Fury Warrior Leveling Guide from 1 to 80 — The War Within (11.0.5)
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Fury Warrior leveling guide for The War Within. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Warrior leveling guide.
Fury Warrior Leveling Guide for The War Within
Fury Warrior Leveling Playstyle
Fury Warrior only really have one playstyle, though take
time to grow into it. Starting out as a very slow leveling spec, Fury Warriors
do not start gaining more worthwhile multitarget tools until around level 30.
Past that point however, the gameplay picks up quickly, regularly able to pull
several mobs together and cleave them down without fear thanks to
 Warpaint to mitigate damage and
 Warpaint to mitigate damage and  Victory Rush to heal it back
up. By rotating several offensive cooldowns, Fury Warriors will eventually
chain from pull to pull with little to no downtime.
 Victory Rush to heal it back
up. By rotating several offensive cooldowns, Fury Warriors will eventually
chain from pull to pull with little to no downtime.
Always initiate combat with  Charge whenever able, using
 Charge whenever able, using
 Heroic Throw or
 Heroic Throw or  Heroic Leap to pull more as desired. When
facing several enemies, use
 Heroic Leap to pull more as desired. When
facing several enemies, use  Whirlwind first so that
 Whirlwind first so that
 Bloodthirst,
 Bloodthirst,  Raging Blow,
 Raging Blow,  Execute, and
 Execute, and
 Rampage will cleave onto multiple targets. Once unlocked,
 Rampage will cleave onto multiple targets. Once unlocked,
 Odyn's Fury and
 Odyn's Fury and  Thunderous Roar can be used regularly due to
their short cooldowns, while longer cooldowns like
 Thunderous Roar can be used regularly due to
their short cooldowns, while longer cooldowns like  Bladestorm can be
saved them for bigger packs or harder targets.
 Bladestorm can be
saved them for bigger packs or harder targets.
Fury Warrior Leveling Talents
You unlock the Talent Trees at Level 10. Further below is the recommended Leveling Talent path.
Best Fury Warrior Leveling Talents
Standard Leveling Build
While there are many different options featured throughout the talent tree,
there are not a whole lot of choices specifically for leveling, so this
standard leveling build covers players questing mob-by-mob and chain running
dungeons alike. Note that you do not need  Thunder Clap or
 Thunder Clap or
 Crackling Thunder until unlocking hero talents at level 71, so these
points may be skipped and reallocated later if desired.
 Crackling Thunder until unlocking hero talents at level 71, so these
points may be skipped and reallocated later if desired.
Best Leveling Gear for Fury Warrior
When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of loot with the highest item level. The only exception to this rule is if you have a Ring or Necklace with a slightly lower item level, but 2 secondary stats on it instead of 1.
Level-by-Level Rotation for Fury Warrior
To keep things simple while leveling and learning the spec, use the slider to select your level, and watch as the leveling rotation grows with each level!
Move the slider below to make the guide update to your level!
Leveling Rotation for Fury Warriors
When using our slider, note that some talents may appear sooner than you expect them to in the rotation. This is because we have two recommended builds above, each taking talents at slightly different times, and sometimes entirely different talents.
- Cast  Charge to initiate combat
whenever possible. Charge to initiate combat
whenever possible.
 Victory Rush for free damage and healing after killing an enemy. Victory Rush for free damage and healing after killing an enemy.
- Cast  Shield Slam to deal damage, if still using a shield. Shield Slam to deal damage, if still using a shield.
- Cast  Thunder Blast whenever it is available. Thunder Blast whenever it is available.
- Cast  Whirlwind to apply the cleaving buff when facing multiple targets. Whirlwind to apply the cleaving buff when facing multiple targets.
- Cast  Thunder Clap to maintain the cleaving buff when facing multiple targets. Thunder Clap to maintain the cleaving buff when facing multiple targets.
- Cast  Bloodthirst to maintain Bloodthirst to maintain Enrage. Enrage.
- Cast  Bloodthirst or Bloodthirst or Bloodbath to maintain Bloodbath to maintain Enrage. Enrage.
- Cast  Rampage to spend Rage and maintain Rampage to spend Rage and maintain Enrage. Enrage.
- Cast  Recklessness when facing large groups or strong enemies. Recklessness when facing large groups or strong enemies.
- Cast  Avatar when facing large groups or strong enemies. Avatar when facing large groups or strong enemies.
- Cast  Odyn's Fury while Enraged for high burst damage. Odyn's Fury while Enraged for high burst damage.
- Cast  Bladestorm against large groups of enemies. Bladestorm against large groups of enemies.
- Cast  Thunder Clap against multiple targets. Thunder Clap against multiple targets.
- Cast  Execute whenever possible. Execute whenever possible.
- Use  Raging Blow for damage. Raging Blow for damage.
- Use  Raging Blow or Raging Blow or Crushing Blow for damage. Crushing Blow for damage.
- Use  Whirlwind against multiple
targets. Whirlwind against multiple
targets.
- Use  Whirlwind to fill the rotation. Whirlwind to fill the rotation.
- Use  Slam against single targets. Slam against single targets.
War Mode Talents to Level Up as a Fury Warrior
The following PvP talents are recommended for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. You may find that different PvP talents work better for you depending on your playstyle. Experimentation is encouraged!
Fury Warrior PvP Talents
 Barbarian improves mobility and reduces
downtime. It is also great for leaping around otherwise unpassable terrain. Barbarian improves mobility and reduces
downtime. It is also great for leaping around otherwise unpassable terrain.
 Enduring Rage helps build Rage and use Enduring Rage helps build Rage and use Rampage more frequently. Rampage more frequently.
 Enduring Rage is rather niche, but provides a small bonus whenever crowd controlled. Enduring Rage is rather niche, but provides a small bonus whenever crowd controlled.
Congratulations!
Congratulations on reaching Level 80! Now that you have hit Level 70 we recommend you look at our Easy mode page and Talents section to learn how to play at max level.
Changelog
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Update pathing in class tree to support hero talents earlier.
- 22 Aug. 2024: Updated leveling build.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Season Launch.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch
- 12 May 2024: Updated talent build and spell priorities.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 25 Mar. 2024: Minor adjustments to leveling tree, updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 04 Apr. 2023: Swap to new by-level talent calculator format.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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