Races for a Warrior

Stoneform cuts the physical damage you take and makes you immune to bleeds, poisons and diseases for 8 sec. Mace Specialization adds 1% crit with a one-handed mace for tanking.

Active

Stoneform — immune to bleeds, poisons and diseases, and less physical damage taken, for 8 sec · Find Treasure — tracks nearby treasure chests

Passive

Mace Specialization — +1% spell and ability crit with maces · Big Game Hunter — +5% damage to Beasts

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Will to Survive breaks stuns, and Sword Specialization adds 2% crit. Perception finds stealthed enemies. The pick if PvP comes first.

Active

Will to Survive — removes stuns · Perception — see stealthed enemies for 20 sec

Passive

Sword Specialization — +2% spell and ability crit with swords · The Human Spirit — +5% Spirit

Changes

• Will to Survive now looks like Dispel Magic, no longer like Will of the Forsaken (visual only). Sourced: Dev notes · 24 Sep

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Expansive Mind gives 5% more max rage. Escape Artist's immunity to roots and snares is the answer to kiting that every Warrior wants.

Active

Escape Artist — brief immunity to roots and snares · Eureka! — your next 3 spells or abilities cost less and do 10% more damage or healing

Passive

Expansive Mind — +5% max mana, rage or energy · Engineering Specialization — engineering devices are more reliable

Changes

• Eureka!: the cost cut is 10% on mana, rage or energy abilities, for every class. Sourced: Dev notes · 24 Sep
• Eureka! no longer works on periodic effects. Channelled spells don't count as periodic. Sourced: Dev notes · 1 Oct

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Quickness adds 1% dodge and 2% run speed, Elune's Light is a crit burst, and Shadowmeld hides you. No defensive cooldown.

Active

Elune's Light — +10% crit chance for 15 sec · Shadowmeld — stealth while you stand still

Passive

Quickness — +1% dodge and +2% run speed · Wisp Spirit — +75% run speed while dead

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Wind Blessed adds 1% haste, and Read Ley Line is a regeneration cooldown. Nothing for tanks.

Access

Comes with the Skyborne Heroic Pack, the Skyborne Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection.

Active

Walk on Air — glide down for 10 sec · Read Ley Line — +100% health and mana regeneration

Passive

Wind Blessed — +1% melee, ranged and spell haste · Elemental Insight — +5% damage to Elementals

Sourced: Blizzard news · 12 Sep, Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Hardiness makes stuns on you 20% shorter, Blood Fury adds 10% attack power for 15 sec, and Axe Specialization adds 1% crit with axes.

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Blood Fury — +10% attack power and spell power for 15 sec · Shatter Curse — immune to curses and banes, and less magic damage taken, for 8 sec

Passive

Axe Specialization — +1% spell and ability crit with axes · Hardiness — stuns on you last 20% shorter

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

War Stomp stuns the enemies around you for 2 sec, and Endurance adds 5% health and 1% hit. The tank pick.

Active

War Stomp — stuns nearby enemies for 2 sec · Cultivation — grow extra herbs that you gather without Herbalism

Passive

Plainsrunning — run faster the longer you keep moving · Endurance — +5% total health and +1% hit chance

Changes

• Cultivation: each herb needs a player level, the herb's Herbalism skill divided by 5. Herbs above 300 skill need level 60. Sourced: Dev notes · 24 Sep

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Will of the Forsaken removes fear, charm and sleep. The PvP pick.

Active

Will of the Forsaken — removes charm, fear and sleep · Cannibalize — eat a corpse to regain 35% of health and mana over time

Passive

Underwater Breathing — breath lasts 300% longer underwater · Touch of the Grave — your attacks sometimes drain health

Changes

• Touch of the Grave only triggers from spells and abilities that deal damage, and no longer breaks crowd control. Sourced: Dev notes · 24 Sep
• Cannibalize can't be used while you're immune to physical damage. Sourced: Dev notes · 1 Oct

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Berserking adds 10% attack speed for 10 sec.

Active

Berserking — +10% casting and attack speed for 10 sec · Rapid Regeneration — regain 50% of max health over time

Passive

Beast Slaying — +5% damage to Beasts · Regeneration — 10% of your health regeneration keeps going in combat

Sourced: Blizzard news · 22 Sep

Wind Blessed adds 1% haste. Nothing for tanks.

Access

Comes with the Skyborne Heroic Pack, the Skyborne Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection.

Active

Walk on Air — glide down for 10 sec · Skysight — an elemental blessing: +10% run speed

Passive

Wind Blessed — +1% melee, ranged and spell haste · Elemental Insight — +5% damage to Elementals

Sourced: Blizzard news · 12 Sep, Blizzard news · 22 Sep