WoW The War Within Beta: New Warrior Changes

A new batch of updates has been rolled out on the World of Warcraft The War Within Beta build. The devs are working hard at adjusting all of the balance aspects of the upcoming expansion as players are constantly providing feedback and suggestions for different class tweaks. 

Given the introduction of Hero Talents, the entire game will need to be adjusted accordingly to accommodate new playstyles, gear, and overall system changes in World of Warcraft. The Retail experience has been marked with countless balance changes, specifically regarding the endgame content as well as the PvE and PvP power of all of the classes. With that in mind, we will take a look at the recent updates for the Warrior class that were added for players to try out. 

The War Within Beta Warrior General Changes

• Blood and Thunder talent removed.
• Thunder Clap will now apply Rend by default if it is known.
• Crackling Thunder no longer increases Thunder Clap damage.
• Champion’s Might now causes you to deal 25% increased critical strike damage to targets chained to your Spear.
  • This critical damage bonus is now additive instead of multiplicative, matching other similar effects.
• Piercing Challenge now increases all damage dealt by Champion’s Spear (was only initial damage).
• Uproar now reduces the cooldown of Thunderous Roar by 45 seconds (was 30 seconds).
• Fixed an issue that caused Rallying Cry to increase maximum health by 15% instead of the intended 10%.

The War Within Beta Warrior Hero Talent Changes

Colossus (Protection/Arms)

• Revenge now generates a stack of Colossal Might when it hits 3 or more targets.

Mountain Thane (Protection/Fury)

• Keep Your Feet on the Ground no longer increases your Armor and instead reduces Physical damage taken by 2%.

Slayer (Fury/Arms)

• Opportunist now increases the damage and critical strike damage of your next Overpower by 15% (was 10%).

The War Within Beta Arms Warrior Changes

Arms

• All ability damage increased by 30%.
• Overpower damage increased by an additional 20%.

The War Within Beta Fury Warrior Changes

Fury

• Anger Management now reduces cooldowns by 1 second per 20 Rage spent (was 30 Rage, this reverts a recent change).
• All ability damage increased by 30%.

And that covers all of the recent changes to the Warrior class in The War Within Beta build. More changes are possibly coming along as the devs are starting to prepare for the official launch of the expansion on August 26, 2024.