Warrior talents

Beta build 1.60.1.69913, compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

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Level 60 has 51 talent points. Tooltip numbers are shown for level 60. 20 and 30 are the beta level caps, and 60 is the cap at launch.

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All Warrior talents

Every talent in the three trees, with its effect at full rank for level 60.

Arms talents
Talent	Row	Ranks	Compared with Classic Era	Effect at full rank
Improved Heroic Strike	1	3	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 Rage.
Deflection	1	5	Same as Classic Era	Increases your Parry chance by 5%.
Improved Rend	1	3	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 35%.
Improved Charge	2	2	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 6.
Improved Tactical Mastery	2	5	Changed from Classic Era	Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 15 Rage when you change stances.
Improved Overpower	2	2	Same as Classic Era	Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%.
Anger Management	3	1	Changed from Classic Era	Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%.
Deep Wounds	3	3	Changed from Classic Era	Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.
Spearing Strike	4	1	New in Forever	A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	4	3	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 3%.
Impale	4	2	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 20%.
Bloodthrill	5	5	New in Forever	Your melee attacks against targets afflicted by your Rend have a 10% chance to activate your Overpower ability for 1 attack on your current target. Lasts 6 sec.
Sweeping Strikes	5	1	Same as Classic Era	Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.
Weaponmaster	5	5	New in Forever	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. \|CFFFFFFFFAxe/Polearm:\|R Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. \|CFFFFFFFFMace/Staff:\|R Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor. \|CFFFFFFFFSword:\|R Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.
Improved Slam	6	2	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.5 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts your melee swing time.
Improved Hamstring	6	3	Same as Classic Era	Gives your Hamstring ability a 15% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.
Mortal Strike	7	1	Same as Classic Era	A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec.

Fury talents
Talent	Row	Ranks	Compared with Classic Era	Effect at full rank
Booming Voice	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the radius of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout abilities by 50%.
Cruelty	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.
Iron Will	2	5	New in Forever	Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 15%.
Unbridled Wrath	2	5	Changed from Classic Era	Gives you a 60% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. This effect is increased to 2 Rage for two-handed weapons.
Improved Cleave	3	3	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 3.
Piercing Howl	3	1	Changed from Classic Era	Causes all nearby enemies to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.
Blood Craze	3	3	Changed from Classic Era	Regenerates 3% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike, dealing damage with Bloodthirst, or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack.
Boundless Rage	3	3	New in Forever	Increases your maximum Rage by 30.
Dual Wield Specialization	4	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases your off-hand weapon damage by 25%, off-hand Rage generation by 100%, and chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 10%.
Raging Blows	4	1	New in Forever	Causes your Whirlwind to also strike with your off-hand weapon, and reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 2.
Enrage	4	5	Changed from Classic Era	Gives you a 30% chance to deal 10% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack.
Improved Execute	4	2	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.
Precision	5	3	New in Forever	Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
Death Wish	5	1	Changed from Classic Era	When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.
Improved Intercept	5	2	Same as Classic Era	Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 10 sec.
Improved Berserker Rage	6	2	Changed from Classic Era	Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 10 Rage and has a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated.
Flurry	6	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases your melee attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.
Bloodthirst	7	1	Changed from Classic Era	Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 35% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec.

Protection talents
Talent	Row	Ranks	Compared with Classic Era	Effect at full rank
Shield Specialization	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 5% and grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block.
Anticipation	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases your Defense Skill by 20.
Improved Bloodrage	2	2	Changed from Classic Era	Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%.
Toughness	2	5	Same as Classic Era	Increases your Armor value from items by 10%.
Improved Thunder Clap	2	3	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 6.
Last Stand	3	1	Changed from Classic Era	When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.
Master of Defense	3	2	New in Forever	Grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.
Improved Revenge	3	3	Changed from Classic Era	Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 60%.
Defiance	3	3	New in Forever	Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped.
Improved Sunder Armor	4	3	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 3.
Improved Disarm	4	3	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 20 secs.
Vanguard	4	1	New in Forever	Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.
Improved Shield Wall	5	2	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 11 min.
Concussion Blow	5	1	Changed from Classic Era	Stuns the target for 5 sec.
Improved Shield Bash	5	2	Same as Classic Era	Gives your Shield Bash ability a 100% chance to Silence the target for 3 sec.
Bastion	5	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases all damage you deal by 10% while a shield is equipped.
Focused Rage	6	3	New in Forever	Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3.
Shield Slam	7	1	Changed from Classic Era	Slam the target with your shield, causing 421 to 439 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat.