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A dedicated World of Warcraft player who journeyed as the Warrior could not have been pleased when the executives at Blizzard came to the decision of nerfing some of the warrior’s abilities. For those of you who don’t know, “nerf” is the term used when Blizzard decides to eliminate a special set of skills or abilities that are believed to be too strong and gives these players an unfair edge over players of other classes. This was exactly the action that Blizzard took when Warriors were owning every other class in PvP battles in the Wrath of the Lich King. As you may have guessed, this did not sit well with just about every player of the Warrior class.

If you play as the Warrior, there is no longer any need for worry, as Blizzard has decided to return these abilities to the Warrior in the latest expansion, Cataclysm. To sweeten the deal even more for players, Warriors now come with some pretty rad new abilities that can be gained with the talent tree.

Warriors will continue to have the Arms as their top spec, as this gives them the ability to utilize Mortal Strike, which has been touted as the most powerful wound strike of all classes. The amount of damage can be increased even further when this attack is supplemented with gushing wound, which stacks if the inflicted victim moves.

For Cataclysm, the Warriors will have some juicy new skills. One is the Colossus Smash which can penetrate the armor of enemies for six seconds. This will make the warrior dangerous at close range for any class. Warriors will also have the new Heroic Leap ability which enables them to jump into the fray from long distance, and also comes with a cool down of its own.

Warriors are such a popular choice among players because they just get in the enemy’s face and deal massive damage with every attack. Blizzard have tweaked things up a bit so that arms will be the only spec to be build for PvP. Warriors have some additional talents as well that are worth exploring. One of these is the Lambs of Slaughter, which enters the equation after Mortal Strike and dishes out extra damage. How much additional damage will depend on your points for that talent.

If you play as the Warrior, pray that Blizzard will not butt in and nerf these new abilites as they did in Lich King. Assuming that Blizzard does nothing and let these abilities remain with the Warrior in Cataclysm, they will dominate in PvP combat and remain at the top of the chain for damage, which is what they have always been noted for.

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The truth is there is no one class that is better than the rest. Each class has abilities and talents that are good in certain situations.

I like the WoW hunter class. They are not the up front action class such as the Rogue or Warrior class. They are excellent on solo quests as well as pull extremely well.

These particular skills are not used much during group activities.

In PVP the Hunter class does well against Rogues but Druids can be difficult. The thing about PVP is that you will get better with practice. The truth is that no one is going to be able to tell you what works.

One move that they can do is called the jump shot. This is accomplished when outrunning an opponent. When running they will jump and turn 90 degrees then fire and resume running. Sounds cool right, your timing has to be perfect. Well not perfect but really good as it involves using the mouse and keyboard controls in an organized fashion.

Until you master the jump shot just use strafe fire since this does not slow you down.

The Hunter’s main function in a group is to just stand in the back and deal out as much damage as you can as quickly as possible. There are a more jobs that your good at but 9 times out of 10 that is what your group will want you to do.

Hunter’s can also lay down freeze traps. The wonderful thing about freeze traps is they work on every creature in the game. It freezes the first creature that it comes in contact with.

Hunter’s are also good at pull. Take one creature out of the fight with a freeze trap then use Hunters Mark on another and watch them go at it.

Hunters have Scouting ability. They can know if an opponent is close without actually seeing it.

These are just some of the abilities and skills of the WoW hunter class.

I’ve been playing World of Warcraft for a few years now and I enjoy the WoW Hunter class. In my humble opinion(and it is very humble) it is the best class in WoW. Click here for more Free information on the WoW Hunter class.

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Thinking of playing Warcraft, but don’t want to play the same thing as everybody else? A decent place to start is the warrior class, its simple enough to get into easily, and can still function in whichever roles you pursue. Before you roll your warrior, you should first give each of the races of a look over; it can have a pretty big impact on your endgame playing. I’ll go over the Alliance races here.

Humans, as a race, are very balanced. Their useable ability is Every Man for Himself, the PvP trinket as a built in ability. This allows for an extra trinket endgame, but far before then you’ll be using your PvP trinket before others can get theirs. The humans also have bonus expertise with swords and maces, two common weapons, making your more effective at both damage output and holding threat. Perception is a really useful skill in PvP, allowing you y o see stealthed enemies from farther away, taking just a bit from their edge. The last thing to mention is their bonus to reputation gains, particularly useful endgame.

The Dwarven race is also balanced for warriors, starting with Stoneform. The skill increases armor by 10% and drops all bleeds and poisons, both aspects come in handy, for tanking and for PvP. Next thing is the bonus to mace expertise. This is the same as from Humans, very useful for gearing endgame, and helping increase damage and threat gain. I’ve never found the bonus to gun criticals to be very useful myself, but it could be a decent way to gain some quick threat on a pull. Resistance to frost is decent. Treasure finding isn’t as good as it sounds, but it can help you get and extra gold now and again.

Gnome racials are more PvP oriented. The main ability, Escape Artist, drops movement impairing effects from you. This has its obvious uses for PvP, but it can help the tank pull mobs away from the healers and ranged dps in a raid or instance. The bonus to engineering is nice; engineering is a great profession in both PvP and PvE. Arcane resistance isn’t bad. A racial no listed on the list is the Gnomes size, they’re harder to target in PvP, where each second counts.

Night Elves are balanced, more geared towards tanking and PvP. The main ability Shadowmeld has more use in PvP endgame, letting you get out of sight, in battlegrounds this can ensure your survival. They have a bonus to evasion, which ic handy in PvP again, but even nice in tanking, when you need every point you can get. Wisp form makes leveling faster, keeping corpse run times down.

The Draenei racials don’t making you more effective at anything in particular, but make the whole experience generally easier. Gift of the Naaru can keep you alive in a pinch while leveling, while tanking, and in PvP too. It’s a good ability, and should probably be used if you’re even considering it. The bonus to Jewelcrafting is nice because the profession is really useful for making gold and even gearing. The shadow resist isn’t bad. Heroic Presence is awesome, a passive bonus to hit for the entire party.

All in all, the Alliance races have many solid choices for warriors. Remember your role in the situation, get good gear, and you’re well on your way to being a dominating force in whatever you bring your warrior too. Have fun with it, and don’t stand in the fire!

Wanting more WoW tips and info? Be sure to read my review of the iDemise Leveling Guide, or Be sure to read my farming guide for Warrior Gold.

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