Lasereth

My 59 warrior is a completely fury build with a touch of arms. Most warriors say that the ONLY way a warrior can be decent is with the 31/20 build...but I disagree. My warrior is 12/36/0 and frankly he rocks the house. The major deal that most warriors forget is that Whirlwind, an ability you get with Berserker Stance (I think you get WW at 36), does the same thing as Mortal Strike (which is the 31 points in Arms that most warriors do). WW and MS are both instant extra attacks. They both favor slow 2-handed weapons. Right now, there's no reason to dual wield or use a fast 2-hander. Anyway, back to Fury versus Arms: Fury is best for grinding and group PVP while MS is better for duels and 1 v 1 PVP. I can get MS warriors down to 15-20% HP in duels without MS. Sometimes I beat them. It does make killing Paladins a lot easier (MS). But for grinding, bloodthirst is unbelievable. Right now, at 59, I can one-shot level 53 enemies. Yes, 1 hit = dead with bloodthirst.

Bloodthirst make work well in grinding, but can you imagine it in group PVP? I sure as hell can. Here's the combat log of my adventures last night in Azshara:

I start fighting Furbolg. I get him to 20% HP, then a 60 rogue cheap shots me and starts going crazy. I use my trinket to get rid of his stun and WW/Execute the Furbolg. I just gained Bloodthirst. I right click on the rogue. "You crit Tanda for 1942. Your Overpower crits Tanda for 1292. Your Execute hits Tanda for 1173." Dead. Three hits. The first crit from Bloodthirst was nearly 2000 damage. He sat there for a while after he died wondering what happened.

Lo and behold, right as I click my food, another 60 rogue cheap shots me. I get up and wait for the stunlock to be over with. At this point, I had about 3000 HP left (out of 4200). The stuns wear off, I Overpower the rogue for around 1500 (Bloodthirsted), I disarm him. He crits me so I gain enrage (+40% damage). I'm hitting him for 500 base damage now with my Arcanite Reaper. I crit for around 900 and gain Flurry (+30% weapon haste, only available in 31 Fury). My Arcanite Reaper now has a speed of 2.5 instead of 3.8. I WW, hit him once more, and Execute.

I click food, and what do you know, a 60 warrior comes up with the old Twig of the World Tree. I have around 1500 HP now. He crits me for 600. I fear him, run away, and bandage. Back up to 2700 HP. I have enrage from the crit and Flurry from the rogue...and Bloodthirst from the rogue. I hit the warrior for nearly 1000 (a plate wearer!!). WW, hit some more, disarm, demo shout, WW...Execute. Dead! I have around 1000 HP left. All three 60's are dead simultaneously due to Bloodthirst, Enrage, and Flurry. What good would Mortal Strike have been here...none of them could heal, so the healing negation wouldn't have helped at all. Whirlwind does close to the same amount of damage and for LESS rage.

I won in that situation because of my talents, plain and simple.

Fighting enemies is the same way...I gain Bloodthirst, hit the next one for 1000-2300 (yes, I've crit'ed for 2300 before non-execute), gain Flurry, rush to the next one. I can kill fifty level 53's before stopping at 58/59. Why? Because the Fury tree is built for going non-stop against multiple enemies. MS is built for going against 1 enemy.

You can go MS if ya want, but it's just another cookie cutter build for warriors who forget that WW does the exact same thing (sans around 200 damage in the most extreme of cases). Not to mention the Fury tree is getting buffed according to the Warrior GM's on the forums.

Dual wield...hmm. It's decent against regular leveled enemies. It's AWESOME against low-level enemies. But it's nothing compared to a slow 2H against enemies of your own level. If I dual wield against a level 53, ONE gets me down to 1500-2000 HP. Like I said before, I can kill FIFTY level 53's in a row with a slow 2H before stopping. I can kill maybe 4 or 5 max with dual wielding. Dual wielding is inconsistent because of the HORRID miss rate. If the miss rate weren't so bad it'd be worth it.

-Lasereth