Massive Warrior Changes

#1 - March 1, 2011, 2:39 a.m.
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Hell, it's about time.


-Heroic Throw is now available from trainers at level 20.
-Inner Rage is now available at level 56.
-Pummel is now usable in all stances.
-Shield Bash has been removed from the game.

-Rallying Cry (new ability) is available from trainers at level 83. It temporarily grants the warrior and all party or raid members within 30 yards 20% of maximum health for 10 seconds. After the effect expires, the health is lost. It has no cost, no stance requirements, and is not on the global cooldown. It has a 3-minute cooldown, but also shares a cooldown with Last Stand.
-Spell Reflection cooldown has been increased to 25 seconds, up from 10.
-Shield Mastery no longer affects the cooldown of Spell Reflection, however, it now allows Shield Block to reduce magic damage as well.
-Gag Order now only affects Heroic Throw.
-Glyph of Spell Reflection reduces the cooldown of Spell Reflection by 5 seconds, up from 1 second.
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#90 - March 1, 2011, 8:03 p.m.
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Here's a bit of clarification on the Shield Mastery Protection talent (the notes were just updated to reflect this): http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2356431

The specific mechanic is that if you have the Shield Mastery talent, then your Shield Block procs a second effect called Spell Block. Spell Block reduces magic damage by 7/14/20% for 6 seconds.

We also just added new notes for the Strikes of Opportunity (Arms) and Unshackled Fury (Fury) mastery bonuses, so be sure to check those out.