Hi!
I main a marksmanship hunter, but I’m getting tired of playing the same class forever since WoD.
So, I got this alt to 120 and ran some content to get base 400 ilvl gear (minus trinkets, rings and weapons that just don’t drop so often), but I’m still insecure about the playstyle, so much so i’m unsure if i should try mythic dgs to gear up. As someone who is used to being a turret, I find myself often standing still during fights simply because i’m used to (and then, getting out of range all the time lol).
So, I need some pointers as to how get a grip on the class. I looked at Icy Veins, but I’m still a bit sluggish to get essences, the correct traits etc.
Since I still need to grind everything from scratch, I just need the basics as to how fury works.
As far as essences, the end goal for raiding should be CLF major, CoF minor, both at r3. Neither is particularly good compared to other essences of the same rank before r3, where they both spike.
In m+, you want either Iris or BoTE majors for high damage, or CLF for decent cleave with high boss damage (really just a lazy/less time consuming option than acquiring the previous two) or Purification Protocol for a bit less damage, but the chance to insta kill mobs.
For minor in m+, you’d ideally want r3 Protocol, but failing that, Lucid won’t provide as nice numbers, but adds a good flow, BotE and Iris R3 are both good seconds to PP.
Before you acquire all those options for what you choose to use at r3, the best option is typically what sims the best (not worldvein). You can sim it all in Top Gear.
The ideal gearset is 1 UF, 1 SR, 1 CsHb and3 Loyal to the end (assuming you have 4 other people using Loyal) or 3 CsHb and 1 Swirling Sands (assuming you don’t) with 3 OP.
Short of that goal, your best setup is what sims highest for you. It’s different for everyone. The azerite you have available, the essences you use, the trinkets you have, and the stats you have will all wildly affect what’s best. You need to sim your gear to find a proper answer.
Some things, like Undulating Tides, sim a bit off if you’re doing harder content. Just world quests or m0s, normal raid here and there, no issue. The harder and higher content you push, the worse the trait becomes.
Small write up on some traits to treat with skepticism in simming.
Stat weights is something to avoid. Quick sim serves no purpose. Everything you could conceivably need, you can do yourself in Top Gear, and occasionally in Gear Compare. Becoming familiar and acquainted with both will make you more efficient, capable, and save you a lot of time and frustration.
This is less something from being a ranged, more just not advancing your leet skills in the game. One big thing is effectively, almost never looking at your bars.
You can see this quite often in some higher level players gameplay, be it a video or a stream. Often they have most of their abilities hidden from view, and only show their CDs. They have their entire keybind setup and playstyle memorized, so as to have no need to see it all happen.
While not going to that extreme, it’s a good habit to avoid relying on staring at your bars, and focusing on everything else around you. This largely comes with practice and comfort, specifically when you make an active effort.
https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/fury-warrior-pve-dps-rotation-cooldowns-abilities https://www.wowhead.com/fury-warrior-rotation-guide
Either works, it’s really a layout and word choice difference. Same guy writing both.
Fury, like every spec, works on a priority system. After you’ve simmed and optimized your gear and talents, you check the necessary items to affect the boxes (if you have 2-3 CsHb traits simming in your top gear, you check that, etc) and then start at the top. You go down, one by one, and do the first thing you can. When you’ve reached an item you can do, you start back at the top, repeat, repeat.
Can I use Reck? No? Can I use Siegebreaker? No? Can I rampage? Yes? Rampage. Now back to the top.
While it’s obviously not how you’d do it in your head, that’s a basic breakdown of how you play it. After simming your gear, azerite traits, trinkets, essences, enchants, etc, spend some quality time on a dummy.