Version 2.0
I will update this regularly, please post additions and correct my work.
This is up to date for Version 2.4 of Wow.
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Uber Simplified DPS Table;
1 STR ~= 2.2 AP ~= 1.05 Crit ~= 1.3 Haste ~= 1.45 AGI ~= 1.66 Hit ~= 6.5 Armor Penetration
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Max DPS has some of the best up to date information relevant to Warrior DPS. Click Fury or Arms under the Warrior drop down menu.
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Hit Rating
You will want to have at least 95, or 143 hit rating. Depending on spec.
95 Hit rating is the cap with 3/3 precision for two handed or one handed weapons.
95 Hit rating is the cap with 3/3 precision for skill miss chance negation.
143 Hit rating is the cap for two handed or one handed weapons.
143 Hit rating is the cap for skill miss chance negation.
395 Hit rating is the cap for dual wield with 3/3 precision.
443 Hit rating is the cap for dual wield.
Special note regarding 2h
You will want to cap your to hit rating. Since you depend on your white damage for rage gen. The secondary effect of this is your skills do not miss either.
Special note concerning D/w;
You do not need to cap out your to hit rating to be effective dps. Extra to hit after your minimum for your spec, increases overall damage less than crit or AP will. 9% to hit should be your minimum to hit. This is 95 hit rating with precision 3/3.
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Tips and Tads
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With the way the rage mechanic works with warriors, and the talents that are interrelated.
Warriors require math to become fully efficient at DPS.
Strength > AP. Blessing of Kings affects Strength not AP.
1 Strength = 2 AP.
W/ Blessing of Kings 1 Strength = 2.2 AP.
W/ Imp berserker stance 2 AP = 2.2 AP.
When possible, attack the mob from behind. They can't parry or block your attacks.
Slam is a 2h Warriors best friend. Slams' damage is not affected by AP normalization. A slower weapon gets more out of it. It is less threat than heroic strike. (Slam Math) Slam after every white hit.
Flurry is your best dps talent.
Impale and Imp Berserker Stance are also very good scalable talents.
Bloodthirst should always be on cooldown.
Whirlwind should always be on cooldown.
Leather and Mail are sometimes better for DPS than Plate, don't be shy about wearing it. You shouldn't be hit if you DPS right.
Get a Threat Meter, make sure you watch it. (And have the tank get one too).
Blessing of Salvation is your best DPS boosting buff. (It should increase your ability to DPS by 30%, and be able to DPS sooner)
Windfury Totem is your second best DPS boosting buff.
Blessing of Might is one of your next best DPS boosting buffs.
Blessing of Kings is AP -AND- Crit.
Blessing of Might is more AP than Kings, unless you have more than 1100 strength (or 1320 Strength with Improved Blessing of Might).
When in doubt, battle shout.
For PvE DPS Arms tree weapon specs; Sword > Axe > Mace.
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An easy way to figure how to increase your overall dps;
1. Assess current AP (add 10 more)
2. Assess current Crit Rating (add 2 more)
3. Assess current Hit Rating (Cap it out later, get your minimum, add 2 more)
4. Assess current Expertise Rating (add 2 more)
5. Assess current Haste Rating (add 2 more)
6. Assess current Armor Penetration (add 2 more)
7. Assess your current raid buffs (add 1 more
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DPS Increase Part 2
1. If you have less than 9% plus to hit (depending on spec, see below) get 9% plus to hit.
2. If you have less than 25% crit, get 25% crit rate (unbuffed)
3. Get 3000 AP (Buffed)
4. Start stacking Armor Penetration
5. Get more AP and Crit, ~180 AP = 1% crit.
Go to 4
For D/w do not shy away from gear with hit rating, the more the merrier. But do not substitute hit for Armor pen, crit or AP/str.
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Enchants
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Weapon;
Executioner, 840 Armor Penetration. This will probably be your best enchant for Main Handed Dual Wield Warrior weapons.
Mongoose, 120 Agi and a small haste rating. This will probably be your best enchant for Off Handed Dual Wield Warrior weapons.
Crusader, At Level 70 this gives 60 Str for 15 seconds and a mild heal. Mongoose is a better enchant.
Potency, 20 Strength to weapon. This is a good enchant for d/w. It is a great thing to put on an offhand weapon.
Savagery, 70 AP to 2h. This is a great enchants for 2h.
Major Agility, 35 Agi to 2h. This is a good enchant, but I would suggest Mongoose or Savagery before it.
Head enchant;
Glyph of Ferocity, 34 attack power, 16 hit rating. Cenarion Expidition Revered
Shoulder enchant;
Greater Inscription of Vengeance, 30 Attack Power, 10 Critical Strike Rating. Aldor Exalted
Greater Inscription of the Blade, 15 Critical Strike Rating, 20 Attack Power. Scryer Exalted
Cloak;
Enchant Cloak - Greater Agility, 12 Agility. Enchanter
Chest enchant;
Enchant Chest - Exceptional Stats, 6 to all stats. Enchanter
Bracer;
Enchant Bracer - Brawn, 12 Strength. Enchanter
Gloves;
Enchant Gloves - Major Strength, 15 Strength. Enchanter
Legs;
Nethercobra Leg Armor, 50 Attack Power, 12 Critical Strike Rating. Leatherworker
Boot;
Enchant Boots - Surefooted, 5% root resistance, 10 Hit Rating. Enchanter
Enchant Boots - Dexterity, 12 Agility. Enchanter
Ring;
Enchant Ring - Striking, +2 weapon damage, Enchanter only. Enchanter
Enchant Ring - Stats, 4 All Stats, Enchanter only. Enchanter
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Gems
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Rare Grade Gems
Crafted
Bold Living Ruby +8 Stregnth (Red)
Inscribed Noble Topaz +4 Strength + 4 Crit Rating (Orange)
Rigid Dawnstone +8 Hit Rating (Yellow)
Smooth Dawnstone +8 Crit Rating (Yellow)
Sovereign Nightseye +4 Strength and +6 Stamina (Purple)
Epic Grade Gems
PvP
Bold Ornate Ruby +20 AP (Red)
Inscribed Ornate Topaz +10 AP + 5 Crit Rating (Orange)
Smooth Ornate Dawnstone +10 Crit Rating (Yellow)
Crafted
Bold Crimson Spinel +10 Str (Red)
Inscribed Pyrestone +5 Str, +5 Crit Rating (Orange)
Rigid Lionseye +10 Hit Rating (Yellow)
Smooth Lionseye +10 Crit Rating (Yellow)
Wicked Pyrestone +10 AP, +5 Crit Rating (Orange)
Drops
Deadly Fire Opal +8 AP, +5 Crit Rating (Orange)
Enscribed Fire Opal +5 Str, +4 Crit Rating (Orange)
Etched Fire Opal +5 Str, +4 Hit Rating (Orange)
Pristine Fire Opal +10 AP, +4 Hit Rating (Orange)
Shifting Tanzanite +5 Agi, +6 Sta (Purple)
Sovereign Shadowsong Amethyst +5 Strength and +7 Stamina (Purple)
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Math Section
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D/w offhand
D/w offhand damage is 50% (and AP)
D/w offhand damage with D/w spec 62.5% (and AP)
Example; 100 DPS Main hand/Off hand (Merciless Gladiator), and 2800 AP (200 DPS).
Mainhand = 300 DPS
Offhand = 150 DPS
W/ 5/5 D/w spec this becomes
Mainhand = 300 DPS
Offhand = 187.5 DPS (37.5 Base DPS increase)
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Bloodthirst > Mortalstrike;
DPS * Speed * 4.67 + 981 = AP Breakpoint (For 2h)
(Example; 120 DPS * 3.5 speed * 4.67 + 981 = 2942 AP (2h))
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Crit Rating, Hit Rating, Attack Power and You
1 DPS = 14 AP
1 Str = 2 AP
1 AP + Imp berserker stance = 1.1 AP
1% to hit = 15.8 hit rating
1% to crit = 22.8 crit rating
1% to dodge/parry reduction = 4 Expertise
1 Expertise = 3.9 Expertise Rating
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Gemming
8 Hit rating gem = .5% to hit chance
8 Crit rating gem = .35% to crit chance
8 Strength Gem = 16 AP (17.6 AP w/ Imp berseker, 19.36 w/ BoK and Imp berserker)
4 Strength 4 Crit rating gem = 8 AP (8.8 w/ Imp Berserker, 9.68 w/ BoK and Imp berserker) and 0.175% to crit chance
20 AP Gem = 20 AP (22 AP w/ Imp berserker)
10 AP 5 Crit rating gem = 10 AP (11 AP w/ Imp berserker) and .22% to crit chance
10 Crit rating gem = .44% to crit chance
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AP
Good reason why to stack Strength/AP. Bloodthirst is probably your single most efficient damaging ability (endgame), and Bloodthirst scales amazingly well with AP.
AP scales very well with your critical and hit rate. It also greatly impacts your other skills damage.
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Critical DPS
Critical rating dps increases are affected by Impale. To find your Impale value, multiply your Crit rate by 20% to find Impales affect of skill damage.
For example; For 30% crit rate; 30% * 20% = 6%. Thus with 30% crit rate you will increase your skill damage by 6%. For many warriors they deal a significant portion of skill (yellow) damage. This talent becomes a very valuable increase to DPS.
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Flurry
With 25% crit rate, you have the some of the minimally required odds of keeping flurry proc'd 100% of the time. With 30-33% crit rate, you have good odds of keeping flurry proc'd 100% of the time. With 33% crit rate and higher, you have nearly a constant flurry proc'd. But 33% crit rate does not equal constant flurry. Probability is that you have a 33% chance to crit, each and every attack. This does not mean that if you miss or just hit, your next attack will have a higher likelihood of criting.
Example; You roll a 10 sided dice. You roll a 1, next you roll a 4, next you roll a 6. On your next roll you have exactally the same odds to roll a 1, 4 or 6 as you did the first time you rolled.
Now the probability of a repeat roll of 1 after a 1, is what most people refer to as your odds. You have a 1 in 100 chance (1%) of repeating it. While in truth each roll really has independent chances, unrelated to each roll preceding.
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Talent Specs
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Standard 17/44 build
2h Arms, Blood Frenzy/Slam Build 4% extra physical damage for raid > 10% extra personal auto attack damage.
2h Fury, AoE/Slam Build
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Link Section
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Addons
RatingBuster gives in game tooltip info for how much % to rating is and vice versa.
KLH Threat Meter
Omen Threat Meter (I prefer it to KLH)
ABar Auto Attack timer. (Glitchy with parry, works with d/w)
Quartz Auto Attack timer. (d/w glitchy; not fully supported)
Scrolling Combat Text extremely useful.
Rampage Bar extra buff bar dedicated to rampage, battle shout, and commanding shout. Configurable and movable, very useful.
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Useful websites
Thottbot, general reference of items and abilities.
Warrior Talent Calculator
Warcraft Armory, good reference site (so far) for checking other warrior gear and specs. Good searchable item database.
WoWJutsu, progression website for guilds. Good way to find those warriors you want to be like.
Shamulator, Enhancement shaman dps simulator, can be applied to certain aspects of Warrior DPS.
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Some Spreadsheets
Paper Theory DPS, talent support. Devioususer's Personal project at curse. Warrior DPS Spreadsheet.
Tanking Threat has some very useful information. But is intended for tanking threat simulation.
Elitest Jerks Top End PvE DPS Spreadsheet
Edited, Jul 21st 2008 11:20am by devioususer