07-25-2006, 07:09 PM
Quote:Anyone think it's possible to be successful as a fury warrior with a 2-hander? If so, what do you think would be most important for the weapon - speed, stats, max damage?This is essentially what is known as a "2-handed Fury" build. If you do a search or check the WoW Warrior forum you'll be able to find more info on this. But basically the idea is to make use of having a high AP (using the +str and +ap bonuses on the big 2-handers) to make bloodthirst and whirlwind more powerful. The big advantage of a 2-handed Fury build is what when you use whirlwind you'll be hitting for 1000's of damage rather than 100's of damage, like you do with a standard dual wielding Fury build. Cleave is similarly crazy for this sort of build.
Since they made AP bonuses for whirlwind standardized, weapon speed doesn't mean as much for this. In general, slower will mean bigger whirlwind hits while faster means more rage via Unbridled Wrath. It's important to note that Flurry doesn't prefer one weapon speed over another(you'll get flurry more with faster weapons but it won't have as much of an effect) so the only thing that weapon speed affects is the base weapon damage on the weapon for instant attacks. Again, I think you could use just about anything so long as it's a good weapon, though I'd probably opt for a slower weapon, if given a choice.
-TheDragoon