Warrior Class Changes in Dragonflight Alpha Build 44895

Finally, we’ve summarized the new Warrior changes that went live on the Dragonflight Alpha.

Warrior

Warriors have been reworked on the Dragonflight Alpha. Many abilities that were class or specialization-specific have been moved to the Warrior class tree or spec trees. Blizzard also introduced some new talents and class tuning that we outline below.

Baseline

Battle-Scared Veteran (new talent) – When your health is brought below 35%, you take 100% less damage for until cancelled and healing you receive is increased by 100%. Cannot occur more than once every 60 sec sec.

Condemn  – Generates 20 40 Rage.

Arms

Execute renamed to Improved Execute.

Defensive Stance cooldown reduced to 3 seconds (down from 6).

Fury

Improved Whirlwind – Whirlwind causes your next 2 single-target attacks to strike up to 4 additional targets for 45% damage. Whirlwind no longer costs Rage. Instead it generates 3 Rage, plus an additional 1 per target hit. Maximum 8 Rage. 

Meat Cleaver – Whirlwind deals 25% 15% more damage and now affects your next 4 3 single-target melee attacks, instead of the next 2 attacks.

Protection

Shield Wall‘s now on a 3.5 min recharge (was 4).

Vanguard – Hardened by battle, all damage taken is reduced by 15%, your Stamina is increased by 45% 65% and your Armor is increased by 100% 140% of your Strength.

Thunder Clap Prot Hidden – Reduce the rage cost of Thunder Clap by 250 and Thunder Clap generates 50 rage.

Improved Shield Block removed.

New Warrior Talents

Warriors have been reworked and received the following new talents in Build 44895.

Battle Stance – TBD / WIP – A balanced combat state that increases the critical strike chance of your abilities by 3% and reduces the effectiveness of movement impairing effects on you by 15%.

Berserker Stance – TBD / WIP – An aggressive combat state that increases the damage of your auto- attacks by 5% and reduces the effectiveness of Fear, Sap and Incapacitate effects on you by 15%.

Defensive Stance – TBD / WIP – A defensive combat state that reduces all damage you take by 20%, and all damage you deal by 10%. Lasts until canceled.

Elysian Might – Spear of Bastion’s duration is increased by 4 sec. While you remain within Spear of Bastion’s area your critical strike damage is increased by 25%.

New Arms Warrior Talents

Improved Heroic Throw – Heroic Throw inflicts Deep Wounds.

Fracture – When Skullsplitter damages an opponent it causes your Deep Wounds and Rend effects to expire 200% faster.

Battlelord – Your Overpower has a 40% chance to reset the cooldown of Mortal Strike and reduce the Rage cost of your next Mortal Strike by 15.

Exploiter – Execute causes the target to take 50% more damage from your next Mortal Strike, stacking up to 2 times.

Unhinged – While Bladestorm is active, you automatically cast a total of 2 Mortal Strikes at random nearby enemies.

Battlelord – Your Overpower has a 40% chance to reset the cooldown of Mortal Strike and reduce the Rage cost of your next Mortal Strike by 15.

New Fury Warrior Talents

Wrath and Fury – Damage of Raging Blow increased by 10%.

Annihilator – Your auto attacks with one-handed weapons deal an additional [ 22.1% of Attack Power ] Physical damage.

Thunderous Roar – TEST – Roar explosively in a 16 yard frontal cone, causing 0 Physical damage and causing enemies to bleed for 0 physical damage over until cancelled sec.

New Protection Warrior Talents

Shield Charge – Charge to an enemy with your shield, dealing [ 200% of Attack Power ] Physical damage to it and [ 50% of Attack Power ] Physical damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Also stuns the primary target for 4 sec. Generates 20 Rage.

Improved Shield Charge – Not Implemented – Shield Charge grants you Shield Block for 4 sec, Revenge!, and generates 30 Rage.

Spiked Shield – Blocking an attack deals [ 20% of Attack Power ] Physical damage to the attacker.

Heavy Repercussions – Shield Slam generates 3 more Rage and extends the duration of Shield Block by 1.0 sec.

Spell Block – You are able to block spells cast against you for 14 sec.

Enduring Defenses – Shield Block lasts 2 sec longer.

Brace For Impact – Using Shield Slam increases your Block value by 10% and the damage of your Shield Slam by 10% for 9 sec. Multiple applications of this effect may overlap.

Improved Challenging Shout – Taunts all enemies within 12 yds to attack you for 6 sec and interrupts all spellcasting within 12 yds and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 6 sec.

Champion’s Bulwark – Shield Charge grants you Shield Block for until cancelled , Revenge!, and generates an additional 300 Rage.

Seeing Red – Consuming 30 rage grants a stack of Seeing Red, which transforms at 1 stacks into Outburst, causing your next Shield Slam or Thunder Clap to be 200% more effective and grant Ignore Pain.

Outburst – Consuming 30 rage grants a stack of Seeing Red, which transforms at 1 stacks into Outburst, causing your next Shield Slam or Thunder Clap to be 200% more effective and grant Ignore Pain.