Warrior

战争一旦爆发，每个种族的英雄 have aimed to master the art of battle. Warriors combine strength, leadership, and a vast knowledge of arms and armor to wreak havoc in glorious combat.}}

''Warriors''' are [[melee]] fighters highly trained in the art of weaponry. Melee combat is the warrior's strongest skill. They are strong and quick on the battlefield. Depending on their specialization, a warrior can often deal very high damage or be tough to kill. Warrior abilities depend on [[rage]] generation. This is different to all but one melee class, the [[Bear form|bear form]] [[druid]]. Rage for Arms and Fury is generated through auto-attacks, while rage for Protection warriors is generated primarily through taking damage.

Warriors wear plate, and at level 50 they receive {{ability|Plate Specialization (warrior)|Plate Specialization}}. They are able to use shields, wear a variety of armor, and wield any weapon with the exception of [[wand]]s. Warrior is one of the two classes playable by all races, [[Hunter]] being the other.

As long as war is waged on [[Azeroth (world)|Azeroth]], there will be men and women who fight those wars. Warriors are no mere sword-swingers; they are skilled combatants, combining strength of arm, knowledge of weaponry, and practiced maneuvers to slice or bludgeon their foes into little red bits. Warriors are the most versatile of the combat classes, and they supplement their fighting prowess with the ability to rally their allies and spur them to victory. They charge into the heart of the battle and survive the most grievous of wounds. Warriors are common in [[dwarf]], [[Forsaken]], [[human]], and [[orc]] societies, but many other species also fill their ranks with warriors. Masters of swords, spears, and weapons of all kinds, warriors share a common way of life on Azeroth. Using their abilities to deal pain and cause bloodshed, warriors are deadly adversaries and welcome friends in violent times (which seem to be all the time in recent decades).<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 54, 88</ref> Anyone willing to take up arms to defend their people can be classed as a warrior. A [[knight]] is the warrior elite among humans.

With the release of ''Cataclysm'', warriors are the first non-hero class to be available to all races.

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Racial advantages=

{{Alliance}} Alliance races

Draenei: {{ability|Gift of the Naaru}} heals 20% of the caster's health over 10 seconds, giving draenei warriors a healing ability. Extremely useful for high level PvP and PvE. The extra {{ability|Shadow Resistance (draenei ability)|shadow resistance}} is always welcomed. {{ability|Heroic Presence}} can help [[Off tank]]s or the [[Main tank]] perform better.

Dwarves: {{ability|Stoneform}} removes poison, disease, and bleed effects, and decreases damage taken by a short period of time. Both of these can be very useful in PvE and PvP fights. The additional {{ability|Frost Resistance}} is always useful, as a warrior's sworn enemy is the frost [[mage]].

Gnomes: {{ability|Escape Artist}} can be very useful, primarily in PvP situations, but also in PvE situations. Warriors, the prototypical [[tank]], often have to lead mobs and bosses away from healers and ranged fighters, thus making Escape Artist very useful. Gnomes also benefit from increased {{ability|Arcane Resistance (gnome racial)|arcane resistance}}, which is always useful. Because of their small size, gnome warriors are useful in PvP environments, posing a difficulty to target. Inexperienced or careless opponents can be quickly hit before they have any idea as to what happened.

Humans: Humans gain the "racial PvP trinket" – {{ability|Every Man for Himself}} – effectively freeing up a trinket slot which warriors might find more useful.

Night elves: {{ability|Quickness}} adds an extra layer of survivability to night elf warriors. The enhanced {{ability|Nature Resistance (night elf racial)|nature resistance}} is always nice. {{ability|Shadowmeld}} provides an interesting element to night elves, allowing them to stealth to avoid mob detection (more useful for solo play), or to get out of combat when about to die. In PvP settings Shadowmeld can be devastating, for the night elf warrior can operate as a rogue, attacking from a stealthed position! An additional bonus to Shadowmeld is the ability to temporarily drop threat in combat.

Worgen: The worgen's {{ability|Darkflight}} is very useful in chasing down a fleeing opponent in PvP, to avoid being kited, and for just saving time moving when you cannot use a [[mount]]. The additional {{ability|Aberration (racial trait)|shadow resistance}} is a nice addition, as well as the small buff to {{ability|Viciousness|critical strike chance}}.

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Pandaren: The pandaren {{ability|Epicurean|love of food}} allows them to gain a larger benefit from well fed buffs. These versatile fighters also take {{ability|Bouncy|less falling damage}}. To add to their deadly warrior abilities, they also have a {{ability|Quaking Palm|natural stun}}.

{{Horde}} Horde races

Blood elves: Their racial abilities focus on magic and its disruption. Spell casters, especially healers, will learn to loathe the blood elf warrior. {{ability|Arcane Resistance (blood elf racial)|Arcane Resistance}} provides them defense against arcane-based attacks, while {{ability|Arcane Torrent}} silences any spell caster within range.

Forsaken: The increased {{ability|Shadow Resistance (Forsaken)|shadow resistance}} is always useful, as is {{ability|Cannibalize}}, which can rapidly increase your health, thereby saving your healer's mana. {{ability|Will of the Forsaken}} is one of the best racials in game, and can be the difference between life and death in both PvP and PvE settings; it removes charm, fear, and sleep effects. Forsaken also have a passive {{ability|Touch of the Grave|damaging ability}} that strips health from the enemy.

Goblins: Tinkers at heart with an affinity for things that explode, goblin warriors fill a niche only an engineer could be jealous of. They use their rockets to not only {{ability|Rocket Jump|leap}}, but also to fire off a {{ability|Rocket Barrage|barrage}} into the faces of their enemies. And when they need to repair their armor, they always get the {{ability|Best Deals Anywhere}}. Their {{ability|Time is Money}} ability increases attack speed, helpful for any warrior.

Orcs: {{ability|Hardiness}} reduces stun duration, which can save a warrior in PvP settings, or save their group in PvE settings. {{ability|Blood Fury}} increases attack power.

Tauren: {{ability|War Stomp}} is very important in providing an early stun to young warriors, especially useful against casters or other enemies that may have a long-cast attack. {{ability|Endurance}} provides tauren with extra health, meaning tauren warriors can have the highest possible HP of any warrior. The additional {{ability|Nature Resistance (tauren racial)|nature resistance}} is always a plus.

Trolls: {{ability|Berserking}} increases attack speed by 20% for 10 seconds, useful for all warriors. {{ability|Regeneration (racial)|Health regeneration}} in combat can help keep you alive during PvP fights or boss battles, and the increased healing can reduce down time for soloing players. {{ability|Da Voodoo Shuffle}} reduces the duration of movement impairing effects by 15%. {{ability|Beast Slaying}} gives a small boost against [[beast]]s.

''Since the release of ''[[Cataclysm]]'' and ''[[Mists of Pandaria]]'', [[Worgen (playable)|worgen]], [[Goblin (playable)|goblins]], [[Blood elf (playable)|blood elves]], and [[Pandaren (playable)|pandaren]] are able to become warriors, giving every race in the game access to warriors.''

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Draenei warrior.jpg|Draenei

ArlekStonehilt.png|Dwarf

Gnome warrior.jpg|Gnome

AaronGoodchildeWarriorTCG.jpg|Human

AldanaWarriorTCG.jpg|Night elf

AknotWhetstoneWarriorTCG.jpg|Orc

Tauren warrior.jpg|Tauren

Troll warrior.jpg|Troll

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== Specializations/stats ==

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== Skills/Glyphs ==

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== Suggested professions ==

{{prof|Blacksmithing}} and {{prof|Mining}} are logical choices for any [[plate armor]] wearing class. This allows crafting decent armor as one levels and sometimes good weapons also.

{{prof|Alchemy}} and {{prof|Herbalism}} can be useful for quick potion heals and various buffs from elixirs and flasks. These professions are also good all around for making money and supplying guild runs.

{{prof|Cooking}} is good for any non-healing class for non-combat health regeneration and provides good buff foods.

{{prof|First Aid}} is good for any non-healing class for in-combat health regeneration and low downtime regeneration.

{{prof|Fishing}} is good for leveling cooking.

== End-game expectations ==

Warriors are a hybrid class capable of filling two major roles in groups or raids. They can specialize into Arms or Fury to focus on Damage or specialize into Protection to focus on survivability to tank.

=== Tanking ===

Since [[World of Warcraft|Vanilla WoW]], Warriors have been valued as tanks. Back then, protection warriors were considered the only class viable enough to tank high end raids. Nearly every raid, if not all, required a protection warrior to tank. As time went on, other classes have become viable enough to tank raids. This does not mean protection warriors have become less valued. Protection warriors and their high armor, [[Defensive Stance|damage reduction]], and high [[Block|block chance]] are always welcomed in any raid group.

=== Damage ===

Warriors can choose two DPS specs: Arms or Fury. Arms focuses on wielding a [[two-handed]] weapon and high direct damage while Fury focuses on [[dual wield]]ing two weapons and [[Enrage (warrior ability)|enraging]] to increase damage.

== Notes ==

[[File:Orc female draws up battle plans.jpg|thumb|right|Orc warrior]]

*In the [[Warcraft RPG]], warrior and [[fighter]] were separate classes. Warrior was an [[NPC class]], while fighter was a [[core class]].<ref>''[[Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 54</ref> In the [[World of Warcraft RPG]], the old warrior class was replaced with the [[soldier]] class, while fighter was replaced with a new warrior class for gameplay purposes. <ref>''World of Warcraft RPG Conversion Document'', 1</ref>

Warriors have the most widely available choices in permanent {{quality|Legendary}} weapons, as most are designed (through use or through [[lore]]) as [[melee]] weapons, which is the warrior's forte. The only one that was never available to warriors was [[Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian]] (only [[mage|magi]], [[warlock]]s, [[druid]]s, and [[priest]]s could obtain it). [[Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings]] can theoretically be used by a warrior, though the [[Fragment of Val'anyr|fragments]], which are needed to make the weapon can only be used by [[druid]]s, [[shaman]]s, [[priest]]s, and [[paladin]]s.

== Media ==

=== Videos ===

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== See also ==

* [[Warrior twinking guide]] for details on making a warrior twink.

* [[Warrior instance grouping guide]] for tips in Instances.

== Patch changes ==

{{Patch 7.0.3|note=Warriors and Paladins can now equip Plate armor from level 1 (down from level 40).}}

== References ==

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