We break down all the reasons you should consider playing Fury Warrior in Patch 10.1 and even throw in a few reasons of why you might not. From all the changes since launch to the new tier set bonuses coming in 10.1, join us as we explore Dragonflight Season 2 Fury Warrior!
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Why You Should Play a Fury Warrior in Dragonflight (and Why You Shouldn’t)
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Why You Should Play a Fury Warrior in Dragonflight
Dynamic Damage Dealer
Fury Warriors are powerful dynamic damage dealers, which excel in content which mixes single and multitarget elements, particularly relevant in Mythic+ dungeons. While this can also make them very good in many raid encounters, as seen in Vault of the Incarnates, most of those tested in Aberrus are single target focused, which doesn’t lend itself as well to Fury’s strengths. That said, its short cooldown burst damage can still be very useful in a wide variety of situations.
Fury has and will continue to shine in Mythic+ dungeons though, boasting one of the highest non-meta DPS representations across all keystone levels, despite not being part of the “meta” class compositions. All of its cooldowns have strong AoE elements on very short cooldowns, which not only excels on clearing trash, but also helps focus burst damage into shorter boss encounters than those found in raids – a Fury Warrior rarely needs to worry about holding their cooldowns for anything.
Strong Defense and Utility
While not as indispensable as combat resurrections or Heroism/Bloodlust, Warriors are the only source of Battle Shout and Rallying Cry, two very important raid buffs, which also provide decent if not quite essential small group support. Warriors also have easy access to interrupts, stuns, slows, fear, burst mobility, and strong personal survivability – all of which make the class feel adaptable to a wide variety of situations, regardless of whether or not they happen to be the strongest DPS at the time.
Why You Shouldn’t Play a Fury Warrior in Dragonflight
One Build to Rule Them All
Although Fury actually has several very different playstyles and rotations available to it, only one of them is really competitive and it tends to be best in virtually all situations. While the playstyle is generally considered to be very fun, fast paced, and engaging, this lack of variety can become monotonous for some players, as compared to classes with vastly different playstyles between Mythic+ and raid or single target and multitarget.
Whether or not this is a detriment is a wholly personal, and players willing to experiment or simply play what they find enjoyable despite any performative differences won’t suffer from this issue, as they can easily opt into very different playstyles using Reckless Abandon and/or Annihilator.
Frantic and Frenetic
Fury is fast. It’s one of the fastest paced specializations in the game, a near constant 70 APM without stopping. Although the rotation is not particularly complicated and many consider this level of engagement to be exactly the thing that makes Fury fun and interesting to play, others may feel fatigued after playing it over the course of a lengthy dungeon or raid night, so be sure to do yourself a favor and spend some time creating comfortable keybinds and a well postured seating position!
Few Changes since Season 1
Fury received a minor overhaul in Patch 10.0.5 which greatly improved under utilized talents, pushing players toward the Anger Management and Onslaught build used today. However, it hasn’t received any changes since, which may leave it feeling a bit stagnant to some players. While the new Season 2 tier bonus does remedy this by promoting the use of Cold Steel, Hot Blood, the bulk of the rotation is unchanged – those hoping to switch from Raging Blow spam to a Bloodthirst focused rotation may find themselves disappointed.
Uncertain Raid Standing
WIth the Aberrus raid encounters tested so far being largely single target focused, Fury feels like it may have a tough time competing next tier. Although it started very strong in Vault of the Incarnates and continues to do well enough in encounters with a good deal of multitarget, its single target performance has slipped further and further toward the bottom of rankings, and the lack of multitarget opportunities in the new raid to leverage its strong cooldowns feels like it could see Fury without a place in the new raid.
However, it’s new tier bonus does help address this, as it has nearly double the single target value of the very lackluster (though fun to play) Season 1 bonus, on top of a moderate damage buff, so its prospects are looking much better than they did at the end of Season 1. Further potential tuning or the untested final boss are still unknowns, but it really is anyone’s bet on where Fury Warriors will land.
Final Thoughts
Overall, Fury’s combination of very short cooldowns, strong survivability, fantastic mobility, and extremely engaging rotation makes it feel incredibly fun to play, though it may not always perform as well as it feels like it should be doing when mashing a hundred keys a minute. The tier set also add a few things to get excited about, particularly for players focused on Mythic+, even if the majority of the gameplay remains unchanged.
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For more information on playing Fury Warrior, please see our class guide updated for Dragonflight:
Fury Warrior Guide
