Warrior
What Forever changes
Weaponmaster replaces the four weapon specializations, Spearing Strike punishes Giants, Dragonkin and mounted foes, Raging Blows puts the off-hand into Whirlwind, and Protection gains Vanguard, Master of Defense and Bastion. Victory Rush is a new trainer spell, and Tactical Mastery moved from the Arms tree to the trainer.
- 12
- new talents
- 31
- reworked
- 12
- removed
- 1
- new trainer spells
Specializations
Each tree with its role, its capstone and a build to start from.
Arms
Big two-handed swings, Mortal Strike and Weaponmaster bonuses for your weapon type.
Mortal StrikeA vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec.
Fury
Dual-wield Bloodthirst and Whirlwind, with Flurry and Death Wish for burst.
BloodthirstInstantly attack the target causing damage equal to 35% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec.
Protection
Shield tanking scaled by Block Value: Shield Slam, Bastion and Master of Defense.
Shield SlamSlam the target with your shield, causing 421 to 439 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat.
Trainer changes
Spells the trainer teaches differently in Forever, compared with Classic.
New spells
Victory RushLevel 20
Former talents, now trained
Improved OverpowerLevel 1
Tactical MasteryLevel 14
Learned at a different level
SlamLevel 20
Races
Who can be a Warrior. Marked races are new to the class in Forever.
Perception
Will to Survive
Sword Specialization
The Human Spirit
Find Treasure
Stoneform
Big Game Hunter
Mace Specialization
Elune's Light
Shadowmeld
Quickness
Wisp Spirit
Escape Artist
Eureka!
Engineering Specialization
Expansive Mind
Read Ley Line
Walk on Air
Elemental Insight
Wind Blessed
Blood Fury
Shatter Curse
Axe Specialization
Hardiness
Cannibalize
Will of the Forsaken
Touch of the Grave
Underwater Breathing
Cultivation
War Stomp
Endurance
Plainsrunning
Berserking
Rapid Regeneration
Beast Slaying
Regeneration
SkysightWalk on AirElemental InsightWind BlessedGrimoire builds
Starting points for level 60, built on the Forever trees. Each one loads straight into the calculator.
Arms two-hander
31 / 20 / 0Mortal Strike with a big two-hander, Cruelty and Unbridled Wrath from Fury, and Enrage for uptime on the damage bonus.
- Weaponmaster replaces the old weapon specializations: axes and polearms gain crit, maces and staves ignore armor, swords gain extra attacks.
- Improved Slam turns Slam into a real filler between Mortal Strikes.
Dual-wield Fury
20 / 31 / 0Bloodthirst and Whirlwind with two one-handers. Raging Blows makes Whirlwind hit with the off-hand too, and Furious Precision covers off-hand hit.
- Arms supplies Anger Management, Deep Wounds and Impale; Spearing Strike hits hard against Giants, Dragonkin and mounted targets.
Shield tank
0 / 17 / 34Shield Slam scales with Block Value, Bastion adds 10% damage with a shield, and Master of Defense turns dodges and parries into Rage.
- Vanguard lets you Charge in Defensive Stance, which removes the stance dance from pulling.
Abilities by level
Every rank the trainer teaches, with what changed in Forever marked.
Battle ShoutRank 1
Battle Stance
Heroic StrikeRank 1- Improved OverpowerRank 2Was a talent
ChargeRank 1
RendRank 1
Thunder ClapRank 1
HamstringRank 1- Heroic StrikeRank 2
Bloodrage- Defensive Stance
- RendRank 2
Sunder ArmorRank 1
Taunt
- Battle ShoutRank 2
OverpowerRank 1
Shield BashRank 1
Demoralizing ShoutRank 1
RevengeRank 1- Tactical MasteryWas a talent
- Heroic StrikeRank 3
Mocking BlowRank 1
Shield Block
Disarm- Thunder ClapRank 2
CleaveRank 1- RendRank 3
Retaliation- SlamRank 1New level
- Victory RushNew spell
- Battle ShoutRank 3
Intimidating Shout- Sunder ArmorRank 2
- Demoralizing ShoutRank 2
ExecuteRank 1- Heroic StrikeRank 4
- RevengeRank 2
Challenging Shout- ChargeRank 2
- Mocking BlowRank 2
- OverpowerRank 2
Shield Wall- Thunder ClapRank 3
Berserker Stance- CleaveRank 2
InterceptRank 1- RendRank 4
- SlamRank 2New level
- Battle ShoutRank 4
Berserker Rage- ExecuteRank 2
- HamstringRank 2
- Heroic StrikeRank 5
- Shield BashRank 2
- Demoralizing ShoutRank 3
- RevengeRank 3
- Sunder ArmorRank 3
- Mocking BlowRank 3
Whirlwind
PummelRank 1- SlamRank 3New level
- Thunder ClapRank 4
- CleaveRank 3
- ExecuteRank 3
- Heroic StrikeRank 6
- RendRank 5
- Battle ShoutRank 5
- InterceptRank 2
- Demoralizing ShoutRank 4
- OverpowerRank 3
- RevengeRank 4
- ChargeRank 3
- Mocking BlowRank 4
- SlamRank 4New level
- Sunder ArmorRank 4
- BloodthirstRank 2
- ExecuteRank 4
- Heroic StrikeRank 7
- Mortal StrikeRank 2
- Shield SlamRank 2
- Thunder ClapRank 5
- CleaveRank 4
Recklessness- RendRank 6
- Battle ShoutRank 6
- InterceptRank 3
- Shield BashRank 3
- BloodthirstRank 3
- Demoralizing ShoutRank 5
- HamstringRank 3
- Mortal StrikeRank 3
- RevengeRank 5
- Shield SlamRank 3
- SlamRank 5New level
- ExecuteRank 5
- Heroic StrikeRank 8
- Mocking BlowRank 5
- PummelRank 2
- Sunder ArmorRank 5
- Thunder ClapRank 6
- Battle ShoutRank 7
- BloodthirstRank 4
- CleaveRank 5
- Heroic StrikeRank 9
- Mortal StrikeRank 4
- OverpowerRank 4
- RendRank 7
- RevengeRank 6
- Shield SlamRank 4
Arms, Fury and Protection in World of Warcraft: Forever. What changed from Classic, three raid-ready builds, stat priorities, the best races and how to level.