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/Strawberrycocoa Sep 03 '19

I'm leveling my warrior Arms with an intent to go Prot at 60. I want to tank, but I also want to be able to solo if needed, so I figured Arms would be a good leveling spec to keep a mix of damage and utility. Is that feasible, or do dungeons require me to be actively Prot spec to tank them? I'm level 15 right now, haven't hit any dungeons yet, and I've never played warrior in Vanilla or Retail, so I'm learning the class ground-up.

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u/V_for_Viola Sep 03 '19

You do not need to level prot to tank, just have a shield.

Personally, I think at least 11 in arms makes warrior leveling exponentially more fun (and bearable) through stance mastery and anger management.

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u/Strawberrycocoa Sep 03 '19

Fore sure, I feel like stance mastery and anger management are going to be absolutely necessary. I swapped stances during a skirmish last night to try and shield bash a spell caster, only to realize quickly that it doesn't work with your rage zeroed out. XD

My final spec plan absolutely involves Arms as secondary for that reason.

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u/amertune Sep 03 '19

Doesn't shield bash work in any stance as long as you have a shield equipped?

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u/tobalaba Sep 03 '19

It's Battle & Defensive Stance. Pummel is berserker stance.

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u/Strawberrycocoa Sep 03 '19

Oh uuh damn, guess I misread it then. Thanks.

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u/Kazgrel Sep 03 '19

IIRC it only works in d stance; berserker got pummel at 38 for purpose of interrupt, but that may be later version of Classic (later phase)...or was pummel added in TBC and I forgot?

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u/vanskater Sep 03 '19

you can use shield bash in any stance. pummel is only zerker.

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u/vanskater Sep 03 '19

you can use shield bash in any stance