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Rotations

Enmity Generation

It is best practice to enter Defiance stance while generating enmity.

Single Target Enmity

Tomahawk > Brutal Swing > Heavy Swing > Skull Sunder > Butcher's Block

This rotation assumes you've entered Defiance stance prior to the pull. Additionally, this rotation may not be optimal for all encounters, but is given as a basic entry-level opener.

Multi Target Enmity

Tomahawk > Brutal Swing > Overpower > Switch Target > Heavy Swing > Skull Sunder > Switch Target > Butcher's Block > Switch Target > Heavy Swing > Skull Sunder > Switch Target > Butcher's Block > Heavy Swing > Maim > Steel Cyclone

This rotation assumes you've entered Defiance stance prior to the pull. Additionally, this rotation may not be optimal for all encounters, but is given as a basic entry-level opener.

Damage Output

It is best practice to enter Deliverance stance while dealing damage. However, Defiance should be your active battle stance if you're tanking adds as the OT (off-tank) or acting as the MT (main tank) in a full-party instance. If there are no adds in the fight and you're in the OT position, you may instead remain in Deliverance stance.

Basic Damage

Heavy Swing > Brutal Swing > Maim > Storm's Path

Although the Storm's Path combo is lesser overall potency than the Butcher's Block combo, this sequence does not run the risk of taking enmity away from the MT, while also applying a 10% slashing resistance down debuff on the target that lasts for 20 seconds. Reducing slashing resistance will enable both you, the MT, and any Ninja players in the party to deal increased damage to the target for the duration of the debuff. Note that this does not stack with a Ninja's Dancing Edge.

High Damage

Heavy Swing > Berserk > Maim > Brutal Swing > Storm's Path > Heavy Swing > Skull Sunder > Butcher's Block > Fell Cleave

Please note that use of this damage combo at the outset of a pull can potentially rip enmity off the MT if they are not prepared. It is generally not recommended to use this combo at the start of combat. Further, once the 20 second duration of Berserk expires, you be inflicted with the Pacification debuff for 5 seconds, which prohibits the use of weapon skills.

Fell Cleave Chain

Heavy Swing > Brutal Swing > Maim > Storm's Path > Heavy Swing > Skull Sunder > Butcher's Block > Heavy Swing > Berserk > Fell Cleave > Infuriate > Fell Cleave > Vengeance > Maim > Raw Intuition > Storm's Path > Brutal Swing > Heavy Swing > Skull Sunder > Fell Cleave > Butcher's Block > Fracture

This is an advanced damage combo that will enable you to land three successive Fell Cleave attacks within the span of the 50% attack power boost conferred by Berserk. Note that this rotation requires that the oGCD (off-global cool down) abilities listed here must be weaved in-between your regular weapon skills. Performing this technique requires practice and specific timing, as well as the capacity to remain within melee range of the target for the duration needed to land each attack. Depending upon your skill speed stat, you may also not be able to fit in the final Fracture attack prior to being inflicted with Pacification.

Observe that this same rotation can, however, also be used in large multi-group pulls if and only if you and your party are comfortable with you entering Deliverance stance after the initial pull, replacing each Fell Cleave in the combo above with the AoE attack Decimate. Additionally, doing this assumes you understand to establish a large enmity lead against the group with use of Overpower and the cross-class skill Flash, as well as properly positioning yourself to avoid the auto-criticals incurred from rear and flank attacks after using Raw Intuition.

Damage Mitigation

Cross Class Skills

Tips and Tricks

Managing available TP (tech points) to use your abilities effectively and consistently is a large part of playing Warrior well. Making use of the special attacks granted at five stacks of Wrath/Abandon, which cost no TP to use, will help your native TP regeneration. Conservative use of Tomahawk and Overpower to establish enmity leads at each pull will assist in this area, as well as knowing when it is prudent to enter Deliverance stance to use Equilibrium for an extra 200 TP.
Learning when to switch between your stances is key to maximizing Warrior's overall potential. As you grow more comfortable and confident with the play style of the class, it becomes easier to understand when you can switch to Deliverance for extra burst damage, and when it is necessary to re-enter Defiance, either for mitigation or building up further enmity.
Although tanks do not make use of positionals for their attacks, Warrior is the only tank class where understanding how you are positioned in relation to enemies can affect your defenses. Knowing the exact boundaries of your front arc is will ultimately lead to frequent and more intelligent use of Raw Intuition, and greater mitigation. Further, learning the exact reach and arc radius of the cone on Overpower will allow you to move effectively use it as you position your own forward arc during group pulls.

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-==Rotations==
+=Rotations=
-[[Heavy Swing]] > [[Skull Sunder]] > [[Butcher's Block]]
+==Enmity Generation==
+It is best practice to enter [[Defiance]] stance while generating enmity.
+===Single Target Enmity===
+[[Tomahawk]] > [[Brutal Swing]] > [[Heavy Swing]] > [[Skull Sunder]] > [[Butcher's Block]]<br />
-*This is your [[enmity]]-building combo and also the combo that deals the most damage. No other special stuff with this combo.
+This rotation assumes you've entered '''Defiance''' stance prior to the pull.  Additionally, this rotation may not be optimal for all encounters, but is given as a basic '''entry-level''' opener.
-[[Heavy Swing]] > [[Maim]] > [[Storm's Path]]
+===Multi Target Enmity===
+[[Tomahawk]] > [[Brutal Swing]] > [[Overpower]] > Switch Target > [[Heavy Swing]] > [[Skull Sunder]] > Switch Target > [[Butcher's Block]] > Switch Target > [[Heavy Swing]] > [[Skull Sunder]] > Switch Target > [[Butcher's Block]] > [[Heavy Swing]] > [[Maim]] > [[Steel Cyclone]]<br />
-*This is the combo that reduces the damage dealt by the enemy (by 10%). If you're MTing, this and BB combo are the combos you want to be using.
+This rotation assumes you've entered '''Defiance''' stance prior to the pull.  Additionally, this rotation may not be optimal for all encounters, but is given as a basic '''entry-level''' opener.
-[[Heavy Swing]] > [[Maim]] > [[Storm's Eye]]
+==Damage Output==
+It is best practice to enter [[Deliverance]] stance while dealing damage.  However, '''Defiance''' should be your active battle stance if you're tanking adds as the OT (off-tank) or acting as the MT (main tank) in a full-party instance.  If there are no adds in the fight and you're in the OT position, you may instead remain in '''Deliverance''' stance.
-*This is the DPS-increasing combo for WARs. [[Storm's Eye]] reduces the slashing resistance of the enemy, hence, PLDs and WARs will deal more damage. If you're OTing, this and the Storm's Path combo are the combos to be used.
+===Basic Damage===
+[[Heavy Swing]] > [[Brutal Swing]] > [[Maim]] > [[Storm's Path]]
-Basically, you want Maim to be kept up at all times. If you're MTing, keep Storm's Path up and use the Butcher's Block combo. If you're OTing, keep Storm's Eye+Storm's Path up; you don't need to do the Butcher's Block combo.
+Although the Storm's Path combo is lesser overall potency than the Butcher's Block combo, this sequence does not run the risk of taking enmity away from the MT, while also applying a '''10% slashing resistance down''' debuff on the target that lasts for 20 seconds.  Reducing slashing resistance will enable both you, the MT, and any [[Ninja]] players in the party to deal increased damage to the target for the duration of the debuff.  Note that this does not stack with a Ninja's [[Dancing Edge]].
-While all this is going on, you are building Wrath stacks. At 5 stacks, you become Infuriated, unlocking 3 skills: Inner Beast, [[Unchained]] and [[Steel Cyclone]].
+===High Damage===
+[[Heavy Swing]] > [[Berserk]] > [[Maim]] > [[Brutal Swing]] > [[Storm's Path]] > [[Heavy Swing]] > [[Skull Sunder]] > [[Butcher's Block]] > [[Fell Cleave]]
-Inner Beast is a situational ability that heals you for 100% of the damage done and gives you a 5 second window where damage received is reduced by 20%. Therefore, you want to time this ability with incoming heavy damage such as Titan's Mountain Buster, Ultima's Diffraction Laser, Twintania's Death Sentence.
+Please note that use of this damage combo at the outset of a pull can potentially rip enmity off the MT if they are not prepared.  It is generally not recommended to use this combo at the start of combat.  Further, once the 20 second duration of '''Berserk''' expires, you be inflicted with the [[Pacification]] debuff for 5 seconds, which prohibits the use of weapon skills.
-Unchained removes the damage penalty of [[Defiance]], hence you deal 25% more damage while in Defiance mode. It's on a 2 minute cooldown, sadly.
+===Fell Cleave Chain===
-Steel Cyclone is a AOE enmity-generating skill. If you use this on a bunch of mobs, DPS or even another tank would be hard-pressed to peel the mobs off you. It's a good skill to start a fight with. This ability is very useful in T4's add phases.
+[[Heavy Swing]] > [[Brutal Swing]] > [[Maim]] > [[Storm's Path]] > [[Heavy Swing]] > [[Skull Sunder]] > [[Butcher's Block]] > [[Heavy Swing]] > [[Berserk]] > [[Fell Cleave]] > [[Infuriate]] > [[Fell Cleave]] > [[Vengeance]] > [[Maim]] > [[Raw Intuition]] > [[Storm's Path]] > [[Brutal Swing]] > [[Heavy Swing]] > [[Skull Sunder]] > [[Fell Cleave]] > [[Butcher's Block]] > [[Fracture]]
-==Tips and Tricks==
+This is an advanced damage combo that will enable you to land three successive '''Fell Cleave''' attacks within the span of the 50% attack power boost conferred by '''Berserk.'''  Note that this rotation requires that the oGCD (off-global cool down) abilities listed here must be weaved in-between your regular weapon skills.  Performing this technique requires practice and specific timing, as well as the capacity to remain within melee range of the target for the duration needed to land each attack.  Depending upon your skill speed stat, you may also not be able to fit in the final '''Fracture''' attack prior to being inflicted with '''Pacification.'''
+Observe that this same rotation can, however, also be used in large multi-group pulls if and only if you and your party are comfortable with you entering '''Deliverance''' stance after the initial pull, replacing each '''Fell Cleave''' in the combo above with the AoE attack [[Decimate]].  Additionally, doing this assumes you understand to establish a large enmity lead against the group with use of [[Overpower]] and the cross-class skill [[Flash]], as well as properly positioning yourself to avoid the auto-criticals incurred from rear and flank attacks after using '''Raw Intuition.'''
+=Damage Mitigation=
+=Cross Class Skills=
+=Tips and Tricks=
+*Managing available TP (tech points) to use your abilities effectively and consistently is a large part of playing '''Warrior''' well.  Making use of the special attacks granted at five stacks of Wrath/Abandon, which cost no TP to use, will help your native TP regeneration.  Conservative use of '''Tomahawk''' and '''Overpower''' to establish enmity leads at each pull will assist in this area, as well as knowing when it is prudent to enter '''Deliverance''' stance to use [[Equilibrium]] for an extra 200 TP.
+*Learning when to switch between your stances is key to maximizing Warrior's overall potential.  As you grow more comfortable and confident with the play style of the class, it becomes easier to understand when you can switch to '''Deliverance''' for extra burst damage, and when it is necessary to re-enter '''Defiance,''' either for mitigation or building up further enmity.
+*Although tanks do not make use of positionals for their attacks, Warrior is the only tank class where understanding how you are positioned in relation to enemies can affect your defenses.  Knowing the exact boundaries of your front arc is will ultimately lead to frequent and more intelligent use of '''Raw Intuition,''' and greater mitigation.  Further, learning the exact reach and arc radius of the cone on '''Overpower''' will allow you to move effectively use it as you position your own forward arc during group pulls.

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