is the one engagingyou and you didn’t see it coming, this is another story entirely. Try to stayinand spam and.Ifyou have ready, use it.Berserker Stance isn’t recommended, because if you get stunlocked the Roguewill murder you. Defensive Stance and using a shield is actually a pretty goodalternative. Once you’ve weathered the storm and the Rogue used and goback to your two-handed weapon and do as much damage as you can:, and as soon aspossible, and don’t forget to always maintain on the Rogue untilhe dies.