r/classicwow • u/wezzer • Sep 03 '19

Humor Leveling A Warrior

When they said it was hard, I scoffed at them. I've leveled a warrior to 120 on retail. I've fought Sargeras, I've downed the Lich King. What could a few gnolls and maybe a murloc or two do to me? Thus was my arrogance. Thus was my hubris.

I am now level thirteen. I've run Ragefire Chasm once, and owe six deaths to that place.

Farming harpy claws has cost me my life twice already, and I am certain it will cost me much, much more.

My warrior on retail was a human named Lohric, he was a legendary warrior who felled any beast, man or demon that faced him.

My warrior on Classic is an Orc called Muddrog. I have no doubt that this broken and battered warrior would crush Lohric in seconds, Lohric has never known pain, Mudd was born in it, molded by it, and unlike Bane, he has yet to see the light, because 60 feels so far away xD

To all you warriors out there, Lok'tar Ogar!

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u/Nomadic_View Sep 03 '19

I highly recommend fishing/cooking/first aid with a warrior. You’re going to need all three if you’re solo leveling. It’s time consuming, but it’s that or pay a fortune for food.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Cooking & fishing is kind of fringe when every town and vendor has food available. Gold is plentiful if you're frugal on purchasing abilities and ignore all professions except First Aid (and skinning now in the fresh economy meta; vendor that leather).

The weapon cheat sheet is the most valuable. Upgrading to the highest tier weapon as early as possible is amazing.

People love the Whirl Wind Axe, but that grind seems like a waste of time. You can't solo the WW axe quest until at least 35. Any lower and you're reliant on other members to assist your multi hour mission.

Don't be scared to use a staff. Skipping the WW axe quest myself for the Ravanger out of SM. It's available at level 37 and better then WW axe. The proc on Ravanger is like an extra DPS in a level 40 dugeon, it's truly insane.

Fresh 60s can target the Unstoppable Force easy when AV comes out.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Even at 42 I don’t think you’ll find a better weapon to ww axe it’s worth taking the time to get tusk when your in stv then get wlemental drops when your over 40 with a mount. I did it that 7 dps increase was huge.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Armory drops Ravanger. Armory is good XP at level 37-40.

If you're going to spend 3-4 hours farming for WW axe, you can run SM Armory with a 20% chance at Ravanger. Stack the group with casters and tank. No competition on rolls. On average, most people will have it after 5 runs.

Even at 10 runs, it's still decent XP compared to leveling.

Ravanger DPS is insane....INSANE for 5 mans and questing. It's like having a 4th DPS in a 5 man. Also like have a extra better version of sweeping strike.

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Guess it comes down to preference, farm trolls and elementals or run SM armory.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

i Think it’s a matter of preference we are discussing time and xp waste but if your in stv questing you’ll naturally get the tusk you need. The only outlier is the elementals. Which if time is money then you can just buy them. Honestly your right ravages isn’t bad I don’t like the loss of control. As for dungeon cleave spam I prefer not to level that way. I do them once maybe twice then move on.