[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":193},["ShallowReactive",2],{"class-forever-en-warrior":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"classId":17,"date":183,"description":184,"extension":185,"meta":186,"navigation":187,"path":188,"seo":189,"stem":190,"summary":191,"updated":183,"__hash__":192},"forever_classes_en\u002Fforever\u002Fclasses\u002Fwarrior.md","Warrior in WoW Forever – Talent Trees, Races and Playstyle",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":169},"minimark",[9,14,18,31,35,41,45,50,53,77,81,84,102,106,109,134,138,144,150,154,161],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"playstyle","Playstyle",[15,16],"class-art",{"name":17},"warrior",[19,20,21,22,26,27,30],"p",{},"The Warrior fights with ",[23,24,25],"strong",{},"Rage",", which builds as it deals and takes damage. 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Without self-healing, the Warrior needs lots of breaks to eat.",[10,151,153],{"id":152},"new-in-forever","New in Forever",[19,155,156,157,160],{},"In WoW Forever, the new ",[23,158,159],{},"Skyborne"," can be Warriors on both sides. Like every class, the Warrior gets an extra milestone talent in each tree.",[19,162,163,164,168],{},"How does the Warrior fare against the other Classic classes? 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