WAR combos

Hi there,

With the game about to launch I was wondering if anyone could share WAR combos? Since game went down I have forgotten the best way to play WAR.

How do you set up your cross bar? I want to be a success playing war and I want to make sure I achieve this by combining the action to best of their ability. My WAR is level 50.


I have managed to have a little play in Beta but I would it if anyone could share possible combos to make tanking and damage dealing of a WAR to it's best ability.

WAR Combos go something like this

Heavy Swing -> Skull Sunder -> Butcher's Block (Builds 2 Wrath under Defiance)
Heavy Swing -> Maim -> Storm's Path (Single Target) or Storm's Eye (AoE) (Builds 2 Wrath under Defiance)

Wrath V Abilities > Inner Beast (single target) and Steel Cyclone (AoE)

Other abilities you want to use are Infuriate which automatically gives you Wrath V and Unchained, which keeps the hate buff but loses the damage nerf of Defiance for ordinary abilities.

Also, you can build wrath by using Berserk and Vengeance which both grant 1 Wrath each.

I'm just going to say that warrior is not a DPS. I assume you put this in the DPS roles thread because you're expecting that of it. Don't.

Wasn't really conscious of where I posted it. WAR might not be the best DPS but it can still be effective, when playing solo. Also, was just looking for advice on the best way to play WAR and it's combos, which HiirNoivl kindly suggested. Be it for tanking, damage dealing or a combination of both.

Just making sure you know its role is tank, thats all.

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Originally Posted by Raduga

Wasn't really conscious of where I posted it. WAR might not be the best DPS but it can still be effective, when playing solo. Also, was just looking for advice on the best way to play WAR and it's combos, which HiirNoivl kindly suggested. Be it for tanking, damage dealing or a combination of both.

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It's a tank class, only a tank class, nothing but a tank class.
You would get better results posting topics about and asking questions about it in the Tank forums

First, let me suggest you that if you really want several advices from WAR players, you should post your thread on their main section that is Tank roles. :)

For your question, here're some of my opinions:

[A] Heavy Swing -> Skull Sunder -> Butcher's Block
[B] Heavy Swing -> Maim -> Storm's Path
[C] Heavy Swing -> Maim -> Storm's Eye

-If you don't have Maim and Storm's Eye buff >use combo C
-If you have Maim buff >use combo A
-If you want to restore your HP >use combo B
-When you're infuriated and you have only one enemy, use Inner Beast (your most powerful single hit WS).
-When you're infuriated and you have a lot of enemies and want to kill them fast, use Steel Cyclone.
-Try to mix your abilities together for better performance. (ex.Blood Bath+Berserk)

Hope you have fun playing WAR :D

Yep this is the wrong forums.

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Originally Posted by HiirNoivl

Heavy Swing -> Maim -> Storm's Path (Single Target) or Storm's Eye (AoE) (Builds 2 Wrath under Defiance)

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I think storm's eye is single target now just like storm's path the only aoes are steel cyclone and overpower

Considering a WARs best combo is straight up enmity boost on top of madsively increased combo potency. (Heavy Swing > Skull Sunder > Butchers Block) It's a straight tank class. Luna Child summarized how warrior is played extremely well by the way. Also, if you're trying to DPS I don't think being in Defiance is a good plan you take a damage reduction with an increase in enmity.

to actually get to the point of the OP -

open with Fracture

fracture is a 300 potency attack, MRD or WAR's highest - assuming you don't reapply it early

if you're in the habit of clipping your DoTs, well, stop

as people are saying here though, mrd/war isn't exactly a DPS, although ARR seems to be following the WoW reasoning that became prevalent around the cataclysm era and decided that tanks should do some meaningful damage

so yeah, war and even pld do some respectable DPS - just nowhere near what a competently played DPS class will

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Originally Posted by Vmage

to actually get to the point of the OP -

open with Fracture

fracture is a 300 potency attack, MRD or WAR's highest - assuming you don't reapply it early

if you're in the habit of clipping your DoTs, well, stop

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Stunned how no one told the OP to open with fracture.....

Can anyone positively confirm if Storm's Path has a duration for it's healing ability like Bloodbath, or is it just an one time finisher?

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Originally Posted by Kraze

Can anyone positively confirm if Storm's Path has a duration for it's healing ability like Bloodbath, or is it just an one time finisher?

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Yes, Storm's Path is one-time. If your Storm's Path hit for 150 dmg, you restore 75 hp (50% of dmg done).

I have been wondering and it looks like from your posts when Murauder can change to the warrior job, warrior stays as a Tank and cant become a dps role for duty finder? I ask because three friends and i are going to play together and we are getting our jobs ready for eachother. Thank you ahead of time for the info.

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Originally Posted by Vaublicaud

I have been wondering and it looks like from your posts when Murauder can change to the warrior job, warrior stays as a Tank and cant become a dps role for duty finder? I ask because three friends and i are going to play together and we are getting our jobs ready for eachother. Thank you ahead of time for the info.

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Correct, Marauder is a tank and warrior is a better tank.

umm i think this is the wrong thread

We're now so bored that we're necrobumping titles that have been laid to rest long ago?

Thread Necromancer will be the new DPs class.

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Originally Posted by Leafcore

Stunned how no one told the OP to open with fracture.....

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You don't because you want to get the Maim buff/Slashing Debuff up first.

I usu open with TH/OP-> (Unchained) -> Eye ->(Berserk) BBlock ->(IB) Fracture -> BBlock/Path -> Eye (pacification mid-combo)

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Originally Posted by Dement

We're now so bored that we're necrobumping titles that have been laid to rest long ago?

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Did not see that it was Necro'd. Well-played to whomever credit goes to.

As a war main that lives spec ing as much strength as I can get by with and opening with a dps rotation, I not only have no idea why this was posted here, but I also don't get why people are suggesting to open with fracture. They are either deliberately trolling, or flat out wrong. 300 potency sounds nice, but the you consider the lack of Aggro gen, lack of wrath stacks, and delaying getting your maul buff up and suddenly it doesn't look so good.

*LOVES SPECCING. Gotta love auto"correct".

^ or its 20 month old information lol