Fury Warrior DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Fury Warrior abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.1.7).

Single Target

Ensure Berserker Stance is active before the encounter begins.

Use before Avatar
Use on cooldown or for burst
Use with Recklessness
Use while Enraged
Use while Enraged
Use while Enraged
Use while Enraged
Use with 2 stacks of Sudden Death or <3 stacks of Imminent Demise
Use if Enrage is not active
Use during Recklessness
Use with 3 stacks of Marked For Execution
Use during Recklessness
Use with Brutal Finish and <5 stacks of Slaughtering Strikes
Use with >100 Rage
Use with Vicious Contempt or 4+ stacks of Bloodcraze
Use with Improved Whirlwind talented

Maintain Enrage by using Rampage and prioritize abilities like Thunder Blast and Avatar during burst windows. Use Execute strategically with procs and stacks, and fill gaps with Bloodthirst and Raging Blow.

AoE

Use before Avatar
Use with Recklessness
Use while Enraged or with Titanic Rage
Use if Enrage is not active
Use while Enraged
Use if Meat Cleaver buff is not active
Use while Enraged
Use while Enraged
Use while Enraged or with Titanic Rage
Use if Meat Cleaver buff is not active
Refresh Ashen Juggernaut with <2s remaining
Use while Enraged
Use with Vicious Contempt or 4+ stacks of Bloodcraze
Use during Recklessness
Use during Recklessness
Use as filler
Use with Sudden Death
Use as filler

For AoE, maintain Meat Cleaver with Whirlwind and prioritize Thunder Blast, Avatar, and Ravager during burst. Use Odyns Fury and Bladestorm while Enraged for high AoE damage.

Cooldowns

Use on cooldown for Rage generation
Align with Recklessness for max synergy
Use for burst AoE or to apply Dancing Blades
Use for AoE or Rage generation
Use for AoE or single-target with Unhinged
Use preemptively for survival
Use to support group survival

Use Recklessness and Avatar together for burst. Odyns Fury and Ravager excel in AoE, while Enraged Regeneration and Rallying Cry provide defensive utility.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

Single-Button Assistant
Assisted Highlight
Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.