Warrior

Warrior
Class archetype	Melee
Armor class	Platemail
Preferenced statistics	Strength Stamina Agility
Title at level 51	Champion
Title at level 55	Myrmidon
Title at level 60	Conqueror
Title at level 65	Vindicator
Warrior Links
Warrior Quests Warrior Starfall Quests Warrior Thurgadin Quests Warrior Disciplines Alternate Advancement: Warrior Class Tomes Warrior Aggro Weapons Guide

A Warrior goes toe-to-toe with an imperial lobotomist while his less durable groupmates cast spells from a safe distance.

The Warrior is one of three Tank classes in Shards of Dalaya, alongside the Paladin and Shadowknight. Of the three, the Warrior does the most damage, but the least Aggro, also taking the least amount of damage due. Warriors having a difficult time holding aggro should refer to the Warrior Aggro Weapons Guide.

The Warrior also has a slew of abilities unique to the class, foelock, which gives him much needed bonus hate against an enemy at the start of a fight, /shield (requires an equipped shield and user made hotkey) which lets him boost an ally's chance to completely avoid incoming melee damage as well as single and multi target instant damage attacks. Warriors can also enter a bloodlust gaining a % of their damage dealt as healing. They can also spend their endurance giving various boosts to their raids and groups as well as making themselves even tougher to defeat.

The Warrior can be a tough solo class without good gear, and anyone making a Warrior should strongly consider making a boxed healer to be his partner. The duo will be capable of great things.

If you like being the most efficient heal target, like always being up in the enemies face, and enjoy having large group responsibility, then the Warrior may be for you.

Starting Statistics

The Warrior class receives 25 starting points to distribute in the various stats. The stats that directly impact the class are Strength, Stamina, Dexterity and Agility.

Race	STR	STA	AGI	DEX	WIS	INT	CHA
Barbarian	113	105	87	70	70	60	55
Dark Elf	70	75	95	75	83	99	60
Dwarf	100	100	75	90	83	60	45
Froglok	80	90	105	100	75	75	50
Gnome	70	80	90	85	67	98	60
Half Elf	80	80	95	85	60	75	75
Halfling	80	85	100	90	80	67	50
Human	85	85	80	75	75	75	75
Iksar	80	80	95	85	80	75	55
Ogre	140	132	75	70	67	60	37
Troll	118	119	88	75	60	52	40
Wood Elf	75	75	100	80	80	75	75
Vah	100	85	95	70	70	65	65

Skills

Combat Skills Level <50 cap 50+ cap 1H Blunt 1 200 250 1H Slashing 1 200 250 Piercing 1 200 250 2H Blunt 1 200 250 2H Slashing 1 200 250 Hand to Hand 1 200 250 Throwing 1 200 250 Archery 1 200 250 Offense 1 210 250 Defense 1 210 250 Taunt 1 200 250 Kick 1 200 250 Bash 6 200 250 Dodge 6 200 250 Parry 10 200 250 Dual Wield 13 200 250 Double Attack 15 200 250 Riposte 25 200 250 Disarm 35 200 250	Other Skills Level <50 cap 50+ cap Sense Heading* 1 200 200 Bind Wound 1 100 150 Swimming* 1 250 250 Fishing 1 250 250 Baking* 1 250 250 Tailoring* 1 250 250 Blacksmithing* 1 250 250 Fletching* 1 250 250 Brewing* 1 250 250 Alcohol Tolerance* 1 200 200 Begging 1 ??? ??? Jewelcrafting* 1 250 250 Pottery* 1 250 250

Disciplines

The hotkey for the combat abilities window is: Options->Keys->UI->Toggle Combat Ability Window

Discipline Abilities uses the warrior's stamina. Unlike other classes, a warrior does not regenerate stamina all of the time, but instead gains stamina through combat.

Warriors will begin combat at 20% stamina, 40% for Ogre race, until they receive their Melee Discipline AA in the Special tab that will give an additional 20%.

Allies = nearby group/raid members

Name	Level	Stamina Cost	Description
Discipline Stances:
Normal	1	None	No Modifiers - The most basic combat style. Does not affect your combat in any way. You will default to this every time you zone.
Attack Stance	1	None	Enter an aggressive stance, increasing your attack speed by 10 percent and decreasing your avoidance by 10 percent.
Defend Stance	1	None	Enter a defensive stance, increasing your avoidance by 10 percent but decreasing your attack speed by 10 percent.
Vindicate Stance	65	None	Enter a defensive stance, increase mitigation by 13 percent.
Reckless Fury	65	None	Enter a frenzied rage. Increasing you damage at the cost of your defenses. Allows the use of additional abilities. Greatly reduced armor. Reckless Fury Effect Leaving Reckless Fury reduces your combat abilities for 12 seconds. Cooldown reduction & stamina cost reduction increased by rank for Driving Strike, Whirlwind & Rampage. Foelock doesn't apply while in Reckless Fury. Bloodlust lowers aggro instead of increasing it. Unlocks reckless strike. An attack that scales by rank and damages the warrior and and its target.
Discipline Abilities:
Massive Kick	10	42 - 170	Empowers your next kick to deal extra damage and knock back the target - Your next Kick to automatically hit, deal 10 times damage, and knockbacks the target a fair amount. This will also disable the target's standard Summoning ability if applicable for 2 seconds to aid in its use as a positioning tool.
Bloodlust	15	15%	Gain a small hate increase and leech a percentage of melee damage as health for 6 seconds.
On Your Feet!	20	12 - 780	Allows your allies to dodge the next 2 attacks against them for 5 seconds. Requires a group or raid.
Driving Strike	25	5 - 325	Performs a powerful attack with your Primary weapon - An extra attack which always hits and crits for 5 times damage. Reuse time scales with weapon delay.
Defend	30	35%	Increase mitigation by 15 percent for 5 seconds.
Rampage	35	8 - 488	Performs a round of attacks on a nearby target. - Other than the target you are currently attacking. Reuse time scales with weapon delay.
Stand Your Guard!	40	???	Allows your allies to take 10 percent less damage from spells for 6 seconds. Requires a group or raid.
Whirlwind	45	30%	Performs a round of attacks on several nearby targets. - Up to 5 targets within a short range. Reuse time scales with weapon delay.
Finish Them	50	60%	Increases your allies' critical hit chance and damage when they have more health than their target for 10 seconds. Requires a group or raid. - Gain 10% critical chance and deal 2.5 times damage with critical hits provided their current HP ratio is at least 3 times as high as their target's HP ratio.
Merciless Taunt	55	55%	Forces your target to attack you for 3 seconds - Increases your aggro with the target by an enormous amount (all but guaranteeing you will take aggro), then decreases it by the same amount 3 seconds later.
NOW!	60	80%	Allows your Allies to instantly complete any spells they are currently casting - Any spells currently being cast by any raid/group members (not Bards) will complete casting immediately. Anyone who was not casting at the time but begins to do so within the next half second will also instantly cast their spell.
Enrage	65	100%	Allows you to riposte all attackers in front of you for 6 seconds.
Resilient Defense	65	20%	Increases Mitigation by 25% for 15 seconds but prevents you from using other abilities for the duration. (NOTE: prevents you from gaining endurance for 15 seconds as well.)
Reckless Strike	65	???	A reckless strike that damages both the target and the user, scales off of your health. - Only available in Reckless Fury Stance.