Fury Warrior DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — 12.0.5

The goal of the Fury rotation is a continual feedback loop of generating Rage, spending it on Rampage to trigger Enrage, which increases damage of follow-on abilities while they generate more Rage to repeat the process. Because it can be such a powerful buff, routinely in the 30-50% range, maintaining a high uptime is paramount to success as a Fury Warrior.

While Recklessness increases the amount of Rage generated in order to use Rampage more quickly, both Odyn's Fury and Fresh Meat automatically trigger Enrage, helping jumpstart the rotation when other cooldowns are not available. Fresh Meat in particular can be gamed by carefully keeping track of which enemies have not yet been hit by the ability, allowing it to be chained from target to target to continually trigger the effect again.

Applicable to most classes, though particularly relevant to Fury Warriors, due to the the high emphasis on stacking haste for more attacks with which to generate Rage. Any time spent off target is lost damage, with minimal means to recoup lost resources, unlike energy-based classes which will continue regenerating their resource up to its cap.

Due to the high mobility innate to the Warrior class, it is possible to play around boss mechanics and minimize downtime. If the boss is casting an area effect which requires players to run a certain distance away, a Warrior can instead continue attacking until the last few seconds, Heroic Leap away and immediately Charge back as soon as the danger has passed.

Fury should never have any free global cooldowns, due to Whirlwind always being available. This should not be depended on, however, as Whirlwind does not generate Rage unless Improved Whirlwind is talented. Instead, repeated use of Raging Blow and weaved Bloodthirsts make up the bulk of the rotation, while Rampage is often delayed beyond its 80 Rage cost, so long as Enrage does not run out. Delaying the use of Rampage this way allows a small amount of extra Rage to be pooled, thus requiring less than another full 80 Rage to be generated before the next Rampage is cast a few seconds later.

A small optimization can be made by moving out of range of the target and using Charge to generate extra Rage during your rotation. Care should be taken to do this between auto-attack swings when Recklessness is not active. Heroic Leap can also be used to create enough room to Charge for bosses with large hitboxes, which is sometimes more specifically referred to as Heroic Charge.

Due to the Rage cost reduction, Rampage may be cast much more frequently during Recklessness, typically every other GCD. Because Berserk stacks have individual durations though, there is no particular need or advantage to track it, making the buff easy to treat passively.

The main cooldown for Fury Warriors provides a moderate burst window and enhanced Rage generation, allowing Rampage to be used more frequently. Talenting Reckless Abandon also transforming Bloodthirst and Raging Blow into their more powerful Bloodbath and Crushing Blow forms.

Now on a choice node with Bladestorm, Avatar is necessary for the proper function of Mountain Thane, creating an easy choice between the two. Although berefit of its follow-on talents, Avatar has great synergy with the rest of the Mountain Thane bonuses, especially Storm Surge.

The signature Slayer ability is not the high-burst powerhouse it used to be, but continues to provide a reasonable amount of damage, with its single target value increased by Unhinged. Care should be taken to always be enraged before using the ability, preferably immediately after a fresh Rampage, and although it does generate Rage, having either Fresh Meat or Deft Experience will help maintain Enrage during and after the channel ends.

Keep in mind that the automatic Bloodthirst caused by Unhinged can also trigger their own effects, such as Enrage or Reap the Storm.

Despite three stacks of Imminent Demise causing the button to glow, this is not an indicator of when Bladestorm should be used. It should almost always be used either on cooldown, or timed with groups of adds.

Odyn's Fury provides another way to immediately trigger Enrage, as well as its own sudden burst of damage. Best used as an initiator, it should be used just before or after Bloodthirst in order to benefit from Bloodborne, when it will hit multiple targets.

While not a major cooldown per se, Wrecking Throw deals a surprisingly high amount of damage, making it a competent ranged filler that also silences enemies while Javelineer is talented. However, its true power comes into play when facing targets with absorb shields, gaining a 500% damage multiplier to become the strongest single attack in the entire Warrior kit. In such situations, it should be used quickly, second only to applying Enrage, in order to ensure it hits the target to quickly strip its shield.