Tier list

Warrior

Rank 6 of 9 · build 2026-10-16

B69%

Great in raids and duels, but slow, rage-starved leveling holds it back.

Leveling52%
Endgame85%
PvP72%

Mostly agree

Specs

Armsmelee dps
B 65%
Leveling56%
Endgame85%
PvP53%

Smooth leveling and mounted-target burst

Furymelee dps
D 44%
Leveling40%
Endgame55%
PvP37%

Dual-wield damage with a fresh rework

A 78%
Leveling71%
Endgame87%
PvP75%

Comfortable tanking with sword and board

Why it scores this way

  • Battle Shout now covers the whole raid, which makes Warriors very useful in raids.
  • Rage depends on landing hits, so a miss streak leaves you idle while leveling.
  • Two-handed leveling is the worst of it. Arms with Rend and Victory Rush plays much smoother.
  • Slam can no longer be pushed back by hits, so it is safer to use in fights.
  • Players worry a flat rage system turns Warriors into plate-wearing Rogues at endgame.

Strong at

  • Raid-wide Battle Shout
  • Arms tree is fun
  • Spearing Strike dismount

Weak at

  • Rage starves on misses
  • Two-handers level badly
  • Loses to Paladins in duels

What changed in Forever

BuffBattle Shout buffs the whole raid2026-10-15
BuffSlam can no longer be pushed back2026-10-15
BuffOverpower works on low-level targets2026-10-15
BuffRage from damage taken bugs fixed2026-10-08
BuffBasic-attack crits raise Rage to 100% (was 75%)2026-10-01
BuffWhirlwind hits with both weapons2026-10-01
BuffBloodthirst scaling raised2026-10-01
NerfSlam given an 18 second cooldown2026-09-24
Sources & every model's scores
ModelLevelingEndgamePvP
beam597
big-pickle598
deepseek-v4.1-flash497
glm-5.3-flash497
longcat-2.5-preview598
mimo-v2.6-flash498
nemotron-3-ultra687
inception_mercury-2.5586
nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b698
poolside_laguna-s-2.1896
thinkingmachines_inkling566
xingchen-agi_xing4.0-29b-a4b587
space-bunny588
Each model scored 1–10 from the same fact pack. The page shows the average × 10.

Sources