Classic Era → Forever · build 1.60.1.70245
What changed for Warriors
Every talent and trainer ability Warriors have in Forever, set against Classic Era, from the game files of build 1.60.1.70245. Season of Discovery isn't counted as Classic.
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Talents
New talents 12
| Talent | Tree | Row |
|---|---|---|
 Improved Tactical Mastery | Arms | 2 |
 Spearing Strike | Arms | 4 |
 Bloodthrill | Arms | 5 |
 Weaponmaster | Arms | 5 |
 Lingering Rage | Fury | 2 |
 Furious Precision | Fury | 3 |
 Raging Blows | Fury | 4 |
 Gore Drinker | Fury | 6 |
 Master of Defense | Protection | 3 |
 Vanguard | Protection | 4 |
 Focused Rage | Protection | 5 |
 Bastion | Protection | 6 |
Removed talents 11
| Talent | Classic tree, row | What it did in Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Axe Specialization | Arms, 5 | Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes by 1%. |
| Mace Specialization | Arms, 5 | Gives you a 1% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a Mace. |
| Sword Specialization | Arms, 5 | Gives you a 1% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. |
| Polearm Specialization | Arms, 6 | Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Polearms by 1%. |
| Improved Demoralizing Shout | Fury, 2 | Increases the melee attack power reduction of your Demoralizing Shout by 8%. |
| Improved Battle Shout | Fury, 3 | Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Battle Shout by 5%. |
| Improved Cleave | Fury, 3 | Increases the bonus damage done by your Cleave ability by 40%. |
| Toughness | Protection, 2 | Increases your armor value from items by 2%. |
| Improved Shield Block | Protection, 3 | Allows your Shield Block ability to block an additional attack and increases the duration by 0.5 second. |
| Improved Taunt | Protection, 4 | Reduces the cooldown of your Taunt ability by 1 sec. |
| One-Handed Weapon Specialization | Protection, 6 | Increases the damage you deal with One-Handed Melee weapons by 2%. |
Moved to another row 9
| Talent | Tree | Classic row | Forever row |
|---|---|---|---|
 Improved Overpower | Arms | 3 | 2 ↑ earlier |
 Improved Slam | Arms | 5 | 6 ↓ later |
 Improved Berserker Rage | Fury | 6 | 5 ↑ earlier |
 Improved Bloodrage | Protection | 2 | 1 ↑ earlier |
 Iron Will | Protection | 2 | 1 ↑ earlier |
 Anticipation | Protection | 1 | 2 ↓ later |
 Improved Revenge | Protection | 3 | 2 ↑ earlier |
 Improved Disarm | Protection | 4 | 3 ↑ earlier |
 Improved Shield Bash | Protection | 5 | 4 ↑ earlier |
Different number of ranks 3
| Talent | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
 Defiance | 5 | 3 |
| Improved Slam | 5 | 2 |
 Two-Handed Weapon Specialization | 5 | 3 |
Moved to another tree 2
| Talent | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Improved Slam | Fury | Arms |
 Improved Thunder Clap | Arms | Protection |
Spellbook
New abilities 1
Victory Rushlevel 20
Talents in Classic, trainer abilities now 1
- Tactical Masterywas Arms row 2 · now level 14
Learned at a different level 2
| Ability | Rank: Classic → Forever level |
|---|---|
| Berserker Rage | 1: 32 → 30 |
| Slam | 1: 30 → 20 · 2: 38 → 30 · 3: 46 → 38 · 4: 54 → 46 |
Different number of ranks 1
| Ability | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Slam | 4 | 5 |
Blizzard's notes about Warriors
47 lines across Blizzard's posts mention Warriors. 4 of them don't fully match the files:
- Partly
Fixed an issue with Unbridled Rage having a lower proc chance than intended.
The files No spell or talent named Unbridled Rage exists in the files. Unbridled Wrath (12322) fits the fix: in 70170 its aura proc chance went from 60% to 100%, so the 12/24/36/48/60% talent chance is no longer cut further.
- Partly
Sunder Armor: Corrected the threat values on all ranks, including a small increase to threat generated from Attack Power.
The files Build 70009 rewrote the flat threat on all 5 Sunder Armor ranks (rank 1 from 1 to 34, rank 5 from 1013 to 206). There's no Attack Power coefficient in the files, so that part is server-side.
- Partly
Improved Slam now reduces the cooldown of Slam by 1.5/3 seconds.
The files The client files agree with the note. The tooltip says 1.5/3 sec and build 70009 added a -1.5/-3 sec rank value for Slam's cooldown (12862). Blizzard's hotfix data captured on 70245 deletes that rank value, so the live numbers per rank aren't confirmed.
- Partly
Stance flyout for Warriors.
The files Flyout 269 'Stances' holds Battle, Defensive and Berserker Stance. Gamepad placement is interface code.
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