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Warrior: change history

37 changes across 2 patches (Sep 24, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026), newest first. Nerf Radar tracks the 4 most recent official updates for World of Warcraft: Forever, back to Sep 22, 2026.
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  1. BetaWoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Oct 1, 2026)Buff 4Nerf 5Adjust 14New 3Removed 3Fix 2Official notes ↗
    Buff
    Rage from critical strikes
    Warriors now generate 75% more Rage when landing a critical strike with a basic attack.
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    Players now generate 75% increased Rage when landing a critical strike with a basic attack.
    Adjust
    Rend and Sunder Armor
    Rend and Sunder Armor now instantly tag enemies to the Warrior.
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    Rend and Sunder Armor will now instantly tap enemies to the Warrior.
    Nerf
    Heroic Strike
    Queueing Heroic Strike will no longer increase off-hand hit chance.
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    Queueing Heroic Strike will no longer increase off-hand hit chance.
    Buff
    Rage from critical strikes
    The extra Rage from landing critical strikes increased to 100% (was 75%).
    75%→100%
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    Additional Rage generated from landing Critical Strikes increased to 100% increased Rage (was 75%).
    Fix
    Dual Wield Specialization
    Fixed a bug that was causing Dual Wield Specialization to grant its increase to Hit Chance to both weapons.
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    Fixed a bug that was causing Dual Wield Specialization to grant its increase to Hit Chance to both weapons.
    • Developers' notes: Because of the above bug, our tests needed some correcting, so we did another pass on Fury Warrior.
    Adjust
    Arms Spearing Strike
    Spearing Strike no longer requires a two-handed weapon; it now requires Battle Stance.
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    Spearing Strike no longer requires a 2handed weapon. Spearing Strike requires Battle Stance.
    Nerf
    Fury Dual Wield Specialization
    Dual Wield Specialization no longer increases your off-hand weapon's Rage generation by 20/40/60/80/100%.
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    Dual Wield Specialization no longer provides a 20/40/60/80/100% increase to your Off-Hand weapon's Rage generation.
    Fix
    Fury Unbridled Rage
    Fixed an issue with Unbridled Rage having a lower proc chance than intended.
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    Fixed an issue with Unbridled Rage having a lower proc chance than intended.
    Adjust
    Fury Booming Voice
    Booming Voice now increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 10/20/30/40/50% and reduces their Rage costs by 5/10/15/20/25%.
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    Booming Voice is now a 10/20/30/40/50% increase area of effect to your Shouts and a 5/10/15/20/25% reduction to their Rage costs.
    Nerf
    Fury Unbridled Wrath
    Unbridled Wrath no longer grants twice as much Rage to two-handed weapons.
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    Unbridled Wrath no longer grants twice as much Rage to two-handed weapons.
    New
    Fury Lingering Rage
    New talent Lingering Rage in Row 2 of Fury: it delays Rage decay after leaving combat by 2/4/6/8/10 seconds.
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    New Talent Lingering Rage in Row 2 of Fury. Lingering Rage increases the time before your Rage begins to decay when leaving combat by 2/4/6/8/10 seconds.
    Nerf
    Fury Blood Craze
    Blood Craze no longer activates off of Bloodthirst casts.
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    Blood Craze no longer activates off of Bloodthirst casts.
    Removed
    Fury Improved Cleave
    The Improved Cleave talent has been removed.
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    The Improved Cleave talent has been removed.
    Removed
    Fury Boundless Rage
    The Boundless Rage talent has been removed.
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    The Boundless Rage talent has been removed.
    New
    Fury Furious Precision
    New talent Furious Precision in Row 3 of Fury: it increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 4/7/10%.
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    New Talent Furious Precision in Row 3 of Fury. Furious Precision increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 4/7/10%.
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    Fury Raging Blows
    Raging Blows now reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3.
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    Raging Blows now reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3.
    Adjust
    Fury Raging Blows
    Raging Blows no longer makes Whirlwind strike with your off-hand; instead, Whirlwind now always strikes with both weapons without a talent point.
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    Raging Blows no longer causes your Whirlwind to strike with your offhand. Whirlwind will now always strike with both weapons without requiring a talent point.
    Nerf
    Fury Dual Wield Specialization
    Dual Wield Specialization no longer grants hit to your off-hand attacks.
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    Dual Wield Specialization no longer grants hit to your off-hand attacks.
    Adjust
    Fury Flurry
    Enrage is no longer required to reach the Flurry talent.
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    Enrage is no longer required to reach the Flurry talent.
    Adjust
    Fury Flurry
    Death Wish is now required to reach the Flurry talent.
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    Death Wish is now required to reach the Flurry talent.
    New
    Fury Gore Drinker
    New talent Gore Drinker in Row 6 of Fury (requires Enrage): Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish and Bloodthirst make your next 3 melee attacks restore 0.5/1% of your maximum Health.
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    New Talent Gore Drinker in Row 6 of Fury, requires the Enrage talent. Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 0.5/1% of your maximum Health.
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    Fury Improved Berserker Rage · Talent row
    Improved Berserker Rage moved to Row 5 of Fury (was Row 6).
    Row 6→Row 5
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    Improved Berserker Rage moved to Row 5 of Fury (Was Row 6).
    Buff
    Fury Berserker Rage · Level required
    Berserker Rage is now available at level 30 (was 32).
    32→30
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    Berserker Rage is now available at level 30 (Was 32)
    Buff
    Fury Bloodthirst · Attack Power ratio
    Bloodthirst's Attack Power ratio increased to 45% (was 35%).
    35%→45%
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    Bloodthirst's Attack Power ratio has been increased to 45% (Was 35%).
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    Protection Iron Will
    Iron Will moved to Row 1 of Protection (was Row 2 of Fury).
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    Iron Will moved to the Row 1 of Protection (Was Row 2 of Fury).
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    Protection Anticipation
    Anticipation moved to Row 2 (was Row 1).
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    Anticipation moved to Row 2 (Was Row 1).
    Removed
    Protection Toughness
    Toughness has been removed.
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    Toughness has been removed.
    Adjust
    Protection Improved Bloodrage
    Improved Bloodrage moved to Row 1 (was Row 2).
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    Improved Bloodrage moved to Row 1 (Was Row 2).
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    Protection Improved Revenge
    Improved Revenge moved to Row 2 (was Row 3).
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    Improved Revenge moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3).
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    Protection Improved Disarm
    Improved Disarm moved to Row 3 (was Row 4).
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    Improved Disarm moved to Row 3 (Was Row 4).
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    Protection Improved Shield Bash
    Improved Shield Bash moved to Row 4 (was Row 5).
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    Improved Shield Bash moved to Row 4 (Was Row 5).
  2. BetaWoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Sep 24, 2026)Buff 1Nerf 1Adjust 3Fix 1Official notes ↗
    Fix
    Sunder Armor
    Corrected Sunder Armor's threat values on all ranks, including a small increase to the threat it generates from Attack Power.
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    Sunder Armor: Corrected the threat values on all ranks, including a small increase to threat generated from Attack Power.
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    Protection Bastion
    Swapped the positions of the Bastion (Row 5) and Focused Rage (Row 6) talents.
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    Swapped the positions of the Bastion (Row 5) and Focused Rage (Row 6) talents.
    • Developers' notes: We wanted to give players Focused Rage sooner to smooth out progression, as opposed to more damage from Bastion. This should smooth out some of the feeling while leveling as Protection before obtaining Shield Slam.
    Buff
    Arms Bloodthrill · Chance to activate
    Bloodthrill's chance to activate increased to 4/8/12/16/20% (was 2/4/6/8/10%).
    2/4/6/8/10%→4/8/12/16/20%
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    Bloodthrill's chance to activate increased to 4/8/12/16/20% (was 2/4/6/8/10%).
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    Arms Bloodthrill
    Bloodthrill only activates off of Main Hand melee attacks. This includes Cleave and Heroic Strike.
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    Bloodthrill only activates off of Main Hand melee attacks. This includes Cleave and Heroic Strike.
    Nerf
    Arms Slam · Cooldown
    Slam's cooldown has been increased to 18 seconds (was 15 seconds).
    15s→18s
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    Slam's cooldown has been increased to 18 seconds (was 15 seconds).
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    Arms Improved Slam
    Improved Slam now reduces the cooldown of Slam by 1.5/3 seconds.
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    Improved Slam now reduces the cooldown of Slam by 1.5/3 seconds.

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