Warrior Leveling Guide from 1 to 80 (2024)

Last updated on Oct 21, 2024 at 21:00 by Archimtiros and Mwahi1 comment

On this page, you will Warrior-specific information pertaining to leveling from 1 to 80, as well aslinks to leveling guides for each of the Warrior specs.

Welcome to our Warrior leveling guide. Here you will find all youneed to know to level up your Warrior efficiently. In addition, you may wishto check out our general Leveling guide,complete with detailed information on XP, mounts, addons, consumables, tips, andmore. We encourage to read it to increase your leveling speed even more.

Leveling up as a Warrior is fairly simple and straightforward: Charge in and hit things! While Warriors also have the benefit ofbeing able to switch to a Tank specialization in order to join Dungeon groupsmuch faster, Arms and Fury are much better suited to questing, featuringseveral tools to keep themselves healthy and deal a lot of damage both inAoE and single-target situations.

When choosing which Spec to level as you first have to think if you wish tolevel as a Tank or as a DPS. All 3 Warrior Specs are capable of fast questingand will not hinder your leveling process, though Arms and Fury are typicallyfaster for anything other than getting quick dungeon queues as Protection.

Fury and Arms are both solid in solo content and can deal out a lot of damagewith their various abilities.They both also have plenty of sustain to getthrough their enemies without having to slow down. Choosing which one tolevel will generally come down to personal preference, although Arms tends tobe slightly faster up to around level 33. Check out the individual guidesbelow for more information.

While Protection Warrior deals less damage than Fury and Arms, they havethe benefit of survivability, able to chain pull near limitlessly, even in themost basic of green questing gear. Tanks also tend to have competitive damageat lower levels, though they will eventually be outscaled by the end of theleveling process.

Basic Warrior abilities are unlocked over the first twelve levels ofgameplay, with more advanced ones coming from talents, alternating between oneclass or one specialization talent point gained per level. Before unlockingthe talent system and choosing a specialization at level 10, all Warriors willstart out essentially playing Protection, using Shield Slam as theprimary ability.

• At Level 1, you start with Slam as your primary Rage spender.
• At Level 2, you unlock Charge. This will help you close the gapbetween you and your enemy and generate Rage.
• At Level 3, you unlock Shield Slam, a single target damage dealer,which should be used on cooldown until picking a specialization at level10.
• At Level 4, you unlock Hamstring. Slow down a single enemy helpingto put some distance between you.
• At Level 5, you unlock Victory Rush. Allows you to heal yourselfafter defeating a enemy. This will help you to keep healthy during leveling.
• At Level 6, you unlock Shield Block, a defensive ability thatblocks incoming physical attacks.
• At Level 6, you also unlock Execute via a Quest called"A Warrior's End". It is a high-damage combat finisher, normally usablewhen the target is below 20% health.
• At Level 7, you unlock Pummel, which interrupts enemyspellcasting and prevents them from casting again for a short time.
• At Level 8, you also unlock Taunt, athreat tool which forces the enemy to focus and attack you.
• At Level 9, you unlock Whirlwind, an AoE Rage spender whichthat hits up to 5 enemies.
• At Level 10, you unlock Heroic Throw, a weak ranged attack, mainlyused to pull enemies from afar.
• At Level 10, you also unlock Battle Shout, a very important groupbuff which increases attack power.
• At Level 11, you unlock Victory Rush, increasing its healing.
• At Level 12, you unlock Berserker Rage, an on-demand fear andincapacitate breaking effect.
• Further spells and abilities are unlocked through talents within yourchosen specialization.

Heirlooms will help make Leveling a even smoother experience. When lookingto buy them you should keep in mind to get the ones that provide you withHaste, lowering the cooldown of most rotational abilities, and making thegameplay experience that much smoother. To get more information aboutHeirlooms and where to obtain them from, you can take a look at theguide below!

Once you've reached Level 80 and your leveling journey has found its end, you definitelywant to check out the in-depth information on how to excel in all types of PvE content bychecking out our Warrior Specialization Guides!