W A R R I O R

The warrior is no mere sword-swinger; they are skilled combatants, combining strength of arm, knowledge of weaponry and practiced maneuvers to slice or bludgeon their foes into little red bits. The warrior is the most versatile of the combat classes, and they supplement their fighting prowess with the ability to rally their allies and spur them to victory. They can themselves charge into the heart of the battle, take several lives and live to tell the tale.

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The 4th Cooldown

The "oh crap" cooldowns that new warriors immediately identify with are the standards:


The new warriors however may not be aware that the warrior class does have a 4th protection related cooldown to use in high damage, especially physical damage, situations.

I present to you, Heroic Leap!

"Heroic Leap" by Soberbia-Roy
My fondest raid memory is single tanking the Lich King in ICC10 after the main tank fell around 60%. I was in a tank "zone" if you want to call it that. When you were single tanking LK you had to weave your cooldowns around the Soul Reaper mechanic. This mechanic results in a large amount of damage done to the main tank. I was able to single tank him by running away after every Soul Reaper. I would get a headstart by Intervening a raid member who was away from LK. This would allow the Soul Reaper debuff to drop off before LK got back into melee range. In the third phase this got easier, as LK would channel to summon the ghosts and I would move far far away to get maximum distance between him and myself.

This is where Heroic Leap comes in. Intervene requires a friendly target away from you to use as an effective retroactive advance. Heroic Leap does not! While it goes against our nature as tanks to run away per se, running away from a heavy hitting enemy will buy our healers just a few more seconds to get that big heal off. The warrior class is so very mobile that the player should do his or her absolute best to utilize the movement abilities to the maximum. Heroic Leaping, away from the enemy, just may save you and your friends from a whipe in a dungeon or in a raid setting.

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