Warrior • Fury • PVE
PvE damage spec with strong scaling and uptime.
Fury gearing is largely about reaching your hit and expertise caps early, then stacking damage stats that scale best with Rage generation and uptime.
Gearing Fury is straightforward early: get to 9% hit, work toward expertise, then stack Strength and Crit. Armor Penetration becomes more valuable later as gear improves and stat profiles get more complex. As your gear evolves, simulators can help confirm which upgrades are best for your current stat balance and weapon setup.
Hit Rating (9% special cap) → Expertise (6.5%) → Critical Strike Rating → Strength → Armor Penetration → Haste Rating → Hit Rating (above 9%). Reaching your hit and expertise caps is the most important early gearing goal, but don’t sacrifice large amounts of strong stats for small, marginal expertise gains.
Warriors have two main hit goals: a 9% soft cap for special attacks (e.g., [Bloodthirst]) and additional hit for white swings beyond that cap. Prioritize reaching 9% first—extra hit is a bonus. Expertise reduces dodges and parries and has an important target of roughly 6.5% for PvE DPS. Like hit, treat the cap as a goal, but avoid gutting your overall stats to chase tiny upgrades.
[Strength] is your most important primary stat and directly increases Attack Power (1 Strength = 2 Attack Power at level 70). [Agility] is a key source of crit (33 Agility ≈ 1% crit) and also provides minor armor and dodge value. [Stamina] improves survivability and uptime but is not a DPS stat (1 Stamina = 10 Health at level 70). [Intellect] and [Spirit] provide no meaningful value for Fury.
[Hit Rating] improves your chance to land both specials and auto-attacks. Specials benefit most from reaching the 9% soft cap; white swings still benefit beyond it. [Expertise] reduces the chance enemies dodge/parry your attacks and has a key target around 6.5%. [Critical Strike] boosts damage, increases Rage from crits, and enables talents like [Flurry], making it one of Fury’s most valuable scaling stats.
