Requesting a Warrior strat/spec for PvP

[Hellson]

Hey I would like to know your Warrior specs for PvP, or if anyone has a Warrior guide at all, let me know thanks

[bladesoul]

36/rest/3 good spec

[Hellson]

Any descriptions of specific talents? use the WoW talent calculator i wanna start playing my warrior again - arms or a 'PvP' spec, but im not sure i've watched Swifty's videos and am going to get the 8 button mouse/keypad

[dontshoot0r]

33/28, or you could go for 3in prot for stance dance, as noted before

[roor]

41/20 arms spec World of Warcraft Europe -> Talents

axe/polearm spec cant go wrong!

[frankhuzzah]

Actually, you CAN go wrong with axe/polearm spec, if you are speaking of a strict pvp build. Since you will be facing people that stack resilience, the amount of damage that the extra 5% crit will give you is minimal. Sword spec and mace spec (particularly combined with the BS maces) are much better choices.

[issuesbunny]

Axe/Polearm spec is terribad for PvP, try maces for pvp and swords for arena.

[Dizaster]

Level 70 Warrior (33/28/0)

My 2v2 (Warrior Druid) and 3v3 (Warrior, Elemental Shaman Pally)specs 2k rating, and solo pvp.

Arms (33 points)
Improved Heroic Strike - Rank 3/3
Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 rage points.

Deflection - Rank 2/5
Increases your Parry chance by 2%.

Iron Will - Rank 5/5
Increases your chance to resist stun and charm effects by 15%.

Improved Overpower - Rank 2/2
Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%.

Deep Wounds - Rank 3/3
Your critical strikes cause the opponent to bleed, dealing 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.

Two-Handed Weapon Specialization - Rank 3/5
Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 3%.

Impale - Rank 2/2
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities in Battle, Defensive, and Berserker stance by 20%.

Death Wish - Rank 1/1
When activated, increases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.

Sword Specialization - Rank 5/5
Gives you a 5% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword.

Improved Intercept - Rank 2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 10 sec.

Improved Hamstring - Rank 2/3
Gives your Hamstring ability a 10% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.

Mortal Strike - Rank 1/1
A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 210 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec

Second Wind - Rank 2/2
Whenever you are struck by a Stun or Immobilize effect you will generate 20 rage and 10% of your total health over 10 sec.
Fury (28 points)
Booming Voice - Rank 5/5
Increases the area of effect and duration of your Battle Shout, Demoralizing Shout and Commanding Shout by 50%.

Cruelty - Rank 5/5
Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 5%.

Piercing Howl - Rank 1/1
Causes all enemies near the warrior to be dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

Blood Craze - Rank 3/3
Regenerates 3% of your total health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike.

Commanding Presence - Rank 1/5
Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Battle Shout and the health bonus of your Commanding Shout by 5%.

Improved Execute - Rank 2/2
Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.

Enrage - Rank 5/5
Gives you a 25% melee damage bonus for 12 sec up to a maximum of 12 swings after being the victim of a critical strike.

Sweeping Strikes - Rank 1/1
Your next 10 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.

Weapon Mastery - Rank 2/2
Reduces the chance for your attacks to be dodged by 2% and reduces the duration of all Disarm effects used against you by 50%.

Flurry - Rank 3/5
Increases your attack speed by 15% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.


Another one of my fav specs.

Arms (33 points)
Improved Heroic Strike - Rank 3/3
Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 rage points.

Deflection - Rank 2/5
Increases your Parry chance by 2%.

Iron Will - Rank 5/5
Increases your chance to resist stun and charm effects by 15%.

Improved Overpower - Rank 2/2
Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%.

Deep Wounds - Rank 3/3
Your critical strikes cause the opponent to bleed, dealing 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.

Two-Handed Weapon Specialization - Rank 5/5
Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 5%.

Impale - Rank 2/2
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities in Battle, Defensive, and Berserker stance by 20%.

Death Wish - Rank 1/1
When activated, increases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.

Sword Specialization - Rank 5/5
Gives you a 5% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword.

Improved Intercept - Rank 2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 10 sec.

Mortal Strike - Rank 1/1
A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 210 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec

Second Wind - Rank 2/2
Whenever you are struck by a Stun or Immobilize effect you will generate 20 rage and 10% of your total health over 10 sec.
Fury (25 points)
Cruelty - Rank 5/5
Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 5%.

Unbridled Wrath - Rank 5/5
Gives you a chance to generate an additional rage point when you deal melee damage with a weapon. Effect occurs more often than Unbridled Wrath (Rank 4).

Commanding Presence - Rank 5/5
Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Battle Shout and the health bonus of your Commanding Shout by 25%.

Improved Execute - Rank 2/2
Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.

Enrage - Rank 5/5
Gives you a 25% melee damage bonus for 12 sec up to a maximum of 12 swings after being the victim of a critical strike.

Sweeping Strikes - Rank 1/1
Your next 10 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.

Weapon Mastery - Rank 2/2
Reduces the chance for your attacks to be dodged by 2% and reduces the duration of all Disarm effects used against you by 50%.
Protection (3 points)
Tactical Mastery - Rank 3/3
You retain up to an additional 15 of your rage points when you change stances. Also greatly increases the threat generated by your Bloodthirst and Mortal Strike abilities when you are in Defensive Stance (More effective than Rank 2).

Sorry for length.

[UncleTuca]

This: Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft or Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft, anything with Imp MS and Endless rage is garbage, and Swords / Mace > Axe as previously stated.

[deathandtaxes162]

This is the build I use for Arena on my warrior:

Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft


basically it's Mace spec MS / Sweeping strikes / Tactical mastery

With 2/3 improved hamstring for those pesky runners and Imp Slam for unloading on them when imp hamstring procs.


While some people have said Axe and sword is horrible I tend to disagree Axe gives you the extra crit for reliable Burst damage and Sword gives you unreliable burst but the chance for huge bust when it happens.

However I admit the mace stun is hard to go past....

[murkii]

I would suggest this Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft for 2v2 atleast cause of Flurry

[Johnism]

My priest is almost finished gear wise (approaching 1800 in BG9) and was looking at my poorly geared warrior. I almost have enough honor points to buy a weapon and was wondering peoples opinions on Swords vs Maces. She has a lot of "Of the beast" green gear and will have the Vengful chest peice next week. I heard Maces are great for CCing but Swords (specced / enchanted correctly) can melt people beyond the need for a stun. Just want some opinions.

[Houk]

My priest is almost finished gear wise (approaching 1800 in BG9) and was looking at my poorly geared warrior. I almost have enough honor points to buy a weapon and was wondering peoples opinions on Swords vs Maces. She has a lot of "Of the beast" green gear and will have the Vengful chest peice next week. I heard Maces are great for CCing but Swords (specced / enchanted correctly) can melt people beyond the need for a stun. Just want some opinions.

Maces. For 2's and 3's it's really is Maces. The 5's it's not important but the top end on the S3 Mace makes it fine anyway.

PVP is all about control. Maces give you that. Axe gives you some more crit. Swords the extra swing. Mace gives you stun (control).

[Houk]

Hey I would like to know your Warrior specs for PvP, or if anyone has a Warrior guide at all, let me know thanks

It's all about style. I'll cover two of the popular specs here.

35/23/3

Three points allow in TM allows you to switch stance and retain rage for useful abilities. Swapping back to Battle Stance for that Overpower on the Rogue or Cat Druid for instance is a good example. Another one would be the quick change to Defensive Stance for Spell Reflection.

34/27/0

This build has you dropping three points in TM to pick up Flurry in the Fury tree. This gives you higher DPS but you have a complete Rage wipe when you stance switch.

It is personal style and taste though. Noktyn, Inactive, Xahlior, and others use 35/23/3 in all of their brackets while Serennia always used 34/27/0. Serennia however played very aggressively which worked for him.

Give them both a go. Generally though if you stance switch a lot 35/24/3 would be better suited to you.

Other advice I can give to you is watch movies. Anything from Xahlior is good. Arena movies more than anything else is what you should be focusing on.

[daemonic666]

Best warrior arena spec is : 31/30/0


Best warrior bg spec is : 33/28/0


Go with a 2h sword or mace and you will be fine