Classes
Warrior
Wrath of the Lich King
Warrior turns weapon skill, armor and battlefield judgment into a direct answer to danger. The same class can pursue sustained offense or the responsibility of holding the front line.
Playable since WoW Vanilla
At a glance
- Base resource
- Rage
- Roles
- Tank · Melee damage
Background
Soldiers, guards, mercenaries and wandering fighters share this path. Warrior identity comes from training and the willingness to meet an enemy directly, rather than dependence on a single magical tradition.
Combat style
Rage and stances shape the rhythm of combat. Choosing when to attack, interrupt or use a defensive ability matters as much as the weapon carried into a fight.
Roles and trees
Arms emphasizes deliberate weapon attacks, Fury develops an aggressive fighting rhythm, and Protection supports shield-based tanking. Their historical talent trees can be combined within the shared point budget.
Playing this patch
This is the Wrath point-tree system. The linked calculator shows the actual ranks and prerequisites; it does not promise a single best build for every opponent, encounter or equipment set.
Sources and context
First playable: World of Warcraft
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Blizzard: class background
Class fantasy. Current resources, races and talent systems are not used as historical mechanics.
- Client 12340 directory and read-only local game data
Data imported · Data revision fc4e5d495f46baa342dd4a53714695ad7b026c3a5a7225a22dd5e3661a1f19cd
Equipment proficiencies
These are skills the class can learn, rather than starting equipment. Levels are minimum training requirements and do not mean the skill is learned automatically.
Armor and shields
- Plate Mail Minimum training level 40
- Leather
- Cloth
- Shield
Weapons
- One-Handed Swords
- One-Handed Axes
- Bows
- Guns
- One-Handed Maces
- Two-Handed Swords
- Staves
- Two-Handed Maces
- Two-Handed Axes
- Daggers
- Thrown
- Crossbows
- Polearms Minimum training level 20
- Fist Weapons
Version availability
| Edition | Patch | Version availability |
|---|---|---|
| Battle for Azeroth | - | Unverified |
| Burning Crusade Classic | - | Unverified |
| Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition | - | Unverified |
| Cataclysm | - | Unverified |
| Cataclysm Classic | - | Unverified |
| Dragonflight | - | Unverified |
| Legion | - | Unverified |
| Midnight | - | Unverified |
| Midnight | - | Unverified |
| Mists of Pandaria | - | Unverified |
| Mists of Pandaria Classic | - | Unverified |
| Season of Discovery | - | Unverified |
| Season of Mastery | - | Unverified |
| Shadowlands | - | Unverified |
| The Burning Crusade | - | Unverified |
| The Last Titan | - | Unverified |
| The War Within | - | Unverified |
| Titan Reforged | - | Unverified |
| Warlords of Draenor | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic 20th Anniversary | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Era | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Hardcore | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Hardcore Anniversary | - | Unverified |
| WoW Vanilla | - | Unverified |
| World of Warcraft: Forever | - | Unverified |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 3.3.5a · 12340 | Confirmed in this source |
| Wrath of the Lich King Classic | - | Unverified |
Each row follows its own published source context. An announcement does not confirm final client mechanics.