Fury Warrior: Two 2H weapons, but the fantasy damage just isn’t there
PTR tweaks feel purely cosmetic and miss the core issues.
A spec that uniquely dual-wields two 2H weapons should not lag behind other melee in single-target or sustained cleave. A hard 5-target cap (at least add a soft cap!) and reliance on brief cooldown windows undermine Fury’s identity in Mythic+.
Please address the root causes:
- the warrior doesnt feel like warrior (fantasy is not there)
- Raise baseline single-target damage.
- Loosen / remove cleave caps so Fury’s trademark whirlwind-style AOE scales with the pack.
- Improve Rage flow and Rampage frequency so the gameplay loop feels rewarding, not starved.
- And yes—buff SMF (Single-Minded Fury) so one-handers are a real choice again.
List of disappointed warriors
- Anduin Lothar
- Varian Wrynn
- Grommash “Grom” Hellscream
- Garrosh Hellscream
- Varok Saurfang
- Bolvar Fordragon
- Nazgrim (forsed to reroll as Unholy DK :D)
- Kargath Bladefist
- Broxigar the Red
- Danath Trollbane
- Zaela
Are the warrior developers on vacation mode, or what? Updating set bonuses won’t fix the class—you’re just buying time. Tell us what the actual plan is.
All relevant PvE changes on the current PTR
- Berserker Rage tooltip now clarifies it only removes specific Incapacitate effects.
Hero Talents
- Colossus
- Demolish channel no longer breaks unless the target moves 50 yd away.
- Omega 4-set: Demolish now grants 100 % crit chance to one (was two) Mortal Strike / Shield Slam.
- Omega 4-set updated: Critical strikes with Mortal Strike / Shield Slam now boost Rend / Deep Wounds by 80 % (was 100 %).
- Mountain Thane
- Omega 2-set: Ionizing Strike damage +725 %.
- Omega 4-set: Ionizing Strike damage +100 % (was +50 %).
- Omega 4-set redesign: Each Ionizing Strike also grants a Thunder Blast charge, and that Thunder Blast deals +100 % damage.
- Slayer
- Omega 2-set: Execute damage +10 % (was +20 %).
- Omega 4-set: Overpower / Raging Blow damage +10 % (was +20 %), and triggered Reap the Storm at 150 % effectiveness (was 100 %).
Baseline spec tuning
- Arms
- Bladestorm damage +15 %.
- All ability damage +5 %.
- Fury
- Bladestorm damage +15 %.
- Whirlwind damage +10 %.
- Improved Whirlwind now makes single-target attacks hit nearby foes for 65 % damage (was 55 %).
- All ability damage +5 %.