Class Talents
The Warrior class talent tree seems relatively unique by comparison to many other class trees in that there is a lot of damage being offered as opposed to almost solely utility.
Pathing through the general tree offers a good amount of free points to choose what type of utility or survivability you want to take as you move down the tree.
Some key notable talents that are always worth taking are:
- Defensive Stance
- War Machine
- Rallying Cry
- Leeching Strikes
- Heroic Leap
- Furious Blows
- Reinforced Plates
- Bounding Stride
- Double Time
- Armored to the Teeth
- Wild Strikes
- Dual Wield Specialization
- Avatar
- Berserker’s / Titan’s Torment (situational)
The talents listed above will not let you reach the entire way down the tree on their own but they are almost always worth taking once you can reach them. Outside of this, talent choices become situational and open to interpretation. For example, below Frothing Berserker you have 3 choices in order to hit Reinforced Plates. Crushing Force is only an option if you are playing the Storm of Swords build as that build makes use of Slam as an ability. Without playing this build, you are left with a choice of Wrecking / Shattering Throw which are both mostly useless in PvE or Pain and Gain which is a solid passive self sustain increase.
As a note, Thunder Clap and the follow-up choice node will never be chosen by Fury under any circumstances. Spending Rage on anything that isn’t Rampage results in a very clunky playstyle and Fury does not have access to Rend to activate Blood and Thunder.
Talent Builds
Single Target
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Some major changes here compared to the previous tier. Odyn’s Fury is back thanks to the new tier set and Storm of Swords is finally being used as Annihilator + Deft Experience and the various Bloodthirst related talents before it synergize quite well with the tier set.
Naturally this comes with a rather significant playstyle change but this will be noted in the rotation section.
Cleave
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A few key changes from the single target build. You have room to play around with this build depending on if more ST or AoE damage is required for the fight. Such as:
- Thunderous Roar (AoE) vs Spear (ST)
- Titanic Rage (AoE) vs Dancing Blades (ST)
Use your best judgment to determine if you should change any of these talents for the fight you’re currently progressing.
Mythic+
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All the same changes as the single target and cleave builds more or less. Contrary to popular belief, Shockwave is an incredibly easy pickup coming into Season 3. The changes mean Fury has less pack to pack damage and more damage inside its full cooldown burst windows. With this in mind, Uproar does lose some significant value without Hurricane to buff it. The best we can manage is 4 seconds of Avatar from the Titan’s Torment talent which really isn’t impactful enough.