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Warrior talents

Arms · Fury · Protection — 54 talents. Roles: Tank; Melee DPS. Hover, focus or tap a talent for its tooltip; click to spend a point. Rows unlock after 5 points per row in that tree.

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Arms17 talents · 47 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/1	Improved Heroic Strike	3	Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 1/2/3 Rage.	Unchanged Reported
1/2	Deflection	5	Increases your Parry chance by 1/2/3/4/5%.	Unchanged Reported
1/3	Improved Rend	3	Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 12% (rank 1) / 35% (rank 3); rank 2 not transcribed.	Reworked Reported
2/1	Improved Charge	2	Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 3/6.	Unchanged Reported
2/2	Improved Tactical Mastery	5	Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 3/6/9/12/15 Rage when you change stances.	Reworked Reported
2/4	Improved Overpower	2	Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 25/50%.	Moved Reported
3/2	Anger Management Requires Improved Tactical Mastery	1	Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%.	Reworked Reported
3/3	Deep Wounds Requires Improved Rend	3	Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 20/40/60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.	Unchanged Reported
4/1	Spearing Strike	1	15 Rage, melee range, instant, 20 sec cooldown. A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.	New Confirmed
4/2	Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	3	Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 1/2/3%.	Reworked Reported
4/3	Impale	2	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10/20%.	Reworked Reported
5/1	Bloodthrill	5	Your melee attacks against targets afflicted by your Rend have a 2/4/6/8/10% chance to activate your Overpower ability for 1 attack on your current target. Lasts 6 sec.	New Confirmed
5/2	Sweeping Strikes	1	30 Rage, instant, 30 sec cooldown. Requires Battle Stance. Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.	Unchanged Reported
5/3	Weaponmaster	5	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: increases your critical strike chance by 1/2/3/4/5%. Mace/Staff: your attacks ignore 3/6/9/12/15% of your target's armor. Sword: your successful melee attacks have a 1/2/3/4/5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.	New Confirmed
6/1	Improved Slam	2	Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.25/0.5 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts your melee swing time.	Reworked Confirmed
6/3	Improved Hamstring	3	Gives your Hamstring ability a 5/10/15% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.	Unchanged Reported
7/2	Mortal Strike ★ Requires Sweeping Strikes	1	30 Rage, melee range, instant, 6 sec cooldown. A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec.	Unchanged Reported

Fury18 talents · 57 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/2	Booming Voice	5	Increases the radius of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout abilities by 10%. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Reported
1/3	Cruelty	5	Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1/2/3/4/5%.	Unchanged Reported
2/2	Iron Will	5	Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 3/6/9/12/15%.	Reworked Reported
2/3	Unbridled Wrath	5	Gives you a 12% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. This effect is increased to 2 Rage for two-handed weapons. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Reported
3/1	Improved Cleave	3	Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 1/2/3.	Reworked Confirmed
3/2	Piercing Howl	1	10 Rage, instant. Causes all nearby enemies to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.	Unchanged Reported
3/3	Blood Craze	3	Regenerates 1/2/3% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike, dealing damage with Bloodthirst, or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack.	Reworked Reported
3/4	Boundless Rage	3	Increases your maximum Rage by 10/20/30.	New Reported
4/1	Dual Wield Specialization	5	Increases your off-hand weapon damage by 5%, off-hand Rage generation by 20%, and chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 2%. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Confirmed
4/2	Raging Blows	1	Causes your Whirlwind to also strike with your off-hand weapon, and reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 2.	New Confirmed
4/3	Enrage	5	Gives you a 30% chance to deal 2/4/6/8/10% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack.	Reworked Confirmed
4/4	Improved Execute	2	Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 3/6.	Reworked Reported
5/1	Precision	3	Increases your chance to hit with all abilities and attacks by 1/2/3%.	New Confirmed
5/2	Death Wish	1	10 Rage, instant, 3 min cooldown. When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.	Reworked Reported
5/4	Improved Intercept	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5/10 sec.	Unchanged Reported
6/1	Improved Berserker Rage	2	Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 5/10 Rage and has a 50/100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated.	Reworked Reported
6/3	Flurry Requires Enrage	5	Increases your melee attack speed by 5/10/15/20/25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.	Reworked Reported
7/2	Bloodthirst ★ Requires Death Wish	1	30 Rage, melee range, instant, 6 sec cooldown. Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 35% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec.	Reworked Confirmed

Protection19 talents · 55 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/2	Shield Specialization	5	Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 1/2/3/4/5% and grants you a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block.	Reworked Reported
1/3	Anticipation	5	Increases your Defense Skill by 4/8/12/16/20.	Reworked Reported
2/1	Improved Bloodrage	2	Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 25/50%.	Reworked Reported
2/3	Toughness	5	Increases your armor value from items by 2/4/6/8/10%.	Unchanged Reported
2/4	Improved Thunder Clap	3	Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 2/4/6.	Moved Confirmed
3/1	Last Stand Requires Improved Bloodrage	1	Instant, 3 min cooldown. When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.	Unchanged Reported
3/2	Master of Defense Requires Shield Specialization	2	Grants you a 50/100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.	New Reported
3/3	Improved Revenge	3	Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 20%. (rank 1 of 3 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Confirmed
3/4	Defiance	3	Requires Defensive Stance. Increases all threat generated in Defensive Stance by an additional 5/10/15% while a shield is equipped.	Reworked Reported
4/1	Improved Sunder Armor	3	Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 1/2/3.	Unchanged Reported
4/2	Improved Disarm	3	Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 7/14/21 sec.	Reworked Reported
4/3	Vanguard	1	Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.	New Confirmed
5/1	Improved Shield Wall	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 5.5/11 min.	Reworked Reported
5/2	Concussion Blow	1	10 Rage, melee range, instant, 45 sec cooldown. Stuns the target for 5 sec.	Unchanged Reported
5/3	Improved Shield Bash	2	Gives your Shield Bash ability a 50/100% chance to silence the target for 3 sec.	Unchanged Reported
5/4	Vitality	5	Increases your Stamina and Strength by 2/4/6/8/10%.	New Confirmed
6/1	Focused Rage	3	Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 1/2/3.	New Confirmed
6/3	Bastion	5	Increases all damage you deal by 2% while a shield is equipped. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
7/2	Shield Slam ★ Requires Concussion Blow	1	20 Rage, melee range, instant, 6 sec cooldown. Requires Shields. Slam 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.	Reworked Reported

Removed talents and baseline changes

Classic talents that are no longer in these trees, and baseline changes that affect them.