WoW Classic Warrior Guide: Weapon Skills, Abilities, Trainers, & Gear

When many players think of Vanilla WoW, the first class they think of is the Warrior. Warriors are the strongest damage dealers and the quintessential tanks of WoW Classic. They can usually be found in large numbers on the front lines of any raid group, dominating both the damage meters and the threat meter.

These Rage-fueled fighters can be any race in the game and can wield any weapon except for Wands. While they are slow levelers and heavily gear dependent, they are sturdy and capable at endgame. As tanks, they have the most options for both threat and survivability. As DPS, they offer a combination of high damage potential and the ability to throw on a shield for extra defense. They are also prime candidates for the game’s most famous legendary weapon, Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker.

Protection Warrior Tanking

Warrior DPS

Warrior Talent Calculator

Warrior Leveling Guide

Warrior Pre-Raid & Best in Slot (BiS)

19 Warrior Twink

29 Warrior Twink

39 Warrior Twink

Roles and Specializations

The three talent trees for Warriors are Arms, Fury, and Protection.

• Arms
  • Focuses on talents that improve two-handed weapon damage, Rage efficiency, and utility.
  • Arms is generally considered to be an inferior tree for DPS than Fury, but it does offer some added utility.
• Fury
  • Offers talents that improve dual wielding and burst damage.
  • Fury Warriors are the strongest damage dealers in the game and most raids will welcome several of them.
  • Fury tanks are a little less sturdy than their Protection counterparts, but make up for it with their high damage and threat, and are often considered the best tanks when their gear (and the gear of their healers) allows for it.
• Protection
  • Includes talents for increasing threat generation and survivability.
  • Protection Warriors are the optimal tanks for most situations. Most raid groups will want a Prot Warrior as their main tank.

View the complete Warrior talent tree in our Warrior Talent Calculator.

Class Feature: Stances

Warriors have a few different Stance abilities that provide them with passive benefits. They can switch between these stances on the fly, a strategy that is referred to as “stance dancing.”

Berserker Stance offers increased damage output at the cost of some survivability. Defensive Stance does the opposite as well as increasing the Warrior’s threat generation. Battle Stance offers a neutral option that keeps everything at its baseline level.

Class Feature: Shouts

Warriors also have a few Shout abilities that have various effects on their allies or enemies.

Battle Shout offers an Attack Power buff to the Warrior and nearby allies that lasts for two minutes.

The Warrior can also use Intimidating Shout to send enemies running in fear, Demoralizing Shout to reduce their attack power, and Challenging Shout to taunt an entire group of mobs.

Resources

Warriors use Rage as their main ability resource.

Races

Warriors are the only class that can play as any race in the game.

Racial Abilities

Starting Stats

Alliance

Stat	Dwarf	Gnome	Human	Night Elf
Stamina	25	21	22	21
Strength	25	18	23	20
Agility	16	23	20	25
Intellect	19	24	20	20
Spirit	19	20	21	20

Horde

Stat	Orc	Tauren	Troll	Undead
Stamina	24	24	23	23
Strength	26	28	24	22
Agility	17	15	22	18
Intellect	17	15	16	18
Spirit	23	22	21	25

Weapon Skills and Armor Proficiencies

Warriors can equip Cloth, Leather, and Mail armor as well as Shields at level 1. They can also learn to use Plate armor from their class trainer at level 40.

Below is a table of weapon types that Warriors can use and where the initial skill can be trained. Warriors are the only class who can learn to use every weapon in the game (with the exception of Wands, which are a default skill for casters and not taught by Weapon Masters).

Weapon Type	Where to Learn
Bows	Ilyenia Moonfire in Darnassus Hanashi in Orgrimmar Sayoc in Orgrimmar
Crossbows	Bixi Wobblebonk in Ironforge Woo Ping in Stormwind Archibald in Undercity
Daggers	Ilyenia Moonfire in Darnassus Bixi Wobblebonk in Ironforge Woo Ping in Stormwind Sayoc in Orgrimmar Archibald in Undercity
Fist Weapons	Ilyenia Moonfire in Darnassus Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge Sayoc in Orgrimmar
Guns	Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff
One-Handed Axes	Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge Default
One-Handed Maces	Default Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff
One-Handed Swords	Woo Ping in Stormwind Archibald in Undercity
Polearms (Requires level 20)	Woo Ping in Stormwind Archibald in Undercity
Staves	Ilyenia Moonfire in Darnassus Woo Ping in Stormwind Hanashi in Orgrimmar Sayoc in Orgrimmar Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff
Thrown	Ilyenia Moonfire in Darnassus Bixi Wobblebonk in Ironforge Hanashi in Orgrimmar Sayoc in Orgrimmar
Two-Handed Axes	Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge Hanashi in Orgrimmar Sayoc in Orgrimmar
Two-Handed Maces	Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff
Two-Handed Swords	Woo Ping in Stormwind Archibald in Undercity

Notable Abilities

Warriors have a lot of useful abilities that will make them a welcome addition to any group.

Utility

• None

Movement

• Charge
• Intercept

Dispels

• Shield Slam (Protection talent)

Crowd Control

• Concussion Blow (Protection talent)
• Demoralizing Shout
• Disarm
• Hamstring
• Intimidating Shout
• Piercing Howl
• Pummel
• Shield Bash
• Thunder Clap

Threat

• Challenging Shout
• Mocking Blow
• Taunt

Buffs

• Battle Shout
• Commanding Shout

Debuffs

• Sunder Armor

Warrior Trainer Locations

Warrior class trainers can be found in starting zones and major cities.

Trainer	Faction	Location	Coordinates
Arias’ta Bladesinger	Alliance	Darnassus – Warrior’s Terrace	58.6, 35.6
Darnath Bladesinger	Alliance	Darnassus – Warrior’s Terrace	58.6, 35.6
Sildanair	Alliance	Darnassus – Warrior’s Terrace	61.8, 43.6
Thran Khorman*	Alliance	Dun Morogh – Coldridge Valley	28.8, 67.2
Granis Swiftaxe	Alliance	Dun Morogh – Kharanos	47.2, 52.6
Frang*	Horde	Durotar – Valley of Trials	42.8, 69.4
Tarshaw Jaggedscar	Horde	Durotar – Razor Hill	54.2, 42.4
Captain Evencane	Alliance	Dustwallow Marsh – Theramore	67.8, 48.2
Llane Beshere*	Alliance	Elwynn Forest – Northshire	50.2, 42.2
Lyria Du Lac	Alliance	Elwynn Forest – Goldshire	41.0, 65.8
Bilban Tosslespanner	Alliance	Ironforge – Hall of Arms	66.8, 87.6
Kelstrum Stonebreaker	Alliance	Ironforge – Hall of Arms	67.2, 88.4
Kelv Sternhammer	Alliance	Ironforge – Hall of Arms	71.2, 91.6
Harutt Thunderhorn*	Horde	Mulgore – Red Cloud Mesa	44.0, 76.0
Krang Stonehoof	Horde	Mulgore – Bloodhoof Village	49.6, 60.6
Grezz Ragefist	Horde	Orgrimmar – Valley of Honor	79.6, 31.6
Sorek	Horde	Orgrimmar – Valley of Honor	80.4, 31.4
Zel’mak	Horde	Orgrimmar – Valley of Honor	80.2, 29.6
Ander Germaine	Alliance	Stormwind – Old Town	78.2, 47.2
Ilsa Corbin	Alliance	Stormwind – Old Town	78.6, 45.6
Wu Shen	Alliance	Stormwind – Old Town	78.8, 45.6
Malosh	Horde	Swamp of Sorrows – Stonard	44.8, 57.4
Alyissia*	Alliance	Teldrassil – Shadowglen	59.6, 38.6
Kyra Windblade	Alliance	Teldrassil – Dolanaar	56.2, 59.2
Ker Ragetotem	Horde	Thunder Bluff – Hunter’s Rise	57.8, 85.4
Sark Ragetotem	Horde	Thunder Bluff – Hunter’s Rise	57.6, 88.6
Torm Ragetotem	Horde	Thunder Bluff – Hunter’s Rise	57.6, 87.6
Dannal Stern*	Horde	Tirisfal Glades – Deathknell	32.6, 65.6
Austil de Mon	Horde	Tirisfal Glades – Brill	61.8, 52.6
Angela Curthas	Horde	Undercity – War Quarter	48.2, 15.6
Baltus Fowler	Horde	Undercity – War Quarter	47.6, 16.8
Christoph Walker	Horde	Undercity – War Quarter	47.8, 14.8

Gear Sets

Here are all of the equipment sets for Warriors in Classic WoW, including dungeon sets, raid tier sets, and PvP sets.

• Battlegear of Valor (Dungeon Set 1 or Tier 0)
• Battlegear of Heroism (Dungeon Set 2 or Tier 0.5)
• Battlegear of Might (Tier 1 – Molten Core)
• Vindicator’s Battlegear (Tier 1.5 – Zul’Gurub)
• Battlegear of Wrath (Tier 2 – Blackwing Lair)
• Battlegear of Unyielding Strength (Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj)
• Conqueror’s Battlegear (Tier 2.5 – Temple of Ahn’Qiraj)
• Dreadnaught’s Battlegear (Tier 3 – Naxxramas)
• The Highlander’s Resolution/ The Defiler’s Resolution (Arathi Basin)
• Lieutenant Commander’s Battlegear/ Champion’s Battlegear (Rare PvP)
• Field Marshal’s Battlegear/ Warlord’s Battlegear (Epic PvP)

Notable Items

• Edgemaster’s Handguards: These Bind-on-Equip gloves are a rare and valuable world drop, and they are one of the few ways to increase your Axe, Dagger, and Sword skills above the cap.
• Quel’Serrar: This epic tanking sword can be earned by completing a quest that begins with a book from Dire Maul. (Quel’Serrar Guide)
• Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros: One of the first legendary weapons in the game from Molten Core, which is usable by Warriors. (Sulfuras Guide)
• Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker: The most iconic weapon in all of World of Warcraft can be yours as a Warrior. (Thunderfury Guide)

Skill Books

Below are all of the skill books that are available for Warriors in WoW Classic. These books teach new abilities or ability ranks that cannot be learned from trainers. The books are not Soulbound and can therefore be traded or purchased from the Auction House.