World of Warcraft Warrior PVP - Murth

DPS test on PTR 3.0

I spended few hours on the PTR recently going through different PVP build and testing it on the Training Dummy in orgrimmar.

I used a mod called DPSmeter don’t know how accurate it is but it does the job ok.

The build I used are.

Prot PVP with Piercing Howl  0/11/50 - DPS rotation is pretty simple, Shield Slam > Devastate while watching Sword and Board Proc  for free Shield Slam and Concussion Blow whenever possible.

I think this will be the build I would use for level 70 pvp,  note I only put 3/5 on Toughness because I think Toughness can be a bit overrated in prot, especially with prot high  mobility with Warbringer and Safeguard.

After playing a bit of BG in PTR, I remembered why i never PVP without Piercing Howl, you just got to have it. While Shockwave is great its still not worth the sacrifice. At level 80 I can see the build evolving to 0/20/51 dropping Imp Defensive Stance for Enrage.

Enrage is a much better talent than Imp Defensive Stance even thou it cost 5 points instead of 2, it will proc a lot more often againts caster team, while you’ll be lucky to get proc it with Imp Def Stance againts casters.

2H Fury Impale / Deepwounds  15/45/1 -  DPS Rotation of Bloodthirst > Whirlwind > Slam (if Bloodthirst crit) best to use whirlwind at every cooldown before Bloodsurge.

With all the hype of Titan Grip a single  2H Fury can still be viable, evolving to 25/45/1 at level 80 for Sweeping Strike 5/5 2H Mastery and 4/5 Poleaxe spec which is great synergy  which you can’t get with Titan Grip build.

Titan Grip 2H DW Fury  0/53/8 - same as 2H fury DPS Rotation, there’s so many different ways to spec titan grip i think this is one of the best DPS build for level 70 pvp.

Arms with Sudden Death and Improved Slam  49/11/1 - This is probably the most complicated build to DPS with. Staying in Battle Stance to keep Rend up at all time,   MS > Imp Slam and Overpower whenever available.

I find  1 point on Unrelenting Assault is enough as you have a shit load of rage and MS is better than overpower and the event of Overpower proccing back to back does happen but not often enough. ( though  againts a high armor target (feral druid with high dodge rate) and  where rage is in issue 2 points on Unrelenting Assault can be amazing)

I only use Sudden Death proc straight after MS to be more rage efficient,

Note: I opted for 1/3 in Tactical Mastery because i think that is all we need since Disarm and Spell Reflect rage cost has been reduced to 15 rage, point well spend.

Also Note: Training Dummy have 0 armor, so any build without Deepwounds will see more reduction in DPS.

the Result

#1 Titan Grip 2H DW Fury   -  1550 DPS
#2 2H Fury with Impale / Deepwounds - 1460 DPS
#3 Arms with Improved Slam / Sudden Death - 1440 DPS
#4 Prot PVP with Piercing Howl - 1360 DPS

so to my conclusion is despite all the tears in the Warrior forum about the 15% chance to miss, Titan Grip build still provide the highest amount of DPS for PVP and probably for PVE aswell. I think it is still a large amount of DPS gained from 1 point, counter balancing is definately needed.

And Fury still have 10% more damage potential in comparison to Arms because there’s no Enrage proc for Fury.

as with Arms DPS , Improved Slam and Taste for Blood  is definately needed to get a DPS that high, a lot more micro management involved to dps in Arms.

another thing I’d like to point out is that a single 2H Fury is still a viable build at level 70 because this allows you to get Impale and Deepwounds which is a lot DPS gained, so if you wish to PVP with Fury and  hate the RNG aspec of Titan Grip and prefer a more stable DPS (getting Bloodthrist crit for Bloodsurge then missing the instant Slam lol ),  definately consider a single 2H fury build.