WoW Forever Warrior builds, the most popular from 25,032 planned here

9,106 of the 25,032 Warrior builds with 41 or more points planned here (36%) lead in Fury, 8,968 in Protection and 6,958 in Arms. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Protection has 41%, Fury 33% and Arms 26%. Protection is the shield tree Warriors tank with: Defiance raises threat in Defensive Stance while a shield is equipped, and Vanguard lets Charge work in Defensive Stance. Arms is the two-handed tree and Fury the dual-wield tree, the two damage trees. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Fury. 47.9% of the Warrior leveling orders people recorded lead in Protection. Every build below opens in the Warrior calculator, and the Warrior leveling order shows the order people place these points in.

Counted on 1 Nov 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Fury 36%
• Protection 36%
• Arms 28%

WoW Forever Fury Warrior build

9,106 of the 25,032 Warrior builds with 41 or more points (36%) lead in Fury; the most used is 17/34/0 (#2), going to Bloodthirst. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Fury builds take.

WoW Forever Protection Warrior build (tank)

8,968 of the 25,032 Warrior builds with 41 or more points (36%) lead in Protection; the most used is 7/5/39 (#1), going to Shield Slam. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Protection builds take.

WoW Forever Arms Warrior build

6,958 of the 25,032 Warrior builds with 41 or more points (28%) lead in Arms; the most used is 37/11/0 (#3), going to Mortal Strike. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Arms builds take.

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The 5 most popular level 60 Warrior builds Arms / Fury / Protection points

Builds of 46 points or more of the 51 a level 60 Warrior has.

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   Protection Warrior 7/5/39

   #1 by what people did with it since the Oct 8 patch Arms 7 / Fury 5 / Protection 39 1.8% of every Warrior share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 120 · saved 271 · opened 2,084 · across 104 close builds · tagged LevelingPvE Takes Improved Shield Wall 2/2, Concussion Blow, Focused Rage 3/3, Bastion 5/5 and Shield Slam. Maxes Deflection, Improved Charge, Cruelty, Improved Bloodrage, Shield Specialization, Anticipation and 11 more. Takes Defiance, the shield threat talent Warriors tank with.
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   Fury Warrior 17/34/0

   #2 by what people did with it since the Oct 8 patch Arms 17 / Fury 34 / Protection 0 0.8% of every Warrior share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 44 · saved 134 · opened 932 · across 104 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Death Wish, Flurry 5/5 and Bloodthirst. Maxes Improved Heroic Strike, Improved Rend, Improved Tactical Mastery, Anger Management, Deep Wounds, Impale and 9 more.
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   Arms Warrior 37/11/0

   #3 by what people did with it since the Oct 8 patch Arms 37 / Fury 11 / Protection 0 2.6% of every Warrior share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 105 · saved 260 · opened 3,284 · across 115 close builds Takes Bloodthrill 5/5, Sweeping Strikes, Weaponmaster 5/5, Improved Slam 2/2 and Mortal Strike. Maxes Improved Heroic Strike, Improved Rend, Improved Tactical Mastery, Improved Overpower, Anger Management, Deep Wounds and 11 more.
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   Protection / Fury Warrior 0/20/31

   #4 by what people did with it since the Oct 8 patch Arms 0 / Fury 20 / Protection 31 0.5% of every Warrior share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 30 · saved 37 · opened 634 · across 37 close builds · tagged Leveling Takes Improved Shield Wall 2/2, Concussion Blow, Focused Rage 2/3, Bastion 5/5 and Shield Slam. Maxes Cruelty, Unbridled Wrath, Blood Craze, Enrage, Improved Bloodrage, Shield Specialization and 10 more. Takes Defiance, the shield threat talent Warriors tank with.
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   Protection Warrior 5/5/36

   #5 by what people did with it since the Oct 8 patch Arms 5 / Fury 5 / Protection 36 1.6% of every Warrior share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 59 · saved 94 · opened 2,123 · across 52 close builds Takes Improved Shield Wall 2/2, Concussion Blow, Focused Rage 3/3, Bastion 5/5 and Shield Slam. Maxes Deflection, Cruelty, Improved Bloodrage, Shield Specialization, Anticipation, Improved Revenge and 9 more. Takes Defiance, the shield threat talent Warriors tank with.
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Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member. The rows and the spec split come from the 25,032 Warrior builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 8 patch (build 70291), ranked by what people did with each family since then: a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. The shared, saved and opened counts run from 13 Sep, before the beta: a row's share is its family's shares, saves and link opens over every Warrior build's (4,523 shares, 9,638 saves, 126,394 link opens since 13 Sep), so a row can hold a larger share than one ranked above it.

Since 13 Sep, 94,269 Warrior builds were made, shared, saved or opened here and 29,545 of them have all 51 points, those today's trees no longer allow included; this list counts the 25,032 with 41 or more points that today's trees allow, since the Oct 8 patch (build 70291).

This is a count of what people plan on this site, not a tier list. When a beta build moves, adds, removes or renames a Warrior talent or changes what it needs first, the count starts again from the day after that build and shows once 1,000 builds with 41 or more points are made on the new trees, as it did after the Oct 8 patch (build 70291).

Warrior talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Cruelty 90% (Fury), Improved Rend 62% (Arms), Deflection 62% (Arms), Unbridled Wrath 61% (Fury), Improved Tactical Mastery 57% (Arms). Least taken: Improved Disarm 7% (Protection), Improved Hamstring 9% (Arms), Improved Execute 13% (Fury), Improved Slam 13% (Arms), Improved Intercept 14% (Fury). Share of Warrior builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent, each build counted once.

Warrior builds at level 30, the beta cap 21 points

The beta cap rose to level 30 on 1 Oct, so 21 points. These are the 21-point Warrior builds people set at level 30 most often between 1 and 16 Oct 2026, counted once per visitor per day on builds somebody made, shared or saved here (351 in all; builds within four points count as one, and a family is shown once it has five or more people-days and its most-made build was made, shared or saved by at least two people on one day and three people-days in all).

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   Level 30 Fury Warrior build, 21 points

   Arms 0 / Fury 21 / Protection 0 3.1% of the level 30 Warrior builds in the window · 11 people-days · across 8 close builds Maxes Cruelty, Unbridled Wrath, Furious Precision, Dual Wield Specialization, Raging Blows.
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   Level 30 Arms Warrior build, 21 points

   Arms 21 / Fury 0 / Protection 0 1.4% of the level 30 Warrior builds in the window · 5 people-days · across 3 close builds Maxes Improved Heroic Strike, Improved Rend, Improved Tactical Mastery, Anger Management, Deep Wounds, Two-Handed Weapon Specialization and 1 more.
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No Protection 21-point build at level 30 has reached the floor yet (160 people-days in the window), though 47.9% of Warrior leveling builds lead in Protection (42,477 of 88,729, 18 Sep to 16 Oct 2026). The Protection leveling order's first 21 points are Shield Specialization 5/5, Improved Thunder Clap 3/3, Improved Bloodrage 2/2, Improved Revenge 3/3, Master of Defense 2/2, Last Stand, Defiance 3/3, Vanguard and Concussion Blow. That is the path held most often at each step: 11,413 of 39,236 Protection builds hold its levels 10 to 19 and 4,148 of 11,355 hold its levels 20 to 29. Open it at level 30, or see the whole Protection leveling order.

Each spec's first 21 points, as the leveling orders place them: Protection 0/0/21, from 42,477 Protection orders; Arms 21/0/0, from 24,024; Fury 0/21/0, from 22,228. Recorded 18 Sep to 16 Oct 2026; the Warrior leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Warrior spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

9,106 of the 25,032 Warrior builds with 41 or more points planned here (36%) lead in Fury, 8,968 in Protection and 6,958 in Arms, counted since the Oct 8 patch (build 70291). Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Protection has 41%, Fury 33% and Arms 26%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Fury. 47.9% of the Warrior leveling orders people recorded lead in Protection.

What is the most popular Warrior build at level 30, the beta cap?

Fury 0/21/0: 3.1% of the 351 level 30 Warrior builds counted between 1 and 16 Oct 2026 (11 people-days), maxing Cruelty, Unbridled Wrath, Furious Precision, Dual Wield Specialization and Raging Blows.

What is the most popular Warrior build at level 60?

Protection Warrior 7/5/39, ranked first by what people did with each build since the Oct 8 patch (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 1.8% of every Warrior share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 120, saved 271, opened 2,084).

Which Warrior talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Cruelty (90%), Improved Rend (62%) and Deflection (62%). Least taken: Improved Disarm (7%), Improved Hamstring (9%) and Improved Execute (13%). The percentages are the share of Warrior builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, each build counted once.

Which Warrior tree is the tank tree in WoW Forever?

Protection. Defiance, Protection row 3, at 3/3: Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped. Vanguard, row 4: Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance. Protection also leads 47.9% of the Warrior leveling orders recorded here, so not every Protection build is a tank build.

Is there a Warrior raid, dungeon or PvP build in WoW Forever yet?

The builds people tagged most for each, when they saved or shared them in the calculator. PvE: as a tank, Protection Warrior 7/5/39 (12 tags); as DPS, Fury Warrior 17/34/0 (8 tags). PvP: as DPS, Protection / Arms Warrior 24/0/27 (4 tags). A build is listed once it has 3 tags for the same thing; these are tags from players, not a ranking of how strong a build is.

Is this a Warrior tier list?

No. The builds are ranked by what people did with them on this site (shared, saved, opened by link, made or viewed), not by how strong they are.

Where do these Warrior build numbers come from?

From this site's own counter, which keeps counts only and no identities: every Warrior build planned in the calculator, and how often each was shared, saved or opened by link. Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member, and every spec gets at least one row. The list is rebuilt a few times a day, last on 1 Nov 2026.

Also for Warriors: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Warrior calculator. The most popular builds of every class.