Warrior Shouts: Battle, Demoralizing, Intimidating, Challenging

◆General rules for shouts

• All shouts are instant and work in any stance, so you never need to factor them into warrior stances swapping.
• Shouts cost rage; Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout cost 10 rage each.
• Shouts that affect enemies generate threat — great for a tank, risky for a damage dealer at the start of a pull. See threat mechanics for details.

◆Battle Shout

Available from level 1, costs 10 rage, lasts 2 minutes and increases the melee attack power of all party members within 20 yards.

Rank 7 was added in patch 1.9 and learned from a book, so check on the server where it can be obtained. Remember: in 1.12.1 the shout affects only your party, not the whole raid.

◆Demoralizing Shout

Level 14, 10 rage. Reduces the melee attack power of all enemies within 10 yards for 30 seconds. By rank: 45 (level 14), 65 (24), 80 (34), 115 (44), 146 (54). It is the tank's main tool against hard-hitting bosses and a way to build threat on several targets at once.

◆Intimidating Shout

Level 22, 25 rage, 3 minute cooldown, 10 yard range. The target cowers in fear and up to 5 total nearby enemies flee in terror for 8 seconds. A great escape button in PvP or after a bad pull, but in dungeons fleeing mobs can pull new packs — use it carefully.

◆Challenging Shout

Level 26, 5 rage, 10 minute cooldown. Forces all nearby enemies to attack the warrior for 6 seconds. It is the tank's last resort when a pack runs to the healers. When it ends, enemies return to whoever has the most threat, so use those 6 seconds to build threat. Other taunts are covered in taunt abilities.

◆Piercing Howl

A Fury talent, 10 rage. Dazes all enemies near the warrior, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds. A must-have for Fury PvP builds: a targetless area snare keeps rogues and fleeing healers in place.

◆Bloodrage

Level 10, 1 minute cooldown. Instantly generates 10 rage at the cost of some health, then another 10 rage over 10 seconds; the warrior is considered in combat for the duration. It is the main way to put up Battle Shout before a pull or open with Demoralizing Shout.

Raid role and talents

Battle Shout is one of the most valuable raid buffs for melee (it does not affect ranged attack power), so raid leaders assign a warrior to every melee group. Usually a Fury warrior holds the shout with two talents:

• Booming Voice — 5 points, +10% duration and radius of Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout per point (up to +50%, i.e. 3 minutes of Battle Shout).
• Improved Battle Shout — 5 points, +5% to the attack power bonus per point (up to +25%).

Demoralizing Shout has Improved Demoralizing Shout: +8% attack power reduction per point. Tanks take it — see the protection warrior build. A macro from warrior macros makes refreshing the shout easy, and talent distribution is covered in warrior talent builds.

◆Related guides

• Warrior guide
• Warrior stances
• Warrior rotation
• Fury warrior build
• Warrior abilities

Ready to lead your group with Battle Shout? Create an account on WoW x5 and connect to the server — a warrior learns the first shout at level 1.