Here are some things to note when looking through the warrior's abilities. Any attack that's labeled as an Instant, is just that, instant, and is not affected or does not affect any other combat timers. What this means is, you will keep doing your steady, auto hits based on the delay of your weapon, and instants, don't count for an attack round. So essentially, you could lands 2 hits at once...your normal timed auto-attack, and the instant. If the cast time is labeled as Next Melee, then it wont perform the action until your next melee round comes. That is based on your weapons delay. It is not an additional attack, but takes the place of your normal auto attack for that round.

Also, as you will see, there is a # of Ranks next to each ability. For example, Heroic Strike has 8 ranks. This means there are 8 upgrades that follow from the level you get the ability to level 60. You can see what level you get Rank 1 of an ability by looking at the level under the picture for each ability. I did it this way so you could just skim through what a warrior can do, without having to filter through just basic upgrades. There are other sites out there that have this information. This page is intended to help you choose a race and a class, and fill you in on the capabilities of a Warrior.

There are some abilities below that will be highlighted in blue, these abilities are bought with talent points. Also interrupting a spell in World of Warcraft just means prolonging the time it takes to cast it by X seconds. Where as stun, will completely stop a stop and abort a spell from being cast and needs to be cast again.

Some abilities are upgradable with talents. There will be something that looks like this: Upgradable: +15% Damage to show what the ability will max out at if upgraded with talents. You will not be able to get all of the upgrades. You earn one talent point a level starting at 10-60. So thats 50 points you can put towards talents, or only about 1.5 talent trees. Use talent calculator websites to determine what you want, talents listed here are for browsing use.

Heroic Strike (8 Ranks)

Level 1

Category: Bonus Damage
Cast Time: Next Melee
Rage Cost: 15 (12)
Upgradable: -3 rage cost
Description: The warrior strikes his target with rage doing his normal damage plus a bonus depending on rank

Battle Shout (6 Ranks)

Level 1

Category: Group Buff (Atk Power)
Duration: 2-5 min (5-8 min)
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 20
Upgradable: +3 min to buff
Description: A warrior shouts his battle cry to raise the party's melee damage output

Sunder Armor (5 Ranks)

Level 10

Category: Self Debuff + Crits
Duration: 30 sec
Cast Time: Next Melee
Rage Cost: 15
Upgradable: Increases armor debuff power by 30%
Description: The warrior sunders his targets armor, reducing it by 50 - 110 (45 - 143) depending on Rank. This effect can be stacked a max of 5 times.

Charge (3 Ranks)

Level 4

Category: Stun + Rage
Duration: 2 - 4 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 0
Upgradable: +6 rage gain
Description: The warrior charges the target, covering ground extremely quickly, stunning the target, and gaining 15 (21) rage doing so. Can not be used in combat.

Demoralizing Shout (5 Ranks)

Level 14

Category: AoE Debuff (Atk Power)
Duration: 30 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 10
Upgradable: +25% to Debuff
Description: The warrior shouts at his opponent demoralizing them, thereby reducing their attack power for 30 seconds.

Bloodrage

Level 10

Category: Rage + Self Dot
Duration: 10 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 0
Cool Down: 20 sec (15 sec)
Upgradable: Reduces time required to generate rage
Description: The warrior gets in touch with his blood rage, generating 20 rage over 10 seconds at the cost of health. Warrior is considered in combat during the 10 seconds.

Rend (7 Ranks)

Level 4

Category: Damage Over Time (Bleed)
Duration: 9 - 21 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 10
Upgradable: +35% Dot Dmg
Description: The warrior rends the targets flesh, causing bleeding which causes the target to loose health over time.

Inner Rage (3 Ranks)

Level 20

Category: + Rage
Duration: None
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 0
Cool Down: 5 min (3 min)
Upgradable: Lower Cool Down Time
Description: The warrior releases his inner rage gaining 30, 40, or 50 rage depending on Rank once every 5 min

Taunt (6 Ranks)

Level 10

Category: Taunt
Duration: None
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 5
Upgradable: Increases effectiveness of Taunt by 20%
Description: The warrior taunts his target to ignore others and attack only him. The strength of the taunt increases per rank. (+20%)

Pummel (3 Ranks)

Level 6

Category: Delay Casting + Damage
Duration: 5 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 10
Cool Down: 10 sec
Upgradable: +40% stun
Description: The warrior pummels the target, causing their spell to interrupt casting for 5 seconds (& gives a 40% chance to stun)

Intimidating Shout

Level 20

Category: AoE Fear
Duration: 8 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 25
Cool Down: 3 min
Upgradable: 75% chance that 3 more enemies will cower in fear instead of fleeing.
Description: The warrior shouts a terrifying cry that causes the target to cower in fear, and any other enemies nearby to flee for 8 seconds

Shield Bash (4 Ranks)

Level 12

Category: Delay Casting + Damage
Duration: 8 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 10
Cool Down: 10 sec
Upgradable: Adds 20% chance to hit w/ shield bash
Description: The warrior bashes his target with his shield, causing damage and has a 75% (95%) chance to interrupt spell casting for 8 seconds

Thunder Clap (6 Ranks)

Level 6

Category: PBAoE Slow + Damage
Duration: 10 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 20
Cool Down: 4 sec
Upgradable:+40% Damage
Description: The warrior blasts nearby enemies for slight damage and slows their attack speed by 10% Affects up to 4 targets

Piercing Howl (1 Rank Talent)

Level 25

Category: AoE Stun
Duration: 6 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 10
Description: The warrior howls a piercing cry sending all nearby opponents into a daze for 6 seconds.

Revenge (5 Ranks)

Level 14

Category: Situational Attack
Duration: None
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 5
Upgradable: Gives 40% chance to stun target for 3 sec
Description: The warrior counter-attacks after one of his attacks was parried, blocked, or dodged for extra damage. (And has a 40% chance to stun for 3 seconds)

Hamstring (3 Ranks)

Level 8

Category: Snare + Damage
Duration: 15 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 10
Upgradable: +20% slow
Description: The warrior hamstring's his opponent hindering its ability to run by 40% (60%)

Challenging Shout

Level 26

Category: AoE Taunt
Duration: None
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 5
Cool Down: 10 min (7 min)
Upgradable: Lower Cool Down Time
Description: The warrior shouts a taunting cry provoking all nearby enemies to attack him.

Shield Block

Level 14

Category: Block
Duration: 5 sec (7 sec)
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 10
Cool Down: 5 sec
Upgradable: Block an additional attack, and +2 duration
Description: The warrior gains an additional 75% chance to block the next attack (& the next)

Mocking Blow (3 Ranks)

Level 10

Cleave (4 Ranks)

Level 30

Category: AoE Bonus Damage
Duration: None
Cast Time: Next Melee
Rage Cost: 20
Upgradable: Add # of targets Cleave affects
Description: The warrior performs a sweeping attack that does weapon damage + bonus dmg depending on rank to the target and target's nearest (3 allies) ally

Disarm

Level 18

Category: Disarm
Duration: 10 sec (16 sec)
Cast Time: Next Melee
Rage Cost: 20
Cool Down: 1 min
Upgradable: Increases duration by 6 sec
Description: The warrior gains an upper edge by disarming his opponent. It takes the opponent 10 (16) seconds to recover his weapon.

Overpower (3 Ranks)

Level 12

Category: Situational Bonus Dmg
Duration: None
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 5
Cool Down: 5 sec
Upgradable: + Critical Strike
Description: After the warriors opponent dodges one of his attacks, he can then overpower his target with an attack that can not be blocked, parried or dodged. The blow lands hard for bonus damage (+ critical damage)

Slam (4 Ranks)

Level 30

Category: Bonus Damage
Duration: None
Cast Time: 1.5 sec (0.5 sec)
Rage Cost: 15
Upgradable: Reduce Cast Time
Description: The warrior slams his opponent doing weapon damage + bonus damage depending on rank.

Shield Wall

Level 24

Category: Buff
Duration: 10 sec (15 sec)
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 0
Cool Down: 30 min
Upgradable: Increases duration by 5 sec
Description: The warrior shields his mind and body for 10 (15) seconds, reducing all damage be it melee or spell by 75% during that time.

Recklessness

Level 22

Category: Self Debuff + Crits
Duration: 15 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 0
Cool Down: 30 min
Description: The warrior gets reckless disregarding the protection of his body decreasing his armor rating by 30 but lands nothing but critical blows for 15 seconds.

Death Wish (1 Rank Talent)

Level 31

Category: Buff & Debuff
Duration: 1 min
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 10
Cool Down: 5 min
Description: The warrior forsakes his defenses for additional damage. Raises your melee damage by 20% and makes you immune to fear, but lowers your defense by 20.

Last Stand (1 Rank Talent)

Level 25

Category: Buff
Duration: 20 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 0
Cool Down: 10 min
Description: The warrior sees that things aren't going so well, so he makes his last stand. This ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum hit points for 20 seconds. After the effect expires, the hit points are lost.

Sweeping Strikes (1 Rank Talent)

Level 25

Category: AoE Dmg
Duration: 5 Swings
Cast Time: Instant
Rage Cost: 20
Description: The warrior performs wide sweeping strikes for the next 5 attacks hitting an additional opponent in the process.

Blood Thirst (1 Rank Talent)

Level 31

Category: Buff
Duration: 8 sec
Cast Time: Passive
Rage Cost: 0
Description: After the warrior deals a killing blow, his next swing, if swung within 8 seconds, deals 150% weapon damage and is guaranteed a critical strike.

Concussion Blow (1 Rank Talent)

Level 35

Category: Stun
Duration: 5 sec
Cast Time: 1.5 sec
Rage Cost: 15
Cool Down: 45 sec
Description: The warrior lands a brutal strike that stuns his opponent for 5 seconds. This being a stun, will completely stop the targets spell from being cast if target is casting one.

Improved Heroic Strike (3 Ranks)
Lowers rage cost by

Level 10

Rank 1: 1 rage
Rank 2: 2 rage
Rank 3: 3 rage

Improved Battle Shout (5 Ranks)
Adds to duration of buff

Level 10

Rank 1: 30 seconds
Rank 2: 1 min
Rank 3: 1 min 30 seconds
Rank 4: 2 min 15 seconds
Rank 5: 3 min

Anticipation (5 Ranks)
Adds to defense skill

Level 10

Rank 1: 2 defense
Rank 2: 4 defense
Rank 3: 6 defense
Rank 4: 8 defense
Rank 5: 10 defense

Deflection (5 Ranks)
Increases parry chance

Level 10

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Cruelty (5 Ranks)
Adds to critical strike chance

Level 10

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Shield Specialization (5 Ranks)
Additional Shield Block Chance

Level 10

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Improved Rend (3 Ranks)
Adds to bleed damage

Level 10

Rank 1: 15%
Rank 2: 25%
Rank 3: 35%

Booming Voice (5 Ranks)
Lowers Shout Resist Chance

Level 15

Rank 1: 2% less resists
Rank 2: 4% less resists
Rank 3: 6% less resists
Rank 4: 8% less resists
Rank 5: 10% less resists

Improved Sunder Armor (3 Ranks)
Increases armor debuff power by

Level 15

Rank 1: 10%
Rank 2: 20%
Rank 3: 30%

Improved Charge (2 Ranks)
Charge gives more rage by:

Level 15

Rank 1: 3 rage
Rank 2: 6 rage

Improved Demoralizing Shout (5 Ranks)
Increases atk power debuff strength

Level 15

Rank 1: 5%
Rank 2: 10%
Rank 3: 15%
Rank 4: 20%
Rank 5: 25%

Toughness (5 Ranks)
Adds to your base armor value from items

Level 15

Rank 1: 2%
Rank 2: 4%
Rank 3: 6%
Rank 4: 8%
Rank 5: 10%

Tactical Mastery (5 Ranks)
Keep Rage Between Stance Changes

Level 15

Rank 1: 5 rage
Rank 2: 10 rage
Rank 3: 15 rage
Rank 4: 20 rage
Rank 5: 25 rage

Unbridled Wrath (5 Ranks)
Chance to get more rage from melee

Level 15

Rank 1: 8%
Rank 2: 16%
Rank 3: 24%
Rank 4: 32%
Rank 5: 40%

Iron WIll (5 Ranks)
Adds to stun/charm resist

Level 15

Rank 1: 3%
Rank 2: 6%
Rank 3: 9%
Rank 4: 12%
Rank 5: 15%

Improved Thunder Clap (3 Ranks)
Adds more damage by

Level 15

Rank 1: 15%
Rank 2: 30%
Rank 3: 40%

Enrage (5 Ranks)
Situational: Adds to melee damage after hit by a crit

Level 20

Rank 1: 8% bonus for 4 swings
Rank 2: 16% bonus for 4 swings
Rank 3: 24% bonus for 4 swings
Rank 4: 32% bonus for 4 swings
Rank 5: 40% bonus for 4 swings

Improved Bloodrage (3 Ranks)
Reduces time required to generate rage

Level 20

Rank 1: 2 seconds
Rank 2: 4 seconds
Rank 3: 5 seconds

Improved Overpower (2 Ranks)
Adds to Overpower's critical strike chance

Level 20

Rank 1: 25%
Rank 2: 50%

Improved Intimidating Shout (3 Ranks)
Gives 75% chance to cause additional enemies to cower in fear rather than flee.

Level 25

Rank 1: 1 enemy
Rank 2: 2 enemies
Rank 3: 3 enemies

Improved Taunt (2 Ranks)
Increases effectiveness of Taunt by

Level 20

Rank 1: 10%
Rank 2: 20%

Deep Wounds (3 Ranks)
Adds to critical strike damage

Level 20

Rank 1: 20% of Weapon Dmg
Rank 2: 40% of Weapon Dmg
Rank 3: 60% of Weapon Dmg

Piercing Howl (1 Rank)
Active: AoE 6 second Stun

Level 25

Cost: 10 Rage
Cast Time: Instant

Defiance (5 Ranks)
Adds to threat generated by attacks while in Defense Mode

Level 20

Rank 1: 3%
Rank 2: 6%
Rank 3: 9%
Rank 4: 12%
Rank 5: 15%

Two-Handed Specialization (5 Ranks)
Adds to 2H Damage by

Level 25

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Improved Inner Rage (5 Ranks)
Lowers Inner Rage Cool DownTime

Level 25

Rank 1: 30 sec
Rank 2: 1 min
Rank 3: 1 min 20 sec
Rank 4: 1 min 40 sec
Rank 5: 2 min

Last Stand (1 Rank)
Active: 20 second HP Buff

Level 25

When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum hit points for 20 seconds. After the effect expires, the hit points are lost.
Cool Down: 10 min
Cast Time: Instant

Anger Management (1 Rank)
Reduces Rage Decay by 30%

Level 25

Rank 1: 30%

Improved Challenging Shout (2 Ranks)
Reduces Cool Down Time

Level 30

Rank 1: 2 min
Rank 2: 3 min

Improved Revenge (3 Ranks)
Gives chance to stun target for 3 sec

Level 25

Rank 1: 20%
Rank 2: 30%
Rank 3: 40%

Impale (2 Ranks)
Adds to critical strike damage done by your abilities in Battle, Defensive, and Berserker stance by

Level 25

Rank 1: 10%
Rank 2: 20%

Improved Slam (2 Ranks)
Lowers Casting Time of Slam

Level 30

Rank 1: 0.5 sec
Rank 2: 1 sec

Improved Shield Block (3 Ranks)
Block an additional attack, and increases the duration

Level 25

Rank 1: 0.5 sec
Rank 2: 1 sec
Rank 3: 2 sec

Axe Specialization (5 Ranks)
Adds to axe critical strike chance

Level 30

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Improved Cleave (2 Ranks)
Adds to # of targets affected

Level 30

Rank 1: 1 additional target
Rank 2: 2 additional targets

Improved Disarm (3 Ranks)
Increases duration of Disarm

Level 25

Rank 1: 2 sec
Rank 2: 4 sec
Rank 3: 6 sec

Sword Specialization (5 Ranks)
Adds to sword's chance to hit

Level 30

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Blood Craze (3 Ranks)
Situational: + a percent of your health regen if hit with a crit

Level 30

Rank 1: 6%
Rank 2: 13%
Rank 3: 20%

Improved Shield Bash (2 Ranks)
Adds chance to hit w/ shield bash

Level 30

Rank 1: 10%
Rank 2: 20%

Mace Specialization (5 Ranks)
Adds stun effect & chance to mace

Level 30

Rank 1: 2%
Rank 2: 3%
Rank 3: 4%
Rank 4: 5%
Rank 5: 6%

Death Wish (1 Rank)
Self Buff

Level 35

When activated, increases your melee damage by 20% and makes you immune to fear, but lowers your defense against all types of damage by 20%. Lasts 1 minute.

Improved Shield Wall (2 Ranks)
Increases duration of Shield Wall

Level 30

Rank 1: 3 sec
Rank 2: 5 sec

Spear/Polearm Specialization (5 Ranks)
Adds to Spear/Polearm Crit Chance

Level 30

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Flurry (5 Ranks)
Situational: Adds to attack speed after a crit

Level 35

Rank 1: 10% haste for 3 swings
Rank 2: 15% haste for 3 swings
Rank 3: 20% haste for 3 swings
Rank 4: 25% haste for 3 swings
Rank 5: 30% haste for 3 swings

Concussion Blow (1 Rank)
Active: 5 second Stun

Level 35

A brutal strike that leaves the opponent stunned for 5 seconds.
Rage: 15
Cast Time: 1.5 sec
Cool Down: 45 sec

Sweeping Strikes (1 Rank)
Active: Add AoE Effect to attacks

Level 35

Next 5 swings strike an additional opponent
Cost: 20 Rage
Cast Time: Instant

Bloodthirst (1 Rank)
Situational: Add Dmg if Killing Blow

Level 40

A strike that becomes active after dealing a killing blow. This swing deals 150% weapon damage and is guaranteed a critical strike.

One-Handed Weapon Specalization (5 Ranks)
Adds to 1H weapon damage

Level 35

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Improved Hamstring (2 Ranks)
Adds to slow effect

Level 35

Rank 1: 10%
Rank 2: 20%

Combat Endurance (1 Rank)
In-combat regeneration

Level 40

Allows 10% of your hit point regeneration from Spirit to work while in combat

Mortal Strike (1 Rank)
Hits for 220% Dmg + Regen Debuff

Level 40

Rank 1: 220% of weapon damage & debuff targets regen by 50% for 10 seconds.
Cost: 20 Rage
Cool Down: 6 sec