PVE Fury Warrior DPS Guide (TBC 2.4.3)

Game: The Burning Crusade
Content Type: Gaming Guides

Welcome to the Fury Warrior guide for World of Warcraft the Burning Crusade 2.4.3. In this guide, you will learn about playing a Fury Warrior in dungeons and raids. The guide includes Talents, Gems, Enchantments, BiS list, Gameplay & Skill rotation tips.

Talents

Below is a standard build for a Fury Warrior. If you are not required to provide Improved Demoralizing Shout/Improved Thunderclap (assuming they are provided by other Warriors), then you have the options like: Deflection, Iron Will, and Unbridled Wrath

Gems

Meta: Relentless Earthstorm Diamond
Red: Bold Living Ruby, Inscribed Noble Topaz
Blue: Fill with Red or Sovereign Nightseye, Jagged Talasite
Yellow: Smooth Dawnstone, Rigid Dawnstone

Enchants

Head – Glyph of the Outcast, Glyph of Ferocity if Hit is required
Shoulder – Greater Inscription of Vengeance or Greater Inscription of the Blade
Cloak – Greater Agility or Subtlety
Chest – Exceptional Stats
Bracers – Brawn
Gloves – Major Strength
Legs – Nethercobra Leg Armor or Cobrahide Leg Armor
Boots – Cat’s Swiftness with Dexterity and Surefooted as alternatives
Main-hand weapon – Executioner
Off-hand weapon – Mongoose

BiS Gear

Head	Mayhem Projection Goggles Cursed Vision of Sargeras Helm of the Illidari Shatterer Onslaught Battle-Helm
Shoulder	Onslaught Shoulderblades Brutal Gladiator’s Plate Shoulders Blood-stained Pauldrons Ripfiend Shoulderplates
Cloak	Shadowmoon Destroyer’s Drape Dory’s Embrace Vengeance Wrap Cloak of Darkness Black-Iron Battlecloak
Chest	Hard Khorium Battleplate Carapace of Sun and Shadow Brutal Gladiator’s Plate Chestpiece Embrace of the Phoenix Onslaught Breastplate
Bracers	Deadly Cuffs Bracers of Eradication Insidious Bands Furious Shackles
Gloves	Gloves of Immortal Dusk Hard Khorium Battlefists Grips of Silent Justice Onslaught Gauntlets
Waist	Belt of One-Hundred Deaths Boneweave Girdle Red Belt of Battle Don Alejandro’s Money Belt
Legs	Leggings of Divine Retribution Brutal Gladiator’s Plate Legguards Onslaught Greaves Legguards of Endless Rage
Boots	Dreadboots of the Legion Shadowmaster’s Boots Nyn’jah’s Tabi Boots

Main-hand Weapon	Warglaive of Azzinoth Brutal Gladiator’s Slicer Vanir’s Right Fist of Brutality Blade of Infamy Rod of the Sun King
Off-hand Weapon	Warglaive of Azzinoth Brutal Gladiator’s Slicer Brutal Gladiator’s Quickblade Vanir’s Left Fist of Brutality Vanir’s Left Fist of Savagery
Ranged Weapon	Crossbow of Relentless Strikes Barrel-Blade Longrifle Brutal Gladiator’s War Edge Serpent Spine Longbow

Neck	Hard Khorium Choker Choker of Endless Nightmares Choker of Serrated Blades
Ring	Stormrage Signet Ring Hard Khorium Band
Ring	Angelista’s Revenge Unstoppable Aggressor’s Ring Band of the Ranger-General
Trinket	Solarian’s Sapphire Shard of Contempt
Trinket	Dragonspine Trophy Madness of the Betrayer

Profession

Leatherworking

is the true raiders choice due to the ability to create Drums of Battle & Drums of War which are very useful in raids. If you take into account the combined stat boost for the party – it gets clear why Leatherworking is first. Also, you can craft leg enchants like Nethercobra Leg Armor.

List of useful items during your progression:

Jewelcrafting

gives you access to craft following BiS items Hard Khorium Choker and Hard Khorium Band. You can also create epic gems, but they can be bought, so it’s not much of an exclusive thing. JC is second because the combined stat boost of Drums (LW) is better for the party.

Hard Khorium Choker
Hard Khorium Band
Figurine – Shadowsong Panther (to be replaced later on)

Enchanting is beneficial to upgrade rings with Enchant Ring – Stats which is a unique boost available only to this profession. After enchanting your BiS rings, Enchanting may be removed to make space for other professions (it’s not required to maintain the profession to use this boost).

With Alchemy you can create Assassin’s Alchemist Stone, but it will be replaced soon enough with a better trinket. Also may be used to create consumables like Flask of Relentless Assault, Elixir of Demonslaying or Haste Potion

Blacksmithing may help you get new gear once you start doing dungeons & raids but this gear will get replaced fast enough with progressing to higher end content. But it can be used to provide gold for buying consumables or to create Adamantite Weightstone & Adamantite Sharpening Stone.

List of useful items during your progression:

Engineering

also has some useful items aside from the utility and miscellaneous item the profession offers – Mayhem Projection Goggles, Furious Gizmatic Goggles

Gameplay & Rotations

While dual wielding, both main-hand and off-hand weapons should be slower than 2.6 speed to maximize the damage. Of course, this rule isn’t set in stone. Especially, when you are still gearing up. Faster weapon with a higher DPS would be an upgrade to consider.

Stat Priority

Standard requirement of 9% hit (142 rating) & 25 Expertise

Expertise / Hit rating -> Crit / Attack Power / Armor Pen -> Haste

Note that Weapon Mastery and Precision alongside Orc and Human racial traits will help you in reaching Expertise and Hit caps.

Rotation

Bloodthirst

-> Whirlwind should be used on cooldown
Heroic Strike to dump rage after 60, leaving enough rage for the next main cycle.
Rampage should be maintained constantly and renewed closer to its end. Depending on your critical strikes, 7 seconds is optimal time to start looking for a chance to refresh it.

When the target is lower than 20%:
Start using Execute on every global cooldown when it is possible. Use Bloodthirst to dump excess after 30 rage.