[Warrior] The Powerleveling Guide

[Diablo1903]

This thread is for powerleveling with a level 80 warrior, not leveling a warrior solo.

So, lets start off with saying that warriors are great at powerleveling. For a long time prot paladins seamed to always be the best, and while in most ways still are, warriors are coming closer to being as good as them.

Spec
By far the best spec your going to want to use (Until you are done SM) is:
Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft
or something along the lines, basically you will want
Blood Craze, Last Stand, Vitality, Damage Shield, Shockwave, and Piercing Howl.
Recommended Glyphs: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43425 http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45794 http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43430 (Optional- http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43426 and http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43413)
*WARNING* When you have Damage Shield, DONT wear a shield until the alts are in exp range!

While that is the best for sm and below, I would recommend a spec more like the following for after SM.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#LV0Idfht0bRRzGzioGxcsh
Again, just a rough outline. Your going to want Bladestorm (DUH), Piercing Howl, Blood Craze, Sweeping Strikes, and Second Wind, with Imp Cleave or Commanding presence as an option.
Recommended Glyphs: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45794 http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43432 http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43414 (Optional- http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45790 and http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43413)

Abilities
Thunder Clap
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47502
An aoe spell that hits everything around you, glyph of Thunder Clap is highly recommended. This ability is will be alot in warrior powerleveling, no matter what spec you are.

Shockwave
Shockwave - Spell - World of Warcraft
An aoe spell that hits everything in front of you. This ability is will be alot if you are prot, and does alot of damage.

Sweeping Strikes
Sweeping Strikes - Spell - World of Warcraft
Makes your attacks hit a 2nd nearby target, great for arms powerleveling, but due to the cd, best to only be used with bladestorm.

Bladestorm
Bladestorm - Spell - World of Warcraft
An aoe spell that hits targets around you. This ability is will be used alot if you are arms, and does alot of damage. Combine it with Sweeping strikes, and it will do alot more.

Piercing Howl
Piercing Howl - Spell - World of Warcraft
Excellent ability, will help keep you alive dramatically. Mainly used to aggro all nearby mobs, Demoralizing shout can also be used as a substitute.

Enraged Regeneration
Enraged Regeneration - Spell - World of Warcraft
Use this everytime its up and your at or below 70%. Pairing this with a quick commanding shout and/or last stand will increase the amount it heals.

Gear
A few key gear pieces you might want to look into getting.

Truesilver Breastplate
Truesilver Breastplate - Item - World of Warcraft
Pros: Cheap to make, will easily keep you alive while pulling things like sm or sfk.
Cons: Lack of armor, or any stats. Will lower the amount healed by Enraged regen.
Rating: 6/10

Demonforged Armor
Demon Forged Breastplate - Item - World of Warcraft
Pros: An upgrade from Truesilver, great for sm.
Cons: Kinda expensive, and if worn in rfc or sfk, itll kill mobs (losing exp)
Rating: 8/10

Figurine of the Colossus
Figurine of the Colossus - Item - World of Warcraft
Pros: Will easily keep you alive is any instance that you are aoeing
Cons: A pain to farm, its in Shatterd halls
Rating: 10/10

Skullflame Shield
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=1168
Pros: Excellent for aoeing large groups as prot, such as SM
Cons: Can be expensive and hard to find, and you lose alot of block value, stats and armor. I recommend this to only be used with higher end gear.
Rating: 7/10

Essence of Gossamer
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37220#comments
Pros: Perfect for medium-large pulls and highly recommended.
Cons: Could prove difficult to get (Found in heroic Azjol-Nerub).
Rating: 10/10

Uther's Strength
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=11302
Pros: Again, excellent for larger pulls.
Cons: Loss of stats, hard to get, low proc chance making it unwanted in smaller pulls. Only absorbs about 200.
Rating: 5/10

"Chance to Heal"
Items like this (Such as http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19287) can prove to be useful aswell.
They are by far best as the arms spec, as they will proc of Bladestorm, but not shockwave or TC.
The main problem with these is that there are none that are based on WotlK stats, making them heal very little.

(I havent looked much into the new Wrath gear, if anybody knows any items like these, please notify me)

The Method
The fastest places to level, or so I have found is something like:

Quest to 8, 10 if alliance
(Horde) 8-10, rfc, with raf should only take 1 or 2 pulls.
10-20, SFK. This is also a great place to make money, think: Boe blues.
20-35/40, SM Arm or Cath, preference really. Also a great place for Boe Blues.
(Optional) 35-40/45, ZF, mainly if you get sick of SM... which WILL happen.
40-45, BRD, Great place for gear, and decent money. But a pain if your not powerleveling a healer!
45-55/60, Strat, Great place for money making, but once again, a pain with no healer. I hate that disease.
(Optional) 55-60, Ramparts, Good gear again, healer is probably needed to make good time.

The Pulling
Movies will probably be added later. But for now, inc pro paint skillz

RFC-

Pull everything b4 the orcs. Following the red line and then pulling it all back to the start. The alt(s) can just stay at the front.

SFK-

Again following the red line. You want to pull around the circle area, then back up and pull it all out onto the balcony. If you do this the alts can stay at the entrance and get exp. There is an optional method that will be explained in the video.

SM-

Arm- Pretty obvious, but I recommend you run to the back and pull back->front, this way you avoid having mobs hitting you while running to the end AND back. Again, the alts can stay at the door.
Cath- [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhSI4LGOSQY&feature=channel_page[/yt]
Video I made while testing out the beta. Thunder clap hits everything now, so itll be even easier. That was in the blue pvp gear.

ZF/BRD/Strat- There really is no set path ive made, as its not really aoed, but pulled in smaller groups of 10-15.

Tips:
This really only works if your powerleveling a trustworthy person. But if you set the loot threshold to Uncommon/rare (Keep it on group loot), and turn 'Pass on loot' to yes, ONLY the greens/blues will be lootable for you. However, you cant roll on them, so the alt will have to get them.

Thanks for reading . If you see any big mistakes say so and it shall be fixed! Videos should be coming soon... if I don't get lazy.

[Thidan]

Tip:
Add start/end dots ^_^

[hatriz812]

+rep for the effort and i will give more if u make more of these maps

[Diablo1903]

I was gunna add start end dots, but rfc you pull them all to the start anyway, and i thought SFK was kinda self explanatory.

What other instances you want the maps of? Ill make one for SM in a bit, but would you want one of Strat/ZF?

[Ferag]

As prot in the low instances (below SM) you're going to want to bring that alt with you or he'll lose a ton of exp from the mobs killed from damage shield.

[Diablo1903]

yeah, thats why I put that warning message in there. Just put on a 2h or DW until you have gathered all the mobs and are back near the alt.

Also, added new maps

[blackfang500]

As prot in the low instances (below SM) you're going to want to bring that alt with you or he'll lose a ton of exp from the mobs killed from damage shield.

He did put a note saying that if you have damage shield not to wear a shield until they are in range.

[just2knowthis]

repped from me too. i am a noob with warriors and this thread made clear some things. thnx

[M-real]

Bladestorm
Bladestorm - Spell - World of Warcraft
]An aoe spell that hits everything around you. This ability is will be alot if you are arms, and does alot of damage. Combined with Sweeping strikes, it does alot more.

Bladestorm DOES NOT hit all enemys around you only 4

[Eaassas]

I doubt I will ever be using this myself, but going to rep you for a nicely written guide

[BaboonX]

Someone C/P your guide.. like they did mine
[Warrior] The Powerleveling Guide - Online Game Hacker (OGH) - Warcraft III, Diablo II, WoW, Hacks, Exploits

I hate that site so much lol :P but atleast they gave credits to you.

[jesusisgod]

Skullflame Shield - Item - World of Warcraft is also kind of useful for the healing effects.

[jokimb]

As i am a warrior myself, this really helped me doing better. Im not dying every fifth minute anymore :P

[Th3Boss]

+rep thanks alot

[Diablo1903]

Bladestorm DOES NOT hit all enemys around you only 4

This is true, guess I just worded what I was trying to say badly. Ill change it.

Someone C/P your guide.. like they did mine
[Warrior] The Powerleveling Guide - Online Game Hacker (OGH) - Warcraft III, Diablo II, WoW, Hacks, Exploits

I hate that site so much lol :P but atleast they gave credits to you.

Thanks for the heads up. I don't really mind tho, since it does say I was the original poster.

Skullflame Shield - Item - World of Warcraft is also kind of useful for the healing effects.

Oh yeah, dunno how I forgot about this, thanks.

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. But just as a question, would you like a picture or video of what kinda pulls I do in BRD and Strat?