Warrior guide

Posted March 9th, 2005 by Xerin

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Warrior Guide

The Warrior class is the typical tank, or plate-wearing DPS fighter in World of Warcraft. With a Warrior, you can either be one of the best and most reliable tanks, or be a great boon to your party by doing damage via your other talent trees and possibly entertaining a few monsters for your party. The Warrior can take a lot of damage due to his wearing plate armor as a specialty, and dish out damage be it dual wielding or using a big two handed weapon.

As a Warrior, you excel in close combat abilities and can reflect enemy spells cast at you, interrupt spells, interrupt attacks, disarm other enemies, and do a lot of special abilities when near an enemy. If you want to go for melee DPS or simply want one of the most traditional, powerful, and reliable tanking classes, you cannot go wrong with a Warrior!

If you are seeking information on the strong and sturdy Warrior class, then you've found the right place. Our Warrior guide contains all the information you need, from Talent builds to professions for your up and coming Warrior. Should our Warrior class guide not answer a question, we have our very own Warrior forums to assist you. You can even submit your own content for this guide by emailing us!

Warrior Quick Info

Races: All races but Blood Elf
Armor: Mail, Plate (Level 40)
Starting Attribute Bonus: +3 Strength, +2 Stamina

Warrior Overview

Melee class, excels at tanking and doing upfront DPS
Great at PvP with healing support, top tier class if mastered in a PvP environment
Uses all kinds of weapons
Can wear all kinds of armor, up to plate which is the best.
Uses "Rage" instead of Mana, Energy or Runic Power. Rage is generated in combat, and goes down as the Warrior does more abilities.

Warrior Strengths

Uses Plate Armor, so he can take a good beating before dying, as it generally gives a lot of defenses and hitpoint bonuses
Can use melee weapons to great effect, dealing a lot of damage with the correct damage talent builds
One of the best and most reliable tanks in the game. If you are wondering which class set the standard for a tanking encounter, look no further.
Even in tanking builds, you can do great damage to your opponents and seemingly never die.

Warrior Weaknesses

Prone to being crowd controlled and/or rooted.
Have to skill up every single weapon type you want to use
People expect you to tank in instances and raids
Is not God no matter how well you play it.

Warrior Guide Index

Information you can use to help make a better character!

We've broken our Warrior guide up into multiple sections to help you find what you are looking for without having to go through everything we offer. Simply click the title text or icon to be whisked away to the appropriate section.

	The Basics
Getting Off to a Good Start Join us as we discuss how to put the right foot forward when creating your Warrior! Picking a Race A look at the available races and how they change the Warrior experience. Pros and Cons of being a Warrior Is the Warrior class right for you? Find out what is great and not so great about the Warrior class. Rage Info on how Rage works. Important Stats What stats are important for a Warrior?
	Playing a Warrior
Playing a Warrior A guide on how to play a Warrior, including lots of helpful information on how to get the most out of your class!
	Quests
Levels 1 - 60 A look at all Warrior type quests between levels one and sixty.
	Abilities and Talent Builds
Talent Builds and Ability Overview
	Detailed Ability and Talent Listing
Abilities Listing Talents Listing
	Trainers
Alliance Trainers Horder Trainers Weapon Masters
	Equipment
Weapons What weapons can warriors use? Find out! Armor & Armor Sets What armor can you really use while leveling up? Best Warrior Equipment Information on some of the best Warrior gear out there!
	Hold the Line; An Endgame Tanking Reference
A very in-depth guide on endgame tanking.
	Appendix: Where to Adventure?
Where to Adventure A list of the best zones for you to level in for every level! Alliance Leveling Guide / Horde Leveling Guide Our two guides designed to point you in the right direction in terms of quests and enemies to grind away for loot and experience as you level up!

Have comments or suggestions? Thought of something that has been missed? Found an error? I would love to hear from you! Please post in our Warrior Class guide forum, or email us at wow-admin@tentonhammer.com