Fury Warrior DPS Spell List and Glossary — The War Within (11.0.5)

This page describes the basic spells and passives all Fury Warriors have at Level 70. It goes over the main aspects of the specialization to help understand the remainder of the guide. It can also be useful as a quick reference.

If you are leveling a Fury Warrior, you likely will not have access to all of the abilities and passives listed here. However, our leveling guide can help specify when you will unlock access to everything.

Warriors use a unique resource called Rage, which works very similar to Hunter Focus and Rogue Energy, except Rage does not regenerate on its own. It always starts at zero and is built up during combat through auto attacks and certain abilty casts, with important damaging abilities consuming the resource. Outside of combat, Rage slowly depreciatates back down to zero.

Warrior Rage has a default maximum capacity of 100, although this can be modified by unique talents. While the resource is only generated in combat, there are certain abilities such as Charge which will help jumpstart that flow of incoming Rage, while other talents and abilities can increase your Rage generation further.

As a general rule, you should want to both avoid Rage starving or overcapping the resource, so that you do not find yourself in situations where you are either unable to cast important abilities on cooldown, or waste resource generation due to maximum capacity.

Rage is the Warrior resource, generated through auto attacks, special abilities, and spent on the powerful attack Rampage, which also triggers Enrage. Maximizing rage generation through ability casts in order to cast Rampage as frequently as possible, and therefore maximize Enrage uptime, is the central goal of the rotation.

For more information on how to use these abilities together in your rotation, please read our rotation page.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Dual Wield	-	Allows you to dual wield weapons, which is integral to Fury.
Titan's Grip	TG	Allows Fury Warriors to dual-wield two-handed weapons.
Enrage	-	A short buff which procs very frequently to increase damage done, and can trigger further effects when talented.
Mastery: Unshackled Fury	-	Controls how much Enrage increases damage by.
Battle Shout	BS	Very important group buff which will increase the attack power of all players and should always be applied.
Berserker Rage	BzR	Removes incapacitate and fear effects.
Charge	-	An important Rage generating and mobility ability used to close distances with and engage moving targets.
Victory Rush	VR	A very useful healing ability, which triggers when an enemy is defeated. Instrumental for self-sustain in solo content.
Whirlwind	WW	The main multitarget attack, which can be enhanced with various talents to allow other attacks to hit multiple targets as well.
Execute	Exe	A powerful damage and Rage generating attack meant to increase damage towards the end of an encounter.
Slam	-	A basic damage-dealing attack, now a single target filler for Fury due to the removal of its Rage cost.
Hamstring	-	A basic single target snare.
Heroic Throw	-	A ranged pull with little to no practical damage impact.
Taunt	-	Forces the target to attack you! Seldom used by DPS specializations.
Titan's Grip	TG	Allows Fury Warriors to dual-wield two-handed weapons.
Shield Slam	-	A basic attack which will only be used during the initial leveling process before choosing a specialization.
Shield Block	-	A basic defensive ability which will only be used during the initial leveling process before choosing a specialization.

As part of the The War Within overhaul to the talent system, every specialization has received numerous new passive effects and active abilities throughout the new Class and Specialization talent trees.

If you would like to know more about which of these talents to select for your own Fury Warrior, please see the builds and talents section of our guide.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Berserker Stance	-	Increases auto-attack damage.
Defensive Stance	-	Reduces damage taken at the cost of dealing less.
Impending Victory	IV	Replaces Victory Rush with a more reliable version that costs Rage.
War Machine	-	Provides increased Rage generation and a minor burst of movement speed.
Intervene	-	Charge an ally, though be wary of targeting tanks.
Rallying Cry	Rally	A very important group defensive tool used in most organized raid content.
Berserker Shout	-	Removes fear from the entire party, though very rarely necessary.
Piercing Howl	-	A strong AoE snare, limited by its cooldown.
Fast Footwork	-	Passive speed increase.
Spell Reflection	-	Very useful for reducing damage taken, dealing some back to an enemy, and occasionally ignoring debuff applications entirely!
Leeching Strikes	-	Passive leech increase.
Second Wind	-	Provides passive healing, which is usually broken by incoming damage, but occasionally ignores it, making the heal situationally overpowered.
Frothing Berserker	-	Provides a small irregular Rage refund, though not enough to greatly influence the rotation.
Heroic Leap	Leap	Burst mobility tool.
Intimidating Shout	-	More often used as a pseudo-interrupt, it tends to scatter enemy groups.
Thunder Clap	TC	Useless on its own, but has very powerful synergy with the Mountain Thane hero tree.
Wrecking Throw	-	Rarely useful when enemies have absorption shields.
Shattering Throw	-	Even more rarely useful when enemies have breakable immunities.
Crushing Force	-	A passive damage increase for Bloodthirst.
Pain and Gain	-	A small amount of passive self-healing, which can add up over the course of a long encounter.
Cacophonous Roar	-	A PvP-focused talent which has little to no practical effect in PvE.
Menace	-	Improves Intimidating Shout by not forcing targets to run away, but rarely worth the talent point.
Storm Bolt	-	A ranged single target stun on a short cooldown.
Overwhelming Rage	-	Increasing maximum Rage increases performance by reducing resource waste.
Sidearm	-	A minor passive damage increase.
Concussive Blows	-	A niche single target damage increase, only useful when frequently interrupting.
Reinforced Plates	-	An insignificant defensive boost, only moderately useful due to its follow-on talent.
Bounding Stride	-	Allows Heroic Leap to be used more frequently.
Crackling Thunder	-	Only useful for Mountain Thanes.
Barbaric Training	-	A moderate damage increase for both Slam and Whirlwind.
Honed Reflexes	-	Reduces the cooldown of various abilities, which can be more or less useful depending on the specific build.
Bitter Immunity	-	An on-demand heal which also removes certain debuffs. Situationally useful, but very useful when it is.
Double Time	-	A must-have increase in mobility, which leads to an even more important talent.
Seismic Reverberation	-	Whirlwind normally deals damage three times, which this talent increases to four when also hitting multiple targets, effectively a 10% damage increase. Also works with Thunder Clap, for a much more impactful 30% damage increase.
Armored to the Teeth	-	A moderate damage increase, and the only reason Reinforced Plates is worthwhile.
Wild Strikes	-	A surprisingly powerful auto-attack damage and Rage generation increase, though its internal cooldown keeps it from triggering too often.
Dual Wield Specialization	-	A must-have passive damage increase.
Cruel Strikes	-	A moderate Execute damage increase, which synergizes well with other talents.
Endurance Training	-	A small survivability boost, although the crowd control reduction is rather unimportant in PvE content.
Avatar	Ava	A very important cooldown, which aligns nicely with others.
Thunderous Roar	TR	A powerful AoE attack and bleed.
Champion's Spear	Spear	Another powerful AoE attack, with a lingering DoT. Also, tethers enemies in place, which can be useful in a variety of situations.
Shockwave	SW	An AoE stun, very useful in small group situations.
Berserker's Torment	-	Causes major cooldowns to trigger shorter versions of another, effectively increasing their durations.
Titan's Torment	-	Triggers a full damage Odyns Fury which also activates secondary talented bonuses.
Uproar	-	Greatly reduces the cooldown of Thunderous Roar.
Thunderous Words	-	Increases bleed damage while Thunderous Roar is activate.
Piercing Challenge	-	A moderate AoE direct damage increase.
Champion's Might	EM	An important burst damage effect, allowing the Spear to increase the damage of other follow-on attacks.
Rumbling Earth	-	A very strong talent which makes Shockwave much more frequently useable.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Bloodthirst	BT	One of the specialization's two basic attacks, which make up the bulk of the rotation.
Raging Blow	RB	The other basic attack, which makes up the bulk of the rotation.
Frenzied Enrage	-	A must-have talent, which greatly improves the effects of Enrage.
Powerful Enrage	-	An alternative to Frenzied Enrage, allowing for a slower but stronger playstyle.
Enraged Regeneration	ER	Fury's major defensive cooldown.
Improved Execute	-	A must-have talent, which allows Execute to generate Rage.
Improved Bloodthirst	-	A minor damage increase for Bloodthirst.
Fresh Meat	FM	A very nice open world and leveling talent which helps trigger and maintain Enrage when moving from target to target.
Warpaint	-	A moderate damage reduction, which contributes a great deal over the course of a long encounter.
Invigorating Fury	-	Increases the healing provided by Enraged Regeneration.
Sudden Death	SD	A powerful proc allowing Execute to be used outside its normal phase.
Improved Raging Blow	-	A required talent, which greatly improves the baseline functionality of Raging Blow.
Focus in Chaos	-	A moderate passive damage and Rage generation increase.
Rampage	Ramp	A fundamental part of the Fury Warrior rotation, used to trigger and maintain Enrage.
Cruelty	-	A moderate damage increase for Raging Blow.
Single-Minded Fury	SMF	A novelty for proponents of one-handed weaponry, though objectively inferior to saving the talent point and using two-handed weapons instead.
Cold Steel, Hot Blood	CSHB	A passive bleed which is very important to Bloodthirst-focused builds.
Vicious Contempt	VC	Increases Execute phase damage.
Frenzy	-	A strong and mostly passive Haste increase.
Hack and Slash	HnS	Imperative to Raging Blow builds, greatly helping maintain ability charges.
Slaughtering Strikes	-	A moderate increase to Rampage damage, which will passively increment by following the rotation.
Ashen Juggernaut	-	A very powerful Execute damage increase.
Improved Whirlwind	-	A must-have talent for multitarget content.
Wrath and Fury	-	A must-have talent for Raging Blow builds, helping maintain ability charges.
Bloodborne	-	A powerful passive bleed damage increase.
Bloodcraze	-	Helps Bloodthirst get critical strikes to trigger Cold Steel Hot Blood, but resets every time Bloodthirst critically strikes.
Recklessness	Reck	Fury's major offensive cooldown.
Massacre	-	A very important talent which allows Execute to be used much more frequently.
Meat Cleaver	-	A must-have talent for multitarget content, allowing more single-target abilities to be used in between casts of Whirlwind.
Deft Experience	-	Greatly helps maintain Enrage, while reinforcing regular use of Bloodthirst.
Swift Strikes	-	Increases Rage generation.
Critical Thinking	-	A minor damage increase which helps increase the value of Critical Strike.
Odyn's Fury	OF	A powerful AoE attack, which is at the heart of Fury's multitarget capabilities.
Reckless Abandon	-	A very powerful sustained damage increase, allowing Crushing Blow and Bloodbath to regularly be used in place of Raging Blow and Bloodthirst.
Onslaught	-	A mostly single target alternative to Odyn's Fury.
Bladestorm	Rav	A very bursty AoE cooldown that aligns perfectly with Recklessness and Avatar.
Ravager	Rav	A less compressed passive source of damage and rage generation that aligns perfectly with Recklessness and Avatar, more suited for single-target content.
Dancing Blades	-	Provides a large increase to auto-attack damage and rage generation, based on how frequently Odyn's Fury is used.
Titanic Rage	-	A very useful talent which jumpstarts the rotation by automating some of the maintenance buffs. It is not actually as powerful as it sounds, but is a major quality of life increase.
Unbridled Ferocity	UF	Sporadically increases Recklessness uptime, though with a very low proc rate.
Depths of Insanity	DoI	Unfortunately underwhelming due to Recklessness already having moderate uptime and not interacting with Unbridled Ferocity or Berserker's Torment.
Tenderize	-	A powerful damage increase that also helps jumpstart the rotation through automatic Enrage.
Unhinged	-	Causes Bladestorm and Ravager to automatically cast Bloodthirst several times, capable of triggering all of its various effects.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Lightning Strikes	-	Random single target damage proc from most rotational abilities. The increased chance is multiplicative (25 * 1.3 = 32.5% chance), rather than additive.
Avatar of the Storm	-	Thunder Blast charges are only granted by natural casts of Avatar, not including procs from Berserker or Titan's Torment.
Storm Bolts	-	A mostly PvP talent, as being unable to dictate which two extra targets can contribute to diminishing returns.
Storm Shield	-	Has very low value for Fury Warriors, due to their lower armor values.
Keep Your Feet on the Ground	-	Very strong passive defensive bonus due to the high frequency of Thunder Blast procs.
Steadfast as the Peaks	-	Less powerful, but on-demand; pre-emptive use of Impending Victory allows for significantly increased health pools to help survive predictable spikes of damage.
Flashing Skies	-	Significantly boosts the single target value of Thunder Blast. Triggers in addition to the normal random chance for a lightning strike, allowing two for one cast.
Snap Induction	-	Has minor value with Anger Management, but otherwise overlaps with casts of Avatar, which already grants two charges of Thunder Blast.
Gathering Clouds	-	The increased chance is multiplicative (25 * 1.3 = 32.5% chance), rather than additive.
Thorim's Might	-	Very powerful, giving lightning strikes and rotational abilities much more value.
Crashing Thunder	-	Allows Thunder Clap to effectively replace Whirlwind within the rotation.
Ground Current	-	Allows Lightning Strikes to hit multiple targets for significantly reduced damage. Does not hit the primary target of the lightning strike's initial target.
Strength of the Mountain	-	General damage increase.
Thunder Blast	TB/TBlast	Enables Thunder Blast, a stronger version of Thunder Clap that ignores armor.
Burst of Power	-	Random Bloodthirst damage increase.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Slayer's Dominance	-	Frequent random single target damage proc that inflicts the much more important Marked for Execution.
Unrelenting Onslaught	-	Typically desyncs Bladestorm from other major cooldowns, though the increased frequency is worth the tradeoff.
Relentless Pursuit	-	Very useful for keeping up with moving targets, especially when charging on the pull.
Vicious Agility	-	Less regularly useful outside of specific encounter timing, though minorly better for open world content.
Culling Cyclone	-	Increases the single target value of Bladestorm, but does not further increase damage by hitting multiple targets.
Brutal Finish	-	Better against multiple targets due to the damage bonus applying to each target hit.
Fierce Followthrough	-	Only triggers off crits against the primary target, though the resulting damage bonus affects every target.
Opportunist	-	Low value due to how infrequently Raging Blow resets its own cooldown.
Imminent Demise	-	Allows the consumption of Marked for Execution, even without Sudden Death talented, while also making Bladestorm much more powerful. Has strong synergy with Unhinged.
Overwhelming Blades	-	Universal damage increase with a very high uptime.
Death Drive	-	Very minor and largely random, which means it will not always be effective healing.
Show No Mercy	-	Another damage increase tied to Marked for Execution and Sudden Death procs.
Reap the Storm	-	Helps apply and maintain Overwhelming Blades.
Slayer's Malice	-	Basic Raging Blow damage increase.

Since nearly every single major ability for Fury Warrior interacts with each other, it can be difficult to figure out how they are meant to be prioritized. But now that you know what they do, our rotation page will help you balance your rotation, cooldowns, and Rage bar effectively!

For more information on the best combination of talents and how to use them, please read our talent page.