World of Warcraft Classes: Warrior
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Available Races:
Dwarf, Gnome, Human, Night Elf, Orc, Tauren, Troll, Undead
Warriors are the melee-centered class. These characters are tough as nails and masters of weaponry and tactics. The special abilities of the Warrior are naturally combat-oriented. The Warrior is the ultimate toe-to-toe fighter with the most options available to him. Unlike other Warriors you might have played in other games, the Warrior of World of Warcraft has many different options and abilities to use during combat.
In the MMORPG genre, Warriors are often relegated to the role of "Meat Shields." However Blizzard gives the warrior class more flexibility. In addition to the wide range of weapon and shield skills, the Warrior will be equipped with many other tools in his/her arsenal. For example, the Warrior has offensive / defensive stances, and warcries or shouts that can buff the Warrior, and/or debuff and taunt the Warrior's enemies.
The Warrior has a special pool available for his or her abilities: the Rage pool. The Rage pool increases during battle depending on which stance the Warrior is using, and decreases when not in battle. The Rage pool can be used for "Taunts" to get an enemy to attack, as well as other special abilities such as Whirlwind.
Warriors can also make use of three different stances: the Battle Stance, the Defensive Stance, and the Berserker Stance. The Warrior must always choose a stance with which to attack. Each stance comes with its own special attacks and the rage gained while in these stances can be used for these powerful attacks. The Battle Stance is the most balanced stance, focusing on both offense and defense. The Defensive Stance puts the emphasis on defense, while the Berserker Stance puts the emphasis on offense.
Color coding: Green: +1 class bonus, Yellow: +2 class bonus, Orange: +3 class bonus
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For a full list of skills and details, see Warrior Skills.
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Arms is a set of abilities that allow the Warrior to excel with weapons. Many of these are damaging abilities with possibly other effects like Strike (causes additional damage), Rend (damage over time), Pummel (interrupts spells), Thunderclap (slows attack speed), Hamstring (slows movement speed), Punishing Blow (forces the target to attack the Warrior), Overpower (causes additional damage), and Mortal Strike (reduces effectiveness of healing). Arms also gives the Warrior Charge (charges the enemy, generates rage, and stuns the enemy) and Recklessness (causes critical attacks, but reduces armor). The Warrior has a line of talents dedicated to improving and adding new Arms abilities.
Skills: Anger Management, Charge, Hamstring, Mortal Strike, Overpower, Pummel, Punishing Blow, Recklessness, Rend, Strike, Thunderclap
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Defense provides the Warrior a passive ability: Parry. Parry gives the Paladin a 4.84% chance to parry enemy melee attacks.
Skills: Parry
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Fury gives the Warrior abilities which use his or her inner fury as power. Some of these abilities are shouts, which are instant cast buffs or debuffs. Shouts include Battle Shout (increases attack power), Demoralizing Shout (reduces enemies' attack power), Piercing Howl (stuns enemies), Intimidating Shout (causes enemies to flee), and Challenging Shout (taunts nearby enemies). Additional Fury abilities include Inner Rage (generates extra rage), Cleave (deals damage), and Slam (deals damage). The Warrior has a line of Talents dedicated to improving and adding new Fury abilities.
Skills: Battle Shout, Bloodthirst, Challenging Shout, Cleave, Death Wish, Demoralizing Shout, Inner Rage, Intimidating Shout, Piercing Howl, Slam
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Protection gives the Warrior protective abilities, which are mainly defensive. Some of these abilities require a shield, such as Shield Bash (does damage and interrupts spells), Shield Block (increases chance to block), and Shield Wall (reduces damage taken). Protection also provides the Warrior with Taunt abilities to taunt the target to attack him or her. Other defensive abilities include Sundering Strike (reduces the target's armor), Bloodrage (generates rage), Revenge (counterattack), Disarm (disarms the enemy's weapon), and Concussion Blow (stuns the target). Warriors have a line of Talents dedicated to improving Protection abilities and adding new ones.
Skills: Bloodrage, Combat Endurance, Concussion Blow, Disarm, Last Stand, Revenge, Shield Bash, Shield Block, Shield Wall, Sundering Strike, Taunt
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A Warrior must always use a particular Stance when in battle. Each stance determines what abilities the Warrior can use. Battle Stance is a balanced combat stance that each Warrior starts out with. Later on he or she can achieve the Defensive Stance, which increases defense and allows the Warrior to use Defensive abilties. Another stance is the Berserker Stance, which allows the Warrior to use Berserker abilities.
Skills: Battle Stance, Berserker Stance, Defensive Stance
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