The Daily Rant - War Games and Arenas oh my.

Ihasfury watching his friends play Arenas and War Games.

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. Today I am going to ramble and give everyone a warrior's take on the whole Arenas and War Games as a f2p warrior. Now; in all honesty you are pretty much S.O Fucking L if you aren't paired up with a healer. You as a warrior can put out so much more damage than any class (except hunters). To say I don't find war-games fun is a lie, I do enjoy playing them, but playing them religiously is something I just can't do as a warrior. I would find Arenas and War-Games funner if I was possibly a healer or a different damage dealing class that isn't Over Played... Perhaps I'll take a look at mage and see what I can do with them. I don't know at the moment lol.

FaQ

This blog is quite simple and I shall update it continuously when I get more questions. Lets get started.

Q - How do you generally open when in wsg / dueling?

A - I always open with charge, within the middle or the beginning of my charge I hit my battle shout for extra rage so my first melee swing opens with Bloodthirst which for me, usually does 400 - 600 damage without critting. From there, I either hit Rend or Piercing Howl depending on the situation. From there, I either hit Bloodthirst or Heroic Strike depending on the amount of rage I have generated. At the end of the fight if I am able to, I hit Execute like a mofo until the target is dead in duels, in places like BG, I generally hit Bloodthirst and then Execute to finish them off just in case Bloodthirst doesn't. 

Q - Why agility cloak and smelting pants?

A - I prefer having a bit more crit rating than most, In my experience with how my build runs (2 handed fury) 12 AP doesn't make that much of a game breaking difference. you can easily shout every minute for extra str and agi which i find makes up for the lack of 12 ap. even that small amount of extra parry is not game breaking and i find it well worth the trade. the same can be said for the bandit cloak. I find that having a balance to provide just the right amount of burst needed to run my setup is more important than stacking str and stm like many main stream warriors. Rest assured I have mail pants in my bags and I am testing to see which I like more. At the moment however; I prefer smelting pants.

Q - What do you think of all of the 24s, as well as all the Hunters?

A - Neither are a problem. The only problem they bring is that they completely imbalance the battle that they enter. I do not promote, nor do I support 24's of the alliance or horde side. Granted; I will often say I love them for entering the battleground however; it is extreme sarcasm. Most, if not all of the hunters on a alliance and horde side are absolutely horrible players. I may not be the best player, I do try to lead the group I am in into battle and try to organize them as much as possible. I do /laugh, /spit and /goldclap at the bad hunters who s key and can not handle playing another class that requires a bit more skill and dedication to play. I /cackle at the level 24s that I find and /goldclap at them as well, again it takes 4 levels for you to kill me? Hurpdurp, you must be a baddie :3

Q - Why 2 handed over dual wield?

While dual-wield may provide a little more extra rage generation, I am the type of warrior who likes to hit hard, see big numbers, and take down people with ease. I do not like dragging fights within the battleground longer usually than 30 seconds to a minute. Any longer and then someone comes to assist the person I'm trying to take down and it completely turns the tables on me. I know; most people say run with groups and don't get me wrong. I do, however I do find it useful on occasion to rush into the middle of the group that is escorting the EFC and use Piercing Howl and try to take down the healer (if there is one). This generally puts them back 20 - 30 seconds and gives my team some time to react accordingly. In short; more damage, more rend damage, take down healers and people 1v1 really simply.

Q - Why undead? Doesn't Cow or Orc provide more survivability and damage for the warrior class? Why not Blood Elf for the extra rage boost?

A - When I find myself in battlegrounds, I usually see 1 - 3 priests who always use their fear ability. Will of the Forsaken acts as a Insignia for only fear, and then within 30 seconds I can still use my Insignia which I have attached to my first trinket slot. Also; shadow resistance is sexy against other warriors if they are using the weapons that have the shadow bolt proc. Finally; Cannibalize is extremely useful for when your in a 1v2+ situation, you can go om nom nom on the corpse that you just defeated, giving you some more health for your next battle.

Q - Why a bow, why not a thrown weapon against rogues?

A - Simply for the stats, that and I usually never run into a good rogue who kites me with his thrown weapons. I will get one though :3

That is all for now! For the Horde!

The Great Debate - 2 Handed, or Dual Wield?

Ihasfury /rawring and making dual-wield look sexier than it really is.

Greetings and salutations everyone who views my blog. I apologize for not making a blog yesterday, I was extremely busy and I hope the three blogs on the 4th were good enough until I released this new one.

As many warriors and viewers of my blog have been wondering; which one is truly best for a fury warrior? I have been asked this and told by many people that dual-wield is better than 2 handed for the extra rage generation. Furthermore; you gain extra stats from your OH weapon and also, some have said that the abilities do not scale with the type of weapon you use. Meaning; you will always do x amount of damage regardless of what weapon you have. I find this to be false and I also find 2 handed to be best in slot when running around in PuGs and Dueling.

I have ran around with both for about 500 honorable kills (which is about 10 wsgs and abs, mostly wsg) and in my experience with both, regardless of winning or losing. I've always killed more people, I've always done more damage and I always feel more useful running around with a 2 handed weapon. Just yesterday, I did 2 ABs back to back, the teams were mostly balanced and I decided to run around with dual-wield during the first one, and 2 handed during the second one. I found that I actually did roughly 3,000 more damage than I had with a dual-wielding weapons. Now, I will not just say 2 handed is BiS for every sort of situation, this is just untrue and extremely unrealistic, there are going to be times where rage is always needed and dual-wield does provide a bit more of a rage generation than 2 handed does. Rage is your primary resource to pump out damage, which is why some warriors prefer to run around dual-wielding.

Now, below this text I shall be listing what I believe are BiS weapons for both 2 handed and dual-wielding (links are there, scroll over item names).

2 Handed - Reef Axe / Cold Iron Pick, Riot Stick (A)
Dual - PvP Vendor Swords, Warrior Quest Axe, Other Good Weapons to Consider

Originally Posted by Nonsense of TwinkInfo

overall 1h stats:
~35% melee
~35% bloodthirst
~10% rend

rest of % is just split amongst other abilties, depending on situation etc

overall 2h stats:
~35% melee
~35% bloodthirst
~15% rend

rest of % is just split amongst other abilties, depending on situation etc

So it's obvious it does have an impact on Rend.


Now for actual numbers:

Highest Bloodthirst crits are, with both setups, between 450 and 500. Normal hits are ~200. No noticable difference between both setups. Highest melee crits with 2hander are around 400, highest crits with 1handers are around 240 (main hand ofcourse). 

Note - With the whole "chance to hit" weapons, I tend not to use those because of the generally low chance rate for said ability to proc. Regardless, I am not telling you how to play your character and if you feel that a weapon that procs is better than another, that is your opinion. Stick to what you like and I'll stick to what I like. I am also here to provide information and how to better your experience when playing the warrior class.

The Best in Slot Report!

Alright ladies and gentlemen, people have been bugging me about what is exactly the best in slot gear for a fury warrior. Now; this is based off of my personal experiences and testing. However; I will still acknowledge the different gear that could be best in slot. Here is a list from head to toe, of possible good horde (and alliance >.>) gear for warriors of both factions to wear.

Note - This is before BoAs.

Color Code - Blue is Alliance, Red is Horde and Green is Both.

Helm - Eye Patch - A, Lucky Fishing Hat, Flying Tiger Goggles, Weather Beaten Fishing Hat
Neck - PvP Neck, enough said.
Shoulders - Deathstalker Pauldrons - H / Packleader's Pauldrons - A
Cape - Satchel, Of the Bandit / Of the Soldier
Chest - Phantom Armor
Bracers - Sparkmetal Bracers - A / Bracers of the Most Trusted - H
2 Handed - Reef Axe
Dual Wield -  Broadaxe of the Horde + PvP Sword (H) --- PvP Sword + Broadsword of the Crown (A)
Ranged - Bow of Ire - H, Eventide Bow - A
Trinkets - AGM, Insignia, The 3HP5 Trinket
Rings - Band of Argas and Silverlaine's Family Seal
Boots - Boots of the Hero - H, Savage Trodders
Pants - Aluyn's Legguards - A, Smelting Pants, Kalecogs' Gift - H
Belt - Satchel, Of the Soldier
Gloves - Algae Fists

Protip, Charge Does Damage!

No, this isn't a glitch, however I'm sure this is working as intended. Basically I stumbled upon this interesting trick while making my way to Elwynn Forest to start farming Light Leather to get those new armor kits I need oh so much /eyeroll. At any rate, basically you can charge at your target and use Heroic Throw at the exact same time. This is an extremely nice way to open a duel or a PvP moment.

Hey, want to know the best part of this? Heroic throw costs absolutely 0 Rage! This means, every minute after your CD is done, you can inflect damage onto your target while your charging at them, while they are running away from you, while they are trying to ditch you and go into stealth. If your Charge + Heroic Throw is going to kill the target it should be fine, but remember that Heroic Throw WILL reset your autoattack, which will leave you without that first boost of rage, and depending on what's going on, that rage might be important. (information given to me by Thirk :3).

For the curious, here is a macro.

/showtooltip Charge
/cast Charge
/cast Heroic Throw

Let the Bloodletting begin!

A (Not So) Lucky Fishing Hat!

For those of you who don't know me and the whole STV Fishing Contest. I've been going two, almost three years now, without seeing that elusive Keefer's Fish, which gives twinks the Lucky Fishing Hat. However; today at about 4 am this morning while during the Orgrimmar Fishing Daily. I obtained the Weather Beaten Fishing Hat! This makes my morning, and means I won't have to pick up Engineering for those nerdy looking glasses. On the plus side, I gain 3 stamina and spirit, and after I do some serious Light Leather farming I'll have +16 armor on my shoes, pants and gloves. After that, the sky is the limit...

Good luck to everyone when Sunday comes around!

Greetings and Salutations everyone. My name is Ihasfury; and I shall be giving you an in-dept look at the world of Free 2 Playing Twinking, from the warrior point of view. If you do not know anything about the whole Free 2 Play bit, you basically stop leveling at 20, your gold cap is 10, you cannot go past 100 in professions and you can no use the mailbox OR trade with anyone. This makes twinking at this level very, very interesting (even with the influx of level 24 twinks and the mass of 20 huntards). However; I'm not here to point fingers or bash people out of anger, however I will post my feelings about other classes after I duel them, do bgs and so on and so fourth.

This first post is just to break the ice, hope you stick around for more! :3