some tips on arms warrior Options

[Akasaki]

hi all, i've been playing on this server for quite sometime, my name is Kojiro a player from Australia (played the old chaos crusade), one thing i must say is that im not pro, because i cant claim i am pro when theres Xemp, Gforce, Syn and all other pro warriors around XD. but well i've decided to make a guide for people who just started warriors.

i'm orc warrior, i chosed it because of axe spec, bloodfury and the reduce duration of stun racial skill which i find quite useful (not saying wars in other race are bad), anyway chose which ever race u find u like with warriors.

add talents will be mainly focused on arms, since its an arms war thread. ok the talent which are bugged here are, tactical mastery, anger management, juggernaut, second wind (partial bugged due to it does not proc on immobilizing effect) and u shouldnt get improve slam since slam does not work. so choose the talents u like.

my suggestion on the talents that u should get other than the obvious talents are: iron will, improve overpower, taste for blood, improve hamstring (very important), unrelenting assault, second wind, piercing howl and blood craze

ok after u chosed ur talents, we start to make macros that goes with ur skill. these macros are my suggestions
notice there will be quite a lot of macros with 1hand and shield, that is to prevent u from getting too much dmg during the time when ur instant skills are down

macro one: rend macro - /equip 2hander name
/cast rend
/equip one hander
/equip shield
using rend in a 2hander will maximize ur rend's dmg, and it is quite important vsing platers

macro two: overpower macro - /equip 2hander name
/cast overpower
/equip onehander
/equip shield
this maximizing overpower dmg when u cast it and prevent u from casting it in 1hander mode

macro three: shield slam macro: /equip 1hander name
/equip shield
/cast shield slam
a lot of people dont realise the importance of shield slam, it is an extra hit for warriors and it dispel magic effect which is quite useful on priest shield, mage shield and paladin's hand of freedom with luck

macro four: mortal strike macro: /equip 2hand name
/cast mortal strike
/equip 1hander
/equip shield
again maxing mortal dmg and reducing dmg taken while some instants are down

macro five: mocking blow: /equip 2hand name
/cast mocking blow
/equip 1 hander
/equip shield
most people dont know that mocking blow is a 1 mins cd spell which deals quite nice dmg and its instant, it is very good for instant nuking healer and its dmg is close to mortal strike

macro six: spell reflection: /equip 1hander
/equip shield
/cast spell reflection
quicker instead of u click ur shield when u spell reflecting

macro seven: shield block: /equip 1hander
/equip shield
/cast defensive stance
/cast shield block
mainly used against melee classes, espeically for bladestorm when u r slow changing stances manually, remember u can revenge every second while this is active since unrelenting assault makes revenge cd 1 sec, after shield block finishes u should disarm the opponent before switching to battlestance

macro eight: shield bash: /equip 1hander
/equip shield
/cast pummel
interrupting spells XD, try not to use pummel over this, shield bash interrupts for 6 secs while pummel only 4 and plus they share cooldown so use wisely

ok, thats pretty much the macros i use, im pretty sure there will be plenty other good macros, but im only as good as these ones XD

NOTE: this guide is only my thoughts and suggestions on certain situations, it is not the only way to play warrior and there would be better ways to play it, im just sharing my thoughts

starting 1 v 1 guide now, first guide war against war

a war against war is just raw melee dps, heres some tips, whoever get charge off dw about it, either u or the other war finishes charging the next skill u'll use is hamstring, then rend, after that go mortal, shield slam and mocking blow. taste for blood should be procing by now so u'll use overpower, however u dont have to use this rotation, coz it is always better to use overpower as soon as taste for blood procs, go for another mortal after the full rotation, now use hamstring again, with improved hamstring and the glyph it might immobilize the war, if it doesnt my suggestion is to use ur medallion. why? coz after u medallioned u can run at full speed while the other war runs at 50% unless they have medallioned as well right after u, then u should use piercing shout to range slow them to keep distance within 8 yards coz thats the range for intercept, and kite until ur taste for blood procs again; jump back in overpower and jump away, if ur lucky and skilled enough, the other war wont be able to hamstring u on time, then u can wait for another taste for blood proc before go in hand to hand battle because that when rend fades and u would have to rend the other war again to get taste for blood proc. and dont forgot to use ur heroic throw, its one extra atk. after the rend fades and going for round 2 raw fight, use the same rotation mortal first, shield slam, overpower and mortal strike until u can execute. some situations such as disarms and bladestorm u should use shield block macro to reduce dmg taken, dont be regret of ur rage because after shield block u can disarm as well and change back to battle stance, if u find a warrior out dpsing u, use intimidating shout and use shattering throw if possible, to reduce enemy armor by 20% however if u c them using zerk rage then u will have to immediately stop casting because he will LOCK all ur melee skills if he uses pummel or shield bash. whether u need to burn retailiation, recklessness or shield wall that depends if u want to. im not a cd burner, hell i dont even use bladestorm against wars =.=

second guide, mage

a mage is ur hardest oppoent of all classes, whether fire, arcane and frost are challenging for a war, even more so if the mage is frost. however since mage is a kiting class, i'll just discuss frost mage since it is the hardest spec for a warrior to beat sometimes if ur lucky u can beat it though lol. ok first things off u charge in just keep banging the key board plz, if the mage didnt let u charge.................. well then there is quite a big change u will lose. ok u get the charge off, use hamstring, if lucky the mage will be immobilized and will be force to whether ice block, blink or medallioned, because 5 sec of nuke is devastating for a mage. however it should be enough time for u to use rend because the mage should use about 1 sec to realise they are immobilized, because most frost mages uses froze nova when u charge, but why rend? because it is dot and it can waste the mage's ice barrier with heroic throw in range so preventing u from getting the second froze nova u get from breaking the ice barrier, so if ur lucky u can waste 2 froze novas plus a ice block, blink or medallion. however if improved hamstring didnt proc, dont panick, panicking slows down ur reaction time and ur reaction is really important in a frost mage fight, just use spell flection heroic throw and use ur throw weapons to break the ice barrier from range before u intercept, most of the time the mage will use blink here, so again ur at range against the mage, use medallion here straight away to cancel the slow on u and run to him asap and use bladestorm, because a mage need to turn himself around after blink this will buy u running time, and bladestorm before u get slowed plz, bladestorm dont cancel slow effects like it should but at least it makes u immune to it, if this is done properly it will force the mage to use ice block, because blink is down hence he burned a 5 mins cd, so giving u a reason to burn ur 5 mins cd shield wall as well , BUT later i mean. after the mage wait for his froze nova and blink to finish in the ice block he will froze nova u then start nuking u and kiting u. so again ur at range with the mage, now switch to battle stance use blood rage and use spell reflection on the big nukes because when u switch stances u wont be able to use spell reflection because tactical mastery dont work and throws, STANDING plz, dont abuse the throwing bug. because there is no chance u will get close to a mage by just walking, while throw actually do some dmg, break its ice barrier first before ur second intercept, hence forcing the mage to blink; why? wasting the mage's mana, dont even think u can get close to a frost mage without juggernaut working mate. use berserker rage and enrage regen when ur hp gets down to 50%, not too low because then ur regen wont out last the nukes, and keep ur spell reflection up on every nukes and use throws more. by now, i mean serious now much mana a mage have? i've seen Gforce and Warbunny duel and Gforce can burn Warbunny's mana to almost empty, if not then u have to use shield wall, they've used a 5 mins why cant we ? when shield wall is up mages will not use any spells to waste their mana, plus if a mage poly's u and evos then u will actually get 2 full hp for round 2 and most of the time ur medallion and bladestorm will also be rdy by now. and just keep on using the method above, try to burn out all the mages mana then u can intercept hamstring kill. whenever mages pops water elemental its a good idea to kill it, it usually only takes about 2-3 shots anyway to prevent u from getting another novas and some minor damage. quote from me "mages are really hard, this is only in theory while carrying this out is completely upto how fast u react" and keep ur head's cool so u know what u r doing.

tips on spell reflection: watch their cast bars for nukes and try to cast spell reflection as close as possible before the nukes comes, so theres bigger chance the mage wont realise and interrupt their owns spells, and cancel spell reflection if u see them casting poly, because that will regen their hp and mana.

guide 3 against paladins

hell ret pally outdps u a lot lol. anyway try to get the charge off, if u see them approaching u before the duel starts, go defense mode and switch to 1hander shield immediately, he will likely using hoj on u to stop u from charging and nuke u, medallion before u get nuked, and zerk rage whenever he use repentance, use piercing shout (only slow available in defensive stance) and shield block, and keep revenging, when the paladin knows wat ur doing he will hands of freedom and run away until ur shield block fades, use shield slam now, if lucky u might be able to dispel his hand of freedom and use piercing shout on him again, if not well........ just deal with it and chase him and revenge him on his white hit blocks if possible, after ur shield block fades, and he returns dpsing on u, dont use disarm immediately, try to kite him and w8 for his hand of freedom to fade, then piercing howl, disarm, switch to battle stance, hamstring, rend and start dpsing using the same rotation against warrior, now the advantage u have is that he is now slowed, plus his hoj is down and with no weapon for 5 secs. so u should be out dpsing him at this point if u out dps him most of the time u will win because he wont be able to CC u and heal unless he saved up repentance, zerk rage immediately and shield bash them, NOTE shield bash is a very good ability, because it works a different way than silence and will lock a specific spell tree, and all paladin's spell are holy so u locked hands of freedom and u also lock his divine shield for 6 sec(this is a proven fact u can divine shield when u got silenced but not interrupted and spell school locked, it works on retail, if it doesnt here then its a bug), try to dps him down in this 6 secs
if not then ur up for round 2 because he will divine shield and start healing, burn ur enrage regen and whichever 5 mins cd u want, i do suggest shield wall here, because the paladin will try to hoj the second time and nuking u, after ur shield wall is gone wat u do now is to fight to death, nothing much u can do really, though dont forgot u can disarm and shield block for round 2. if he uses lay on hand and starts round 3, then well.......... bl ur in a deep hole here.

i would really like to post my thoughts on pvping other classes but im tired atm, it tooked me 2 hrs writing this guide........ checking up for spelling mistakes of spells and things lol. anyway i've poured my heart out, please comment on this guide, and pros; please go easy on me............. XD

[LampaN]

I have this macro
/cast Defensive Stance
/equip Savage Gladiator's Shield Wall
/equip Savage Gladiator's Slicer
But everytime i use it. It unequips my shield. Why?