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Warrior leveling guide

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A leveling build for Arms, Fury and Protection, point by point from level 10 to 60, and what changed for the class.

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Recommended leveling builds

At a glanceOur pickOpinion, not confirmed by BlizzardOne build per tree, read from the beta talent text.

Our pick is Arms: Improved Charge and Anger Management solve Rage by level 22, and one two-handed weapon carries the build to Mortal Strike.

Suggested build
Arms, 31/20/0 at 60
16-point milestone
Spearing Strike, level 25
Last Arms talent
Mortal Strike, level 40
Races
10

Arms leveling buildSuggested tree

31/20/0 at level 60Spearing Strike at level 25

A two-handed build that fixes Rage first. Improved Charge and Anger Management are both in by level 22, so a fight starts with Rage and keeps making it. Sweeping Strikes at 31 lets you hit two enemies at once and Mortal Strike arrives at 40. The last 20 points go into Fury for critical strike chance and extra Rage.

Open in the calculatorHow Arms playsGear for Arms Share

Key decisions

  • Improved Rend comes first because Deep Wounds needs all 3 points in it. Its per-rank values are not confirmed.
  • Fill Improved Tactical Mastery before the rest of row 2: Anger Management needs all 5 points.
  • Sweeping Strikes at 31 comes before Two-Handed Weapon Specialization: Mortal Strike requires it.
  • Weaponmaster changes with your weapon: critical strike chance for axes and polearms, armor ignored for maces and staves, extra attacks for swords.

Every point, level by level

  1. 10–12Improved Rend3/3
  2. 13–14Improved Heroic Strike2/3
  3. 15–16Improved Charge2/2
  4. 17–21Improved Tactical Mastery5/5
  5. 22Anger Management1/1
  6. 23–24Improved Overpower2/2
  7. 25Spearing StrikeMilestone1/1
  8. 26–28Deep Wounds3/3
Show all 51 points · levels 29–60
  1. 29–30Impale2/2
  2. 31Sweeping Strikes1/1
  3. 32–34Two-Handed Weapon Specialization3/3
  4. 35–39Weaponmaster5/5
  5. 40Mortal Strike1/1
  6. 41–45CrueltyFury5/5
  7. 46–50Unbridled WrathFury5/5
  8. 51–53Blood CrazeFury3/3
  9. 54Piercing HowlFury1/1
  10. 55Boundless RageFury1/3
  11. 56–60EnrageFury5/5

Fury leveling build

15/36/0 at level 60Raging Blows at level 25

Critical strikes drive this build. Cruelty and Unbridled Wrath come first, then Enrage, Death Wish and Flurry stack damage and attack speed on the way to Bloodthirst at 40. Dual Wield Specialization waits until 41, so a two-handed weapon works until then: Unbridled Wrath gives 2 Rage per proc with one.

Open in the calculatorHow Fury playsGear for Fury Share

Key decisions

  • Blood Craze, Piercing Howl and one point of Boundless Rage are the five points that open row 4. Piercing Howl slows every nearby enemy when you need to leave.
  • Fill Enrage before Flurry: Flurry needs all 5 points in it.
  • Death Wish at 31 comes before Precision: Bloodthirst requires it.
  • Raging Blows makes Whirlwind strike with your off-hand too, so it pays off most once you dual wield.

Every point, level by level

  1. 10–14Cruelty5/5
  2. 15–19Unbridled Wrath5/5
  3. 20–22Blood Craze3/3
  4. 23Piercing Howl1/1
  5. 24Boundless Rage1/3
  6. 25Raging BlowsMilestone1/1
  7. 26–30Enrage5/5
  8. 31Death Wish1/1
Show all 51 points · levels 32–60
  1. 32–34Precision3/3
  2. 35–39Flurry5/5
  3. 40Bloodthirst1/1
  4. 41–45Dual Wield Specialization5/5
  5. 46–48Improved Heroic StrikeArms3/3
  6. 49–50DeflectionArms2/5
  7. 51–52Improved ChargeArms2/2
  8. 53–57Improved Tactical MasteryArms5/5
  9. 58Anger ManagementArms1/1
  10. 59–60Improved OverpowerArms2/2

Protection leveling build

0/15/36 at level 60Vanguard at level 25

A shield build for players who tank dungeons on the way up. Shield Specialization turns blocks into Rage from level 10, Vanguard lets you Charge in Defensive Stance and Bastion adds damage while a shield is equipped. Shield Slam arrives at 40. In our view it kills slower than Arms or Fury when you quest alone.

Open in the calculatorHow Protection plays Share

Key decisions

  • Two points in Improved Bloodrage open Last Stand, and five in Shield Specialization open Master of Defense.
  • Concussion Blow at 30: Shield Slam requires it, and it is a 5 sec stun.
  • Bastion comes before Focused Rage: its damage bonus applies to everything you do with a shield on.
  • The last 15 points go into Fury for Cruelty and Unbridled Wrath.

Every point, level by level

  1. 10–14Shield Specialization5/5
  2. 15–16Improved Bloodrage2/2
  3. 17–19Toughness3/5
  4. 20–22Improved Revenge3/3
  5. 23Last Stand1/1
  6. 24Master of Defense1/2
  7. 25VanguardMilestone1/1
  8. 26Master of Defense2/2
Show all 51 points · levels 27–60
  1. 27–29Defiance3/3
  2. 30Concussion Blow1/1
  3. 31–35Bastion5/5
  4. 36–38Focused Rage3/3
  5. 39Improved Shield Bash1/2
  6. 40Shield Slam1/1
  7. 41–42Toughness5/5
  8. 43–45Improved Sunder Armor3/3
  9. 46–50CrueltyFury5/5
  10. 51–55Unbridled WrathFury5/5
  11. 56–58Blood CrazeFury3/3
  12. 59Piercing HowlFury1/1
  13. 60Boundless RageFury1/3

Compare the picks

Two builds side by side at level 60, with every talent where they differ.

The 3 Warrior trees

Arms, Fury, Protection: the one-rank talents and their levels.

The one-rank talents in each tree, and the earliest level you can take them.

What changed for Warriors · 5

Changes from Classic, and what the beta showed.

  • New ability ranks reach your action bar on their own when you train them.

  • The character sheet shows a tank's Critical Strike Immunity and Crushing Blow Immunity. Defense can still help past that cap. Beta

  • Weapon-skill bonuses on individual items are being reduced. Read the tooltip before you chase an old favorite.

  • Some items can cut the chance for your attacks to be parried or dodged.

  • Queueing Heroic Strike or Cleave turns off the spell queue window in the beta. Blizzard lists it as a bug. Beta

Dungeons and the 1-60 route · 9

Levels 13 to 60, the same for every class.

The same for every class. Run each dungeon once with every quest in your log.

Open the 1-60 route

Changes that apply to every class· 2

  • All 27 talent trees are meant to be viable for all content. They are not equal, and none should be strong enough to stack a raid with.

  • Hit and crit are one stat each for melee, ranged and spells. Hover a stat on the character sheet and it explains itself.

Races that can be a Warrior · 10

5 Alliance, 5 Horde.

Alliance

Horde

The race and class table

Keep reading

Sources and what isn't confirmed

Unconfirmed: reported, not confirmed by Blizzard

  • Per-rank values of Improved Rend: the talent data flags them

Not announced

  • A leveling talent order from Blizzard
  • Dual specialization
  • Respec prices
  • Tank stats on the character sheet: exact ratings
  • Most new quest names
  • Experience amounts for dungeon quests
  • Level ranges for Shen'dralas and Mount Hyjal

Sources

  • Wowhead, 22 Sep 2026: Ability ranks on the action bar
  • Wowhead, 21 Sep 2026: Tank stats on the character sheet; Hit and crit
  • Community beta data: Weapon-skill bonuses on items
  • Deep Dive: Parry and dodge on items
  • Kaivax, 18 Sep 2026: Heroic Strike and Cleave queue bug
  • Tim Jones, Windows Central, 22 Sep 2026: Talent tree balance

Updated . Talent data: beta 1.60.1. Details can change in any later build or patch.