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Warlord

Contributed by jegodin

Overview

61 Warlord / 13 Paragon / 2 Rift Blade. Berserker-style spec — you enrage yourself and spam buttons. Keep King of the Hill up, pop Battlefield Experience, watch for the Piercing Thrust crit, then hammer the King of the Hill macro. One of two Warlord specs considered meta.

Rotation

Keep King of the Hill active at all times. Pop Battlefield Experience (ideally after King of the Hill is already up), then spam the Decisive Strike macro until you see a Piercing Thrust crit — that's your signal to switch to the King of the Hill macro. Repeat the cycle. Stupid easy, devastatingly effective.

Macros

King Of The Hill Spam #show King of the Hill
suppressmacrofailures
cast [notactive] Turn the Blade
//cast Battlefield Medic
cast @self Power Manipulation
cast Icy Burst
cast King of the Hill
cast Decisive Strike
cast Rising Waterfall
//cast A Quick Death
cast Swift Strike
cast Arterial Strike
//cast Backhand
Decisive Strike Spam #show Decisive Strike
suppressmacrofailures
cast [notactive] Turn the Blade
cast @self Power Manipulation
//use Warmonger's Charm
cast Icy Burst
//cast Retaliation
cast Decisive Strike
cast Piercing Thrust
cast Arterial Strike
cast Backhand
A Quick Death Spam #show A Quick Death
suppressmacrofailures
//cast [notactive] Turn the Blade
cast Icy Burst
cast A Quick Death
//cast Battlefield Medic
cast @self Power Manipulation
//use Warmonger's Charm
cast Backhand
cast Arterial Strike
Charge #show Clear the Breach
suppressmacrofailures
//cast Icy Burst
cast Eye of the Storm
cast Clear the Breach
cast Into the Breach
cast Decisive Strike
cast A Quick Death
//cast Swift Strike
//cast Seasoned Strike
//cast Pacifying Strike
//cast Retaliation
cast Backhand
cast Arterial Strike
//cast Battlefield Medic
cast @gtae Mighty Leap
Pull #show General's Order
suppressmacrofailures
cast General's Order
cast Wave of Steel
cast Sergeant's Order
cast Backhand
cast Arterial Strike
Battlefield #show Battlefield Experience
cast Battlefield Experience
cast @self Power Manipulation
use Warmonger's Charm
cast Clear the Breach
cast King of the Hill

Key Abilities

  • Breaking Blow Increases damage taken by target by 10% for 30 seconds. Only worth using at 40%+ HP — mostly a wasted GCD otherwise.
  • Eye of the Storm Snares enemy for 10 seconds.
  • Forced March 50% movement speed for 15 seconds. Use with Leap to escape zergs.
  • Neck Punch 20m interrupt.
  • Thunderous Leap Damages and interrupts enemies on landing. Save for Warlocks and Inquisitors — most others don't need interrupting.
  • Wave of Steel AoE builder. Good for breaking stealthed enemies and spamming near control points.
  • Killing Field Cleave or breaking stealth. Weak for single target — pretty much a waste now, used to be good.
  • Battlefield Medic Used to be a good healing option. Largely useless now.
  • No Permission to Die Used to be a good healing option. Largely useless now.

Tips & Notes

  • Keep King of the Hill active — everything revolves around this buff.
  • Pop Battlefield Experience after King of the Hill is active for maximum effect.
  • Spam Decisive Strike macro until you see a Piercing Thrust crit, then switch to King of the Hill macro.
  • Lines starting with // in macros are commented out — optional abilities you can activate by removing the //.
  • Forced March + Leap is your zerg escape combo. Keep it ready.
  • Wave of Steel near control points to clear stealth and deal AoE damage.
  • Save Thunderous Leap for Warlocks and Inquisitors.